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Year 3 · English

Root Word Awareness

Year 3 learners practise root words prefixes and suffixes year 3.

The activities include Expand Your Understanding of Root Words, Know Your Root Words, Practise Using the Prefix un-, and related practice. The checked support below includes video, worksheet, teaching, lesson. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

Activities covered

  • Expand Your Understanding of Root Words
  • Know Your Root Words
  • Practise Using the Prefix un-
  • Practise Using The Suffix -ly
  • Practise using the Suffixes -ous and -ious
  • Practise Using the Suffixes -ture and -sure
  • Recognise Root Words
  • Recognise Word Families
  • Understand Word Families
  • Use Knowledge of Root Words
  • Use the Prefix dis-
  • Use the Prefix in-
  • Use the Prefix mis-
  • Use the Prefix re-
  • Use the Prefix un-
  • Use the Suffix -ly
  • Use the Suffixes -ous and -ious
  • Use the Suffixes -ture and -sure

Checked learning resources

  • What Is a Word Family?

    Twinkl · Video · Account may be required

    KS2 concept video explains how a common root links related words and how prefixes and suffixes alter meaning or word class.

  • Prefixes un-, dis- and mis-

    Twinkl · Video · Account may be required

    Exact KS2 video teaches the meanings and application of un-, dis- and mis-.

  • The Suffix -ly

    Twinkl · Video · Account may be required

    KS2 concept video teaches turning adjectives into adverbs with -ly and notes spelling changes.

  • How Do You Use the Suffix -ous?

    YouTube — Twinkl · Video · Opens on the provider website

    KS2 video models adding -ous and -ious and explains the resulting adjective meanings.

  • Words Ending -ture and -sure

    Twinkl · Video · Account may be required

    Exact KS2 video contrasts the -ture and -sure endings and models spelling words in both groups.

  • Prefixes re-, sub-, inter-, super-, anti-, auto- and co-

    Twinkl · Video · Account may be required

    Exact KS2 video defines and applies the lower-KS2 prefixes re-, sub-, inter-, super-, anti-, auto- and co-.

  • Year 3 Word Families Spelling Pack

    Twinkl · Worksheet · Account may be required

    Exact Year 3 practice uses common roots including struct and uni to build word families.

  • PlanIt Y3 Word Families

    Twinkl · Worksheet · Account may be required

    Exact Year 3 lesson teaches identifying roots and constructing related word families.