EnglishYear 3Spelling

Use prefixes un-, dis-, mis-

Add prefixes un-, dis- and mis- to root words to change meaning (disappear, misbehave, unkind, disagree, mislead)

What you'll learn

  1. 1

    Imagine you have a 🧸 teddy bear that is very **happy**. Now add the tiny word **un** in front — it becomes **unhappy**, which means **not happy**!

  2. 2

    What does **un** do to a word?

  3. 3

    Slide the prefix **un** onto 'kind' to build the new word.

  4. 4

    Let's do one together: **dis** + **appear** = ?

  5. 5

    What does **disappear** mean?

  6. 6

    Add **mis** to 'take' to make a new word that means 'take wrongly'.

  7. 7

    Which prefix means 'wrongly' or 'badly'?

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