Affixes Practice Worksheet
A Grade 2 ELA worksheet to practice identifying and understanding prefixes and suffixes.
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Affixes Practice Worksheet
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Read each question carefully and follow the instructions. This worksheet will help you practice with prefixes and suffixes!
Affixes are small parts of words that we add to the beginning or end of a base word to change its meaning. There are two main kinds of affixes:
Prefixes: added to the BEGINNING of a word (like 're-' in 'redo' or 'un-' in 'unhappy')
Suffixes: added to the END of a word (like '-ing' in 'running' or '-ful' in 'helpful')
1. Which part of the word 'redo' is the prefix?
re
do
r
o
2. Which part of the word 'quickly' is the suffix?
quick
ly
kly
ui
Fill in the blank with the correct prefix (un-, re-, pre-).
3. If you want to do something again, you can do it.
4. If something is not happy, it is happy.
5. You need to heat the oven before baking cookies.
Fill in the blank with the correct suffix (-ful, -less, -ly).
6. The dog is playing very .
7. The brave knight was when he faced the dragon.
8. If you are without care, you are care .
9. What is the base word in 'unfold'?
10. What is the base word in 'playful'?
11. A suffix comes at the beginning of a word.
True
False
12. The word 'unhappy' means not happy.
True
False