Ex- Prefix

Slides from a presentation introducing the prefix ex- to a year four class

1. Ex- “out of”, “from”

2. Ex plorer “someone who investigates unfamiliar regions; an adventurer” “Christopher Columbus was an explorer”

3. Ex plorer Explorer

4. Ex plorer Ex plorer

5. Ex plorer Ex plorer “out of”, “from”

6. Ex plorer Ex plorer “out of”, “from” Latin : plorare “to flow”, “to cry” E.g . French Pleurer – “to cry” Pleuvoir – “to rain ”

7. Ex plorer Explorer “ out”, “ out”

8. Ex plorer Explorer “to flow out”, “to cry out”

9. Ex plorer “to flow out” When water flows – it fills up every single spot. Think about water flowing out of the pump in the playground – water ‘investigates unfamiliar regions’ (just like an explorer)

10. Ex plorer “to cry out” When hunters were unsure of who or what was ahead of them in the dark, they would cry out and listen for a response. They were ‘investigating the unfamiliar region’ ahead of them (just like an explorer)