Prefix Activity Sheet

Wordskills Worksheet- Prefixes Join the prefix on the right column of the table below with its stem word and write it in the "Formed word" column next to its meaning. After you are done, use the appropriate word in the blank in each citation below the table. Prefix

Stem Word

Meaning of Word

Bene-

-tensive

negate

Circum-

-laborate

comparability

Col-

-spective

Having abnormally high blood pressure

Contra-

-colonial

related to the past

Hyper-

-fit

Heedful of potential consequences

Mal-

-ice

Occurring within a community

Post-

-dict

Spite, malevolence

Retro-

-group

Pre-

-sequent

After colonial era

Sub-

-dicted

cooperate

Equi-

-valence

anticipated

Intra-

-spect

Following in time or

Gain

order

Formed Word

1- "The authors _______________ with school systems to conduct polls that are used to make decisions on ways to improve instruction and learning." Adolescence 2- "These disappointing findings led the author to be_____________ in her conclusions regarding Lucrezia's individual role, and even her part in instances of joint commissions with her husband, as a patron of objects." Art Bulletin 3- "The students may stand to _____________ in stress reduction by being provided artificial opportunities to disclose their stressful life experiences." Florida Chronicles

4- "Sometimes you get studies that almost seem to________________ each other. One is that there was a recent study about online racial discrimination and linking it to depression, anxiety - specifically in teens - just the ways that we interact online." NPR_NewsNotes

5- "Attention has been placed on meeting grade level___________, a focus that targets low achievers." Education 6- "Like the diabetic or _____________patient, the drug abuser needs to be seen regularly to determine the status of the patient's functioning and to assess the extent to which precautions are being taken to forestall relapse." Journal of Drug Issues 7- "The fall of the central government in 1997 and___________ neglect caused further decay." Archaeology 8- "With recognition of the ____________ differences that exist and the difficulties inherent in treating any racial group as a single entity, the increasing racial diversification of our schools and the everpresent achievement gap among racial groups make it necessary to examine the relationship between school engagement and achievement through a multicultural lens." Professional School Counseling 9- "Let your conversation be without___________ or envy, for' t is a sign of tractable and commendable nature." USAToday

10- "One ____________ approach would include addressing and changing the stereotypes that negatively affect Native Americans in the ways in which they view themselves, how others view them, and how they are able to construct identities within the larger cultural context." Social Work

11- "With rising rates of diabetes, hypertension, and obesity, experts ____________ a 60 percent increase in the number of kidney failure patients by 2020." Saturday Evening Post 12- "In an unpublished ______________ study of 357 students who took college algebra during the spring 2000 semester at an east central Florida public community college, Gallo and Odu used a multiple regression strategy to examine students' final examination scores relative to four schedules" Community College Review