WorksheetsPrefixes, Suffixes, and Roots Oh My
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 31mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the PREFIX in DISCOURAGED?
a)
courage
b)
ed
c)
discour
d)
dis
2.
What is the ROOT WORD in PREHEAT?
a)
heat
b)
eat
c)
pre
d)
at
3.
What is the MEANING of the word REHEAT?
a)
To heat before
b)
To heat again
c)
To not heat
d)
To heat first
4.
What is the MEANING of DISLIKE?
a)
The opposite of like
b)
To like before
c)
To like again
d)
The opposite of hate
5.
Ann
a)
year
b)
circle
c)
ring
d)
divide
6.
Cycl
a)
to form
b)
divide
c)
circle
d)
year
7.
Div
a)
year
b)
ring
c)
to form
d)
divide
8.
Lib
a)
declare
b)
touch
c)
free
d)
make by hand
9.
Tact
a)
make by hand
b)
free
c)
declare
d)
touch
10.
What does "chron" mean?
a)
color
b)
time
c)
ill
d)
measure
11.
graph means
a)
draw/ write
b)
color/shade
c)
spin/sit
d)
essay/novel
12.
What is the PREFIX in the word UNCOVER?
a)
un
b)
cov
c)
cover
d)
er
13.
Geology is the study of rocks and what the _________ is made of.
a)
science
b)
life
c)
earth
d)
penguins
16.
What is the latin root of the word "pedometer"?
a)
er
b)
me
c)
meter
d)
ped
15.
Mono means
a)
ten
b)
one
c)
too many
d)
multi
16.
What is the latin root of the word "pedometer"?
a)
er
b)
me
c)
meter
d)
ped
17.
The root word "astr" means
a)
planet
b)
star
c)
moon
d)
foot
18.
The latin root "audi/aud" means
a)
hear
b)
a freaking nice car
c)
a big room
d)
star
19.
A dictator is a person who__________________.
a)
says the opposite of something.
b)
rules a country with total authority, often in a cruel or brutal way.
c)
makes the decision by a jury.
d)
the act of speaking words that someone writes down.
20.
Chronological means ____________________.
a)
a watch or clock that measures time precisely.
b)
a reoccuring problem.
c)
things happening at the same time.
d)
arranged in the order that things happened or came to be.
21.
-er
a)
comparative
b)
state of
c)
sound
22.
The root word "grad" means
a)
to do badly
b)
step
c)
sound
23.
If a word ends with "ologist" most likely it's _________________.
a)
a topic
b)
a person who studies something
24.
Gradual means ___________________________.
a)
to treat someone poorly
b)
earning a degree from somewhere
c)
moving or changing in small amounts
25.
Dictation means______________
a)
to say the opposite of something
b)
to say what might happen in the future
c)
the act of speaking words that someone writes down or that a machine records
26.
What does the suffix "-or" mean?
a)
relating to, like
b)
small
c)
act, practice, result of
d)
one who, condition
27.
What does the suffix "-ful" mean?
a)
without, lack of
b)
having to create
c)
full of
d)
having to do with
28.
What does the suffix "-less" mean?
a)
without, lack of
b)
less of
c)
containing
d)
relating to
29.
What does the suffix "-ence" mean?
a)
to go, yield, surrender
b)
action/process, state or quality
c)
quality, relation, nature of
d)
one who, condition of
30.
What do the suffixes "-ial" and "-al" mean?
a)
action/process, state or quality
b)
one who, condition of
c)
quality, relation, nature of
d)
small
31.
-less
a)
without
b)
with
c)
little
32.
-able, -ible
a)
can't be done
b)
can be done
c)
without
33.
-ness
a)
position held
b)
state of
c)
act, process
34.
-ship
a)
position held
b)
boat
c)
state of
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