Prefixes (at the beginning of words) can help you to understand what a new word means. Here are some common prefixes.
prefix | meaning | example |
Ex( + noun) | Was but not now | Ex-wife, ex-president |
Half(+ noun or adjective) | 5% of something | Half-price , half-hour |
In , im(+adjective) | not | Informal, impossible |
Non(+adjective or noun) | not | Non-smoking |
pre | before | Pre-school |
Re( +verb) | again | Redo, rewrite |
Un(+adjective) | not | Unhappy, unsafe |
An ex-wife is a wife who is now divorced.
President Gorbachev is an ex-President of Russia.
A half-hour journey is a journey of 30 minutes.
Something that cost 10$ yesterday and cost 5$ today is half-price.
Informal clothes are clothes like jeans and trainers. Formal clothes are things like a suite.
If something is impossible, you can’t do it. It is impossible to read with your eyes closed.
A non-smoking room is a room where people may not smoke.
Pre-school children are children who are still too young to go to school.
To redo something is to do it a second time and to rewrite something is to write it a second time.
Unhappy means sad, the opposite of happy.
Unsafe means dangerous, the opposite of safe.
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