You can use the following basic prefix exercise as a pre-test or a review post-test to test what you know and don’t know.
When you are done, you can click on the links to the pages about the prefixes you missed or would like to know more about. For the main page: Vocabulary Building through Word Formation.
Choose the best translation for each of the following. Put your cursor over the (maroon) "answer" to check.
compōnere 1) to put down 2) to put into, put on 3) to put out, explain 4) to put together, compose answer Prefix page
dēpōnere 1) to put in different places, arrange 2) to put into, put on 3) to put down 4) to put back answer Prefix page
dispōnere 1) to put in different places, arrange 2) to put into, put on 3) to put down 4) to put back answer Prefix page
expōnere 1) to put out, explain 2) to put again 3) to put into, put on 4) to put together, compose answer Prefix page
impōnere 1) to put into, put on 2) to put down 3) to put back 4) to put again answer Prefix
repōnere 1) to put down 2) to put in different places, arrange 3) to put again 4) to put back answer Prefix page
superpōnere 1) to put under 2) to put over, above, upon 3) to put through 4) to put after, esteem less answer Prefix
postpōnere 1) to put under 2) to put over, above, upon 3) to put through 4) to put after, esteem less answer Prefix
accurrere 1) to run away 2) to run toward 3) to run forward 4) to run above answer Prefix page
praecurrere 1) to run through 2) to run ahead 3) to run forward 4) to run away answer Prefix
prōcurrere 1) to run through 2) to run ahead 3) to run forward 4) to run away answer Prefix page
intercurrere 1) to run through 2) to run across 3) to run between, mediate 4) to run into answer Prefix
percurrere 1) to run through 2) to run ahead 3) to run between, mediate 4) to run across answer Prefix page
transcurrere 1) to run around 2) to run forward 3) to run away 4) to run across answer Prefix
succerrere 1) to run under, run to help 2) to run over 3) to run against, run to meet 4) to run forward answer
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occurrere 1) to run under, run to help 2) to run against, run to meet 3) to run away 4) to run forward answer
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abīre 1) to go away 2) to go towards 3) to go before 4) to go against answer Prefix
anteīre 1) to go away 2) to go towards 3) to go before 4) to go against answer Prefix
praeterīre 1) to go before 2) to go past, by 3) to go through 4) to go around answer Prefix
circumīre 1) to go across 2) to go past, by 3) to go together 4) to go around answer Prefix
immōtus 1) moved between 2) moved in, onto 3) not moved; unmoved 4) moved out answer Prefix page
♦ Questions to think about:
What is the difference between prae- and prō- and ante-?
Which meaning ("read;" "pick, choose") of legō is more common in compound forms?
Consider: dīligō, dēligō, colligō, ēligō, perlegō, intellegō
What is the difference between the forms in -lig- with vowel weakening and those with leg- without it?
Which meaning ("do," "drive") of agō is more common in compound forms?
Consider: cōgō, exigō, redigō, abigō, circumagō
Which meaning ("do," "make") of faciō is more common in compound forms?
Consider: conficiō, reficiō, perficiō
What do you learn from what Isidore (I.XXXIV.4) says about the difference between -eus and -ōsus, (criticizing Vergil Aeneid 5.287: Gramineo in campo.")?
Proprium est "graminōsum” dicere campum, non “gramineum.”