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ROOT WORDS & AFFIXES

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Identify the root word of the given word below:


handle

a)

han

b)

hand

c)

handy

d)

handle

2.

Identify the root word of the given word below:


located

a)

loc

b)

local

c)

locate

d)

loco

3.

Identify the root word of the given word below:


discoveries

a)

cover

b)

covery

c)

discover

d)

discovery

4.

Identify the root word of the given word below:


formation

a)

form

b)

formal

c)

format

d)

for

5.

Identify the root word of the given word below:


safety

a)

safety

b)

saf

c)

safe

d)

safer

6.

Identify the root word of the given word below:


buckling

a)

buck

b)

buckle

c)

bucks

d)

buckler

7.

Identify the root word of the given word below:


attraction

a)

art

b)

attractive

c)

attracts

d)

attract

8.

Identify the root word of the given word below:


pleasant

a)

plea

b)

pleas

c)

please

d)

ant

9.

Identify the root word of the given word below:


passage

a)

pass

b)

sage

c)

age

d)

passer

10.

Identify the root word of the given word below:


cooperative

a)

coop

b)

cooperate

c)

operate

d)

rate

11.

Elves, gnomes, and extraterrestrials are _________ beings.

a)

superhero

b)

supernatural

c)

submerge

d)

bivalve

12.

The children's feet were _________ in the floodwaters this morning.

a)

submerged

b)

submarine

c)

substitute

d)

subordinate

13.

Tubbataha is home to the very _________ coral reefs.

a)

beauty

b)

beautiful

c)

beautify

d)

beautifulness

14.

A person who does not know how to read and write is ___________.

a)

literal

b)

literate

c)

illiterate

d)

literacy

15.

Dynamite fishing is ______________.

a)

legal

b)

non-toxic

c)

irrelevant

d)

illegal