Year 3 Prefixes: un-, re-, dis-, pre-, mis- Worksheet — Level 3 — Answers
Answer sheet with model answers and success criteria for the Year 3 vocabulary worksheet.
Year 3 Prefixes: un-, re-, dis-, pre-, mis- Worksheet — Level 3 — Answers
A prefix goes at the start of a word and changes its meaning. Write the word or circle the answer.
- Aunlock
- Bprecook
- Cmisunderstand
Answer: precook
pre- means before: precook means to cook before.
- Adisconnect
- Breheat
- Cdislike
Answer: reheat
re- means again: reheat means to heat again.
- Apreheat
- Bdisloyal
- Cuntie
Answer: untie
un- means not (or undo): untie means to undo a knot.
- Auntie
- Bunpack
- Cmisread
Answer: misread
mis- means wrongly or badly: misread means to read wrongly.
- Apretest
- Bdistrust
- Creuse
Answer: distrust
dis- means not (or the opposite of): distrust means to not trust.
- Amislead
- Bunkind
- Crevisit
Answer: unkind
un- means not (or undo): unkind means not kind.
- Aunable
- Bmisspell
- Cmisread
Answer: unable
un- means not (or undo): unable means not able.
- Adislike
- Buntrue
- Creuse
Answer: untrue
un- means not (or undo): untrue means not true.
- Arefill
- Bretell
- Cprepay
Answer: prepay
pre- means before: prepay means to pay before.
- Amishear
- Brepaint
- Cdislike
Answer: dislike
dis- means not (or the opposite of): dislike means to not like.
- Aretell
- Bpreset
- Cdistrust
Answer: retell
re- means again: retell means to tell again.
- Apretest
- Brewrite
- Cprecook
Answer: rewrite
re- means again: rewrite means to write again.
Marking tips
- Give credit for correct method even when the final answer slips — the working shows where the thinking went right.
- For open-ended tasks, use the success criteria as a checklist rather than looking for one "right" answer.
- Celebrate what went well first, then pick one thing to work on next.