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Week 4: Words with Prefixes un-, in-, im-, dis-,
mis-, and re-, Words with Suffixes -ful,
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Week 4: Words with Prefixes un-, in-, im-, dis-,
mis-, and re-, Words with Suffixes -ful,
-less, -er and -or

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What This Module is About

Hi, learner!

It’s time to learn new insights with the help of this module. This
module is especially made for you.

This material is self-instructional. The activities are designed for

you to work independently at the convenience of your homes.

With this module, you will learn to identify the meaning of words
with prefixes un-, in-, im-, dis-, mis-, and re- and identify the meaning of
words with suffixes –ful and –less, –er and –or.

Have an enjoyable learning experience!

What I Need to Know

Hi Learners! For today’s activity you are expected to:

1. Identify meaning of words with prefixes un-, in-, im-, dis-, mis-, and
re-
2. Identify meaning of words with suffixes –ful and –less.
3. Identify meaning of words with suffixes –er and –or.

How to Learn from this Module

For you to achieve the objectives cited above, you are to do the
following:
• Take your time reading the lessons carefully.

• Follow the directions and/or instructions in the activities and

exercises diligently.

• Answer all the given tests and exercise

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Lesson Words with Prefix un-,

1 in-, im-, dis-, mis-, and
re-
In this module, identifying words with Prefixes in-, im-, dis-, un-,
mis-, and re- words would help you understand the meaning of the
words. A prefix is placed or added before the word and to modify its
meaning as by making it negative. The given exercises and activities are
carefully chosen to motivate your interest in learning how to identify
words with prefixes.

What I Know

A. Directions: Read the sentences and identify the meaning of the

underlined word and its prefix. Encircle the correct answer.

1. Tom and Jerry disagreed on what TV show to watch. That

means they-
a. did not agree b. did agree c. agreed again

2. Cindy felt it was unfair that she got in trouble for breaking the
lamp, but her sister didn’t. The word unfair means-
a. not fair b. fair again c. before again

3. What does the prefix ‘dis’ do to the word appeared in this

sentence?The cat disappeared before her very eyes.
a. It tells you that cat appeared bigger than before.
b. It tells you that cat vanished.
c. It tells you that the cat appeared to be further away.

4. When something doesn’t make sense you say it’s ‘nonsense’.

What does ‘non’ mean?
a. lots of. b. not. C. full of.

5. I am _____(able) to finish my assignment on time.

a. mis b. dis c. un

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B. Directions: Choose the meaning of the following words from the
list. Encircle the letter of the correct answer.
1. replay a. to play back
b. not to play
c. to play forward

2. disapprove a. not prove

b. not approve
c. to approve

3. uncomfortable a. very comfortable

b. seldom comfortable
c. not comfortable

4. mismatch a. no match
b. wrong match
c. matches well

5. reconsider a. to consider again

b. to consider
c. wrong consideration

What’s In

Directions: Read the following words and identify the base or root word.
Write your answer on the space provided.

Word Root Word

1. incomplete
2. react
3. mismanage
4. impossible
5. unequal
6. imbalance
7. misinform
8. nonsense
9.rearrange
10. unavailable

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 What’s New

Read the story

Tubby, the Pot
On the third
Bellied Cat
By:Pedro Pablo day, he had Answer the following
Sacristan understood that if he question. Write your
Adapted by Michelle wanted to sleep on answer on the space
Mercado his bed, he would provided.
have to get into it 1. Who is Tubby in the
Andy never before Tubby did. Story?
wanted to go to bed That night, when his __________________
on time. His parents _parents merely ____________
had explained to started hinting at the
him how important it topic of bedtime, 2. Who are the
was to go to bed Andy shot upstairs characters
Prefix inis the
a
early and get a good like a bullet, and story?
rest. But Andy paid dived into bed. His syllable added
__________________
no attention to them, _parents could not ____________
before a word to
and his parents believe it. It was
didn’t know what to unbelievable. They form another word.
3. What are the words
do. That was, until knew nothing about that startswords
Many with un-,are
in-,
one weekend when Tubby in the bed. mis-, im-, dis-, and re-
they were visiting They misunderstood formed by adding a
in the story?
Andy’s what Andy went to __________________
beginning or an
grandparents. _bed on time, without _____________
complaint. They ending word part or
Grandpa Peter were so happy 4.element
What dotoyou called
a base
heard all about it about this that they those letters added
and said. “This stayed up quite late, word. A word part
before the words?
sounds like a job for celebrating, but… __________________
added to the
Tubby, my pot _can you guess ______________
bellied cat,” They where Tubby slept beginning of a base
loaded the cat in the that night? word is a prefix.
car and returned
home. Tubby was a urce:When you add a
slow, and very fat What is It
English
4 prefix
TG, to a base
cat. He wasn’t much
page
of a bother because word, the new word
378-379
Think!
generally has a
6 different meaning
from the base word.
Study this chart for you to understand more about the prefixes.

Word Root Word Prefix Meaning of Meaning of

(Syllables) the prefix the word
added
before the
root word
inattentive attentive in- not not attentive
impolite polite im- not not polite
unbelievable believable un- not not
believable
misunderstood understood mis- not not
understood
replaced placed re- again placed
again
dishonest honest dis- not not honest

What’s More

A.Directions: Read the sentences and identify the prefix of the

underlined word. Write your answer on the space provided.
__________1. Andy was inattentive of his parents’ advice.
__________2. It was impossible for Andy to lie on his bed because
Tubby was totally sprawled out in pot belly in the air
and snoring loudly.
__________3. His parents could not believe the change in his
behavior. It was unbelievable.
__________4. They misunderstood why Andy went to bed on time,
without complaint.
__________5. Andy replaced his blanket after Tubby slept on his
bed.

B. Directions: Read the following words and identify the prefix. Write
your answer on the blank.

_______1. unemployed _______4. retouch

_______2. incapable ________5. undesired
_______3. impossible

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 What I Have Learned

Directions: add a prefix –in, -un, -im, -dis, -re and mis-, to the root word
in the parentheses to make the sentence correct. Write the newly formed
word on the blank.

1. Alden was a strange boy. He is an (usual) ______________ boy.

2. Richelle does not listen to her Music teacher. She is (attentive)
____________.
3. Many pupils did the wrong thing because they (understood)
__________ the instructions.
4. He was not neat. He is (tidy) _______________.
5. a four-year old child is (capable) ___________ of going to school

alone.
What I Can Do

Directions: Use the prefix im-, in-, dis- or un- to form the opposite of
each word below. Then complete the sentences with the appropriate
words in the box.
patient orderly afraid
possible honest correct

1. The janitor arranged carefully the chairs scattered about in the

___________classroom.
2. Her friends advised her to stop reaching out for an ___________
dream.
3. The man became _____________ when he was told to wait a few
more minutes.
4. For his ___________ answers, he was given a low grade.
5. Brave children are ___________ of the dark.

Post Assessment
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A. Directions: Complete each sentence using the meaning of the
word/words in the parentheses. Add a prefix –in, -un, -im, -dis, -re and
mis-. Write your answer on the space provided.
1. I had turn in my assignment ____________ because I was sick last
night (not finished).
2. It was ___________ for Ernest to give me his keys because he
can’t get inside his house without them. (not reasonable)
3. The _________ son stopped going to school. (not patient)
4. The boys sounded _____________ when they said they were sorry
(not honest)
5. Christine refused to buy big balloons because they are
___________ for the stage decoration. (not necessary)

B. Directions: Choose the meaning of the following words from the list.
Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. rebuild a. not to build

b. to build again
c. to build for the first time

2. recall a. to remember back

b. not to remember
c. to call over the phone.

3. uncertain a. not certain

b. very certain
c. seldom certain

4. disqualify a. very qualified

b. not include
c. include

5. misjudge a. to judge well

b. not to judge
c. to judge wrongly

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 Additional Activities

Directions: Read the following words with prefixes and complete the
chart below. Write your answer on the space provided.

Word Root Word Prefix (Syllables) Meaning Meaning of

added before the of the the word
root word prefix
untrue
disobedient
mismatch
replay
immature
incorrect
z

Lesson
Words with Suffixes
1 –ful and -less
In this module, identifying suffixes –ful and –less would help you
understand the meaning of the words. A suffix is a meaningful letters
added or attached to the end of a word that could helped you to
understand the word itself. You will understand also that the suffixes
often change the words function from noun to adjective and verbs to
noun.

What I Know

A. Directions: Complete the phrases below by adding the correct suffix

–ful and -less. Write your answer on the space provided.

(power) 1. a ______________________ president

(cheer) 2. a ______________________ greeting
(effort) 3. a ______________________ project
(joy) 4. a ______________________ welcome
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(peace) 5. a_______________________ settlement

B. Directions: Add the suffix –less or –ful to the word inside the
parentheses to make the sentence correct. Write the newly formed word
on the blank.

__________1. Boy scouts are having a (wonder) time.

__________2. They are (rest) for the whole day.
__________3. There are (count) activities ahead of them.
__________4. The scout master taught them to be (faith) to God.
__________5. They visited needy and (hope) people.

What’s In

Directions: Read the following words below and identify the rootword.

1. careful _______________
2. homeless _______________
3. roomful _______________
4. jobless _______________
5. cupful _______________
6. shapeless _______________
7. careless _______________
8. beautiful _______________
9. bucketful _______________
10. spoonful _______________

What’s New

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Read the Passage

Michael was Answer the following questions. Write your

useless at painting answer on the space provided.
and his output
looked awful. He 1. What is the passage about?
loves environment
and he thought it
was wonderful to
draw, but he could
not make his
painting look artful
because he did not
tried his best, so his
painting was
unappealing . His
father said, “That
looks awful”.
______________________________________________________

2. Who is the character in the passage?

______________________________________________________

3. What are the words that ends with –less and –ful?
______________________________________________________

What is It

A suffix is a
word part added to Think!
the end of a base
word. Often, the 1. The old woman was so powerful that
addition of a suffix she could swallow a lot of animals.
changes the 2. The old woman was careless to
meaning of a word swallow a fly.
or its part of speech. 3. The old woman is beautiful.
-less means 4. She had a sleepless night when she
“without” swallowed the fly.
Loveless
means without love.
Hopeless
12means without hope.
-ful means “full of”
Truthful means
full of truth.
 1. What is the root word of the powerful? (power)
2. What syllable was added at the end of the root word?(-ful)
3. What does the suffix –ful mean? (full of)
4. What is the meaning of the new word? (full of power)
5. In what way does a suffix change the meaning of a word?
(by adding the suffix –ful and –less at the end of the word)

Examples:
Word Root Word (Suffix) Meaning of Meaning of
Syllable the Suffix the Word
after the
root word
joyful joy -ful Full of Full of joy
powerless power -less Without Without
power

Notice the suffix used in the following examples.

1. joy (happy) joyful (full of joy)
2. power (strength) powerless (without power)

What’s More

Directions: Match the words in column A with their correct meaning in

Column B. Write your answer on the space before the number.

Column A Column B
______1. careful a. full of hope
______2. faithful b. without hope
______3. hopeful c. full of truth; honest
______4. hopeless d. full of mercy
______5. limitless e. without seeds
______6. merciful f. full of faith; loyal
______7. truthful g. without use
______8. seedless h. without limit
______9. useless i. full of care
______10. restless j. without rest

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 What I Have Learned

A.Directions: Write the correct words with suffix –ful or -less to

complete the sentence.

hopeful useful hopeless thankful tasteless

1. She has a _____________ gift.

2. The food that we ate yesterday was __________________.
3. The girl was _____________.
4. I am ____________________ for my family.
5. He is ______________________ of winning the race.

B. Directions: Give the meaning of the following suffixes. Write your

answer on the blank.

1. endless ___________________________.
2. powerless ___________________________.
3. worthless ___________________________.
4. playful ___________________________.
5. cheerful ___________________________.

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 What I Can Do

A.Directions: Match the word with suffix –ful and –less from column A
to Column B. Write your answer on the blank.

Example: harmful ---------------harmless

Activity 1.

Column A Column B

_____1. harmful a. careless

_____2. hopeless b. helpful
_____3. helpless c. thoughtful
_____4. careful d. hopeful
_____5. thoughtless e. harmless

B. Directions: Supply an appropriate suffix –ful and –less to form a new

word. Write the new word on the space provided.
1. peace _______________
2. wonder _______________
3. sleep _______________
4. bone _______________
5. cup _______________

Post Assessment

A. Directions: Read and analyze the questions carefully. Encircle the

letter of the correct answer.
1. What is the meaning of the suffix word “painful”?
a. Full of pain b. ful of pains c. without pain
2. What syllable/suffix suits for the word “home”?
a. home b. homeless c. homeful
3. What syllable/suffix suits for the word “cheer”?
a. cheerful b. cheerless c. cheeriest
4. Which of the following word uses the suffix correctly?
a. fearfull b. fearless c. fearhike

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 It was
summertime. The
children are excited
to visit their
grandparents
5. Which of the in the
following word use the correct suffix?
farm.a. Thepeace children b. peaceful c. peacelest
had a sleepless
B.night. They Fill
Directions: were
in the missing information in this chart. Write your
imagining of the
answer on the space provided.
wonderful things
theyword
Root do in the farm.Suffix New word Meaning
They
1. color play and eat in
____________ colorless without color
a peaceful meadow
2.near
carethe lake. They -ful ____________ full of care
sometimes catch
3.fish with the help -fulof thoughtful ____________
grandpa and their
4.cousins.
grace They
____________ graceful Full of grace
sometimes swim in
5.the
carelake with less their ____________ Without care
cousins. Their
cousins were helpful
to make things easy
for them, they were
so eager toAdditional
help in Activities
feeding grandpa’s
animals while
Directions:
grandma is watchful the word with suffix –ful and –less from the
Underline
passage
and reminds below.them to
be careful. The
z
children can’t wait
Lesson
for another summer
Word with suffix –er and
to come. They wish

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 What I Know

Directions: Supply the word in the box with suffix –er and –or and write
each word in the correct column.

fact seek employ collect paint

reflect sweet conduct survey sing

-er -or
1. 6.
2. 7.
3. 8.
4. 9.
5. 10

What’s In

Directions: Identify the root word in each of the following words.

1. reporter ______________
2. calculator ______________
3. fighter ______________
4. listener ______________
5. editor ______________
Work
An Adaptation
What’s New
My mother is a police officer.
Directions: Read andMy father isthe
analyze a taxi driver.
poem. Answer the questions that
follow. Write your answer on the space provided. ways.
They work and help people in many
I’d like to be like them one day.

My sister is a zoo keeper.

My brother is an actor.
They work and help people in many ways.
I’d like to be like them one day.

My grandmother is a teacher.
My grandfather is a sailor.
They work to help people in many ways.
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-Hitomi Sakamoto

Source: English 4 LM, Quarter 4, page 388

1. What is the poem about?
_________________________________

2. What are the words that ends with -er and -or?
___________________________________

3. What are the root words?

___________________________________

4. What syllable is added to the root word?

_________________________________

_________________________________

What is It

Read the following words and understand it thoroughly.

Word Root word Suffix Meaning of Meaning of

the Suffix the word
Driver Drive -er one who one who
drives
Keeper Keep -er one who one who
keeps
Teacher Teach -er one who one who
teaches
Sailor Sail -or one who one who
sails
actor act -or one who one who
acts

1. What is the root word of “keeper”? __keep____

2. What syllable added to the word “keeper”? ____” er” _______
3. What do the suffixes –er/-or do to a word? Change the meaning of
the word.
4. What is the meaning of the new word form in “keeper”? __one who
keeps.
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 Rosario God
Elementary School Almighty is our
won in the What’s
different More (create)
events in the 1.__________
recently held District . He made
Athletic Meet.
Directions: WriteTheir
the proper wordmanby asaddingthe–er or –or to a root word.
100meaning
The meter-dashgivenrun (lead)
will help you. The first has been done for you. Write
(n) 1.________ won
your answer on the space provided. 2.__________
the first place. Their of all His
1.basketball
one who writes play creatures.
__________ If
2.2.________
one who paints won the you are a
___________
3.second
one whoplace
dreamsonly (follower,
___________
because the
4. one who trains last follow)
___________
shoot 3._________
5. one who sells 3.________
___________ of
6.did not sends
one who make it. God, you will
___________
7.They also encodes
one who won in the obey
___________ His
8.baseball
one who helps and commands.
___________
volleyball
9. one who leads games. Man is the
___________
Their
10. tennis
one who readsplayer (keep)
___________
won third place 4.________ of
because the all the things
What I Have Learned
competit 4._______ God has
was so tough to made. We
beat. The happiest must be
of them all
Directions: Read is the paragraph and add the
thankful to suffix –er or –or on the
train provided
space 5.______ of God. Are you
football because his a (believe) 5.
players made it to ___________
the finals. of God?
What I Can Do
So So
ur ur
ce: Directions: Choosece:the correct word with suffix
En –er and –or and write
En on each blank.
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Directions: Encircle the letter of the correct answer in the sentence.
1. Which of the following uses –er suffix?
b. driver b. clear c. regulator
2. Which one carries the meaning of “one who works”?
b. worker b. supervisor c. teacher
3. Which one carries the meaning of “one who leads”?
b. laborer b. engineer c. leader
4. Which of the following uses –or suffix?
a. contractor b. contracter c. contract
5. Which of the following uses –or suffix?
b. directer b. director c. directive

6. Which one carries the meaning of “one who bakes”?

a. baking b. baker c. bakor
For no. 7-9, choose the correct word to complete the sentence.

brighter baker worker

7. The ______________ bakes his bread in the bakery.

8. Maria’s career had its ________________side.
9. Lezel is a _______________ and she earns a little.
For no. 10, create a sentence using the word “farmer”.
10. ____________________________________________.

Additional Activities

Directions: Read the following words with suffixes –er or –or and
separate the root word from the suffixes. Write your answer on the blank.
Root word Suffixes
1. high
2. short
3. counsel
4. orate
5. tall

Answer Key
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 LESSON 1

What I know What’s More

A. 1. a B. 1. a A. 1. In B 1. un
2. a 2. b 2. im 2. in
3. b 3. c 3. un 3. im
4. b 4. b 4. mis 4. re
5. c 5. a 5. re 5. un

What I have Learned

1. unusual
What’s In
A. 1. complete 6. balance 2.inattentive
3. misunderstood
2. act 7. inform
3. manage 8. sense 4. untidy
5. incapable
4. possible 9. arrange
5. equal 10. available

Post Assessment
What’s New A. 1. unfinished
1. The pot bellied cat 2. unreasonable
3. impatient
2. Tubby,Andy, Andy’s Parents, Andy’s
4. dishonest
Grandpa
5. unafraid
3.disappointed, unbelievable,
B. 1. b
misunderstood, impolite, returned,
2. a
intention
3. a
4. prefixes
4. b
5. c

Additional Activities
1.untrue True Un Not Not true
2.disobedient Obedient Dis Not Not obedient
3. mismatch Match Mis Not Not match
4.replay Play Re Again Play again
5.immature Mature Im Not Not mature
Answer Key
6.incorrect correct in Not Not correct

LESSON 2
What21 I know
A. 1. Powerful B. 1. wonderful
2. cheerful 2. restless
3. effortless 3. countless
 What I have Learned
A. 1. useful B. 1. without end
2. tasteless 2. Full of power
3. hopeless 3. Without worth
4. thankful 4. Full of play
5. hopeful 5. Full of cheer

What’s In What I can Do

1. care 6. shape A. 1. e B. 1. peaceful
2. home 7. care 2. d 2. wonderful
3. room 8. beauty 3. b 3. sleepless
4. job 9. bucket 4. a 4. boneless
5. cup 10. spoon 5. c 5. cupful

What’s New
Post Assessment
1. It’s all about painting
A. 1. a B. 1. less
2. Michael
2. b 2. careful
3. useless, awful, wonderful, artful
3. a 3. thought
4. b 4. -ful
What’s More 5. b 5. careless
1. i 6. d
2. f 7. c
3. a 8. e Additional Activities
4. b 9. g 1. sleepless
5. h 10. j 2. wonderful
3. peaceful
4. helpful
5. watchful
6. careful

Answer Key
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 LESSON 3
What I know What I have learned
1.seeker 6. factor 1.runner
2.sweeter 7. reflector 2.player
3.employer 8. conductor 3.shooter
4.painter 9. collector 4.competitor
5. singer 10. surveyor 5.trainer

What’s In What I can Do

1. report 1. Creator
2. calculate 2. Leader
3. fight 3. follower
4. listen 4. Keeper
5. edit 5. believer

Post Assessment
What’s New 1. Driver
1. The poem is about work 2. Worker
2. officer, driver, keeper, actor, teacher, 3. Leader
sailor 4. Contractor
3. office, drive, keep, act, teach, sail 5. Director
4. –er and --or 6. Baker
7. Baker
8. Brighter
9. Worker
What’s More 10. Answers may vary
1.writer 6. sender
2.painter 7.encoder Additional Activities
3.dreamer 8. helper 1. –er 4. -or
4.trainer 9. leader 2. –er 5. -er
5. seller 10. reader 3. -or

References:

Balajadia J., et al (1999) Fun in English Language 4 JGM & S

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Edition, 2011) Book Wise Publishing House, Inc.

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Department of Education Republic of the Philippines.

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