WorksheetsRoot Words - Prefixes/Suffixes
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
A root word is -
a word to which you can add ice cream and chocolate sauce to form new words
a word to which you can add prefixes and suffixes to form new words
a word to which you can add chips and salsa to form new words
a word to which you can add a beginning and an end to form new words
A prefix comes at the __________ of a root word.
middle
end
beginning
A suffix comes at the ________ of a root word.
middle
beginning
end
Adding the suffix "ly" to the root word "near" creates -
nearby
nearly
nearing
Adding the prefix "non" to the root word "magical" creates
nonmagical
nomagical
notmagical
Adding the suffix "ing" to the root word "laugh" creates
laughy
laugher
laughing
Adding the prefix "dis" and the suffix "ance" to the root word "disappear" creates
disappear
disappearance
appearance
Adding the suffix "ness" to the root word "thick" creates
thickess
nessthick
thickness
Adding the suffix "less" to the root word "face" creates
faceless
lessface
faces
Adding the prefix "pre" and the suffix "able" to the root word "pay" creates
payable
prepayable
prepay
Adding the prefix "ex" and the suffix "ed" to the root word "port" creates
export
ported
exported
Adding the prefix "re" to the root word "load" creates
load
loader
reload
Adding the suffix "ing" to the root word "mix" creates
mixing
mixer
mixes
Adding the suffix "ness" to the root word "happy" creates
(don't get tricked - remember the rule about "y")
happyess
happiness
happyness
Adding the suffix "est" to the root word "hungry" creates
(don't get tricked - remember the rule about "y")
hungriest
hungry
hungryest
