Prefixes Suffixes Quiz
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Someone is __________ (not active) when playing video games.
A. disactive
B. reactive
C. unactive
D. inactive
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 can sometimes happen to a word when a suffix is added?
A. the grammar function can change
B. it gets longer and more complicated
C. it can get confusing
Choose the word that contains a prefix.
‘My teachers might give us a pretest before we learn a new unit.’
A. pretest
B. teachers
C. unit
D. might
Some words have a prefix and a suffix.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
What is a suffix?
A. the base of a word
B. the beginning part of a word
C. the end part of a word
The turtle walked _______ (in a slow way) to the ocean.
A. slowful
B. slowly
C. slowness
D. slowable
The squirrels in the back yard are _________ (without harm).
A. harmful
B. harmless
C. harmed
D. harming
My homework packet is __________ (not finished).
A. refinished
B. unfinished
C. disfinished
D. misfinished
A suffix is a group of letters added to the start of a root word.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
The broken toy is a _________ (without worth) piece of junk.
A. worthless
B. worthful
C. worthing
D. worthable
What does the word nonfiction mean?
A. fiction AGAIN
B. AGAINST fiction
C. BEFORE fiction
D. NOT fiction
Choose the word that contains a suffix.
‘The tall fearless firefighter went into the burning house.’
A. fearless
B. tall
C. went
D. house
Which word would match the definition “able to believe”?
A. Disbelief
B. Believeable
C. Believed
D. Unbelieveable
Did you see the _______ (full of color) rainbow in the sky?
A. colorable
B. colorful
C. colored
D. coloring
Jen _______ (dye) her hair blonde.
A. dying
B. dyeable
C. dyeful
D. dyed
What does understandable mean?
A. without understanding
B. able to understand
C. cannot understand
D. full of understanding
Sue (does not agree) __________ with Amy.
A. unagrees
B. disagrees
C. reagrees
D. misagrees
What is a prefix?
A. base of a word
B. beginning part of a word
C. the end part of a word
My shoe is ________ (not tied).
A. retied
B. untied
C. distied
D. mistied
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
Choose the word that contains a suffix.
‘Last winter was windy and cold.’
A. winter
B. cold
C. windy
D. Last
Ashley takes her time and paints ________ (with care).
A. Carelessly
B. caringly
C. carefully
D. careable
What is a root?
A. base of a word
B. beginning part of a word
C. end part of a word
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