Prepare Word Types

• Have you heard these words

before?
• What are they? What do they
do?

Prefix Suffix
 Agree Learning Objectives.
WE ARE LEARNING…
To understand how words
are built up.
What’s in it for me…?
Gain confidence in identifying
prefixes, stems and suffixes
Gain confidence in spelling words by
understanding their formation
Key Words.
Prefix, stem, suffix
Bronze: to know the
difference between a
prefix and a suffix
Silver: to write a how to
guide on prefixes and
suffixes
Gold: to write a short
story that uses both
prefixes and suffixes.
KASE
I stick at it!
RESILIENCE
 Word types

A prefix is a group of letters added to the

beginning of a word.

A suffix is a group of letters added to the

end of a word.

The stem is the group of letters without

adding the prefix or suffix.
L/O
 Word types

Look at the following:

Make a list of as
many prefixes
Untie
Prefix = un
and
suffixes that you
Artist
know.
Prefix = un Uncomfortable
L/O
 Gold: Peter was very disagreeable on the
way to the supermarket. It was
completely unnecessary.

Read the information below and decide where

each part of the word in bold should go in your
table on the next slide.

My Mum drove us to the supermarket

yesterday evening. At the roundabout there
was a teenager one a tricycle going
anticlockwise! It was remarkable that she
didn’t have an accident. To my amazement she
just rode off quite unaware of the trouble she
had caused.
My Mum drove us to the supermarket yesterday evening. At the
roundabout there was a teenager one a tricycle going anticlockwise! It
was remarkable that she didn’t have an accident. To my amazement she
just rode off quite unaware of the trouble she had caused.

Prefix Stem Suffix

 Using Prefixes
A prefix can be added to the beginning of a
stem to create a new word with a different
meaning:

The prefix re- means again

The word start means to begin
When you add re- to start you make the
word restart.
Restart means to begin again.
How does the prefix ‘un-’ change the
meaning of these words?

Friendly = unfriendly Prefixes can

make words
Safe = unsafe have the
opposite
Sure = unsure meaning!!
Make four words by matching each of the
prefixes to the stems:

Prefix: Stem:

Dis- cook
Pre- correct
In- historic
Under- advantage
 Using Suffixes
A suffix can be added to the end of a
stem to create a new word:

Pull + ing = pulling

Cheer + ful = cheerful

Write a sentence using one of the following
stems with the suffix ‘-ful’

Stem:
Suffix
Care
Help
‘-ful’
Pain
Grace
 Bronze Apply
Complete the following sentences:

1. A prefix is…
2. A suffix is…
3. They are used to…
4. By using these, root words are…
 Silver Apply
Produce a 1 ‘how to guide’ on prefixes and
suffixes.

You should:
• Make it accessible for year 5 pupils.
• Use information you find from your own
research
• Make it colourful and user friendly.
 Gold Apply
Write a short piece on a topic of your choice.
(This could be fiction or factual.)

Success criteria:

• Use both prefixes and suffixes.

• Use words that have both a prefix and a suffix.
• Aim to write 300 words
• Highlight and label your work to show where
you have used the prefixes and suffixes.
Answers on the slides that follow
My Mum drove us to the supermarket yesterday evening. At the roundabout
there was a teenager one a tricycle going anticlockwise! It was remarkable that
she didn’t have an accident. To my amazement she just rode off quite unaware
of the trouble she had caused.

Prefix Stem Suffix

super market
tri cycle

anti clock wise

re mark able

amaze ment

un aware

dis agree Able

complete ly
un necessary
Make four words by matching each of the
prefixes to the stems:
Prefix: Stem:

Dis- cook
Pre- correct
In- historic
Under- advantage

1. Disadvantage
2. Prehistoric
3. Incorrect
4. Undercook
Write a sentence using one of the following
stems with the suffix ‘-ful’
Stem:
Suffix
Care
Help
‘-ful’
Pain
Grace

1. You should be careful when crossing the road.

2. Please be helpful to the elderly.
3. When I broke my arm it was painful.
4. The way the bird flew in the sky was graceful.
 Bronze Apply – suggested
responses
Complete the following sentences:

1. A prefix is…placed at the beginning of a

word.
2. A suffix is… placed at the end of a word.
3. They are used to…change the meaning of a
word. For example a positive to a negative
or to show the opposite of something.
4. By using these, root words are…altered to
help give the reader a better understanding
of what it happening.