Prefixes & Suffixes Flashcards

Prefixes & Suffixes flashcards — the free 30

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un-

not, or the opposite of — unhappy, unfair, unlock, undo

non-

not, absence of — nonsense, nonfiction, nonstop

in-, im-, il-, ir-

not — incorrect, impossible, illegal, irregular

im-, in- (into)

into, onto, within — inject, import, immerse, inhale

dis-

not, or away, or undo — disagree, dishonest, disappear

mis-

wrongly, badly — misspell, mislead, misunderstand

mal-

bad, badly — malfunction, malnourished, malice

a-, an-

without, not — atypical, asymmetric, anonymous, anarchy

anti-

against, opposing — antifreeze, antisocial, antiseptic

contra-, counter-

against, opposite — contradict, counteract, contrary

de-

down, away, or reverse it — descend, deflate, defrost

re-

again, or back — rewrite, rebuild, return, recall

pre-

before — preview, prepay, prehistoric, precaution

post-

after — postpone, postgraduate, postscript

ante-

before, in front of — antecedent, anteroom, antebellum

fore-

before, in front — forecast, foreword, forehead, foresee

inter-

between, among — international, interrupt, interval

intra-

within, inside — intravenous, intranet, intrastate

trans-

across, through, change — transport, translate, transform

sub-

under, below — submarine, subway, subheading, substandard

super-

above, beyond, greater — superhuman, supervise, superior

over-

too much, or above — overeat, overflow, overhead, oversleep

under-

too little, or beneath — underpaid, undersea, underestimate

out-

beyond, more than — outrun, outlast, outnumber, outgrow

ex-

out of, or former — exit, exhale, export, ex-president

extra-

beyond, outside — extraordinary, extracurricular, extraterrestrial

ultra-

beyond, extremely — ultraviolet, ultrasound, ultramodern

en-, em-

put into, make — enclose, endanger, empower, embrace

co-, com-, con-

with, together — cooperate, combine, connect, compress

syn-, sym-

together, same time — synchronise, symphony, sympathy

Prefixes & Suffixes flashcards — questions people ask

How many cards are in the Prefixes & Suffixes flashcard deck?

The Prefixes & Suffixes deck on PuzzlePage has 114 cards. The first 30 are free to play and free to download with no account; the remaining 84 unlock for $2.99 as a one-time payment, or with the $11.99-a-month Study Pack that covers every deck on the site.

What is on the prefixes & suffixes flashcards?

Prefix and suffix flash cards for grades 3 to 9: what each affix means, what it does to the word it joins, and everyday examples to test recall against. Cards look like this: un- → not, or the opposite of — unhappy, unfair, unlock, undo; non- → not, absence of — nonsense, nonfiction, nonstop. The deck is written for 3–9 and filed under english & reading.

Can I study prefixes & suffixes flashcards online for free?

Yes. The first 30 cards of the Prefixes & Suffixes deck play free in any web browser at puzzlepage.app, with no account, no app and no card details. It works on a phone, tablet, Chromebook, laptop or classroom projector. Practice mode flips through the cards with nothing scored; quiz mode makes you answer each card before it flips, times the run and scores it.

Are the prefixes & suffixes flashcards accurate?

Every card in the Prefixes & Suffixes deck was read and fact-checked by a subject-matter specialist before it went on sale, as was every other card on PuzzlePage — 5,420 cards across 30 decks. The audit found and fixed real defects, and one deck was withdrawn from sale entirely rather than shipped with a known problem. That is the difference from a user-generated flashcard site, where the cards are whatever a stranger typed and nobody is accountable for them.

Can I print the prefixes & suffixes flashcards?

Yes. The Prefixes & Suffixes cards are available as a printable double-sided PDF to cut up, as well as playable in the browser. The first 30 cards are free to download; the full 114-card printable is included in the $11.99-a-month Study Pack.

How should I use the Prefixes & Suffixes deck to revise?

Start in practice mode and go through the Prefixes & Suffixes deck once without scoring, to find out which cards you already know — the deck is dealt in a different order every time you open it, so you are recalling the card rather than its position. Then switch to quiz mode, which times and scores the run and lets you re-run only the cards you missed. Use the "flip deck" control to swap which side is the question: recognising an answer is much easier than producing one, so a deck you find easy one way round is usually the harder and more useful drill the other way. Two or three short sessions across a week beat one long one, which is the whole reason flashcards work.

What grade level are the prefixes & suffixes flashcards for?

The Prefixes & Suffixes deck is written for 3–9. Because the cards are plain term-and-answer pairs, they are also used outside that band — by adults revising english & reading, and by teachers running them as a whole-class starter on a projector.