Sample Words From List
unaware
informal
disbelief
misleading
unknown
disorder
unfasten
untidy
invisible
inexpensive
indirect
mistrust
Take a look at the sample words.
What do you notice about these words?
They all have prefixes - un-, in-, dis-, mis-.
What is a prefix?
Letters added to the beginning of a word.
What do you think discourage means?
(verb) to try to make someone not want to do something
What do you think indirect means?
(adjective) not straight or direct; not saying something in a clear way
What do you think mistrust means?
(noun) a feeling someone is not honest and cannot be trusted
How do you think we could sort these words?
By their prefixes - un-, in-, dis-, mis-.
Let's practice sorting the words. Practice Sort
What do you think the prefix un- means?
not
What do you think the prefix in- means?
not
What do you think the prefix dis- means?
not
What do you think the prefix mis- means?
bad or badly
Why are there two s in misspell?
One is for the prefix mis- and the other for the base word spell.