Year 4 · SPaG · Word families, prefixes and suffixes
Year 4 root words together worksheet and PowerPoint
To practise together: word families; prefixes dis-, mis- and re-; prefixes in-, il-, im- and ir-; words ending -sure, -ture and -cher; endings -ation, -sion, -ssion, -tion and -cian; using suffixes.
What this sheet covers
Each question comes from one of the lessons below. If a question is tricky, look back at that lesson’s sheet and slides.
| Word families | Words that share a root, and how the root can change. |
|---|---|
| Prefixes dis-, mis- and re- | Making new words with the prefixes dis-, mis- and re-. |
| Prefixes in-, il-, im- and ir- | The prefixes in-, il-, im- and ir- that mean not. |
| Words ending -sure, -ture and -cher | Spelling words that end in -sure, -ture and -cher. |
| Endings -ation, -sion, -ssion, -tion and -cian | Spelling words that end with the sound shun. |
| Using suffixes | The suffixes -ly and -ous, and how the spelling of the word can change. |
Key words
- root word
- the main part of a word
- prefix
- letters added to the start of a word
- suffix
- letters added to the end of a word
- word family
- words that share a root
- dis-
- not, or the opposite of
- mis-
- wrongly or badly
- re-
- again
- in-, il-, im-, ir-
- all mean not
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 the lesson from this sheet that you found hardest. Write three new questions of your own for a friend, with an answer sheet, then swap and mark each other’s work.
Pupil target: I can remember what I have learned and use it.
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 root words together PowerPoint.
Where this lesson fits
This is lesson 60 of 60 in the Year 4 SPaG scheme, in the block “Word families, prefixes and suffixes”.
Other lessons in this block
- Word families
- Prefixes dis-, mis- and re-
- Prefixes in-, il-, im- and ir-
- Words ending -sure, -ture and -cher
- Endings -ation, -sion, -ssion, -tion and -cian
- Using suffixes
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