Language Arts Grade Six

Unit Twelve, Lesson Two: Prefixes: Mid- and Micro-


  1. cell
  2. smell
  3. yell
  4. spend
  5. blend
  6. trend
  7. ghost
  8. deserted
  9. abandon
  10. ruins
  1. remnant
  2. claim
  3. prospect
  4. marker
  5. membrane
  6. organelle
  7. chloroplast
  8. nucleus
  9. mitochondria
  10. cytosol
Prefixes: Mid-

The prefix mid- means middle. Here are some words which contain the mid- prefix:


	midweek			midsummer		midstream

	midnight		midway			midriff

	midwinter		midsection		midpoint

Here are the meanings of some of these words beginning with the mid- prefix:


	midsummer - the middle of summer

	midstream - the middle of the stream

	midwinter - the middle of the winter

	midnight - the middle of the night

	midweek - the middle of the week

	midpoint - the point in the middle

	midriff - the mid-region of the human torso (the belly)


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