Year 5 Prefixes: un-, re-, dis-, pre-, mis- Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 3 — Answers
Answer sheet with model answers and success criteria for the Year 5 vocabulary worksheet.
Year 5 Prefixes: un-, re-, dis-, pre-, mis- Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 3 — Answers
A prefix goes at the start of a word and changes its meaning. Write the word or circle the answer.
- Adistrust
- Bunsafe
- Cpreset
Answer: preset
pre- means before: preset means to set before.
- Areread
- Bmishear
- Cpretest
Answer: pretest
pre- means before: pretest means a test before.
- Amiscount
- Breuse
- Crepaint
Answer: miscount
mis- means wrongly or badly: miscount means to count wrongly.
- Arewrite
- Bmisplace
- Cdisloyal
Answer: rewrite
re- means again: rewrite means to write again.
- Arebuild
- Bprepay
- Cdisloyal
Answer: disloyal
dis- means not (or the opposite of): disloyal means not loyal.
- Arepaint
- Bmislead
- Cpretest
Answer: mislead
mis- means wrongly or badly: mislead means to lead the wrong way.
- Amisbehave
- Breread
- Cpreview
Answer: preview
pre- means before: preview means to see before.
- Areuse
- Bunsafe
- Cdisobey
Answer: reuse
re- means again: reuse means to use again.
- Arefill
- Bmisplace
- Cretell
Answer: misplace
mis- means wrongly or badly: misplace means to put in the wrong place.
- Adisobey
- Buntie
- Cmishear
Answer: untie
un- means not (or undo): untie means to undo a knot.
- Aunable
- Brebuild
- Creread
Answer: unable
un- means not (or undo): unable means not able.
- Adisconnect
- Bunfair
- Cprecook
Answer: precook
pre- means before: precook means to cook before.
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.