Reading 5

1st Prelim

Circle the letter of the correct answer

1. Which word BEST completes the sentence below?

January is ______ than May.
a. cold
b. colder
c. coldest
2. Which word BEST completes the sentence below?
A tree has the_________ stem of all the plants.
a. hard
b. harder
c. hardest
3. When something doesn't make sense, you say it's nonsense. So the prefix
non- most likely means
a. ots of.
b. not.
c. full of.
d. one who.
4. The suffix -est means the most and the suffix -er can mean more. Which
word means someone who has lived longer than me?
a. old
b. older
c. oldest
d. ancient
5. The root sub means under or low. Which of these words means a boat that
runs under the water?
a. subway
b. subdue
c. submarine
d. subtract
6. The prefix CO- means "together," so when you COOPERATE you:
a. work separately
 b. argue
c. work with someone else
d. operate something
7. The root micro means very small. What does the word microscope mean?
a. A tiny scope
b. a device used to see small things
c. a small machine
d. A tiny creature
8. 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
9. The suffix -ing in the verb walking shows that the action is happening when?
a. yesterday
b. tomorrow
c. now
d. later
10. What is the root word in the word OVERBORROWING?
a. overborrowing
b. over
c. borrowing
d. borrow
11. The prefix EN- means to "put into," so when you ENTANGLE something, you
get it out of a tangle.
a. True
b. False
12. The suffix in the word "biography" means
a. life
b. to write
c. study
d. from afar
13. What does the prefix dis- mean?
a. not or opposite of
 b. again
c. too much
d. earlier or before
14. Knowing the meaning of the prefix re- helps the reader know that
reuse means:
a. o use the most
b. to use again
c. to use before
d. did use
15. Knowing the meaning of the prefix un- helps the reader know that
unclean means:
a. to clean before
b. to clean again
c. not clean
d. in a clean way
16. If your teacher tells you to rewrite something, you
a. write it again.
b. write it for the first time.
c. erase it.
d. write more.
17. When you do not agree with someone, you
a. disagree.
b. preagree.
c. reagree.
d. unagree.
18. If you want to say something is not possible, you would say that it is
a. repossible.
b. possibler.
c. impossible.
d. prepossible.
19. What is the meaning of swimming in this sentence?
We are swimming in the river.
a. swimming is happening now
b. one who swims
 c. swimming already happened
d. swimming will happen tomorrow
20. What root word is present in the words reread, readable, and reading?
a. re
b. read
c. able
d. ing
21. What does the suffix "er" mean in the word teacher?
a. full of
b. without
c. one who
d. able to
22. Ken filled his cup with too much milk and it _________
a. overflowed
b. reflowed
c. underflowed
d. preflowed