Y6
GPS
Consolidating Prefixes and Suffixes Prior Learning
Worksheet
Y6
GPS
Consolidating Prefixes and Suffixes Prior Learning
Worksheet
Revise prefixes and suffixes with this Year 6 Prefixes and Suffixes worksheet. Designed to recap learning from Year 2 and Year 3 on suffixes, root words and word families, this activity comprises three varied fluency and three application and reasoning questions.
This worksheet provides children with a range of questions to consolidate their knowledge of suffixes, root words and word families and can be used as an independent task or for paired and small group work. It would also be suitable for use as an intervention.
Curriculum Objectives
- Formation of nouns using suffixes such as –ness, –er and by compounding [for example, whiteboard, superman] / Formation of adjectives using suffixes such as –ful, –less (A fuller list of suffixes can be found in the year 2 spelling section in English Appendix 1) / Use of the suffixes –er, –est in adjectives / Terminology for pupils: compound / Terminology for pupils: suffix
- Word families based on common words, showing how words are related in form and meaning [for example, solve, solution, solver, dissolve, insoluble] / Terminology for pupils: word family
