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WorksheetsUnderstand common prefixes
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 9mins
What is a prefix?
One or more letters put on the beginning of a word which have a specific meaning
Anything that helps you understand new words
The words: bicycle, rewrite, and unhappy
Anything that expands your vocabulary
A dictionary
Which word does NOT have a prefix?
Supercomputer
Unimportant
Megastar
Biplane
Trick
Which word is the opposite of able?
Table
Enable
Unable
Reliable
Possible
Which is NOT a fact about prefixes?
Knowing the meaning of a prefix can help you understand the meaning of a new word.
Every word that starts with the letters bi- includes the meaning “two.”
There are lists of prefixes in dictionaries and on the internet.
Some common prefixes include: un-, uni-, mega-, and super-.
There are hundreds of different prefixes in English.
If standard means “a required level,” what is the best way to rewrite the following sentence?
The product was substandard quality.
The product had quality.
The product was a required level.
The required level was below the quality.
The product was above the required level of quality.
The product was below the required level of quality.
If form means “shape,” what is the best word to describe things that are all exactly the same?
Conform
Reform
Uniform
Multiform
Formation
What is the best word to fill in the blank in the following sentence?
Sally did not understand the meaning, so she __________ the paragraph three times.
Reclaimed
Reformed
Trimester
Triangle
Reread
If the prefix multi- means “many,” what is the best definition for multipurpose?
Multiple
Only one thing
Having many uses
Buying many things
A group of many dolphins
If terra is a root word meaning “earth,” what is the best meaning for the word in bold in this sentence?
The cave was made by subterranean water.
Subway
Rainwater
Below the water
Below the earth
From another planet
If export means “to take out of the country,” expatriot means “a person who left the country,” and exhale means “to breathe out,” what does the prefix ex- probably mean?
Out of, away from
Extra, more than
To send, take
To breathe
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