Prefixes and Suffixes Worksheets PDF

All 109 word sums

Prefixes 76

___ + able = not able
___ + active = not active
___ + agree = not agree
___ + appear = go out of sight
___ + behave = behave badly
___ + build = build again
___ + circle = half a circle
___ + complete = not complete
___ + connect = undo a connection
___ + cook = cook before
___ + cook = cook too little
___ + cook = cook too long
___ + correct = not correct
___ + count = count wrongly
___ + cycle = a bike with three wheels
___ + cycle = a bike with two wheels
___ + day = the middle of the day
___ + do = do again
___ + eat = eat too much
___ + even = not even
___ + fair = not fair
___ + fiction = true, not made up
___ + fill = fill again
___ + flow = flow over the top

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Prefixes, continued

___ + game = before the game
___ + ground = below the ground
___ + happy = not happy
___ + heat = get too hot
___ + heat = heat again
___ + heat = heat before
___ + honest = not honest
___ + judge = judge wrongly
___ + kind = not kind
___ + like = not like
___ + line = draw a line under
___ + load = take the load off
___ + lock = open a lock
___ + marine = a ship that goes under the sea
___ + national = between nations
___ + night = the middle of the night
___ + obey = not obey
___ + paint = paint again
___ + patient = not patient
___ + pay = pay before
___ + perfect = not perfect
___ + place = put in the wrong place
___ + play = play again
___ + polite = not polite
___ + possible = not possible
___ + read = read again
___ + read = read wrongly
___ + safe = not safe
___ + school = school before kindergarten
___ + sense = words that make no sense
___ + sleep = sleep too long
___ + spell = spell wrongly
___ + start = start again
___ + state = a road between states
___ + stop = without stopping
___ + sure = not sure
___ + tell = tell again
___ + test = test before
___ + tie = tie again
___ + tie = undo a knot
___ + trust = not trust
___ + understand = understand wrongly
___ + use = use again
___ + view = see before
___ + visible = not able to be seen
___ + visit = visit again
___ + water = below the water
___ + way = a train under the ground
___ + week = the middle of the week
___ + wrap = take the paper off
___ + write = write again
___ + zip = open a zipper

Suffixes 33

act + ___ = a person who acts
agree + ___ = the act of agreeing
break + ___ = can be broken
bright + ___ = the state of being bright
care + ___ = full of care
care + ___ = without care
cold + ___ = more cold
color + ___ = full of color
color + ___ = without color
dark + ___ = the state of being dark
enjoy + ___ = the act of enjoying
farm + ___ = a person who farms
fear + ___ = full of fear
fear + ___ = without fear
home + ___ = without a home
joy + ___ = full of joy
kind + ___ = the state of being kind
pain + ___ = without pain
paint + ___ = a person who paints
play + ___ = full of play
power + ___ = full of power
quick + ___ = in a quick way
read + ___ = can be read
sad + ___ = in a sad way
sing + ___ = a person who sings
slow + ___ = in a slow way
soft + ___ = in a soft way
tall + ___ = more tall
tall + ___ = the most tall
teach + ___ = a person who teaches
thank + ___ = full of thanks
use + ___ = of no use
wash + ___ = can be washed

How this list was compiled: Written by hand for this page: 109 word sums, each a base word, a blank for the prefix or the suffix, and the meaning of the new word, with the one prefix or suffix that gives that meaning and two that do not. Prefix meanings (un- not, re- again, dis- not, pre- before, mis- wrongly, non- not, in- and im- not, over- too much, under- below or too little, sub- under, inter- between, mid- middle, semi- half, bi- two, tri- three) and suffix meanings (-ful full of, -less without, -er a person who or more, -est most, -ly in a way, -ness the state of being, -able can be, -ment the act of) were checked in Wiktionary's entries for each prefix and suffix (for example en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mis- and en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-less), read 2026-09-23. Licence: own work

How it works

Each sheet draws 8 of our 109 word sums. The meaning is given and the prefix or suffix is missing: ___ + tie = tie again takes re, and ___ + tie = undo a knot takes un.

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Prefixes worksheet or suffixes

Set picks one. Prefixes (76 sums) covers un, re, dis, pre, mis, non, in, im, over, under, sub, inter, mid, semi, bi and tri. Suffixes (33) covers ful, less, er, est, ly, ness, able, ment and or.

Prefix suffix worksheet PDF

Press Print worksheet and choose Save as PDF in your browser's print window. The file holds the sheet on screen and its key, unless you unticked Add an answer key as the last page under More options.

Some base words come twice with different prefixes, such as tie (retie, untie) and cook (overcook, undercook, precook).

Questions and answers

What is the difference between a prefix and a suffix?

A prefix goes at the front of a word and changes its meaning: happy, unhappy. A suffix goes at the end and often changes the kind of word: teach, teacher; kind, kindness.

What do the most common prefixes mean?

Un, dis, in, im and non mean not; re means again; pre means before; mis means wrongly; over means too much; under means below or too little; mid means middle.

What grade learns prefixes and suffixes?

The Common Core asks second graders to work out a new word formed when a known prefix is added (L.2.4b, happy and unhappy) and third graders to do the same with suffixes too (L.3.4b: care and careless, heat and preheat).