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Prefixes/Suffixes

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the PREFIX in DISCOURAGED?
a)
courage
b)
ed
c)
discour
d)
dis
2.
What is the meaning of the following?
Dishonor
a)
opposite of honor
b)
having honor
c)
receiving honor
3.
What is the meaning of the following?
FORE in forecast
a)
before
b)
after
c)
against
4.

The prefix UN- means "not." The word ABRIDGE means "to shorten." So the word UNABRIDGED most likely means:

a)

a shorter version of the story

b)

a full version of the story

c)

a new version of the story

d)

an old version of the story

5.
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
6.

"Mis" means "wrong." What word uses "mis" in this way?

a)

misuse

b)

mister

c)

misery

d)

misty

7.

-able means "able to be". What does agreeable mean?

a)

agreeing

b)

able to agree

c)

quickly agreeing

8.

-ily means "in that manner". What does sloppily mean in the following sentence.


The dog ate his dinner sloppily after not having eaten all morning.

a)

not sloppy

b)

very sloppy

c)

slowly

d)

quickly

9.
What is the meaning of the word harmful?
a)
without causing harm
b)
full of harm
c)
a person who is careful
d)
a person who harms
10.
What is the meaning of the word reappear?
a)
a magician
b)
without appearing
c)
to appear again
d)
to not come to school
11.
What is the meaning of the word nonsense?
a)
does not make sense
b)
something that makes sense
c)
a smart person
d)
a person who has a good sense of smell
12.
Choose the word that contains a prefix.
a)
small
b)
ball
c)
misfit
d)
clean
13.
Choose the word that contains a prefix.
a)
small
b)
ball
c)
misfit
d)
clean
14.
A suffix is a word part attached to:
a)
The beginning of a root word
b)
The middle of a root word
c)
The end of a root word
d)
a root word
15.

The prefix RE- means "again," so if you REBUILD something, you:

a)

build it for the first time

b)

tear it down

c)

build it again

d)

fix it up

16.

What does understandable mean?

a)

without understanding

b)

able to understand

c)

cannot understand

d)

full of understanding

17.

The prefix EN- means to "put into," so when you ENTANGLE something, you get it...

a)

Into a tangle

b)

Out of a tangle

c)

in the middle of a tangle