Free Year 3 Base words, prefixes and suffixes Practice | Skillo
Skillo provides free Year 3 NAPLAN Base words, prefixes and suffixes practice (AC9E3LY10) for Australian students. No signup, no email, no credit card. Practice questions aligned with the ACARA Australian Curriculum v9.0 strand. Open and start in 10 seconds.
Year 3 students sitting their first NAPLAN need to be confident with base words, prefixes and suffixes. Apply knowledge of common base words, prefixes, suffixes and generalisations for adding a suffix to a base word. Skillo has targeted practice questions for this exact skill, mapped to the Australian Curriculum v9.0, free and ready to go.
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What does the Year 3 NAPLAN Base words, prefixes and suffixes test cover?
- Apply knowledge of common base words, prefixes, suffixes and generalisations for adding a suffix to a base word.
- Questions present words in sentence context
- Australian English spelling conventions apply throughout
Try a sample Base words, prefixes and suffixes question
Question 1 — Easy
Mei helped her mum wash the ___. Which spelling is correct?
Answer: 'Dishes' is the correct plural of 'dish' — words ending in '-sh' add '-es' to form the plural. 'dishs' incorrectly just adds '-s', and 'dishez' uses a 'z' instead of 's'.
Question 2 — Medium
Our new ___ read us a story about brave pirates.
Answer: 'teacher' keeps the base word 'teach' and adds the ending '-er'. The other options break this spelling rule.
Question 3 — Hard
Priya was _______ her pencil case for her ruler. Choose the correct spelling to complete the sentence.
Answer: The base word is 'search', which ends in 'ch'. When adding -ing to a base word ending in a consonant digraph like 'ch', you simply add -ing without any changes. 'Searching' is the correct spelling. 'Serching' drops the 'a', 'searchhing' wrongly doubles the 'h', and 'searcing' removes the 'h' from the digraph.
How should my child prepare for Year 3 NAPLAN Base words, prefixes and suffixes?
- Select Year 3 and Spelling on the home screen
- Use Quick Practice — questions on base words, prefixes and suffixes will appear as part of the session
- Check the Skill Breakdown on your profile to track your accuracy on base words, prefixes and suffixes specifically
- Review explanations after each question to understand the reasoning behind correct answers
Skillo is free, requires no email or account details, and is built specifically for Australian students. Every question is mapped to the Australian Curriculum v9.0 and filtered by skill so your child practises exactly what they need.
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