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Derivational Affixes

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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)

a)

access

b)

accessible

c)

accessed

d)

accessing

2.

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)

a)

actor

b)

acting

c)

activist

d)

acted

3.

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)

a)

readapt

b)

adapted

c)

adapting

d)

adaptation

4.

Fill in the blank with the correct DERIVATIVE of the base word:

His commitment to helping people in need is _____________. (Base word is ADMIRE)

a)

admiration

b)

admirable

c)

admiring

d)

admire

5.

Fill in the blank with the correct DERIVATIVE of the base word:

The new BMW model comes at an _______________ price. (Base word is AFFORD)

a)

affordable

b)

afforded

c)

affording

d)

afford

6.

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)

a)

allow

b)

allowed

c)

allowing

d)

allowance

7.

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)

a)

apologized

b)

apology

c)

apologizing

d)

apologetic

8.

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)

a)

disapproved

b)

disapproval

c)

approval

d)

approving

9.

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)

a)

avoided

b)

avoiding

c)

unavoidable

d)

avoidable

10.

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)

a)

attendance

b)

attending

c)

attended

d)

attentive

11.

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)

a)

bearing

b)

bearable

c)

beard

d)

unbearable

12.

Fill in the blank with the correct DERIVATIVE of the base word:

One thing I can never forgive is ___________. (Base word is BETRAY)

a)

betrayed

b)

betraying

c)

betrayal

d)

betray

13.

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)

a)

careless

b)

caring

c)

careful

d)

carefree

14.

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)

a)

apologize

b)

apologetic

c)

unapologetic

d)

apologizing

15.

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)

a)

company

b)

companion

c)

companionship

d)

companies