Year 4 Prefixes SPaG Worksheets

These bright, appealing grammar worksheets are a great help for practising and revising the use of prefixes in Y4. There are three worksheets in total, covering the following five sections – ‘understand’, ‘challenge’, ‘test’, ‘explain’ and ‘apply’.

• Understand
  Using a dictionary, students complete four partial words with the most appropriate prefix from a choice of 10
• Challenge
  Students are tasked with using the prefixes ‘un’ and ‘dis’ in two separate sentences with accompanying image prompts.
• Test
  Students add prefixes to existing words and consider how their meanings change as a result
• Explain
  ‘Using your own words, explain how a prefix can change the meaning of words. Use examples.’
• Apply
  A creative activity, whereby students write a holiday postcard which includes many words that use prefixes.

What is a prefix?

A prefix is a combination of letters, words or numbers that can be placed before other words to change their meaning.

Prefix examples

• un- (unpleasant, unhappy)
• im- (impossible, improper)
• mis- (mislead, misplace)
• re- (reappear, reattach)
• pre- (prefix, prehistoric)
• dis- (disagree, disobey)

National Curriculum English programme of study links

Pupils should be taught to add prefixes and suffixes.

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• Three worksheets covering five distinct sections: 'understand', 'challenge', 'test', 'explain' and 'apply'. Activities include SATs-style questions and opportunities for creative writing responses, with eye-catching images as prompts.