This medium worksheet pushes third graders to build words from clues in a sentence. Fill in the Blank turns ideas into real words: "misunderstand," "fastest," "washable," "reconnect," "sleepless," "brightness," and "distrust" all come from short definitions students read first. A matching section then pairs mis-, -er, -able, and -est with their meanings ("wrongly," "one who or more," "able to," "the most").
Going from meaning to word, instead of just word to meaning, helps third graders write more precisely and pick the right form when speaking and revising their own work.
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Prefixes and Suffixes
Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. To understand something wrongly is to misunderstand it.
2. The fastest runner in the race finished first.
3. A toy that can be washed is washable.
4. Someone who paints is called a painter.
5. To connect wires again is to reconnect them.
6. A person without sleep feels sleepless.
7. The brightbrightness of the sun was blinding.
8. She sang so beautifully that everyone clapped.
9. To not trust someone is to distrust that person.
Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1. Match each item to its correct answer.
mis-
→ wrongly
able to
-er
→ one who or more
the most
-able
→ able to
wrongly
-est
→ the most
one who or more
Prefixes and Suffixes
★ Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1) To understand something wrongly is to misunderstand it.
2) The fastest runner in the race finished first.
3) A toy that can be washed is washable.
4) Someone who paints is called a painter.
5) To connect wires again is to reconnect them.
6) A person without sleep feels sleepless.
7) The brightbrightness of the sun was blinding.
8) She sang so beautifully that everyone clapped.
9) To not trust someone is to distrust that person.
★ Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1) Match each item to its correct answer.
mis-
→ wrongly
able to
-er
→ one who or more
the most
-able
→ able to
wrongly
-est
→ the most
one who or more
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