Grade 4 Word Builders worksheet
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How to explain it
- Prefixes change meaning at the start: re- (again), pre- (before), mis- (wrongly), un- (not).
- Suffixes change a word at the end: -able (can be), -ment (the act of), -ness (state of).
- Roots carry meaning too: port means carry, tele means far.
Example: What does “preheat” mean? The base word is heat. Pre- means before. Answer: to heat before
Question 1
What does “disobey” mean?
- to obey again
- to obey wrongly
- to obey before
- to not obey
to not obey
Hint: The prefix dis- means “not”. Put it together with the base word “obey”.
Question 2
Which prefix means “wrongly”?
- pre-
- re-
- mis-
- un-
mis-
Hint: Think of “misspell”: to spell wrongly.
Question 3
What is the base word in “unbreakable”?
- un-
- break
- -able
- breakable
break
Hint: Cover the prefix un- and the suffix -able. What's left is the base word.
Question 4
What does “payment” mean?
- to pay again
- able to pay
- without pay
- money that is paid
money that is paid
Hint: The suffix -ment turns a verb into a noun: pay → payment, the thing that is paid.
Question 5
What does “washable” mean?
- washed again
- not washed
- without washing
- able to be washed
able to be washed
Hint: The suffix -able means “able to be”.
Question 6
Which prefix turns “place” into a word that means “to place wrongly”?
- dis-
- re-
- pre-
- mis-
mis-
Hint: re- means again, dis- means not, mis- means wrongly and pre- means before.
Question 7
What does “misspell” mean?
- to spell again
- to not spell
- to spell before
- to spell wrongly
to spell wrongly
Hint: The prefix mis- means “wrongly”. Put it together with the base word “spell”.
Question 8
What does “misplace” mean?
- to place wrongly
- to place before
- to not place
- to place again
to place wrongly
Hint: The prefix mis- means “wrongly”. Put it together with the base word “place”.
Question 9
What does “refill” mean?
- to fill again
- to fill before
- to fill wrongly
- to not fill
to fill again
Hint: The prefix re- means “again”. Put it together with the base word “fill”.
Question 10
What does “retell” mean?
- to tell before
- to tell wrongly
- to tell again
- to not tell
to tell again
Hint: The prefix re- means “again”. Put it together with the base word “tell”.
Answer key
- 1. to not obey
- 2. mis-
- 3. break
- 4. money that is paid
- 5. able to be washed
- 6. mis-
- 7. to spell wrongly
- 8. to place wrongly
- 9. to fill again
- 10. to tell again
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