Prefix :: meaning :: examples
Group A
- mis- :: bad, badly; wrong, wrongly :: misbehave, misspell
- de- :: reduce down, away from :: defeat, decrease
- bi- :: two :: bicycle, binocular
- tri- :: three :: tricycle, triangle
- quad :: four :: quadrilateral, quadrant
Group B
- oct :: eight :: octagon, octopus
- en- , em- :: to cause to be, put or go into or onto :: enable, embark, employ
- sub- :: under, beneath, below, secondary :: subway, subsoil, substitute
- semi- :: half :: semicircle, semicolon
- anti- :: opposite, against :: antibiotic, antifreeze
Group C
- auto- :: self :: autograph, automatic
- multi- :: many/much :: multicolor, multifamily
- poly- :: many/much :: polygon
- uni- :: one/single :: unicorn, unicycle
- deca-, deci- :: ten :: decade, decimal
Exercises:
1- write prefix :: meaning :: example words
2- write prefix- your own word starting with that prefix.
3- write prefix- draw pic of its meaning
4- write a sentence using a word containing that prefix.