Prefix Word Search: Anti-, Auto-, Super- and More

Year 4 EnglishSpelling2 pages

About this worksheet

Nine prefix words are hidden in Prefix Power Word Hunt, a two-page word search for Year 4 English. Pupils find antiseptic, autograph, illegal, immature, incorrect, interact, irregular, submerge and superstar, reading across or down. Between them the words show nine prefixes, from anti- and auto- to sub- and super-. Four of them (il-, im-, in- and ir-) all mean not. The answer key gives the row, column and direction of every word. Written for the England National Curriculum objective on prefixes.

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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€

All nine words are a prefix added to a root, such as super- with star or sub- with merge.

What's inside this worksheet

The Grid

A letter grid where the words run left to right or top to bottom.

Word List

The nine words to find, from ANTISEPTIC to SUPERSTAR.

Answer Key

The row, column and direction for each word, such as SUBMERGE at row 4, column 2, top to bottom.

How teachers use it

Prefix sort

After the search, pupils sort the nine words by prefix and add one more word to each group.

Meaning talk

Ask pupils what illegal, immature, incorrect and irregular have in common, and draw out the meaning of the four prefixes.

Early finishers

Keep copies on hand for pupils who finish a spelling task early.

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