Suffixes Test Week 20

A suffix is a group of letters placed ____ the base word.

• before

• after

• between

• instead of

The suffix in the words poisonous and doubtful mean the same thing. What is the meaning of these suffixes?

• related to

• action of

• person

• full of

"Your behavior is childish," said the teacher. What part of speech is the word, childish?

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

The suffix in the word protection changed the word protect from verb to _____.

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

The suffix "age" in "percentage" and "dosage" means _____.

• full of

• without

• amount

• fear

Positive is to optimist as negative is to ______.

• pessimist

• dentist

• artist

• specialist

The suffix "or" in the words "dictator" and "juror" means ____.

• fear

• person

• full of

• without

If I have "claustrophobia", it means I ______ closed places.

• have fear of

• am full of

• without

• a person of

I want to describe an item that can be put in the washing machine. Which suffix would I add to the word, "wash", to describe the item?

• or

• ful

• able

• less

Which word means the study of living things?

• biologist

• biology

• biophobia

• bioable