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Prefix Suffix Spelling Game
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Prefix Suffix Spelling Game
Add prefixes and suffixes to base words, check the spelling of each new word, and use word meanings to guide your choices.
Build words with prefixes
A prefix is added to the beginning of a base word.
1.Add un- to kind to make a word meaning “not kind”. Write the complete word.
2.Which word means to do a task again?
- redo
- undo
- pre-do
- disdo
3.Add dis- to agree to make a word meaning “not agree”. Write the complete word.
4.Match each prefix to the base word it can join to make a correctly spelled word. Write each complete word.
- mis-
- pre-
- over-
- sub-
- view
- marine
- cook
- understand
Build words with suffixes
A suffix is added to the end of a base word. Check whether the base word changes when the suffix is added.
5.Add -ful to hope. Remember to drop the final e if needed. Write the new word.
6.Add -less to care to make a word meaning “without care”. Write the complete word.
7.Which suffix turns slow into an adverb that tells how something happens?
- -ly
- -er
- -ness
- -ful
8.Match each base word to its correctly spelled word with a suffix.
- enjoy
- dark
- farm
- read
- readable
- enjoyment
- darkness
- farmer
Use and check your words
Pay attention to both spelling and meaning.
9.Choose one word from this list—unkind, redo, disagree, hopeful, careless, slowly—and write a sentence that shows its meaning.
10.Choose a different word from this list—unkind, redo, disagree, hopeful, careless, slowly—and write a sentence that makes its meaning clear.
11.Complete both statements: A prefix is added to the of a base word. A suffix is added to the of a base word.
12.Which option has both the prefix and suffix spelled correctly?
- unhelpful
- unhelpfull
- unhelpfulless
- unhelpfuly
13.Write a word that uses both a prefix and a suffix: add un- and -ful to help. Then explain briefly how the added parts affect the meaning.
14.Choose the correctly spelled word in each pair: happyness / happiness; usefull / useful; relly / really.
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