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Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 30mins
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Class
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1.
Choose the best word to use in a sentence:
The light _________ the entire room.
a)
lighted
b)
illuminated
c)
litted
d)
lighted up
2.
What does the word "misplace" mean?
a)
full of place
b)
place again
c)
to put in the wrong place
d)
in a placed way
3.
un- means?
a)
before
b)
not/opposite
c)
full of
d)
again/back
4.
A prefix goes _________of a word.
a)
at the end
b)
at the beginning
c)
in the middle
5.
A suffix goes _______of a word.
a)
at the beginning
b)
in the middle
c)
at the end
6.
What does the prefix "dis, non, and un" mean?
a)
again
b)
not
c)
before
7.
The affix "uni-" means
a)
three
b)
one
c)
two
d)
several
8.
The lady noticed how beautiful sunset as she was driving home.
beautiful means...
beautiful means...
a)
not beauty
b)
full of beauty
c)
ugly
d)
in a way that is beauty
9.
Select the correct spelling of the word that means "acting like a friend : kind and helpful".
a)
freindly
b)
friendly
c)
friendness
d)
freindness
10.
Select the correct spelling of the word that means "the act of forgiving someone or something".
a)
forgiveness
b)
forgivness
c)
forgively
d)
forgivily
11.
What is the prefix/suffix in the word: helplessness
a)
help
b)
less
c)
ness
d)
less and ness
12.
Gus' costume was the ______________________ costume at the party, winning him first place in the contest.
a)
scarier
b)
scariest
c)
effortless
d)
thoughtful
13.
The snow and extreme cold temperatures have made this the _____________________ winter that we have seen in many years.
a)
calmest
b)
harsher
c)
harshest
d)
calmer
14.
Fill in the blank:
Everyone adored the baby. The baby was ador_____.
Everyone adored the baby. The baby was ador_____.
a)
-tion
b)
-ible
c)
-able
d)
-ing
15.
Fill in the blank:
Dinosaurs existed at the beginning of time.
These times were called ___historic.
Dinosaurs existed at the beginning of time.
These times were called ___historic.
a)
non-
b)
pre-
c)
un-
d)
re-
16.
Which is the root word for the word unwrap?
a)
wrap
b)
un
c)
nwrap
d)
rap
17.
If antifreeze is used in cars to prevent freezing in very cold temperatures, what does the prefix anti mean?
a)
freezing something
b)
going against freezing
c)
warming things up
18.
Choose the word that contains a prefix.
a)
small
b)
ball
c)
misfit
d)
clean
19.
The root words "aud" and "audi", as in the word audio, mean what?
a)
to write or draw
b)
to see
c)
to hear
d)
to throw
20.
What is the meaning of the prefix
trans?
trans?
a)
to move or change
b)
together
c)
half
d)
under
21.
I decided to _______________ my Iphone account so that no one could use it.
a)
devuse
b)
interject
c)
transcontinental
d)
deactivate
22.
The story ____________ some truly horrible events to take place in the the not too distant future.
a)
prefixed
b)
deactivated
c)
foreshadowed
d)
interacted
23.
Luminary, Illuminate, Lucid, Illustrious, and Translucent all are derived from the root word “luc/lum” which means?
a)
"to throw"
b)
"to speak"
c)
"to light"
d)
"to take"
24.
The word unnecessarily contains which of the following?
a)
a prefix only
b)
a suffix only
c)
neither a prefix or suffix
d)
both a prefix and a suffix
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