Unit 23 - Prefixes

The box contains several prefixes. Some have not yet been used in this Unit, so their meanings are given:

un	dis	re	in
mis	tele	anti	sub
super	de	pre	inter
homo	ex	per	ante

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bi - two	tri - three	quad - four
com - with	con - with	aqua - water	micro - tiny
contra - against	circ - around	auto - self	trans - across

Read the sentences and choose the best prefix to fill the gap:

What is the missing prefix?	Type the whole word
A ___plane has two sets of wings.
Mum put some ___septic on his cut knee.
She got the film star 's ___graph.
The shipwreck is completely ___merged.
The bodies were left to ___compose.
These cars are to be sold for ___port.
A computer contains many ___chips.
The two firms were ___bined into one.
I have ___placed my door key again.
Do not ___dict what I have said.
Save waste and ___cycle all your glass.
I took the ___caution of wearing a coat.

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