WorksheetsRoots, Prefixes, & Suffixes - Lesson 3
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 16mins
Fill in the blank: A ______ is a quality, skill, or experience that makes a person suited to do a job. The job applicant listed his credentials on his resume.
credential
hobby
habit
interest
Match the following words with their meanings.
credible
able to be believed; reasonable to trust or believe
incredible
impossible to believe; extraordinary
unbelievable
not able to be believed; unlikely to be true
doubtful
feeling uncertain about something
Fill in the blank: A ______ is a person, bank, or company that lends money to someone. The college student borrowed money from a creditor to buy a car.
creditor
debtor
borrower
investor
Fill in the blank: A (a) is a statement of the basic beliefs of a religion; an idea or set of beliefs that guides the actions of a person or group. Our family’s creed has been passed down from several generations.
Fill in the blank: ______ means not able or willing to believe something; feeling or showing a lack of belief. I was incredulous as I listened to him tell his side of the story.
incredulous
gullible
trusting
believing
Fill in the blank: To ______ means to take the job or position of someone or something; to force people or animals to leave the area where they live; to move something so that it is no longer in its original or regular location. Younger workers have displaced many older, more expensive employees.
displace
replace
remove
relocate
Fill in the blank: To ______ means to cause someone to feel ashamed; to cause someone or something to lose or become unworthy of respect or approval. The awful scandal disgraced everyone who worked in the governor’s office.
disgrace
honor
praise
commend
Fill in the blank: To ______ means to find or understand the true or hidden meaning of something; to change (secret messages, documents) from a set of letters, numbers, and/or symbols you cannot understand into words you can understand. I was unable to decode her true feelings from reading her letter.
decode
encode
encrypt
conceal
To (a) means to take something away from someone or something; to not allow to have or keep something. The doctor would never intentionally deprive his patient of treatment.
Fill in the blank: To ______ means to become lower in amount or less in number; to become worse in condition or quality; to say that you will not or cannot do something. I will have to decline the invitation to Kathy’s wedding since we are going on vacation that week.
decline
increase
accept
improve
Match the word with the correct term
Cred
Root 1
in-
Prefix
-ible/-able
Suffix
Graph
Root 2
What is a root?
base of a word
beginning part of a word
end part of a word
IM-
not
able to be
the study of
fear of
What does the word IMPERFECTION mean?
something that is not perfect
studying until you succeed
how you look
-ABLE
able to be
the study of
heat
not
Why is it important to know about roots, prefixes, and suffixes?
They help you understand words.
They help you figure out words you don't know.
They help you learn new vocabulary.
What does the word CREDIBLE mean?
able to be believed
payed for with money
the study of truth
The root word photo (as in photosynthesis, photocopy) means...
light
plants making food
to make copies
a picture
What is a "root" word?
Holds the most basic meaning of any word
The beginning of a word
The end of a word
The worst (a) of the young emperor, was that he would (b) every time he did not get his way. The constant (c) caused by his immature behavior was an (d) to the otherwise very peaceful, (e) atmosphere of the palace.
It would take someone with extreme honesty or (a) to confront the (b) ruler about his bad behavior and the (c) it was to all of his staff who faithfully served him. It was truly a (d) ! Who would be willing to try to (e) his bad behavior?
No one in the (a) future was going to tackle such a difficult task. However, one very dry, (b) day, someone decided to stop being a (c) and instead tell the young emperor just what the staff was thinking. He decided to (d) to his creed and tell the young man the truth. No one ever saw him again. The end.
