Question

name date prefixes practice 2 a. add the prefix: un-, pre-, or over- to the front of each base word in the box. then use the new words to fill in the blanks. __views happy school answered test heat acceptable active charged lock 1. everyone thought that amy had an __________imagination. 2. mickey could not __________the door. 3. rose was sure that the engine was going to __________. 4. jackie was __________because her daughter forgot to call. 5. rory missed four words on the spelling __________. 6. martha wanted to get to the movie in time to see the __________. 7. donna felt the shopkeeper had __________her for the fruit. 8. jack left the question about his new friend __________. 9. when river was in __________, she enjoyed playing with blocks. 10. the doctor felt that cruelty to anyone was ____________. b. circle the words that are real words. cross out the ones that are not real words. nonsense review reanswer overdeliver disarm inappropriate unmask impossible outlive reactivate nonallowed mislike resweep unactive misinformed

Explanation:

Step1: Form words with prefixes

• overviews, unhappy, preschool, unanswered, pretest
• overheat, unacceptable, inactive, overcharged, unlock

Step2: Match words to blanks

1. Choose un for "unimaginative"
2. Choose un for "unlock"
3. Choose over for "overheat"
4. Choose un for "unhappy"
5. Choose pre for "pretest"
6. Choose pre for "previews"
7. Choose over for "overcharged"
8. Choose un for "unanswered"
9. Choose pre for "preschool"
10. Choose un for "unacceptable"

Step3: Identify real/non-real words

• Real words: valid standard English terms
• Non-real words: invalid word formations

Answer:

Part A

1. unimaginative
2. unlock
3. overheat
4. unhappy
5. pretest
6. previews
7. overcharged
8. unanswered
9. preschool
10. unacceptable

Part B

Real Words (Circle these):

nonsense, review, overdeliver, disarm, inappropriate, unmask, outlive, reactivate, misinformed

Non-Real Words (Cross these out):

reanswer, inpossible, nonallowed, mislike, resweep, unactive