Vocabulary StrategiesUnit 1: Lesson 4
Prefixes(non- , mis-)
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Part 1: Introduce Strategy
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A prefix is a word part (affix) that is added to the beginning of a root word.
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Today we are going to look at the prefixes:
non- mis-
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Let’s look at the prefix:
non-Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott
The prefix non- means not or no.
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EXAMPLE WORDS
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nonfat means? - no fat
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nonfiction means? - not fiction
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Let’s look at the prefix:
mis-Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott
The prefix mis- means bad, badly, incorrect, wrongly, failure, or lack of.
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EXAMPLE WORDS
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mistrust means? - to lack trust in someone
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misspell means?
- to spell wrongly
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