WorksheetsAffixes
Total questions: 47
Worksheet time: 24mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which prefix means "three"?
a)
tri
b)
bi
c)
re
d)
mis
2.
Which prefix means ""again or back"?
a)
un
b)
re
c)
mis
d)
mid
3.
Which prefix means "bad or wrong"?
a)
mis
b)
un
c)
pre
d)
re
4.
Which prefix means "middle"?
a)
re
b)
un
c)
mid
d)
pre
5.
Which suffix means "able to "?
a)
able/ible
b)
ful
c)
less
d)
ed
6.
Which prefix means not?
a)
non
b)
bi
c)
sub
d)
mid
7.
Which prefix means out or away?
a)
pre
b)
ex
c)
bi
d)
un
8.
Which prefix means "two"?
a)
bi
b)
mis
c)
tri
d)
us
9.
Which prefix means "after"?
a)
pre
b)
tri
c)
post
d)
bi
10.
Which suffix means "without"?
a)
ful
b)
ing
c)
est
d)
less
11.
re- means?
a)
not
b)
before
c)
again/back
d)
opposite of
12.
dis- means?
a)
two
b)
too little/below
c)
between
d)
not/opposite of
13.
A prefix goes _________of a word.
a)
at the end
b)
at the beginning
c)
in the middle
14.
A suffix goes _______of a word.
a)
at the beginning
b)
in the middle
c)
at the end
15.
Prefixes and suffixes are added to words to change their meaning
a)
True
b)
False
16.
Astronomy contains a root that means _________.
a)
star
b)
earth
c)
moon
d)
study
17.
Geography contains a prefix that means
a)
earth
b)
world
c)
land
d)
ocean
18.
Contemporary contains a root that means _______
a)
music
b)
time
c)
last
d)
earth
19.
What is the prefix/suffix in the word: uniform
a)
uni
b)
form
20.
anti
a)
for
b)
against
c)
hundred
d)
reduce
21.
auto
a)
not
b)
eight
c)
into
d)
self, same
22.
cent, centi
a)
1000
b)
10
c)
200
d)
100
23.
micro
a)
very large
b)
very small
c)
very loud
d)
very quiet
24.
trans
a)
higher in quality
b)
self, same
c)
against
d)
across
25.
What does the prefix bio- mean?
a)
two
b)
one
c)
living
d)
bad
26.
Geo means ______
a)
moon
b)
earth
c)
sure
d)
born
27.
A root word is
a)
Letters added to the beginning of a word
b)
Letters added to the end of a word
c)
What's left after removing all prefixes and suffixes
d)
Not important when figuring out the meaning of a word
28.
The prefix meaning against is:
a)
di-
b)
anti-
c)
mal-
d)
mis-
29.
What is the meaning of the following?
FORE in forecast
FORE in forecast
a)
before
b)
after
c)
against
30.
That movie told a story that can be believed. Which word can replace "can be believed"?
a)
believy
b)
believey
c)
believeful
d)
believable
31.
The suffix -ous means
a)
having, full of
b)
without
c)
indicates past tense
32.
Which word means having a fear of water?
a)
homophone
b)
hydrophobia
c)
reporter
d)
phonics
33.
inter in interstate means
a)
life
b)
good
c)
badly
d)
between
34.
bene means
a)
good
b)
life
c)
remove
d)
not
35.
port
a)
boat
b)
between
c)
carry
d)
again
36.
graph
a)
around
b)
hand
c)
write
d)
chart
37.
phone
a)
beyond
b)
sound
c)
far off
d)
apart
38.
hydra and aqua
a)
earth
b)
vapor
c)
agriculture
d)
water
39.
aero
a)
air
b)
group
c)
thanks
d)
good
40.
What does photo mean?
a)
life
b)
time
c)
light
d)
land
41.
Add a prefix to polite to mean not polite.
a)
unpolite
b)
repolite
c)
impolite
d)
dispolite
42.
Add a prefix to behave to mean did not behave.
a)
prebehave
b)
disbehave
c)
misbehave
d)
disbehave
43.
Add a prefix to pay to mean pay before.
a)
unpay
b)
prepay
c)
repay
d)
dispay
44.
Add a suffix to the word graph to mean a picture produced using light.
a)
photoment
b)
photograph
c)
phototion
d)
photosion
45.
Add a suffix to infant to mean the state of being an infant.
a)
infancy
b)
infantgraph
c)
infantist
d)
infantion
46.
Add a suffix to the word comfort to mean full of comfort.
a)
comfortable
b)
comfortless
c)
comfortful
d)
comfortest
47.
Add a suffix to life to mean not having life,
a)
lifement
b)
lifeful
c)
lifelike
d)
lifeless
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