Prefix, suffix and root words

Using your knowledge of prefixes, suffixes, and word roots, answer the question. What is the meaning of the word biography?

• a work on a person's life

• a work on life on earth

• a work on one's own life

• a work on life in water

In this sentence, the word oceanography means

• the study of sea creatures.

• the study of volcanoes.

• the study of oceans and seas.

• the study of ocean currents.

Using your knowledge of prefixes, suffixes, and word roots, answer the question. Tom suffered the misfortune of losing his bag while travelling to New York. What is the meaning of the word misfortune?

• hard fortune

• bad fortune

• no fortune

• good fortune

When my grandparents were very young, they owned a semiautomatic washing machine. What is the meaning of semiautomatic?

• less automatic

• fully automatic

• not automatic

• half automatic

If a restaurant requires its customers to pay for their meals before eating, the customer must _______.

Using your knowledge of prefixes, suffixes, and word roots, answer the question. What is the root of the underlined word in the sentence: "The ultramodern building blended in well with the surroundings"?

the underlined word is ultramodern

• tramode

• ultramo

• modern

• tramodern

Using your knowledge of prefixes, suffixes, and word roots, answer the question. The council meeting was conducted under Paulo's leadership. What is the meaning of the word leadership?

• the result of leading

• the act of leading

• the state of being a leader

• the condition of being a leader

What is the meaning of autobiography?

• an account of one's life as told to another person

• an account of one's life written by two other people

• a self-written account of one's own life

• a written account of another person's life

What is the meaning of tolerable?

• already tolerated

• able to be tolerated

Using your knowledge of prefixes, suffixes, and word roots, answer the question. The ex-principal often visited the school. What does the word ex-principal mean in the sentence above?

• future principal

• current principal

• former principal

• new principal