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Know Your Prefixes: micro- and photo-

In this worksheet, students learn and practise spelling words with the prefixes micro- and photo-.

'Know Your Prefixes: micro- and photo-' worksheet

Key stage:  KS 2

Year:  Year 6 English worksheets

Curriculum topic:   Writing: Transcription

Curriculum subtopic:   Use Prefixes and Suffixes

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Worksheet Overview

Many words in English are based on the same root words, and knowing what these mean can help us with spellings.

 

The prefixes 'photo-' and 'micro-' come from Greek words meaning 'light' and 'small'.

camera

A photograph is a picture recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material.

A microlight is a small aeroplane that usually has no more than two seats.

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