Quiz

Prefixes and suffixes

Level A
Circle the right answer for each question.

1) Where do you find a prefix?

A) at the beginning of a word
B) at the end of a word
C) in the middle of a word

2) Where do you find a suffix?

A) at the beginning of a word
B) at the end of a word
C) in the middle of a word

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3) What is the prefix in all these words?

dislike distaste
distaste disorder
disorder
dislike

A) taste
B) dis
C) dist

4) What is the prefix in all these words?

preview prepay
prepay prewash
prewash
preview

A) pre
B) wash
C) prep

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5) What is the suffix in all these words?

calling
calling

telling
telling

feeling
feeling

A) ell
B) eel
C) ing

6) What is the suffix in all these words?

careful
careful

awful hopeful
hopeful
awful

A) ful
B) car
C) ref

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Quiz
Prefixes and suffixes
Level B
Circle the right answer for each question.

1) Which of these words has a prefix?

A) disqualify
B) careful
C) calling

2) Which of these words has a suffix?

A) mistake
B) careful
C) disprove

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3) Which of these is the prefix 'mis' more likely to mean?

A) brilliantly
B) badly

4) What does the prefix 'super' mean?

A) above
B) below

5) What suffix could you add to 'mind' to make a new word?

A) ful
B) ness
C) able

6) What prefix could you add to 'take' to make a new word?

A) dis
B) super
C) mis

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Quiz
Prefixes and suffixes
Level C
Circle the right answer for each question.

1) What prefix can be added to all these words?

take
take

fire behave
behave
fire

A) pre
B) mis
C) super

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2) What suffix can be added to all these words?

care
care

leg cord
cord
leg

A) able
B) ful
C) less

3) What does the Latin word pre mean?

A) after
B) under
C) before

4) What does the Latin word sub mean?

A) after
B) under
C) before

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5) Where could you find out the history of a word?

A) phonebook
B) cookbook
C) dictionary

6) Which of these words has a prefix and a suffix?

A) unsporting
B) superman
C) madness

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Quiz - answers
Prefixes and suffixes
Level A

1) Where do you find a prefix?

The correct answer is A. You find a prefix at the beginning of a word.

2) Where do you find a suffix?

The correct answer is B. You find a suffix at the end of a word.

3) What is the prefix in all these words?

dislike distaste

disorder

The correct answer is B. The prefix in all these words is 'dis'.

4) What is the prefix in all these words?

preview prepay prewash
The correct answer is A. The prefix in all these words is 'pre'.
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5) What is the suffix in all these words?

calling telling

feeling

The correct answer is C. The suffix in all these words is 'ing'.

6) What is the suffix in all these words?

careful awful hopeful
The correct answer is A. The suffix in all these words is 'ful'.

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Quiz - answers
Prefixes and suffixes
Level B

1) Which of these words has a prefix?

The correct answer is A. The right answer is disqualify. The prefix is
'dis'. The other two words have suffixes.

2) Which of these words has a suffix?

The correct answer is B. The right answer is 'careful'. The suffix is
'ful'. The other two words have prefixes.

3) Which of these is the prefix 'mis' more likely to mean?

The correct answer is B. The prefix 'mis' means badly, wrongly or
unsuitably.

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4) What does the prefix 'super' mean?

The correct answer is A. The prefix 'super' means above.

5) What suffix could you add to 'mind' to make a new word?

The correct answer is A. You can add the suffix 'ful' to mind to make
mindful.

6) What prefix could you add to 'take' to make a new word?

The correct answer is C. You can add the prefix 'mis' to take to make
mistake.

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Quiz - answers
Prefixes and suffixes
Level C

1) What prefix can be added to all these words?

The correct answer is B. You can add the prefix 'mis' to take
(mistake), fire (misfire) and behave (misbehave).

2) What suffix can be added to all these words?

The correct answer is C. You can add the suffix 'less' to care
(careless), leg (legless) and cord (cordless).

3) What does the Latin word pre mean?

The correct answer is C. The Latin word 'pre' means before.

4) What does the Latin word sub mean?

The correct answer is B. The Latin word 'sub' means under.
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5) Where could you find out the history of a word?

The correct answer is C. You can find out the history of a word in a
dictionary. It comes after the meaning.

6) Which of these words has a prefix and a suffix?

The correct answer is A. The word unsporting is the right answer. Its
prefix is un- and the suffix is -ing.

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