Verb Prefixes

Beginnings that change what the action does

Lesson 15
Spicy

Name

Date

Chef Polpetta

over- has two jobs. Decide which one the sentence actually needs.

Tick the right one

aoverlook a mistake = look at it too longoverlook a mistake = fail to notice itbeginning

bovertake a car = go past itovertake a car = take too much of itbeginning

cmistrust and distrust = two real wordsmistrust and distrust = one of them is a mistakebeginning

ddeflate a tyre = fill it againdeflate a tyre = let the air outbeginning

Find the 6 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 twice. 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 by the door. If a bill looks wrong, discount the numbers before the customer leaves. If the oven light fails, unplace the bulb with a new one. Always reheat the soup before you serve it, and wipe the counter before you leave.

One beginning is doing its proper job. Some of the six are real words being used for the wrong job.

Write the corrections here

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Verb Prefixes

Lesson 15 · Spicy · side 2

Name

Now you write

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a One sentence with over- meaning too much and over- meaning above:

b A verb beginning with de-, and say what it undoes:

c One sentence containing mis- and re-, both doing their proper jobs:

Help Polpetta

Chef Polpetta

I have mended the rules. Now they say Defrost the freezer, and never overtake the pasta. I changed the beginning, exactly as you told me.

Tell him why it is still wrong, and give him a sentence where overtake is the right word.

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