Prefixes Suffixes Quiz
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Re means
A. under
B. do again
C. not
The prefix RE- means “again,” so if you REBUILD something, you:
A. build it for the first time
B. tear it down
C. build it again
D. fix it up
Danielle is a __________ (without care) painter.
A. careful
B. caring
C. careless
D. careable
What happens to a word when a prefix is added?
A. the spelling changes
B. the word and meaning changes
C. it turns into a different language
What is the name of a syllable added to the beginning of a word?
A. Prefix
B. Suffix
C. Affix
D. Root word
Choose the word that contains a suffix.
‘The tall fearless firefighter went into the burning house.’
A. fearless
B. tall
C. went
D. house
Choose the word that contains a prefix.
‘Antibacterial soap helps to keep my hands clean!’
A. anitbacterial
B. helps
C. soap
D. hands
Some words have a prefix and a suffix.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
The broken toy is a _________ (without worth) piece of junk.
A. worthless
B. worthful
C. worthing
D. worthable
My homework packet is __________ (not finished).
A. refinished
B. unfinished
C. disfinished
D. misfinished
Ashley takes her time and paints ________ (with care).
A. Carelessly
B. caringly
C. carefully
D. careable
Someone is __________ (not active) when playing video games.
A. disactive
B. reactive
C. unactive
D. inactive
What is the name of a syllable added to the end of a word?
A. Prefix
B. Suffix
C. Affix
D. Root word
Tommy _________ (does not like) peas.
A. relikes
B. dislikes
C. unlikes
D. mislikes
Danny ___________ (does not obey) his parents.
A. reobeys
B. unobeys
C. disobeys
D. misobeys
I need to ________ (do again) the math problem I got incorrect.
A. undo
B. disdo
C. predo
D. redo
What is a prefix?
A. base of a word
B. beginning part of a word
C. the end part of a word
The squirrels in the back yard are _________ (without harm).
A. harmful
B. harmless
C. harmed
D. harming
What is a root?
A. base of a word
B. beginning part of a word
C. end part of a word
What does the word nonfiction mean?
A. fiction AGAIN
B. AGAINST fiction
C. BEFORE fiction
D. NOT fiction
Which word would match the definition “able to believe”?
A. Disbelief
B. Believeable
C. Believed
D. Unbelieveable
What does understandable mean?
A. without understanding
B. able to understand
C. cannot understand
D. full of understanding
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
Pre means
A. before
B. not
C. under
Luckily the stained sweater is __________ (able to wash).
A. washless
B. washable
C. washful