Understanding the Prefix 'Mis-'
A Grade 2 ELA worksheet to help students understand and use words with the prefix 'mis-'.
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Understanding the Prefix 'Mis-'
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Read the instructions for each section carefully and answer all questions.
The prefix 'mis-' means 'wrongly' or 'badly'. When you add 'mis-' to the beginning of a word, it changes the meaning of that word.
Match each word with 'mis-' to its correct meaning.
1. misread
a. to behave badly
2. misbehave
b. to understand wrongly
3. misunderstand
c. to read wrongly
4. misplace
d. to put in the wrong place
Choose the correct word with 'mis-' from the word bank to complete each sentence.
1. I made a when I added 2 + 3 and got 6.
2. The word 'cat' was as 'kat' in my story.
3. The sign tried to us down the wrong road.
4. My socks were a ; one was blue and one was red.
1. What does 'misplace' mean?
to put in the right place
to put in the wrong place
to find something
to throw away
2. If you 'mishear' something, what happened?
You heard it clearly.
You heard it wrongly.
You didn't hear anything.
You heard a secret.
Read each sentence. Is the statement True or False?
1. The word 'misunderstand' means to understand something correctly.
True
False
2. If you 'misuse' a toy, you are using it in the right way.
True
False
Write a sentence using each of the 'mis-' words below.
1. misspell
2. misbehave
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