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Prefix-Suffix-Syllables

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 44mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What does the prefix re mean?
a)
wrong
b)
not
c)
again
d)
supporting
2.
What does the prefix un mean?
a)
Not
b)
Again
c)
Wrong
d)
Before
3.
What does the prefix pre mean?
a)
Before
b)
Supporting
c)
Wrong
d)
Again
4.
What does unhappy mean?
a)
Not happy
b)
Happy again
c)
To be happy
d)
Happy before
5.
What does preheat mean?
a)
To heat before
b)
To not heat
c)
To be heated
d)
To heat again
6.
What does retest mean?
a)
To test again
b)
To test before
c)
To not test
d)
To be tested
7.
What does misjudge mean?
a)
To wrongly judge
b)
To have judged
c)
To be a judge
d)
To support the judge
8.
What does mismatch mean?
a)
To match again
b)
To be matched
c)
To wrongly match
d)
To match before
9.
What does the prefix mis mean?
a)
Not
b)
Before
c)
Wrong
d)
Supporting
10.
What does untie mean?
a)
To be tied
b)
To always tie
c)
To tie again
d)
To not tie
11.
What does pretest mean?
a)
To test before
b)
To test again
c)
To be tested
d)
To wrongly test
12.
What does reopen mean?
a)
To not open
b)
To open before
c)
To open again
d)
To wrongly open
13.
in- means
a)
down, off, of
b)
in, on, into
c)
to hear or to listen
14.
The prefix in the word unzip is?
a)
un-
b)
dis-
15.
The prefix in the word dishonest is?
a)
un
b)
potato
c)
dis
16.
The prefix in disrespect is?
a)
dis
b)
nonres
c)
un
17.
The prefix in unpleasant is?
a)
non
b)
un
c)
dis
18.
The base word unpleasant is?
a)
un
b)
pleasant
c)
ant
19.
The base word in unhappy is?
a)
un
b)
happy
c)
y
20.
What does "reread" mean?
a)
not read
b)
full of read
c)
read again
d)
someone who reads
21.
What does "rewrite" mean?
a)
write again
b)
not write
22.
What is the base word in 
"rewrite"
a)
re
b)
write
23.
If I want to show that something is currently happening, which is the best suffix?
a)
pre
b)
ed
c)
ion
d)
ing
24.
What is the meaning of the word suffix?
a)
after the root word, changes the meaning
b)
before the root word, changes the meaning
25.
What is the meaning of the word prefix?
a)
before the root word, changes the meaning.
b)
after the root word, changes the meaning.
26.
Which word below means without fear?
a)
fearful
b)
fearless
c)
unfear
27.
If you take away the prefix from disagree, the root word is agree?
a)
true
b)
false
28.
if you add the prefix ‘un’ to the word wrap, what is the correct spelling of the new word? 
a)
unwrapp
b)
unwrap
c)
unnwrap
29.
Anti-
a)
Not
b)
Against
30.
-less
a)
Without
b)
Again
31.
Prefixes and suffixes are added to words to change their meaning
a)
True
b)
False
32.
past-tense verbs
a)
-ed
b)
-ing
c)
-ly
d)
-es, -s
33.
plural (more than one)
a)
-ed
b)
-ing
c)
-ly
d)
-es, -s
34.
adverb ending (in a way)
a)
-ed
b)
-ing
c)
-ly
d)
-es, -s
35.
Is 'fad' a closed syllable type?
a)
True
b)
False
36.
Is 'pi' an open syllable type?
a)
True
b)
False
37.
Is 'bur' as in bur-ger an example of an r-controlled syllable?
a)
True
b)
False
38.
Is the end of the syllable 'race', as in race - car, an example of a Silent 'e' syllable?
a)
True
b)
False
39.
How many vowel teams are in the word raincoat?
a)
One
b)
Two
c)
Three
d)
Four
40.
The Consonant+Le in the word Turtle is '-tle'
a)
True
b)
False
41.
How many syllables are in the word Onomatopoeia?
a)
One
b)
Two
c)
Three
d)
Four
42.
In the word Onomatopoeia, which syllable is the open syllable?
a)
Ono-
b)
-Mato-
c)
-poeia
d)
All of the above
43.
In the word Onomatopoeia, which syllable is the closed syllable?
a)
Ono-
b)
-Mato-
c)
-poeia
d)
None of the above
44.
In the word exclamatory, which syllable is the closed syllable?
a)
Ex-
b)
-clam-
c)
-atory
d)
None of the above
45.
In the word exclamatory, which syllable is the r-controlled syllable?
a)
Ex-
b)
-clam-
c)
-atory
d)
None of the above