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Exploring Prefixes and Suffixes Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

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1.

Read the sentence: "The child was unhappy after losing his toy." Break down the word "unhappy" and give its definition.

a)

un + happy; means very happy

b)

un + happy; means not happy

c)

un + happy; means happy again

d)

un + happy; means before happy

2.

Read the sentence: "She made a careless mistake on her homework." Break down the word "careless" and give its definition.

a)

care + less; means full of care

b)

care + less; means without care

c)

care + less; means before care

d)

care + less; means caring more

3.

Read the sentence: "Plastic bottles are reusable." Break down the word "reusable" and give its definition.

a)

re + use + able; means able to be used again

b)

use + able + re; means used before

c)

able + use + re; means able to use before

d)

re + able + use; means able to use with

4.

Read the sentence: "They disagree about which movie to watch." Break down the word "disagree" and give its definition.

a)

dis + agree; means to agree again

b)

dis + agree; means to not agree

c)

dis + agree; means to agree before

d)

dis + agree; means to agree with

5.

Read the sentence: "The soup was preheated before serving." Break down the word "preheated" and give its definition.

a)

pre + heated; means heated after

b)

pre + heated; means heated before

c)

pre + heated; means heated again

d)

pre + heated; means not heated

6.

Read the sentence: "Her happiness was obvious to everyone." Break down the word "happiness" and give its definition.

a)

happy + ness; means the state of being happy

b)

hap + piness; means very happy

c)

hap + ness; means before happy

d)

happy + ness; means not happy

7.

Read the sentence: "We watched a preview of the new movie." Break down the word "preview" and give its definition.

a)

pre + view; means to see before

b)

pre + view; means to see after

c)

pre + view; means to see again

d)

pre + view; means to see with

8.

Read the sentence: "Climbing that mountain seemed impossible." Break down the word "impossible" and give its definition.

a)

im + possible; means not possible

b)

im + possible; means possible again

c)

im + possible; means before possible

d)

im + possible; means very possible

9.

Read the sentence: "She smiled unhappily at the news." Break down the word "unhappily" and give its definition.

a)

un + happy + ly; means not happy, in a manner

b)

un + happy + ly; means happy again

c)

un + happy + ly; means very happy

d)

un + happy + ly; means before happy

10.

Read the sentence: "The party brought her much enjoyment." Break down the word "enjoyment" and give its definition.

a)

enjoy + ment; means the state of enjoying

b)

enjoy + ment; means to enjoy before

c)

enjoy + ment; means to enjoy again

d)

enjoy + ment; means not enjoying

11.

Read the sentence: "He was hopeful about his exam results." Break down the word "hopeful" and give its definition.

a)

hope + ful; means full of hope

b)

hope + ful; means without hope

c)

hope + ful; means before hope

d)

hope + ful; means hoping again

12.

Read the sentence: "She made a mistake on the test." Break down the word "mistake" and give its definition.

a)

mis + take; means a wrong action

b)

mis + take; means to take again

c)

mis + take; means to take before

d)

mis + take; means to take with

13.

Read the sentence: "Their disagreement lasted for hours." Break down the word "disagreement" and give its definition.

a)

dis + agree + ment; means the state of not agreeing

b)

dis + agree + ment; means to agree again

c)

dis + agree + ment; means to agree before

d)

dis + agree + ment; means to agree with

14.

Read the sentence: "He acted carelessly in class." Break down the word "carelessly" and give its definition.

a)

care + less + ly; means without care, in a manner

b)

care + less + ly; means full of care

c)

care + less + ly; means caring more

d)

care + less + ly; means before care

15.

Read the sentence: "She spoke unfriendly words." Break down the word "unfriendly" and give its definition.

a)

un + friend + ly; means not friendly

b)

un + friend + ly; means friendly again

c)

un + friend + ly; means very friendly

d)

un + friend + ly; means before friendly

16.

Read the sentence: "The tickets were prepaid online." Break down the word "prepaid" and give its definition.

a)

pre + paid; means paid before

b)

pre + paid; means paid after

c)

pre + paid; means paid again

d)

pre + paid; means not paid

17.

Read the sentence: "The book is readable for young children." Break down the word "readable" and give its definition.

a)

read + able; means able to be read

b)

read + able; means read before

c)

read + able; means read again

d)

read + able; means not able to read

18.

Read the sentence: "He decided to redo his project." Break down the word "redo" and give its definition.

a)

re + do; means to do again

b)

re + do; means to do before

c)

re + do; means not to do

d)

re + do; means to do with

19.

Read the sentence: "She misunderstood the instructions." Break down the word "misunderstood" and give its definition.

a)

mis + understand; means to understand wrongly

b)

mis + understand; means to understand before

c)

mis + understand; means to understand again

d)

mis + understand; means not to understand

20.

Read the sentence: "He was unhelpful during the group project." Break down the word "unhelpful" and give its definition.

a)

un + help + ful; means not helpful

b)

un + help + ful; means helpful again

c)

un + help + ful; means very helpful

d)

un + help + ful; means before helpful