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Prefix and Suffix

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a prefix?

a)

a part added to the middle of a word

b)

a root word

c)

a part added to the beginning of a word

d)

a part added to the end of a word

2.

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)

a root word

d)

a part added to the end of a word

3.

Choose the word that contains a suffix:

The unhappy boy could run the fastest in his preschool.

a)

unhappy

b)

could

c)

fastest

d)

preschool

4.

The prefix co- means "together," so when you COOPERATE you:

a)

work separately

b)

argue

c)

work with someone else

d)

operate something

5.

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

6.

Which of the follow prefixes means "before"?

a)

de-

b)

dis-

c)

pre-

d)

re-

7.

What is the meaning of the prefix re-?

a)

before

b)

apart

c)

no

d)

again

8.

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

a)

understand

b)

misunderstood

c)

unknown

d)

what

9.

What does the word nonfiction mean?

a)

fiction AGAIN

b)

AGAINST fiction

c)

BEFORE fiction

d)

NOT fiction

10.

What does the word relocate in the following sentence mean?

After floods, animals might relocate to find food, water, and safe habitats to survive.

a)

to see something

b)

to disappear

c)

to change something

d)

to locate a place to live again

11.

What does the suffix -able mean?

a)

can do

b)

without

c)

cannot

d)

not

12.

Which word would match the definition "able to believe"?

a)

disbelief

b)

believable

c)

believe

d)

unbelievable

13.

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

14.

In following sentence what does the word unfairly mean?

My little sister complained because she thought I was treating her unfairly.

a)

in a fair way

b)

take to the fair

c)

not in a fair way

d)

not going far

15.

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

a)

er

b)

est

c)

ly

d)

s

16.
What does powerful mean? 
a)
full of power
b)
to lose power
c)
has no power
17.
What does softly mean? 
a)
in a soft way 
b)
sometimes soft 
c)
not soft 
18.

The suffix "less" means without so which word means without harm?

a)

hopeless

b)

useless

c)

harmless

d)

unsafe

19.
What is the root of the word, higher
a)
high
b)
-er
c)
hi-
d)
none
20.

I need to ________ (do again) the math problem I got incorrect.

a)

undo

b)

disdo

c)

predo

d)

redo