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Q1 Roots and Affixes

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

light is bent so it looks like it is broken

a)

refraction

b)

malady

c)

beneficence

d)

photophobia

2.

agoraphobia

a)

A person who gives money or other help to a person or cause

b)

discontented (toward authority)

c)

fear of open spaces

d)

an unlawful act, especially one committed by a trusted public official

3.

That student is ____________; they think that if they pretend to be sick, they will not have to do any work.

a)

benevolent

b)

malingering

c)

a beneficiary

d)

antidote

4.

My dad won't buy any smartphones. I think he has ________________.

a)

antimatter

b)

refraction

c)

malevolence

d)

technophobia

5.

People who suffer from allergies often take a type of medicine called an antihistamine. What does an antihistamine do?

a)

It acts against histamines.

b)

It increases the amount of histamines.

c)

It combines with histamines.

d)

It works with histamines.

6.
The meaning of the prefix "anti" is
a)
against
b)
to need help
c)
no
d)
near
7.
A prefix goes _________of a word.
a)
at the end
b)
at the beginning
c)
in the middle
8.

That child didn't have enough food, water, vitamins, and other nourishment. That child is _________.

a)

malodorous

b)

malnourished

c)

antimatter

d)

benevolent

9.

Dr. Cell specializes in cancer research to help people who have _________ tumors.

a)

malignant

b)

benign

c)

antisocial

d)

fragmentary

10.

Luckily, this terrible disease is rarely found in the United States.

a)

benefactor

b)

fractals

c)

malaria

d)

beneria

11.

a person who receives something good from someone else (like an inheritance)

a)

antihero

b)

cynophobic

c)

malefactor

d)

beneficiary

12.

the root BENE (or BON) means:

a)

good; well

b)

law; justice

c)

bad; abnormal; worse

d)

believe

13.

benevolent

a)

unfavorable; having a negative effect; harmful

b)

against something

c)

kind; good-hearted

14.

An infraction is a...

a)

vote

b)

broken rule

c)

fear

d)

something good