Prefixes Dis Mis Re and In

Year 3 EnglishSpelling3 pages

About this worksheet

In this three-page Year 3 spelling sheet, the prefixes re-, mis-, dis- and in- are jumbled on the floor of a Word Factory whose sorting machine has broken down. Pupils sort fifteen words, such as reappear, misspell, disobey and invisible, into three boxes by what the prefix means. Two questions then ask which word was trickiest and for a new word in each group. The answer key gives the full sort and example words like mismatch and inactive. It covers the England National Curriculum objective on prefixes and suffixes.

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Curriculum objectives covered

Writing - transcription

โ€œUse further prefixes and suffixes and understand how to add them (English Appendix 1)โ€

The sort makes pupils link each prefix to its meaning, and question 2 asks them to add the prefixes to new root words.

What's inside this worksheet

Word Bank

Fifteen jumbled words, from reappear and rebuild to replay and misread.

Sorting Table

Three columns for words that mean "again" (re-), "wrongly" (mis-) and "not" or "opposite" (dis-, in-).

Factory Report: Think About It

Pupils say which word was hardest to sort and why, then make one new word for each column.

How teachers use it

After teaching meanings

Teach what each prefix means first, then hand out the sheet as practice.

Class discussion

Use question 1 for talk. The answer key suggests mistake and recycle as hard words to sort, because their root words are less clear.

Cut and sort

Cut up the word bank so pairs can move the words between columns before they write them down.

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