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Affixes and Root Words

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which prefix means reverse?
a)
Un
b)
De
c)
Sub
d)
Inter
2.
Which prefix means before?
a)
In
b)
De
c)
Sub
d)
Pre
3.
This root word means  to carry.
a)
Terr
b)
Port
c)
Ject
d)
Activate
4.
What is the meaning of the prefix
trans?
a)
to move or change
b)
together
c)
half
d)
under
5.
What does the root word therm mean?
a)
life
b)
sun
c)
healthy
d)
heat
6.
If -ology means to study, what does microbiology mean?
a)
Study of large animals
b)
Study of small living organisms
c)
Study of living creatures
d)
Study of small rocks
7.
What does the prefix pre mean?
Ex: She likes to preview a movie before it comes out.
a)
middle
b)
before
c)
between
d)
not
8.
The prefix "un" means
ex. undo, untie
a)
does not
b)
full of 
c)
without
d)
not
9.
Which word contains a prefix that means small?
a)
illegal
b)
macroeconomics
c)
internet
d)
microscope
10.
What does the root word graph mean?
ex: photographgraphic organizer
a)
write
b)
read
c)
chart
d)
mathmatics
11.
What does the root word bio mean? 
ex: microbiology, autobiography
a)
Air
b)
Atmosphere
c)
Life
d)
Text
12.
What does macro mean?
ex: macrobiology, macrofossil
a)
believe
b)
force
c)
large
d)
halfway
13.
What does the root word ology mean?
ex: microbiology, macrobiology
a)
The study of
b)
plant life
c)
material
d)
transform
14.
What does the prefixes wit/wis mean?
ex: witness, wisdom
a)
to ask
b)
to know
c)
to collect
15.
What does the prefix vis mean?
ex: visual, vision 
a)
to hear
b)
to taste
c)
to see
d)
to hear
16.
What does dyna mean?
ex: dynamite, dynasty
a)
power
b)
little
c)
hungry
d)
weak
17.
Which prefix means to go around?
a)
bio
b)
macro
c)
circu
d)
re
18.
Which root word means measure?
a)
meter
b)
un
c)
ruler
d)
circu
19.
What does view mean?
ex: preview, review 
a)
see 
b)
dance
c)
look
d)
sleep
20.
Which prefix means self?
a)
bio
b)
dark
c)
auto 
d)
graph