Suffixes and Prefixes

In following sentence what does the word helpless mean?

The puppy looked helpless all by itself.

• alone

• full of help

• happy

• without help

What is a suffix?

• a part added to the beginning of a word

• a part added to the middle of a word

• a root word

• a part added to the end of a word

Choose the word that contains a suffix:

The unhappy boy could run the fastest in his preschool.

• unhappy

• could

• fastest

• preschool

What is the meaning of the prefix re-?

• before

• apart

• no

• again

What is a prefix?

• a part added to the middle of a word

• a root word

• a part added to the beginning of a word

• a part added to the end of a word

What does the suffix -able mean?

• can do

• without

• cannot

• not

Which of the follow prefixes means "before"?

• de-

• dis-

• pre-

• re-

Which word would match the definition "having a wrong understanding"?

• understand

• misunderstood

• unknown

• what

The prefix il- means not, so if you do something that is ILLEGAL, you:

• break the law

• follow the law

• make a new law

• throw out the law

What does the prefix micro- mean?

• Do again

• Opposite of

• Small

• Full of