Prefix introduction This is a pretest. You will not receive a grade for it, other than for completion.
Instructions: In your interactive notebook, on the table of contents page, next to the number 5, write vocabulary #1. Turn to page 5 in your interactive notebook. On page 5, number 1-10 down the side. As you view the following slides, write down the words/prefixes and then your best answer/guess to their meaning.
ante
anti
audio
bene
chron
circum
cide
cred
commun
bio
ante
Let’s see how well you did.
ante before
ante before
ante before
anti against
audi to hear
bene good
chron time
circum around
cide to kill
cred to believe
commun to share
bio living
Let’s look at words that use these prefixes and suffixes.
antebellum: before the war antecedent:preceding, prior
antidote: a medicine or other remedy for counteracting the effects of poison, disease, etc
auditory: pertaining to hearing. audiophile: a person especially interested in high fidelity sound reproduction.
benefit: something that is advantageous or good benevolent: desiring to help others; charitable
chronological: arranged in order of time chronograph: a timepiece capable of measuring extremely brief intervals of time accurately, as a stopwatch able to record fractions of a second as well as elapsed time
circumnavigate:to sail or fly around circumference:the outer boundary, especially of a circular area
homocide: the killing of one human being by another suicide: the intentional taking of one’s own life
auditory: pertaining to hearing. audiophile: a person especially interested in high fidelity sound reproduction.
auditory: pertaining to hearing. audiophile: a person especially interested in high fidelity sound reproduction.
credible: capable of being believed Incredible: so extraordinary as to seem impossible
community: a group sharing common interests commune: to converse or talk together
biology: the science of life or living matter biosphere: the ecosystym comprising the entire earth and the living organisms that inhabit it
Next week you will be taking a short quiz on these parts of words.
It will be a multiple choice quiz made up of ten questions.
You will take it in class, on the computers.
You will have 5 minutes for 10 questions. Study!