WorksheetsDerivational Affixes
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Fill in the blank with the correct DERIVATIVE of the base word:
Due to the heavy snowfall, some villages in the north of Greece are not ____________ (base word: ACCESS)
access
accessible
accessed
accessing
Fill in the blank with the correct DERIVATIVE of the base word:
He has been put in prison numerous times due to his behavior at protests. He is a political ____________. (Base word is ACT)
actor
acting
activist
acted
Fill in the blank with the correct DERIVATIVE of the base word:
Have you read "The Fault in our Stars?" It is a modern ___________ of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet." (Base word is ADAPT)
readapt
adapted
adapting
adaptation
Fill in the blank with the correct DERIVATIVE of the base word:
His commitment to helping people in need is _____________. (Base word is ADMIRE)
admiration
admirable
admiring
admire
Fill in the blank with the correct DERIVATIVE of the base word:
The new BMW model comes at an _______________ price. (Base word is AFFORD)
affordable
afforded
affording
afford
Fill in the blank with the correct DERIVATIVE of the base word:
He lives on a monthly ___________ given to him by his parents. (Base word is ALLOW)
allow
allowed
allowing
allowance
Fill in the blank with the correct DERIVATIVE of the base word:
He was very ____________ after the incident, because he knew it was his fault. (Base word is APOLOGISE)
apologized
apology
apologizing
apologetic
Fill in the blank with the correct DERIVATIVE of the base word:
He expressed his ____________ of the matter in a very angry manner. (Base word is APPROVE)
disapproved
disapproval
approval
approving
Fill in the blank with the correct DERIVATIVE of the base word:
Due to the seriousness of the situation, I am afraid that undergoing surgery at this point is _______________. (Base word is AVOID)
avoided
avoiding
unavoidable
avoidable
Fill in the blank with the correct DERIVATIVE of the base word:
Although she was the only nurse on the floor, she was very __________ to all the patients' needs. (Base word is ATTEND)
attendance
attending
attended
attentive
Fill in the blank with the correct DERIVATIVE of the base word:
The feelings of loss and grief after her husband's death were ___________. (Base word is BEAR)
bearing
bearable
beard
unbearable
Fill in the blank with the correct DERIVATIVE of the base word:
One thing I can never forgive is ___________. (Base word is BETRAY)
betrayed
betraying
betrayal
betray
Fill in the blank with the correct DERIVATIVE of the base word:
You need to be less stressed out and more ____________ in life and try to enjoy it. (Base word is CARE)
careless
caring
careful
carefree
Fill in the blank with the correct DERIVATIVE of the base word:
Mr. Bailey sent a student to the office when he was ___________ about stealing something from his desk. (Base word is APOLOGY)
apologize
apologetic
unapologetic
apologizing
Fill in the blank with the correct DERIVATIVE of the base word:
What he longed for was ______________ from somebody he could trust. (Base word is COMPANY)
company
companion
companionship
companies
