WorksheetsPrefix-Suffix-Root Quiz
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
bene-
(ex: beneficial)
circle
life
good
time
bio-
(ex: biography)
life
together
both
first
geo-
(ex: geologist)
Activity; or result of action
Earth
Air
Water
micro-
(ex: microorganism)
Time
People
To write or draw
Small
chrono-
(ex: chronological order)
time
Look; see
Empty
Good; kind
A _____ is added to the beginning of a word.
affix
prefix
suffix
root
A _____ is added to the end of a word.
affix
prefix
suffix
root
aqua-
(ex: Aquaman)
water
well
to carry
heat
aero-
(ex: aerospace)
empty
spect
water
air
scrib-
(ex: transcribe)
to write
to see
to carry
to heat
biblio-
(ex: bibliography)
to write
to observe
book
life
therm-
(ex: thermostat)
water
heat
life
air
spect-
(ex: spectacle)
good
water
time
to see/observe
port-
(ex: teleport)
to draw
to see
to carry
to heat
dem-
(ex: democracy)
people
small
empty
earth
graph-
(ex: autograph)
good, well
time
to see/observe
to write/draw
vac-
(ex: vacancy)
full
empty
to carry
heat
-ess
(ex: princess)
male
female
person
action
-ism
(ex: professionalism)
activity
belief or action
person or member
state or quality
-ist
(ex: dentist)
activity
state or quality
belief or action
person or member
-ant/-ent
(ex: president)
performs the action
belief or action
female
state or quality
-er/-or
(ex: director)
activity
action performed
result of action
belief
-ity
(ex: abnormality)
member
person
state or quality
result of action
-age
(ex: usage)
activity or result of action
member
belief or action
female
a-
(ex: anew)
not, without, lacking, on, in, at, surprised, again
middle
after
between
mid-
(ex: midfielder)
between
half
middle
not, without, lacking, on, in, at, surprised, again
post-
(ex: postseason)
not, without, lacking, on, in, at, surprised, again
over, above
after, behind
before
semi-
(ex: semicircle)
middle
through
one
half, partial
super-
(ex: Superman)
over, above
middle
one
through
inter-
(ex: international)
after, behind
between, among
self
against
trans-
(ex: transform)
over, above
against
across, beyond, change
not, without
uni-
(ex: unicycle)
one
self
against
middle
auto-
(ex: autobiography)
after, behind
half, partial
one
self
anti-
(ex: antibiotic)
not
against
through
self
dia-
(ex: diagonal)
through, across, between
not, without, lacking
after, behind
between, among
