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PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This prefix means "not."

a)

pre-

b)

re-

c)

mid-

d)

un-

2.

These prefixes mean "not."

a)

Un

b)

dis

c)

mis

d)

non

3.

Which suffix can you add to "teach" to change the meaning to "someone who teaches?"

a)

er

b)

est

c)

ly

d)

s

4.
What is a prefix?
a)
a part added to the middle of a word
b)
root word
c)
a part added to the beginning of a word
d)
a part added to the end of a word
5.
What is a suffix?
a)
a part added to the beginning of a word
b)
a part added to the middle of a word
c)
root word
d)
a part added to the end of a word
6.
Choose the word that contains a suffix.
'The tall fearless firefighter went into the burning house.'
a)
fearless
b)
tall
c)
went
d)
house
7.

The prefix IL- means not, so if you do something that is ILLEGAL, you:

a)

break the law

b)

follow the law

c)

make a new law

d)

throw out the law

8.

What does the word nonfiction mean?

a)

fiction AGAIN

b)

AGAINST fiction

c)

BEFORE fiction

d)

NOT fiction

9.

Which word would match the definition "Having a wrong understanding"?

a)

Understand

b)

Misunderstood

c)

Unknown

d)

What?

10.

In following sentence what does the word helpless mean?


The puppy looked helpless all by itself.

a)

Alone

b)

Full of help

c)

Happy

d)

Without help

11.

What is the meaning of the word misbehave?

a)

behave after something

b)

behave before others

c)

behave wrongly

d)

behave correctly

12.

What do we call an ending we add to a word?

a)

prefix

b)

suffix

c)

baseword

d)

root

13.

The suffix or ending less, as in the word cashless, means...?

a)

full of

b)

before

c)

without

d)

in a certain way

14.

Learning prefix and suffix meanings helps readers do what?

a)

understand the title of a book

b)

understand the meaning of words

c)

complete their homework quickly

d)

improve their reading comprehension skills

15.

What is the meaning of dis-?

a)

before

b)

distraction

c)

missing

d)

not, opposite of