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Prefix and Suffix

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The (someone who investigates) did not see any evidence of any stealing. (someone who investigates)

a)

investigately

b)

investigater

c)

investigator

2.

Find the word that has a suffix.


Henry the king was working hard.

a)

Henry

b)

Working

c)

King

d)

ing

3.

Find the word that has a suffix.


The sled was sliding down the hill.

a)

Sliding

b)

Down

c)

Sled

d)

The

4.
A suffix goes _______of a word.
a)
at the beginning
b)
in the middle
c)
at the end 
5.

Which suffix can you add to the word "reason" to make a new word?

a)

-able

b)

-ful

c)

-ion

6.

What do you do if you reread a book?

a)

read it

b)

read it again

c)

read it for the first time

7.

Read the sentence below.

Tom and Jerry disagreed on what TV show to watch. That means they...

a)

did agree

b)

did not agree

c)

agreed again

d)

stopped agreeing

8.

The prefix re, like in the word replay means...

a)

not

b)

before

c)

again

d)

dis

9.

Read the sentence below.

Cindy felt it was unfair that she got in trouble for breaking the lamp, but her sister didn't.

The word unfair means...

a)

not fair

b)

before fair

c)

fair again

d)

breakable

10.

What is the root or base word in the word preheat?

a)

heat

b)

pre

c)

preheat

d)

heatpre

11.

A suffix is letters that come at the ____ of a word.

a)

end

b)

middle

c)

beginning

d)

top

12.

A prefix is letters that come at the _____ of a word.

a)

end (after)

b)

middle

c)

beginning (before)

d)

top

13.
Choose the word that contains a suffix.
'The unhappy boy could run the fastest in his preschool.'
a)
unhappy
b)
could
c)
fastest
d)
preschool
14.

This prefix means "before."

a)

un-

b)

pre-

c)

re-

d)

non-

15.
What is a prefix? 
a)
Word part in the middle
b)
word part at the end
c)
root word
d)
word part at the beginning