Affixes Worksheets for Prefixes and Suffixes (PDF)

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What's inside this resource

Learn about prefix and suffix with these easy to use Affixes Worksheets for Prefixes and Suffixes. These fun and engaging worksheets focus on a single prefix or suffix as well as having some mixed up practice. Students will practice writing the definition, breaking words apart and locating words in sentences with these worksheets.

What is Included in this Worksheet Resource:

This product contains 9 prefix worksheets and 12 suffix worksheets designed for students to write the definition of each word. There are sheets for single prefixes and suffixes as well as mixed practice. There are 3 mixed practice worksheets for students to identify prefixed, suffixes and root words. There is one worksheet for students to identify words that contain prefixes and suffixes.

When to Use

Early Finishers - If students finish their work early, they can use these worksheets for extra practice.
Small Group Work - Teachers can use these worksheets to target small groups of students who need more practice.
Homework - Teachers can send home these worksheets for students to practice at home with parents.
Independent Practice - Students can work independently at their desks to complete each worksheet.
Morning Work - Students can complete these worksheets as morning work as their classmates arrive to class.

Teachers can add colorful writing utensils (such as colored pencils, colored pens, or markers) to make these worksheets more fun and engaging for students to complete..

Prefixes Covered in this Resource:

anti-, bi-, co-, de-, dis-, extra-, fore-, il-, in-, inter-, im-, ir-, mis-, non-, over-, pre-, re-, sub-, super-, tri-, un-, under-

Suffixes Covered in this Resource:

-able, -ed, -er, -est, -ful, -ible, -ing, -ion, -ism, -less, -ly, -ment, -ness, -ous, -y

Skills Assessed:

These worksheets help with identifying words with prefixes
These worksheets help with learning the meaning of prefixes
These Worksheets help students learn how prefixes change the meaning of words.

These affixes worksheets are a no prep option for teachers to give to students. The teacher just needs to print out each page and hand them to students to complete.

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Curriculum

Standards, concepts & topics

Standards

CCSS.RF.2.3.d — Decode words with common prefixes and suffixes.
CCSS.RF.5.3.a — Use combined knowledge of all letter-sound correspondences, syllabication patterns, and morphology (e.g., roots and affixes) to read accurately unfamiliar multisyllabic words in context and out of context.
CCSS.RF.3.3.b — Decode words with common Latin suffixes.
CCSS.RF.3.3.a — Identify and know the meaning of the most common prefixes and derivational suffixes.
CCSS.RF.4.3.a — Use combined knowledge of all letter-sound correspondences, syllabication patterns, and morphology (e.g., roots and affixes) to read accurately unfamiliar multisyllabic words in context and out of context.