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Prefixes and Suffixes

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A prefix is placed at the __ of a word to modify or change its meaning.

a)

beginning

b)

centre

c)

end

2.

What does the prefix "super" mean?

a)

below/under

b)

throught

c)

above/over

d)

not

3.

What does the prefix "dis" mean?

a)

opposite of

b)

talk trash

c)

be mean to

d)

away from

4.

What does the prefix "mis" mean?

a)

wrong

b)

bad

c)

right

d)

long for

5.

What does the prefix "non" mean?

a)

also

b)

pro

c)

out

d)

not

6.

People or governments that want to stop or limit people from migrating to their country are said to be

a)

anti-immigration

b)

pro-immigration

c)

de-immigration

d)

less-immigration

7.

The destruction of large areas of forest by machines like bulldozers is called

a)

underforestation

b)

preforestation

c)

deforestation

d)

proforestation

8.

In many countries it is __ to keep a gun in your house.

a)

unlegal

b)

illegal

c)

lesslegal

d)

inlegal

9.

What does the prefix "post" mean?

a)

after

b)

before

c)

while

d)

gram

10.

What prefix would you add to the word 'finished' to show that there is still some work to be done?

a)

un

b)

dis

c)

mis

d)

non

11.

What suffix would you add to the word 'air' to show that a room is very stuffy?

a)

full

b)

less

c)

mis

d)

un

e)

ed

12.

What prefix would you add to the word 'view' to indicate that you see something before other people do?

a)

pre

b)

post

c)

before

d)

mis

13.

What suffix would you add to the word 'blame' to show you have done nothing wrong?

a)

mis

b)

non

c)

less

d)

er

14.

What does the prefix do to the word 'cooked' in this sentence? 'The pies were precooked'

a)

It tells you you need to cook the pies.

b)

It tells you the pies need cooking again

c)

It tells you the pies have already been cooked.

d)

It tells you that the pies have already been eaten by someone

15.

What does the prefix dis do to the word 'appeared' in this sentence? 'The cat disappeared before her very eyes'

a)

It tells you that the cat appeared bigger than before.

b)

It tells you that the cat vanished.

c)

It tells you that the cat appeared to be much further away

d)

It tells you that the act started to sleep

16.

If you take away the prefix and the suffix, what is left of the word 'unemployed'?

a)

unemploy

b)

employed

c)

employ

d)

ployed

17.

What does the word pre-war means?

a)

before the war

b)

after the war

c)

during the war

d)

in the middle of the war

18.

Which of these words means 'not sure'

a)

undone

b)

uncertain

c)

dissure

d)

missure

e)

unsure

19.

If you wanted to say someone is not helpful, which word would you use?

a)

inhelpful

b)

unhelpful

c)

helpfulness

d)

mishelpful

e)

unusable

20.

What does the word tireless mean?

a)

always feeling tired

b)

never feeling tired

c)

feeling less tired than someone else

d)

always tells lies