Vocabulary Post Test

1. Affixes are added onto a ________________ and it has no suffixes or prefixes.

• root word

• suffix

• prefix

• affix

1. The word “breath” received the _____________ “-able” at the end of it in order to change its meaning.

• context

• suffix

• prefix

• affix

1. The word “happy” received the _________________ “un” at the beginning in order to change its meaning.

• root word

• suffix

• prefix

• affix

1. A ____________ was added onto the root word in order to change its meaning.

• context

• suffix

• prefix

• affix

1. When trying to figure out the meaning of an unknown word, you need to look at its ________ in the sentence.

• context

• suffix

• prefix

• affix

1. Belli is a root word that means

• peace

• mean

• loud

• war

1. The costumer became quite ________________ when his order was messed up.

• bellicose

• belligerent

• rebellious

• antebellum

1. Byron in The Watsons Go to Birmingham is very ______________ he always does the opposite of what he is told and loves defying authority.

• bellicose

• belligerent

• rebellious

• antebellum

1. The ______________ period in the southern US before the Civil War was a time of big cotton plantations and slavery.

• bellicose

• belligerent

• rebellious

• antebellum

1. It’s a stereotype that teenage boys are often ________________ always looking for a fight.

• bellicose

• blligerent

• rebellious

• antebellum