Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Prefixes un- & re-

   Hello!   
   A prefix is a word part (afix) that is added to the beginning of a root word.Today's lesson was about the prefixes un-and re-: the prefix un- means "not" or "opposite of"; the prefix re- means "again" or "back to". Learning prefixes will help us better understand meanings of words.
    The words that were the basis for the explanation were:

    When the prefix re- and un- are added to a base word the meaning of the base word changes. The structure of the preset words is:

Prefix + Base Word = New Word Meaning
re- make remake to make again
re- tell retell to tell again
un- fair unfair not fair
un- sure unsure the opposite of sure


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