Year 5 Prefixes: un-, re-, dis-, pre-, mis- Worksheet — Level 2 — Answers
Answer sheet with model answers and success criteria for the Year 5 vocabulary worksheet.
Success TutoringWorksheetsAnswer sheetYear 5 · English · VocabularyYear 5 Prefixes: un-, re-, dis-, pre-, mis- Worksheet — Level 2 — Answers
A prefix goes at the start of a word and changes its meaning. Write the word or circle the answer.
Answer: misspell
mis- means wrongly or badly: misspell means to spell wrongly.
- Ato write again
- Bnot honest
- Cto cook before
Answer: to cook before
pre- means before: precook means to cook before.
Answer: dislike
dis- means not (or the opposite of): dislike means to not like.
- Ato not like
- Bto undo a knot
- Cto use again
Answer: to use again
re- means again: reuse means to use again.
Answer: distrust
dis- means not (or the opposite of): distrust means to not trust.
- Ato not agree
- Bnot able
- Cto not trust
Answer: not able
un- means not (or undo): unable means not able.
Answer: unfair
un- means not (or undo): unfair means not fair.
- Aa test before
- Bto pay before
- Cto behave badly
Answer: to behave badly
mis- means wrongly or badly: misbehave means to behave badly.
Answer: prepay
pre- means before: prepay means to pay before.
- Anot kind
- Bto set before
- Cto play again
Answer: not kind
un- means not (or undo): unkind means not kind.
Answer: unpack
un- means not (or undo): unpack means to take things out of a bag or box.
- Ato count wrongly
- Bto take things out of a bag or box
- Cto go out of sight
Answer: to go out of sight
dis- means not (or the opposite of): disappear means to go out of sight.
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