TheSchoolRun.com closure date
As we informed you a few months ago, TheSchoolRun has had to make the difficult decision to close due to financial pressures and the company has now ceased trading. We had hoped to keep our content available through a partnership with another educational provider, but this provider has since withdrawn from the agreement.
As a result, we now have to permanently close TheSchoolRun.com. However, to give subscribers time to download any content they’d like to keep, we will keep the website open until 31st July 2025. After this date, the site will be taken down and there will be no further access to any resources. We strongly encourage you to download and save any resources you think you may want to use in the future.
In particular, we suggest downloading:
- Learning packs
- All the worksheets from the 11+ programme, if you are following this with your child
- Complete Learning Journey programmes (the packs below include all 40 worksheets for each programme)
You should already have received 16 primary school eBooks (worth £108.84) to download and keep. If you haven’t received these, please contact us at [email protected] before 31st July 2025, and we will send them to you.
We are very sorry that there is no way to continue offering access to resources and sincerely apologise for the inconvenience caused.
Matching root words, prefixes and suffixes
What is a suffix in Year 6 English?
A suffix is a group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning or to form a new word. It's like a little tag you add to the end of a word to give it a new twist. For example:
- Adding -ful to joy makes joyful, which means full of joy.
- Adding -less to hope makes hopeless, which means without hope.
What is a prefix in Year 6 English?
A prefix is a group of letters added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning. For example:
- Adding un- to happy makes unhappy, which means not happy.
- Adding re- to do makes redo, which means to do again.
What is a root word in Year 6 English?
A root word is the basic part of a word that carries the main meaning and can stand on its own or have prefixes and suffixes added to change its meaning. Think of it as the foundation of a word. For example:
- In the word helpful, the root word is help.
- In the word replay, the root word is play.
What is in this Year 6 English worksheet about suffixes and prefixes?
On the first page of this worksheet you’ll find twenty root words. They all make sense on their own, but they could all have either a prefix (a letter string that goes at the beginning of a word) or a suffix (a letter string that goes at the end of a word) added to them. On the second page you’ll find twenty prefixes and suffixes. You need to cut out all these cards and then work out which prefix or suffix goes with each root word. To make things harder, we are not telling you which are suffixes and which are prefixes!
For more help with Year 6 English, check out our hub page, or try a new challenge such as our Year 6 English Challenge Pack.
