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Prefix Suffix Spelling Game

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Prefix Suffix Spelling Game

Build and spell words by joining prefixes or suffixes to base words. Check how the word’s spelling changes, then use new words in sentences.

Build with prefixes

A prefix goes at the beginning of a base word and changes its meaning.

1.Add the prefix un- to kind. Write the new word.
2.Add the prefix re- to pack. Write the new word.
3.Add the prefix mis- to behave. Write the new word.
4.Add the prefix pre- to view. Write the new word.

Build with suffixes

A suffix goes at the end of a base word. Remember that some base words change spelling when a suffix is added.

5.Add -ful to hope. Write the correctly spelled word.
6.Add -less to care. Write the new word.
7.Add -ly to gentle. Write the correctly spelled word.
8.Add -er to bake. Write the new word for a person who bakes.
9.Add -ness to happy. Write the correctly spelled word.

Choose the correct spelling

Select the correctly spelled word in each question.

10.Which word is spelled correctly?
  • usefull
  • useful
  • usefull
11.Which word is spelled correctly?
  • disagree
  • dissagree
  • disagrea
12.Which word is spelled correctly?
  • happyness
  • happiness
  • happines
13.Which word is spelled correctly?
  • safely
  • safley
  • safelye

Match the word parts

Match each beginning or ending to the meaning it adds.

14.Match each word part on the left with its meaning on the right.
  • un-
  • re-
  • -ful
  • -less
  • -er
  • not or opposite of
  • without
  • a person who does something
  • again
  • full of

Use your new words

Write a sentence that makes each word’s meaning clear.

15.Write a sentence using the word preview to show that it means seeing something before it is available.
16.Write a sentence using the word careless to show what it means.
17.Make one word by adding both a prefix and a suffix to help. Write the word and a sentence that explains its meaning.

3 printable pages

  • Prefix Suffix Spelling Game, page 1 of 3: Build with prefixes, Build with suffixes

    Page 1

  • Prefix Suffix Spelling Game, page 2 of 3: Choose the correct spelling

    Page 2

  • Prefix Suffix Spelling Game, page 3 of 3: Match the word parts, Use your new words

    Page 3

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