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5th Grade Prefixes, Root Words and Suffixes

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 43mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does premix mean?

a)

mix after

b)

mix again

c)

never mix

d)

mix before

2.

What does misprint mean?

a)

Print incorrectly

b)

print again

c)

print before

d)

print after

3.

Which word means not wise?

a)

unwise

b)

imwise

c)

miswise

d)

wise guy

4.

What does the prefix ir- mean?

a)

back or again

b)

below

c)

wrong

d)

not

5.

What does the prefix inter- mean?

a)

before

b)

do the opposite of

c)

between

d)

after

6.

Which prefix means against?

a)

over

b)

tele

c)

anti

d)

uni

7.

Which prefix means before, earlier?

a)

super

b)

ex

c)

fore

d)

over

8.

Which of the following suffixes means "someone who..."?

a)

-able

b)

-ness

c)

-er

d)

-tion

9.

What does the prefix "inter" mean?

a)

between

b)

together

c)

side by side

d)

not

10.

Miss Brown has a ______________ of books in her classroom.

a)

multiuse

b)

multitude

c)

multiply

11.

small

a)

hyper

b)

pre

c)

anti

d)

micro

12.

Danielle is a __________ (without care) painter.

a)

careful

b)

caring

c)

careless

d)

careable

13.
What does powerful mean? 
a)
full of power
b)
to lose power
c)
has no power
14.

What does the suffix -ful mean?

a)

do something

b)

full of

c)

most

15.

What does the word farmer mean?

a)

someone who farms

b)

more farm

c)

most farm

16.

The suffix -ology means (ex. biology)

a)

one who

b)

study of

c)

making

17.

Which word means life/living?

a)

Bi

b)

Bio

c)

Scope

d)

Uni

18.

Which word means much/many?

a)

Uni

b)

Multi

c)

Milli

d)

Photo

19.

Which word means to see?

a)

Synthesis

b)

Centi

c)

Micro

d)

Scope

20.

Which word means heat/temperature?

a)

Therm

b)

Uni

c)

Di

d)

Photo

21.

Ology means

a)

Small, tiny

b)

Two

c)

To measure

d)

The study of

22.

Uni means

a)

One

b)

Two

c)

One-hundredth

d)

Multi

23.

Graph means

a)

To see

b)

To write

c)

To measure

d)

To build

24.

Which word means light?

a)

Photo

b)

Synthesis

c)

Scope

d)

Milli

25.

-sion

a)

place or put

b)

out, away, from

c)

state, quality, act

d)

to, toward, against

26.

What is the meaning of the root word path?

a)

feel

b)

love

c)

light

d)

all

27.

What is the meaning of the root word phon?

a)

light

b)

carry

c)

sound

d)

love

28.

A telescope is a tool that is used to look at something that is far away, in outer space. The root tele means far away. What does the root scope mean?

a)

measure

b)

look at or observe

c)

pull or drag

29.

A root word that means ten.

a)

Phon

b)

Media

c)

Annu

d)

Decem/Decim

30.

The root word later/latus means ____________

a)

two

b)

Side

c)

Immerse

d)

Cut

31.

A prefix that means against/opposite.

a)

Inter

b)

Pre

c)

Fore

d)

counter

32.

A root word that means cut.

a)

spec

b)

tomos

c)

path

d)

core

33.

The word "vertabrate" has which root word that means bone of the spine.

a)

tabra

b)

pars/part

c)

vertebra

d)

vert

34.

A prefix that means two.

a)

Uni

b)

Div

c)

Micro

d)

Counter

35.

The root word "pars/part" refers to

a)

the core of something

b)

creating something

c)

feeling emotion

d)

a little piece/part of

36.

The word arachnophobia is ___________ spiders.

a)

A colony of

b)

A fear of

c)

A study of

d)

A love of

37.

"Struct" is a root word that means

a)

build

b)

destroy

c)

enflame

d)

employ

38.

What is a root word that means core?

a)

Bio

b)

Path(y)

c)

Scope

d)

Nucleus