Verb Prefixes Activities - Upper KS2

Ideal when teaching how to add prefixes to verbs in Year 5 or consolidation in Year 6.

• Matching cards for children to match prefixes to verbs, ideal for use in small groups or pairs.
• Activity sheets for children to add a range of prefixes to create new verbs and understand their meanings. Prefixes: de, mis, dis, over and re.
• Verb prefix stories with two levels of differentiation. Students need to add a prefix to specific verbs in the passage provided to change their meanings.

National Curriculum
Year 5 Statutory content to be introduced: verb prefixes [for example, dis–, de–, mis–, over– and re–].

Years 5 and 6 – Pupils should be taught to use further prefixes and suffixes and understand the guidance for adding them.