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Suffixes and Prefixes

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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Class
Date
1.

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

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.

What is the meaning of the prefix re-?

a)

before

b)

apart

c)

no

d)

again

5.

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

6.

What does the suffix -able mean?

a)

can do

b)

without

c)

cannot

d)

not

7.

Which of the follow prefixes means "before"?

a)

de-

b)

dis-

c)

pre-

d)

re-

8.

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

a)

understand

b)

misunderstood

c)

unknown

d)

what

9.

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

10.

What does the prefix micro- mean?

a)

Do again

b)

Opposite of

c)

Small

d)

Full of