Language Arts Grade Six

Unit Seventeen, Lesson Three: Prefixes: Over- and Under-

  1. bring
  2. thing
  3. spring
  4. think
  5. shrink
  6. blink
  7. company
  8. yield
  9. hardy
  10. improve
  1. crops
  2. heredity
  3. genetic
  4. modify
  5. agriculture
  6. farming
  7. experimental
  8. hybrid
  9. altered
  10. traits
Prefixes: Over-

The prefix over- means beyond, higher, upper, or too much. Here are a few words which begin with this prefix: 


	overall			overcome		overhead

	overhear		overpass		overtime

	overdrawn		oversleep		overrated

	overseas		oversized		overdue

	overnight		overdrive		overflow
You might have checked out a book and forgotten to turn it in on time. In this case your library book was overdue because you kept it past the date on which it was due. 

	overdue - kept beyond due date

	oversleep - slept beyond time to get up

	overrated - rated higher than deserved

	overseas - beyond the seas

	overhead - illustration projected on high screen

	overtime - beyond regulation time

	overhear - to hear without the speaker's knowledge

	overflow - to fill beyond capacity

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