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Context Clues - Root and Affixes

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Their vociferous chatter made me wish I had ear plugs.

a)

noisy

b)

silent

c)

quiet

d)

calm

2.

The prisoners liberated from the Nazi death camp were so emaciated that they looked like skeletons.

a)

chubby

b)

fleshy

c)

skinny

d)

plumb

3.

We have rather lofty expectations for you, son. You will attend college. You will become rich and famous. You will be elected president of the United States before you turn forty.

a)

ignoble

b)

high

c)

low

d)

beneath

4.

I like that store. All the employees strive to make the customers feel right at home.

a)

try hard

b)

break

c)

rest

d)

quit

5.

Because there was so little precipitation this year, the crops dried up and died.

a)

fertilizer

b)

rain

c)

planting

d)

harvest

6.

One brother is an erudite professor; the other brother, however, has never shown any interest in books or learning.

a)

elderly

b)

snobbish

c)

stuck up

d)

well-educated

7.

Night is the time when many animals forage, or search, for food.

a)

sleep

b)

live

c)

search

d)

stay

8.

My sister loathes broccoli, but she loves spinach.

a)

hates

b)

loves

c)

likes

d)

eats

9.

Although I was unable to understand all of the details of the presentation, I did get the gist of it.

a)

notes

b)

idea

c)

main point

d)

topic

10.

He was so impudent to his mother that I would have punished him if he talked to me that way.

a)

respectful

b)

rude

c)

polite

d)

gentle

11.

Which prefix doesn’t mean “not”?

a)

dis-

b)

un-

c)

im-

d)

ex-

12.

The prefix "re-" means__________.

a)

mistake

b)

before

c)

again

d)

over

13.

The root word of “illogical” is__________.

a)

logic

b)

logical

c)

illogic

d)

cal

14.

The root word of “redoing” is__________.

a)

do

b)

redo

c)

doing

d)

does

15.

___pede means a small animal like a worm with a long, thin body and many legs. Choose the correct prefix to complete this word.

a)

Multi-

b)

Kilo

c)

Circum-

d)

Centi-

16.

How many affixes of the word “unpredictable”?

a)

one

b)

two

c)

three

d)

four

17.

After he got a Ph.D. in Chemistry, he did _________doctoral work at Oxford University. Choose the correct prefix to complete this word.

a)

re-

b)

pre-

c)

post-

d)

over-

18.

We hope the bus won’t be ______crowded. Choose the correct prefix to complete this word.

a)

re-

b)

over-

c)

super-

d)

under-

19.

The team that he supported was able to win the______________. Choose the correct word to complete this sentence.

a)

champ

b)

champion

c)

champagne

d)

championship

20.

The road was too narrow, so they had to______________ it. Choose the correct word to complete this sentence.

a)

wide

b)

widen

c)

wider

d)

widest