un- Prefix Year 1 SPaG Worksheet Pack

This pack contains all you need to teach a Year 1 lesson on the ‘un-’ prefix, or to revise the topic with pupils.

This primary resource includes:

• Colourful ‘un-’ prefix posters for teaching
  Featuring examples of words that use the ‘un-’ prefix to remind children how it works
• ‘Un-’ prefix word cards sorting activity
  A printable PDF of ‘un-’ words to print on card and cut out
• ‘Un-’ prefix worksheets
  Let children practise and apply their new grammar knowledge by adding ‘un’ to words, matching the correct picture to words, writing a sentence about an image and write sentences for the given pairs of words
• Teacher’s notes

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.

This resource is part of the SPaG Gym collection.
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• teacher notes
• posters
• card sort activity
• worksheets