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Year 5 English · Prefixes and word meaning

Name: ______________________

Date: ____________

  1. 1. What does the prefix 're-' mean in 'rebuild'?

    • ☐ (a) not
    • ☐ (b) again
    • ☐ (c) before

  2. 2. Which word means 'not kind'?

    • ☐ (a) unkind
    • ☐ (b) rekind
    • ☐ (c) prekind

  3. 3. What does 'misbehave' mean?

    • ☐ (a) behave again
    • ☐ (b) behave before
    • ☐ (c) behave badly

  4. 4. Which is spelled correctly?

    • ☐ (a) mispell
    • ☐ (b) misspell
    • ☐ (c) missspell

  5. 5. Which prefix means 'before'?

    • ☐ (a) dis-
    • ☐ (b) un-
    • ☐ (c) pre-

  6. 6. Add a prefix to 'appear' to make a word meaning 'go out of sight'. Type the word.

  7. 7. Type the base word in 'unlucky'.

  8. 8. Type the prefix in 'return' (without the hyphen).

Answer sheet

  1. 1. again — 'Rebuild' means to build again.
  2. 2. unkind — 'Un-' means not, so 'unkind' means not kind.
  3. 3. behave badly — 'Mis-' means wrongly or badly.
  4. 4. misspell — mis + spell = misspell. The base word does not change.
  5. 5. pre- — 'Pre-' means before, as in 'preview'.
  6. 6. disappear — dis + appear = disappear.
  7. 7. lucky — un + lucky. The base word is 'lucky'.
  8. 8. re — 'Re-' means back: return means to come back.

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