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5th Grade Prefixes and Suffixes

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does this prefix mean?

semi

a)

half

b)

almost

c)

whole

2.

What does this prefix mean?

super

a)

great

b)

above everything else, on top of

c)

hero

3.

What does this prefix mean?

poly

a)

small

b)

many

c)

large

4.

The word multicolored means...?

a)

many colors

b)

one color

c)

no colors at all

5.

What does this prefix mean?

mis

a)

Bad or wrong

b)

not at all

c)

always

6.

If this is subsoil, it is the soil...

a)

below something

b)

above something

7.

The prefix Milli- means...?

a)

minnie

b)

1

c)

1000

8.

What does the suffix "port" mean?

a)

to leave

b)

to sleep

c)

to carry

9.

What does the suffix "able" mean?

EX: workable

a)

It can be done

b)

finished

c)

take somewhere

10.

If a goddess is a female god, then a lioness is a...

a)

female lion

b)

male lion

11.

The suffix -logy makes this word mean what?

biology

a)

the class you take in highschool

b)

the study of bio

c)

two of the same

12.
A prefix goes _________of a word.
a)
at the end
b)
at the beginning
c)
in the middle
13.
A suffix goes _______of a word.
a)
at the beginning
b)
in the middle
c)
at the end 
14.
I had to retie my shoe because it wasn't tight enough.
The word "retie" means
a)
tie again
b)
untie
c)
without a tie
d)
does not tie
15.
The book was certainly able to be read.
a)
readable
b)
unreadable
c)
read
d)
readily
16.
What does the suffix _est mean?
a)
most
b)
more
c)
without
d)
full of _____
17.
What prefix means opposite?
a)
in-
b)
trans-
c)
over-
d)
dis-
18.
The prefix of the word "disappear" is?
a)
ear
b)
dis
c)
app
d)
pear
19.
What does "rewrite" mean?
a)
write again
b)
not write
20.
Which word contains a prefix that means distance?
a)
indestructible
b)
semicircle
c)
telegraph
d)
deplane
21.
What does unnoticed mean?
His good deed did not go unnoticed.
a)
not reasonable
b)
not safe
c)
not hidden
d)
not noticed
22.
What is the MEANING of the word REHEAT?
a)
To heat before
b)
To heat again
c)
To not heat
d)
To heat first