Two-Syllable Prefixes (Grades 6 and 7)
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Two-Syllable Prefixes (Grades 6 and 7)
Spelling for Grades 6 and 7: spell intersection, circumnavigate, contradict, ambidextrous, anteroom, and antibody from a two-syllable prefix and a root, choose the right spelling of overrun and interrupt, say what happens to over in overrule, then build interchange, contraband, and antechamber. With an answer key.
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Two-Syllable PrefixesA teaching handout to hand out before this sheet: the rule, worked examples and common mistakes.- Pages
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- About 20 minutes
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- Related curriculum
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Use Greek and Latin roots such as graph, photo, geo, scrib and port to work out the meaning of new words, and group words that share a root.
Reviewed by Mr. James Anderson, Teacher. How we check worksheets
How to use this sheet
- Have the child underline the prefix or suffix, then find the base word or root.
- Have the child put the meanings together in order: un- plus happy is not happy.
- Make a word web for one root: port in transport, export and portable.
Common mistakes
- Seeing a prefix in a word that does not have one, such as "re" in "ready".
- Changing the spelling of the base word when it does not change, as in "disatisfied". Dis plus satisfied keeps both s letters.
- Mixing up prefixes that look alike, such as pre- (before) and pro- (forward).
