prefixes and suffixes
Worksheets: prefixes and suffixes
B1-B2
20-30 mins
groups: 3-4
Board game - 23 squares with half-minute topics. Students make adjectives from prompts and discuss topics. 'A job where you need to be (imagine).'
Suffixes : -able -ible -ful - less -ic - ical -ive
B1-B2
Answers to adjective suffixes board game.
B1-B2
24 cards gapped for common prefixes: anti, over, non, pre, post, self, under
Could be used for a snakes and ladders game
B1-B2
Twenty-five cards - 11 prefixes, 14 word stems. (1) play snap. (2) Gap fill and oral follow-up
B1-B2
Two eight-question word completion quizzes. These can be done in teams (A and B) and then the teams question each other
B1-B2
8
Sixteen half-minute topics providing practice using adjectives formed with prefixes: incapable, illegible, irreplaceable, impatient, irresistible, indecisive, illiterate, illogical, irresponsible, improbable, illegal, irrelevant, immature, uninteresting, unadventurous,unusual
B1-B2
45minutes +
groups: 2+
Set of worksheets providing practice with common prefixes and suffixes.
Prefixes: un- mis- dis- re- pre- post- under- over-
Suffixes: -ion -less -ment -ful -ness -able -ist -ical -er -ous -cy -ance/ence -(i)ty -ate -al -ive
(Nine pages)
Tasks include matching, gap-fill and speaking
B1-B2
Students spot incorrect combinations of prefixes/stems or stems/suffixes
B1-B2
matching - prefix + adjective + noun
(Goes with New InsideOut Upper Intermediate, page 73)
