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Prefix and Suffix Pre-Assessment

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the meaning of the word prefix
a)
A word within a word
b)
A group of letters put before a root word which changes its meaning
c)
A group of letters put after a root word which changes its meaning
d)
A stand alone word
2.
What is the meaning of the word suffix
a)
A word within a word
b)
A group of letters put before a root word which changes its meaning
c)
A group of letters put after a root word which changes its meaning
d)
A stand alone word
3.
What is the meaning of root word
a)
A word within a word
b)
A group of letters put before a root word which changes its meaning
c)
A group of letters put after a root word which changes its meaning
d)
A stand alone word
4.
What does unhurt mean? 
a)
Hurt badly
b)
Hurt
c)
Not hurt
d)
In pain
5.
Look at the following words and use your context clues to identify what the prefix "re" means. 
Redo, retry, retouch, and retake. 
a)
Do again
b)
recycle
c)
Ignore
d)
Enjoy
6.
Incorrect has only a prefix and root word. 
a)
True
b)
False
7.
What does pre-war mean? .
a)
Before the war
b)
After the war
c)
During the war
d)
There is no war
8.
If you take away the prefix and suffix, what is left of the word unemployed
a)
Unemploy
b)
Employed
c)
Employ
d)
Emploi
9.

Which prefix means "against, opposite of"?

a)

qui

b)

equi

c)

anti

d)

omni

10.

Which prefix means "together, with"?

a)

com,con

b)

inter

c)

a, ab, abs

d)

bi

11.

Which prefix means "reduce, down, away or remove"?

a)

dif, dis

b)

de

c)

dys

d)

dis

12.

This root means "life."

a)

anim

b)

astro

c)

sub

d)

therm

13.

Not polite

a)

impolite

b)

mispolite

c)

dispolite

d)

repolite

14.

Behave badly

a)

misbehave

b)

unbehave

c)

behavioral

d)

rebehave

15.
A suffix goes _______of a word.
a)
at the beginning
b)
in the middle
c)
at the end 
16.
What does the prefix re mean?
a)
wrong
b)
not
c)
again
d)
supporting
17.
What does retest mean?
a)
To test again
b)
To test before
c)
To not test
d)
To be tested
18.
What does the prefix mis mean?
a)
Not
b)
Before
c)
Wrong
d)
Supporting
19.
What does unhappy mean?
a)
Not happy
b)
Happy again
c)
To be happy
d)
Happy before