Prefixes ESL Games, Worksheets and Activities

Prefix Professionals

Intermediate (B1) 25 minutes
ESL Prefixes Games - Vocabulary: Pelmanism, Matching

Here are two fun prefix games to help introduce pre-intermediate students to prefixes and root words. Students begin by playing a prefixes pelmanism game. In pairs, students take it in turns to turn over one prefix card and one root word card... read more

Ten Common Prefixes

Intermediate (B1) 25 minutes
ESL Prefixes Worksheet - Vocabulary Exercises: Identifying, Gap-fill, Matching, Binary Choice - Speaking Activity: Asking and Answering Questions, Freer Practice

In this free prefixes worksheet, students learn and practice the ten common prefixes: under-, super-, re-, mis-, un-, mid- multi-, pre-, non-, over-. First, students... read more

Find Someone Who...

Upper-intermediate (B2) 30 minutes
ESL Prefixes Activity - Speaking: Asking and Answering Questions, Controlled and Freer Practice

In this prefixes Find Someone Who activity, students ask and answer yes/no questions containing words that use prefixes. Students start by completing the items on the worksheet with 12 prefixes... read more

Negative Prefixes

Upper-intermediate (B2) 20 minutes
ESL Negative Prefixes Worksheet - Vocabulary Exercises: Word Search, Identifying, Matching, Writing Sentences

Here is a productive negative prefixes worksheet to help students practice the four negative prefixes: mis-, im-, dis-, in-. Students begin by finding 12 adjectives or verbs in a word search that have... read more

Prefix Dominoes

Upper-intermediate (B2) 25 minutes
ESL Negative Prefixes Game - Grammar, Vocabulary and Speaking: Matching, Forming Sentences, Freer Practice

In this engaging negative prefixes game, students match prefixes that have an opposite or negative meaning to words. The first player puts down one of their dominoes, making sure that the prefix or word on... read more

Prefix Practice

Upper-intermediate (B2) 30 minutes
ESL Prefixes Worksheet - Vocabulary Exercises: Gap-fill, Adding Prefixes, Providing Antonyms

This comprehensive prefixes worksheet helps students to learn and practice common and negative prefixes. First, students read through the common prefixes and examples table. Students then complete a set... read more

What's the word?

Upper-intermediate (B2) 25 minutes
ESL Prefixes Game - Vocabulary: Adding Prefixes to Words, Gap-fill

In this entertaining prefixes game, students listen to sentences with missing words and complete them by choosing suitable words and adding prefixes to them. Students take it in turns to read the first sentence on their worksheet to their partner... read more

Prefix Puzzle

Advanced (C1) 30 minutes
ESL Prefixes Activity - Grammar and Vocabulary: Writing Crossword Clues, Defining, Guessing

Here is a creative prefixes crossword activity to help students practice 20 of the most common prefixes. In two groups, students define and write down clues for the words written on their crossword... read more