Prefixes & Suffixes
Use prefixes and suffixes to change a word's meaning or type.
What your child learns
- Prefixes go at the start: un-, re-, dis-, pre-
- Suffixes go at the end: -ful, -less, -ness, -ly
- Work out meanings from word parts
Example
un + happy = unhappy (not happy); care + less = careless.
Practice questions
A taste of the questions in BloomTracks – the app makes fresh ones every time and adjusts the level as your child answers.
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Question 1 · Level 1
What does misbehave mean?
- behave before
- behave wrongly
- behave again
- not behave
Show the answer
Answer: behave wrongly
"mis-" means wrongly, so misbehave means “behave wrongly”.
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Question 2 · Level 3
Which word means “not happy”?
- revisit
- unhappy
- misread
- prepay
Show the answer
Answer: unhappy
unhappy means “not happy”.
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Question 3 · Level 5
big + -est = ?
- bigest
- biggist
- biggest
Show the answer
Answer: biggest
big + -est = biggest
Try it at home
Take one word (help) and build as many new words as possible.
Key takeaway
Knowing affixes unlocks hundreds of new words.
Practise prefixes & suffixes with Bloomie
Bloomie reads every question aloud, listens to spoken answers and adapts the difficulty one question at a time.