Year 5 adding de-, dis- and mis- worksheet and PowerPoint

Prefixes de-, dis- and mis-

A prefix goes at the start of a word and changes its meaning. The spelling of the word itself does not change.

Examples

• Please defrost the peas.
• I disagree with you.
• Do not misspell this word.

Key words

prefix

letters added to the start of a word

de-

to remove or reverse

dis-

not, or the opposite of

mis-

wrongly or badly

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: Make a list of ten words that start with de-, dis- or mis-. Write a sentence for each one that shows what it means.

Pupil target: I can add de-, dis- and mis- to words.

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 adding de-, dis- and mis- PowerPoint.

Where this lesson fits

This is lesson 36 of 43 in the Year 5 SPaG scheme, in the block “Prefixes and suffixes for verbs”.

Other lessons in this block

• Adding re- and over-
• Turning nouns and adjectives into verbs

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