Year 5 adding re- and over- worksheet and PowerPoint

Prefixes re- and over-

The prefix re- means again. The prefix over- means too much or above. Add the prefix to the whole word.

Examples

• I will rewrite my story.
• Do not overcook the pasta.

Key words

prefix

letters added to the start of a word

re-

again

over-

too much, or above

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: Write ten sentences about a day at a farm. Use a word that starts with re- or over- in each one, and underline the prefix.

Pupil target: I can add re- and over- 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 re- and over- PowerPoint.

Where this lesson fits

This is lesson 37 of 43 in the Year 5 SPaG scheme, in the block “Prefixes and suffixes for verbs”.

Other lessons in this block

• Adding de-, dis- and mis-
• Turning nouns and adjectives into verbs

This site is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the Standards and Testing Agency or the Department for Education.