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Prefix/Suffix Practice: un-,dis-,non-, -y,-ly,-ily

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 2hrs 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Roller Blade Barbie was discontinued.

What does discontinued mean?

a)

not approve

b)

not qualify

c)

not continue

d)

not assemble

2.

He is talking nonsense.

What does nonsense mean?

a)

not making sense

b)

not fiction

c)

not a resident

d)

not violent

3.

My favorite book is nonfiction.

What does nonfiction mean?

a)

not making sense

b)

not fiction

c)

not a resident

d)

not violent

4.

She is unpleasant.

What does unpleasant mean?

a)

not common

b)

not pleasant

c)

not written

d)

not certain

5.

I am uncertain of the answer.

What does uncertain mean?

a)

not common

b)

not pleasant

c)

not written

d)

not certain

6.

It is a group of letters placed before the root word.

a)

prefix

b)

suffix

7.

Add a Prefix


5. agree

a)

re

b)

un

c)

dis

8.

Add a Prefix


6. usual

a)

re

b)

un

c)

dis

9.

Which prefix does NOT mean the opposite of?

a)

Pre-

b)

Dis-

c)

Un-

d)

Non-

10.

Prefixes do what to a word?

a)

does nothing to the word

b)

completely changes the meaning

c)

I don't know

11.

Which word means not made up?

a)

Fiction

b)

Nonfiction

c)

Fake

d)

False

12.

Pablo ________ gave his seat on the bus to a younger student who needed a place to sit.

a)

readily

b)

greedily

c)

fluently

d)

pricey

13.

Adding a -y to a base word makes it an......

a)

adjective

b)

adverb

14.

Lebron James ______ ran down the court.

a)

fluently

b)

swampy

c)

rapidly

d)

greedily

15.

A synonym for this word could be "costly"

a)

eagerly

b)

pricey

c)

swampy

d)

hastily

16.

Change this base word to an adverb

happy

(a)  

17.

Change this base word to an adverb

busy

(a)  

18.

happy + ly

a)

happly

b)

happily

c)

happyily

19.

fun + y

a)

funny

b)

funy

c)

funey

20.

Choose a word to match the picture.

a)

quickly

b)

quietly