Plurals And Prefixes

Lesson 5 ‘Introduce yourself’

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 Singular- plural
 An apple - two apples
 es
 Ch –sh- x-
 Catch - catches

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➢ When words end in f, or fe and the e is silent, the f or fe is changed to ves

in plurals.
➢ Calf – knife – leaf – wife – thief
➢ calf/calves knife/knives
➢ leaf/leaves wife/wives.
➢thief/thieves
➢ When words end in a vowel and the suffix begins in a vowel, take the
vowel off the end of the word before adding the suffix.
➢ Fade –approve – hope
➢ fade/faded, approve/approval, hope/hoping.
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17-01-21
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Lesson 5 –Plurals and prefixes page # 81
A- Correct the eight errors made in the extract below.
➢ Everyone collected things for picnic in the forest: knifes, leaves-and even
some scarfs and gloves in case it got cold! Upon their arriveal ,they found the
ground covered in leafs. Everyone was enjoying themselves ,eating delicious
food and giveing food to the young calfs who walked by. Suddenly, theifs
jumped down from the cliffs…..

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17-01-21
C.W
Lesson 5 –Plurals and prefixes page # 81
A- Correct the eight errors made in the extract below.

➢ Everyone collected things for picnic in the forest: knifes (knives),loaves-and

even some scarfs(scarves) and gloves in case it got cold! Upon their
arriveal(arrival),they found the ground covered in leafs(leaves).Everyone was
enjoying themselfs(themselves),eating delicious food and giveing(giving) food
to the young calfs(calves) who walked by.Suddenly,theifs(theives) jumped
down from the cliffs…..

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Prefixes
The Prefixes un-,dis-,im-,in-at the beginning of a word
mean ‘not’ or the opposite of; They turn a word into its
negative.
Tie- happy

Like – own

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column to create negative words. There isno
need to change any spellings.

Dis- Un- Im- In-

Satisfied Happy Mature Complete
Pleased Popular Possible Correct
Harmony Likely Perfect Visible
Comfort Dressed Patient Direct
Order Professional Polite Accurate
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Dis- Un- Im- In-

Dissatisfied Unhappy Immature Incomplete
Displeased Unpopular Impossible Incorrect
Disharmony Unlikely Imperfect Invisible
Discomfort Undressed Impatient Indirect
Disorder Unprofessional Impolite Inaccurate

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C Prefixes have a whole range of different
meanings.Find out what the prefixes below
mean and write down their meanings.

Example: The prefix ’sub’ means ‘below’ or ‘less

than’.

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Prefixes Meanings
• Sub Under , below
• Auto Of or by oneself; working by
itself
• Trans On the far side of, across
• Super Larger, greater or more
powerful
• Micro Extremely small

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Sub- Auto- Trans- Super- Micro-

Submarine Automobile Transfer Supermarket Microwave
Subhuman Autobiography Transport Superman Microscope
Substandard Autograph Transatlantic Superhuman Microchip

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