Prefix Practice Worksheet - re- or un-
The Prefix Practice Worksheet - re- or un- focuses on helping students choose between the prefixes re- and un- to form meaningful new words.
Students are given a list of base words and asked to:
• Decide which prefix fits best
• Write the new word
• Use two of their new words in original sentences
An answer sheet is included for quick reference or peer marking.
Learning goals
- We are learning how to use common prefixes and suffixes and to add a suffix to a base word to form a plural or past tense.
- We are learning to understand how to use letter patterns, spelling generalisations, morphological word families, affixes and word origins to spell more complex words.
- We are learning how to use common prefixes and suffixes and to add a suffix to a base word to form a plural or past tense.
- We are learning to understand how to use letter patterns, spelling generalisations, morphemic word families, prefixes, suffixes and word origins to spell more complex words.
Curriculum alignment
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.
Differentiation
Modifications
• Use sentence stems for students needing support.
• Allow oral completion before writing for EAL/D learners.
• Use visual sorting cards as a hands-on warm-up before the worksheet.
Extensions
• Students write a story using at least three re-/un- words.
• Compare how re- and un- change meaning (again vs not).
• Have students act out base and prefix word pairs (e.g., wrap vs rewrap).