Affixes and roots post-test 2020/2021

Read the following sentences. They both use the root word port. Based on the different ways the word is used, what does port most likely mean? "It's about the only way we could transport it, as the trails are too narrow for a wagon." " The torch has the advantage of being small, light and portable."

• able to maintain
• able to dodge
• able to carry
• able to leave

Look at the word antisocial in the following sentence. It uses the prefix anti to change the meaning of the word social. "The girl in the class was very antisocial and would never talk to anybody, including the teacher. " Use the context clues to find an antonym for the word antisocial.

• standoffish
• unfriendly
• withdrawn
• sociable

The words progress and proceed both use the prefix pro- the same way( to move forward) . Which of the following word also use the prefix pro- the same way?

• proper
• program
• professional
• promote

Read the following sentence and use the context clues to determine the meaning of the root word bene- as in beneficial. "It was very certain that the exercise he was giving his brain must be beneficial."

• disagreeable
• useless
• harmful; hurtful
• good; well

Read the following sentence and use the context clues to determine the meaning of the root word chrono- as in chronological. "They are arranged in chronological order, not according to their length."

• time
• size
• volume
• width

What happens to a word when the suffix -ful is added?

• it becomes able to
• It becomes the quality of
• it becomes full of
• it becomes a person who

The word obey is the root for all of the following words except.

• obedient
• obedience
• obesity
• disobedience

Which of the following words uses the suffix -ment incorrectly, when -ment means action or result

• movement
• apartment
• excitement
• judgement

Which of the following words does the prefix have the same meaning as it does in the word preheat?

• press conference
• pretty
• prehistoric
• present

irrational/logical are :

• synonyms
• antonyms