Prefixes and Suffixes Matching

1st Grade ELAVocabulary4 pages

About this worksheet

Un- words start this 1st grade word parts sheet. Students draw lines from four un- words, such as untie, unhappy and unload, to pictures like loose laces, a sad face and an open padlock. A second match pairs reread, colorful, spotless, redo, hopeful and fearless with meanings like "without fear", and the first one is done. Students finish by writing a sentence with one of the words. The 4 pages practice Common Core L.1.4b, and the answer key gives every match plus sample sentences.

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Curriculum objectives covered

L.1.4b

โ€œUse frequently occurring affixes as a clue to the meaning of a word.โ€

Both matches depend on reading un-, re-, -ful and -less as clues, such as -less meaning without in spotless.

What's inside this worksheet

Word Parts Matching

Four un- words and four jumbled pictures, including hands taking a box out of a truck for unload.

Word and meaning match

Six words with re-, -ful and -less. Students write the letter of each meaning, starting from reread and C.

Write a sentence

Question 7 asks for one short sentence with a word from either match.

Answer key

All ten matches and example sentences like "I had to redo my homework."

How teachers use it

Teach the parts first

Write un-, re-, -ful and -less on the board with one example each. Students then use the parts as clues in both matches.

Spot the pattern

Each meaning follows its part: full of for -ful, without for -less. Students who see that finish the second match in minutes.

Across two pages

The four un- pictures run over two pages. Students can write each word under its picture instead of drawing a line.

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