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Grade 4 English Language Arts — 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 suffix to "hope" to make a word meaning "full of hope".

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

  3. 3.Match each prefix to its meaning.

    • un-
    • re-
    • pre-
    • mis-
    • over-
    • sub-
    • not
    • too much
    • under
    • again
    • before
    • wrongly

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

  5. 5.Add a suffix to "kind" to make a noun meaning "the quality of being kind".

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

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

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

  7. 7.Which word means "able to be carried"?

    • a) portable
    • b) import
    • c) transport
    • d) porter

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

Answer key — Grade 4 English Language Arts — Prefixes and suffixes

  1. 1. hopeful
  2. 2. disagree
  3. 3. un- → not; re- → again; pre- → before; mis- → wrongly; over- → too much; sub- → under
  4. 4. unhappy
  5. 5. kindness
  6. 6. 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
  7. 7. a) portable
  8. 8. careless