Grade 4 · English Language Arts · Unit 13 of 16
Word Builders
Prefixes, suffixes and roots
What your child practises
Using word parts to work out meanings: prefixes like re- and mis-, suffixes like -able and -ment, finding the base word, and (at the stretch level) roots such as port and tele.
Alberta Curriculum learning outcome: Examine and apply grammar, spelling, and punctuation to develop concise written communication. · spelling and building words with prefixes, suffixes and roots
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Which prefix means “wrongly”?
- mis-
- un-
- re-
- pre-
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mis-
Hint: Think of “misspell”: to spell wrongly.
Question 2
What is the base word in “disagreement”?
- agreement
- dis-
- -ment
- agree
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agree
Hint: Cover the prefix dis- and the suffix -ment. What's left is the base word.
Question 3
Which prefix turns “obey” into a word that means “to not obey”?
- dis-
- mis-
- re-
- pre-
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dis-
Hint: re- means again, dis- means not, mis- means wrongly and pre- means before.
Question 4
What does “misread” mean?
- to not read
- to read again
- to read wrongly
- to read before
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to read wrongly
Hint: The prefix mis- means “wrongly”. Put it together with the base word “read”.
Question 5
Which word means “the act of moving”?
- movement
- movable
- removed
- moved
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movement
Hint: The suffix -ment makes a noun that names an action or result.
Question 6
What does “preview” mean?
- to view wrongly
- to view before
- to view again
- to not view
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to view before
Hint: The prefix pre- means “before”. Put it together with the base word “view”.