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Grammar: Suffixes
Grammar: Suffixes
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Grammar: Suffixes
This suffixes worksheet helps your child identify and create words with suffixes. This suffixes worksheet helps your child develop reading and writing skills.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Prefix Practice: Make a New Word
Prefix Practice: Make a New Word
Worksheet
Prefix Practice: Make a New Word
In this worksheet, learners will change the meanings of 20 words by adding the prefixes dis-, -re, or -un to them.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Root Word, Suffix, and Prefix Review #1
Root Word, Suffix, and Prefix Review #1
Worksheet
Root Word, Suffix, and Prefix Review #1
Learners identify and define word parts in this fifth- and sixth-grade grammar worksheet.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Mixed Review Language Arts Assessment
Mixed Review Language Arts Assessment
Worksheet
Mixed Review Language Arts Assessment
In this mid-year assessment, students will apply their language arts knowledge to a broad set of problems.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Prefix Fun!
Prefix Fun!
Worksheet
Prefix Fun!
Become a prefix superhero with this fun worksheet! Children will flex their power to create new words by combining prefixes with words they already know using a handy prefix word bank with definitions.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Second Grade Independent Study Packet - Week 6
Second Grade Independent Study Packet - Week 6
Workbook
Second Grade Independent Study Packet - Week 6
This independent study packet for second graders offers Week 6 of remote learning activities.
2nd grade
Science
Workbook
Perfect Prefixes Practice
Perfect Prefixes Practice
Worksheet
Perfect Prefixes Practice
Use this worksheet to practice determining the meaning of the new word formed when a prefix is added to a base word.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 1
Guided Lesson
Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary development helps second graders advance their reading and writing skills. This guided lesson uses exercises and techniques targeted to building vocabulary. Kids will be tasked with using descriptive adjectives, distinguishing between similar verbs and adjectives, and using context clues to determine the meaning of a word phrase. For more vocabulary boosters, check out the worksheets that align with this lesson.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Guided Lesson
Fifth Grade Independent Study Packet - Week 4
Fifth Grade Independent Study Packet - Week 4
Workbook
Fifth Grade Independent Study Packet - Week 4
This independent study packet for fifth graders has everything they need to stay on track.
5th grade
Social studies
Workbook
Identify Base Words, Prefixes, and Suffixes
Identify Base Words, Prefixes, and Suffixes
Worksheet
Identify Base Words, Prefixes, and Suffixes
Students identify word parts, including prefixes, base words, and suffixes, in this third-grade grammar worksheet!
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Word Structure 1
Word Structure 1
Guided Lesson
Word Structure 1
Learning common constructions for words is one way that third graders can get traction on their spelling and reading comprehension skills. This guided lesson in word structure introduces kids to the idea that most words are made up of smaller words, and provides opportunities to apply this learning with practical examples. For more printable practice with word structure, check out our recommended worksheets.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Guided Lesson
Prefix Practice: Dis- Non- Un-
Prefix Practice: Dis- Non- Un-
Worksheet
Prefix Practice: Dis- Non- Un-
Kids practice using the prefixes dis-, un-, and non- in this worksheet.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Free Online Prefix & Suffix Fish Game
Free Online Prefix & Suffix Fish Game
Game
Free Online Prefix & Suffix Fish Game
Prefixes and suffixes are essential to understanding the meaning of words. Help kids grasp these concepts with this word-matching game.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Game
Practice Using Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes
Practice Using Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes
Worksheet
Practice Using Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes
Help your students practice using root words, prefixes, and suffixes to change words and to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Prefix Practice
Prefix Practice
Worksheet
Prefix Practice
Help your students practice identifying, writing, and understanding the meanings of words with a prefix.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Fifth Grade Fall Review Packet - Week 4
Fifth Grade Fall Review Packet - Week 4
Workbook
Fifth Grade Fall Review Packet - Week 4
This final installment of our Fifth Grade Fall Review Packet offers five more days of fun and diverse learning activities to prepare children to enter fifth grade with confidence.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Workbook
Word Structure 2
Word Structure 2
Guided Lesson
Word Structure 2
Words are like legos - they can have interchangeable parts. In this unit students will study the construction of words including roots, prefixes and suffixes. Students will also explore how to modify words to make them possessive, a different part of speech and adjust to signify singular and plural. Understanding the basic building blocks of words, will increase students’ vocabulary, improve their spelling and add strategies for decoding unfamiliar words.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Guided Lesson
Learning Prefixes
Learning Prefixes
Worksheet
Learning Prefixes
Help your third grader wrap their head around prefixes with this worksheet that asks them to attach the right prefix to a set of root words.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Common Prefixes and Their Meanings
Common Prefixes and Their Meanings
Worksheet
Common Prefixes and Their Meanings
Children create their own reference guide to prefixes in this comprehensive, three-page grammar worksheet.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Fifth Grade Fall Review Packet - Week 3
Fifth Grade Fall Review Packet - Week 3
Workbook
Fifth Grade Fall Review Packet - Week 3
Help learners gear up for a new year with this Fifth Grade Fall Review Packet - Week 3, complete with 5 days of activities in math, reading, writing, science, and social studies.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Workbook
What is a Prefix?
What is a Prefix?
Worksheet
What is a Prefix?
This worksheet on prefixes will advance your student's reading comprehension and grammar skills.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Root Word, Suffix, and Prefix Review #3
Root Word, Suffix, and Prefix Review #3
Worksheet
Root Word, Suffix, and Prefix Review #3
Assess your students’ understanding of word parts and how they relate to word meaning.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Root Word, Suffix, and Prefix Review #2
Root Word, Suffix, and Prefix Review #2
Worksheet
Root Word, Suffix, and Prefix Review #2
Assess students’ understanding of word parts and how they relate to word meaning with this grammar worksheet.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Word Structure 3
Word Structure 3
Guided Lesson
Word Structure 3
When students learn the patterns and structures of words they become word wizards! They are able to more fluently convert a word from one part of speech to another, adjust the meaning, or translate a word from singular to plural (or vice versa). In this set of activities students will build on their knowledge of word structure and practice adding prefixes and suffixes, changing tenses and using contractions.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Guided Lesson
Root Word, Suffix, and Prefix Review #4
Root Word, Suffix, and Prefix Review #4
Worksheet
Root Word, Suffix, and Prefix Review #4
Practice identifying and relating common prefixes, suffixes, and root words in vocabulary words with this helpful grammar worksheet!
6th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet

Search Prefix Educational Resources

A prefix is something that is added to the beginning of the word to change its meaning. For example, adding the prefix “un” to “happy” creates a new word, “unhappy.” When students master the use of prefixes, their vocabulary increases tremendously. With our worksheets and resources, your students will learn how to use prefixes properly and improve their reading comprehension and writing skills.

Learn More About Prefixes

A prefix is what is called an “affix”— an additional element placed at the beginning or end of a root, stem or word to modify its meaning. Another type of affix is a suffix, an element added to the end of the word. The four most common prefixes account for more than 95 percent of prefixed words. They are dis-, in-, re- and un-.

Examples:
  • dis- (not or none): dislike, disappear, disagree, disconnect, disinfect
  • in- (not): injustice, insincere, informal, inadequate, indirect
  • re- (again): reappear, revise, replay, refresh, review
  • Un- (not): unfriendly, unhappy, unwell, unkind, unafraid
Other common prefixes include:
anti- : antifreeze, antiwar
fore- : forecast, foresee
inter -: interact, interstate
mid- : midday, midway
mis- : misfire, misspell
non- : nonsense, noncommunicative
over- : overlook, overpass
pre- : prefix, predestined
semi- : semicircle, semidarkness
sub- : submarine, subconscious
super- : superstar, superachiever
trans- : transport, transaction

Some important points to remember when adding prefixes:
  • The base word never changes. Simply add the prefix to the beginning of the word.
  • Double letters can occur when adding prefixes.
    Examples: unnatural, illogical, irregular
  • Beware or words that look like prefixes but are not.
    Examples: uncle, antique, interest
Some base words, when a prefix is added, need a hyphen to avoid ambiguity. Follow these rules when adding hyphens to prefixes.
  • Hyphenate when adding a prefix before a proper noun or numeral.
    Examples: un-American, pre-2017
  • Hyphenate when adding the prefix “ex,” meaning former.
    Examples: ex-husband, ex-president
  • Hyphenate after the prefix “self.”
    Examples: self-control, self-directed
  • Hyphenate to separate the e’s and i’s.
    Examples: anti-intellectual, re-election
  • Hyphenate some words with the “re” prefix to avoid ambiguity in meaning.
    Examples: re-create (to create again), re-cover (to cover again)