WorksheetsCheck for Understanding: Prefixes and Suffixes
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a prefix?
a)
A base to which affixes are added.
b)
An affix attached at the beginning of a base word or word root.
c)
The study of the origin and historical development of words.
d)
An affix attached at the end of a base word, or word root.
2.
What is a suffix?
a)
An affix attached at the beginning of a base word or word root.
b)
A base to which affixes are added.
c)
The study of the origin and historical development of words.
d)
An affix attached at the end of a base word, or word root.
3.
What is the prefix?
"automobile"
(a)
4.
What is the root/base word?
"automobile"
(a)
5.
What is the suffix?
"automobile"
(a)
6.
What is the prefix?
"decaffeinated"
(a)
7.
What is the base word?
"decaffeinated"
(a)
8.
What is the suffix?
"decaffeinated"
(a)
9.
What is the prefix?
"preheated"
(a)
10.
What is the root/base word?
"preheated"
(a)
11.
What is the suffix?
"preheated"
(a)
12.
What is the prefix?
"reactive"
(a)
13.
What is the root/base word?
"reactive"
(a)
14.
What is the suffix?
"reactive"
(a)
15.
What is the prefix?
"rereading"
(a)
16.
What is the root/base word?
"rereading"
(a)
17.
What is the suffix?
"rereading"
(a)
18.
What is the prefix?
"slowly"
a)
Slow
b)
There is no prefix.
19.
What is the root/base word?
"slowly"
(a)
20.
What is the suffix?
"slowly"
(a)
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