Spelling Grade 4 — Answer Key
Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. Which word means 'not happy'?
A) unhappy
B) unhapy
C) unnhappy
D) anhappy
Prefixes attach to a base word without changing letters: un + happy = unhappy.
2. Which spelling means 'do again'?
A) redoo
B) redo
C) rido
D) reduo
Re- means again and joins to do without altering any letters: redo means do again.
3. Which word means 'full of joy'?
A) joyfull
B) joyfle
C) joyful
D) joiful
The suffix -ful always has only one l when added to a base word like joy.
4. Which word means 'in a quick way'?
A) quikly
B) quickely
C) quickli
D) quickly
Adding -ly to quick keeps every letter, producing quickly with both k and l visible.
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1. It was very careless to forget your homework again.
Care plus -less forms careless; the suffix -less means without the base quality.
2. Please recheck your spelling test before turning it in.
Re- joins check to mean check again; prefixes do not change base letters.
3. I dislike like broccoli, but I love carrots and peas.
Dis- attaches to like without changes, forming dislike meaning the opposite of like.
4. Read the sentence and try to predict what comes next.
Pre- means before; predict combines pre- with -dict to mean tell ahead of time.
5. He gave the correct answer on the very first try.
Correct has two r's together in the middle; it means accurate or without errors.