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.