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Prefixes Worksheets

Our prefixes worksheets help children, create, identify, and use prefixed words. Learn how prefixes alter base words and their meanings, including creating opposite words, and use Greek and Latin prefixes to complete sentences. Get started with our free worksheets today!

Identifying Prefixed Words

The objective of these prefix exercises is to help kids spot a prefixed word among a set of words or in a sentence.

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Combining Prefixes with Root Words

Add a prefix from the word box to the root word and create a new word in these worksheets.

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Creating Words Using Prefixes

Read and understand the meaning of each prefix and create two new words using the prefix with different bases.

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Prefix Charts

Our printable charts help children learn what prefixes are and how they are integrated in English words with examples.

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Marking Prefixes

By pairing words with engaging images, these prefix worksheets get children to identify and underline the prefix in each word.

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Completing Sentences with Prefixed Words

Picking up cues from the meaning in the parentheses, children come up with a suitable prefix and word for each sentence.

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Negative Prefixes

Cut and glue a prefix to produce a negative or opposite meaning and create two new words with each negative prefix in these worksheets.

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Segmenting Words

Break down the words into their root words, prefixes, and suffixes and complete the table.

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Greek and Latin Prefixes

Add Greek and Latin prefixes to the given roots and create words. Identify them in the sentences in these worksheets on Greek and Latin prefixes.

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Building and Using Prefixed Words

Write a prefixed word from a definition in the first part and complete sentences using a prefixed word from the box.

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Matching Prefixes with Meanings and Root Words

Prompt children to connect the prefixes with their meanings and their root words in these worksheets.

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Creating and Defining Prefixed Words

Write the meaning of each word, add a prefix to it and create a new word. Define the prefixed word and watch how its meaning changes.

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MCQ

These prefix practice worksheets provide exercises for children to choose apt prefixes for words and complete sentences with the correct prefix.

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Sorting Prefix and Suffix

Identify and differentiate between words that contain an affix at the beginning or at the end of a word and sort them into prefix and suffix columns.

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