Year 3 prefixes together worksheet and PowerPoint

Prefixes

A prefix is added to the start of a word and changes its meaning. un- means not, super- means above or greater, anti- means against, auto- means self, sub- means under, inter- means between.

Examples

• The submarine went under the sea.
• She signed an autograph.

Key words

prefix

letters added to the start of a word

un-

not

anti-

against

sub-

under

root word

the word the prefix is added to

What is on the worksheet

Every sheet for this lesson has a short teaching box and 12 questions that get gradually harder: 8 fluency questions, then 4 reasoning questions that ask pupils to explain or choose. A writing challenge follows. The questions use the same styles as the key stage 2 grammar and punctuation test (circle, underline, tick, fill the gap, add punctuation, rewrite, explain). They are written for this website, not copied from past papers.

All the answers are on the last page of the same editable Word file. New questions are made every time, so you can print a different sheet for every group or for homework. The same sheet code always gives the same sheet.

Writing challenge: Choose three prefixes. Write four words for each one and use one of them in a sentence.

Pupil target: I can use all the prefixes I have learned.

The PowerPoint

A 20-slide lesson deck for the same lesson: a starter that revisits earlier learning, key words, an I do and a You do question on each slide with a countdown timer, answers that appear one click at a time, and a challenge. Download the prefixes together PowerPoint.

Where this lesson fits

This is lesson 46 of 53 in the Year 3 SPaG scheme, in the block “Prefixes and word families”.

Other lessons in this block

• Root words, prefixes and suffixes
• Identifying word families
• What is a prefix? (un-)
• Adding super-, anti- and auto-
• Adding sub- and inter-

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