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Class 7 English — Prefixes and suffixes

Build a new word by adding a prefix or a suffix, and say what the new word means.

Name: ________________________

  1. 1.Add a prefix to "agree" to make a word meaning "not agree".

  2. 2.Add a suffix to "care" to make a word meaning "without care".

  3. 3.What does "rewrite" mean?

    • a) write badly
    • b) write again
    • c) write before
    • d) stop writing

  4. 4.Sort each word part by where it attaches.

    Groups: Prefix — goes before the word · Suffix — goes after the word

    • dis-
    • re-
    • -less
    • un-
    • -ful
    • -ness

  5. 5.Sort each word by what its prefix means.

    Groups: The prefix means "not" · The prefix means "again" or "back"

    • return
    • replay
    • unfair
    • impossible
    • rebuild
    • dishonest

  6. 6.Add a prefix to "happy" to make a word meaning "not happy".

  7. 7.Add a suffix to "hope" to make a word meaning "full of hope".

  8. 8.Match each suffix to what it adds to the word.

    • -ful
    • -less
    • -ness
    • -ly
    • -able
    • -er
    • full of
    • in that manner
    • able to be
    • without
    • a quality or a state
    • a person who does it

Answer key — Class 7 English — Prefixes and suffixes

  1. 1. disagree
  2. 2. careless
  3. 3. b) write again
  4. 4. un- → Prefix — goes before the word; -ful → Suffix — goes after the word; re- → Prefix — goes before the word; -less → Suffix — goes after the word; dis- → Prefix — goes before the word; -ness → Suffix — goes after the word
  5. 5. unfair → The prefix means "not"; rebuild → The prefix means "again" or "back"; impossible → The prefix means "not"; return → The prefix means "again" or "back"; dishonest → The prefix means "not"; replay → The prefix means "again" or "back"
  6. 6. unhappy
  7. 7. hopeful
  8. 8. -ful → full of; -less → without; -ness → a quality or a state; -ly → in that manner; -able → able to be; -er → a person who does it