Vocabulary Development: Prefixes “un” “im” and “dis” to express opposite
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- Meaning of Prefix
- Examples of Prefixes
What is a Prefix?
Prefix is any item/word attached before the stem or the root word to change the meaning of such word. Such as un, im, dis, in and so on.
Usually, the prefix is used to negate words, that is, changing a positive word to a negative word.
| Prefix | Root word | New Words |
| dis | close | disclose |
| ir | responsible | irresponsible |
| un | kind | unkind |
| un | happy | unhappy |
| mis | behave | misbehave |
| im | possible | impossible |
More examples of prefixes:
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ANSWERS TO THE EVALUATION QUESTION
With the use of a prefix form a new word from each of the following the words
happy -unhappy
agree -disagree
script -transcript
lead -mislead
nutrition -malnutrition
sit -transit
sign -assign
known -unknown
date -update
direct -misdirect