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Base Words and Prefixes

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a letter or letters added to the beginning of a work to change its meaning is called

a)

a preface

b)

a preview

c)

a prefix

d)

a suffix

2.

What is the root word in reaching?

a)

reach

b)

each

c)

reaches

d)

aching

3.

What is the root word for falls?

a)

falling

b)

all

c)

fall

d)

ling

4.

What is the root word for brushes?

a)

brush

b)

rush

c)

brushing

d)

rushing

5.
Which word has the same base word as: hurrying
a)
hurried
b)
hairy
c)
heavy
d)
hearing
6.
Which word has the same base word as: amazing
a)
Amazon
b)
Arizona
c)
amazed
d)
area
7.
Which word has the same base word as: survival
a)
survived
b)
served
c)
several
d)
serious
8.

What is the prefix in mistreated?

a)

mis

b)

treated

c)

ed

9.

What is the base word of cooperate?

a)

coop

b)

co

c)

operate

d)

ate

10.
What does "dis" mean?
a)
Not; opposite of
b)
Over
c)
Between
d)
Above
11.
What does "fore" mean?
a)
Middle
b)
Half
c)
Before
d)
Across
12.
What does "inter" mean?
a)
Against
b)
Under
c)
Not
d)
Between
13.
What does "mis" mean?
a)
Again
b)
Not
c)
Under
d)
Wrongly
14.
What does "re" mean?
a)
Before
b)
Not
c)
Across
d)
Again
15.
What does "semi" mean?
a)
Middle
b)
Half
c)
Before
d)
Not
16.
What does "sub" mean?
a)
Across
b)
Before
c)
Above
d)
Under
17.
What does "Super" mean?
a)
Above
b)
Against
c)
Across
d)
Again
18.
What does unbelievable mean?
The magic tricks he performed were unbelievable.
a)
believable
b)
amazing
c)
not believable
d)
ordinary
19.
What is the meaning of anti?
a)
silent
b)
stars
c)
one
d)
against
20.
When the word inter is put in front of a word, what does it mean?
a)
general
b)
time
c)
light
d)
between
21.

What does misheard mean?

a)

heard correctly

b)

heard again

c)

heard incorrectly

d)

heard before

22.

What does repaint mean?

a)

paint before

b)

paint wrong

c)

paint again

d)

don't paint

23.

What does misprint mean?

a)

Print incorrectly

b)

print again

c)

print before

d)

print after

24.

What does precook mean?

a)

cook before

b)

cook after

c)

cook again

d)

cook incorrectly

25.

Which word means to pay back or pay again?

a)

unpay

b)

repay

c)

mispay

d)

prepay

26.

The family had to ___________their house after the tornado destroyed it.

a)

rebuild

b)

misbuild

c)

unbuild

d)

nonbuild

27.

The park ranger made a mistake and _________the hikers on the wrong path.

a)

nonlead

b)

relead

c)

mislead

d)

prelead

28.
Match the word part with its meaning: trans- (transcontinental)
a)
across
b)
opposite of
c)
before
d)
not
e)
under
29.
Match the word part with its meaning: under- (underestimate)
a)
too little
b)
not
c)
half; not fully
d)
across
e)
too much
30.
What does "multi" mean?
ex: multicolor, multifamily
a)
distant
b)
many 
c)
under
d)
above

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