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Year 3 English — Prefixes

Use a prefix to change what a word means.

Name: ________________________

  1. 1.What does 'preheat' mean?

    • a) heat too much
    • b) stop heating
    • c) heat again
    • d) heat beforehand

  2. 2.Pair each word with what it means.

    • unhappy
    • rewrite
    • preview
    • disagree
    • see beforehand
    • not happy
    • write again
    • not agree

  3. 3.Which prefix means 'again'?

    • a) mis-
    • b) un-
    • c) dis-
    • d) re-

  4. 4.Which prefix means 'wrongly'?

    • a) re-
    • b) pre-
    • c) mis-
    • d) un-

  5. 5.Which prefix means 'not'?

    • a) pre-
    • b) re-
    • c) un-
    • d) mis-

  6. 6.Add a prefix to 'kind' so it means 'not kind'.

    • a) unkind
    • b) prekind
    • c) rekind
    • d) miskind

  7. 7.What does 'reread' mean?

    • a) read badly
    • b) read again
    • c) not read
    • d) read beforehand

  8. 8.Pair each word with what it means.

    • misspell
    • undo
    • prepay
    • refill
    • pay in advance
    • reverse an action
    • fill again
    • spell wrongly

Answer key — Year 3 English — Prefixes

  1. 1. d) heat beforehand
  2. 2. unhappy → not happy; rewrite → write again; preview → see beforehand; disagree → not agree
  3. 3. d) re-
  4. 4. c) mis-
  5. 5. c) un-
  6. 6. a) unkind
  7. 7. b) read again
  8. 8. misspell → spell wrongly; undo → reverse an action; prepay → pay in advance; refill → fill again