Instructions
1.  Students cut out prefix
and suffix cards.
2.  Students manipulate
prefix and suffix cards
around a base word to
create new words.
3.  Students list new words
they have created.
un
trust ing
Prefix and Suffix
Cards
Cut out your prefix and suffix cards.
un
pre
mis
re
dis over
ed
ing
s
able
er
ful
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Use your prefix and suffix cards to create new
words for the base word “help.”
PREFIX
help
SUFFIX
List the new words you made using the base word “help.”
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ANSWER KEY
Use your prefix and suffix cards to create new
words for the base word “help.”
PREFIX
help
SUFFIX
List the new words you made using the base word “help.”
Words with 2 Suffixes
helpable
helped
helper
helpful
helping
helps
unhelpful
helpers
helpings
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Use your prefix and suffix cards to create new
words for the base word “miss.”
PREFIX
miss
SUFFIX
List the new words you made using the base word “miss.”
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ANSWER KEY
Use your prefix and suffix cards to create new
words for the base word “miss.”
PREFIX
miss
SUFFIX
List the new words you made using the base word “miss.”
missable
missed
missing
dismiss
dismissed
dismissing
remiss
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Use your prefix and suffix cards to create new
words for the base word “act.”
PREFIX
act
SUFFIX
List the new words you made using the base word “act.”
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ANSWER KEY
Use your prefix and suffix cards to create new
words for the base word “act.”
act
PREFIX
SUFFIX
List the new words you made using the base word “act.”
acting
acted
acts
actable
misact
misacts
misacting
misacted
preact
preacted
preacting
preacts
overact
overacts
overacted
react reacted
reacts
reacting
Words with 2 prefixes
overreact
overreacted
overreacting
overreacts
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Use your prefix and suffix cards to create new
words for the base word “play.”
PREFIX
play
SUFFIX
List the new words you made using the base word “play.”
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ANSWER KEY
Use your prefix and suffix cards to create new
words for the base word “play.”
PREFIX
play
SUFFIX
List the new words you made using the base word “play.”
played
player
playing
playable
playful
plays
display
displays
displayed
displaying
misplay
misplayed
misplaying
misplays
overplay
overplaying
overplayed
overplays
replay
replayed
replaying
replays
Words with 2 prefixes
or 2 suffixes
players
redisplay
redisplayed
redisplaying
redisplays
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Use your prefix and suffix cards to create new
words for the base word “read.”
PREFIX
read
SUFFIX
List the new words you made using the base word “read.”
_____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ © 2014 Kalena Baker. All rights reserved.
ANSWER KEY
Use your prefix and suffix cards to create new
words for the base word “read.”
PREFIX
read
SUFFIX
List the new words you made using the base word “read.”
Words with 2 suffixes
readable
reader
reading
reread
rereading
misread
misreading
misreads
unread
unreadable
reads
rereads
readers
readings
rereadings
© 2014 Kalena Baker. All rights reserved.
Use your prefix and suffix cards to create new
words for the base word “trust.”
PREFIX
trust
SUFFIX
List the new words you made using the base word “trust.”
_____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ © 2014 Kalena Baker. All rights reserved.
ANSWER KEY
Use your prefix and suffix cards to create new
words for the base word “trust.”
PREFIX
trust
SUFFIX
List the new words you made using the base word “trust.”
distrust
distrusted
distrustful
distrusting
distrusts
mistrust
mistrusted
mistrustful
mistrusting
mistrusts
trustable
trusted
trustful
trusting
trusts
untrusting
© 2014 Kalena Baker. All rights reserved.
Use your prefix and suffix cards to create new
words for the base word “heat.”
PREFIX
heat
SUFFIX
List the new words you made using the base word “heat.”
_____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ © 2014 Kalena Baker. All rights reserved.
ANSWER KEY
Use your prefix and suffix cards to create new
words for the base word “heat.”
PREFIX
heat
SUFFIX
List the new words you made using the base word “heat.”
heatable
heated
heater
heating
heats
overheat
overheated
overheating
overheats
preheat
preheats
preheated
preheater
preheating
reheat
reheated
reheater
reheating
reheats
Words with 2 suffixes
heaters
preheaters
reheaters
© 2014 Kalena Baker. All rights reserved.