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Verb Prefixes

Beginnings that change what the action does

Lesson 15
Medium
Name
Date
Chef Polpetta

Choose the beginning by the job it does to the verb.

1

Tick the right one

ahear it by accident → overhearhear it by accident → mishearbeginning
bcount it wrongly → discountcount it wrongly → miscountbeginning
cundo a code → decodeundo a code → recodebeginning
dsleep too long → oversleepsleep too long → resleepbeginning
2

Find the 4 mistakes

Kitchen rules, pinned up by the ovens. Please unfrost the freezer on Monday morning, before the delivery arrives. Do not recook the pasta. Soft pasta is a crime and Nonna will say so. If you unread an order, check the ticket again rather than guessing. The dishwasher must be misconnected at night, and the alarm code is on the wall. Always reheat the soup before you serve it.
One beginning is doing its proper job. Leave that verb alone.
Write the corrections here
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Verb Prefixes

Lesson 15 · Medium · side 2

Name
3

Now you write

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a Which are real verbs beginning de- or dis-?
Tick 3defrostdisconnectdeplaydisappeardecookdisbake
Now use one in a sentence:
b In which does over- mean too much?
Tick 2overcookovereatoverheadovercoatovertake
Now use one in a sentence:
c In which does mis- mean wrongly?
Tick 2misreadmisspellmistermistmiss
Now use one in a sentence:
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Help Polpetta

Chef Polpetta

I have written the kitchen rules. Unfrost the freezer, and never overlook the pasta. The beginnings do all the work, no?

Tell him why both beginnings are wrong.
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