Spelling Grade 4 — Answer Key
Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. Which word means 'spelled wrongly'?
A) misspelled
B) mispelled
C) misspeled
D) missspelled
Mis- plus spelled keeps both s letters side by side: misspelled has two s's together.
2. Which word means 'more tall' than another?
A) talllr
B) taller
C) tallar
D) talller
Tall already ends with two l's, so just add -er to make taller, meaning more tall.
3. Which spelling means 'most happy' of all?
A) happyest
B) happiyest
C) happiest
D) happeyest
When a word ends in consonant plus y, change y to i before adding -est: happiest.
4. Which word means 'belonging to them'?
A) thair
B) thier
C) thare
D) their
Their follows the i-before-e pattern and shows possession, meaning belonging to them.
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1. I misread the directions and ended up on the wrong street.
Mis- plus read forms misread, meaning to read incorrectly or in error.
2. This puzzle is harder than the last one we solved.
Hard ends with rd, so add -er without doubling: harder means more difficult.
3. Cinderella was the kindest sister of the three girls.
Kind ends in nd, so just add -est: kindest means most kind of all the girls.
4. Please put the books over there on the wooden shelf.
There points to a place and ends in -ere, just like the location word here.
5. The students wore their uniforms to the school assembly.
Their shows ownership and follows the i-before-e pattern: t-h-e-i-r.