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Verb Prefixes

Beginnings that change what the action does

Lesson 15
Mild
Name
Date
Chef Polpetta

Ask what the beginning does: undo, again, wrongly, or too much.

1

Tick the right one

acook it too much → overcookcook it too much → recookbeginning
bread it wrongly → misreadread it wrongly → rereadbeginning
ctake the frost off → unfrosttake the frost off → defrostbeginning
dheat it again → overheatheat it again → reheatbeginning
2

Find the 3 mistakes

Kitchen rules. Please unfrost the freezer on Monday morning. Do not recook the pasta. Soft pasta is a crime. If you unread an order ticket, ask Nonna to read it to you. Always reheat the soup before you serve it.
One beginning is exactly right. Ask what each one does to the verb.
Write the corrections here
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Verb Prefixes

Lesson 15 · Mild · side 2

Name
3

Now you write

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Word bankdefrostreheatovercookmisreaddisconnect
a A verb beginning with de-:
On Monday we
b A verb beginning with over- meaning too much:
Polpetta always
c A verb beginning with mis-:
Please do not
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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?

Say why, then finish the sentence: it is wrong because…
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