This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Morphology > Prefixes And Suffixes – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Prefixes And Suffixes Quiz 16 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How, how often, when, where, to what extent (adverb maker) A) -ly. B) -est. C) -y. D) -wise. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -ly. 2. What does the suffix-tion mean? A) Condition or state of. B) The act of. C) Full of. D) A person who practices. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Condition or state of. 3. I was hope ..... that the rain would end and we would be able to have our picnic.This refers to "FULL OF" A) Ish. B) Ful. C) Ize. D) Less. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ful. 4. What do the prefixes-il, -in, -im, and-ir mean? A) Not, in/into. B) Without. C) Change. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not, in/into. 5. A group of letters that go after the root and changes the meaning of the root word is called a A) Suffix. B) Affix. C) Prefix. D) Base word. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Suffix. 6. The word impossible has: A) A prefix. B) A suffix. C) A prefix and a suffix. D) A root. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A prefix. 7. What is the definition of the word "hopeful" ? A) One who hopes. B) Most hope. C) Full of hope. D) Without hope. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Full of hope. 8. Parts of speech added to the beginning of a word are called ..... ? A) Prefixes. B) Roots. C) Suffixes. D) Base words. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prefixes. 9. My homework packet is ..... (not finished). A) Unfinished. B) Disfinished. C) Misfinished. D) Refinished. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unfinished. 10. In SFA, we preview our comprehension and word power tests before we take them. What does the word preview mean? A) To not view. B) View again. C) The most viewed. D) View before. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) View before. 11. A person who is a wrong fit for a group of people A) Refit. B) Fitless. C) Unfit. D) Misfit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Misfit. 12. Which prefix means "many" ? A) Multi-. B) Uni-. C) Poly-. D) Mega-. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Multi-. 13. Sir Alan is King Richard's best knight. He is brave and strong. He is the most important knight in Richard's whole king ..... ! A) Er. B) Ness. C) Dom. D) Ment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dom. 14. A suffix can be found at the ..... of a word. A) Beginning. B) Middle. C) End. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) End. 15. Chandler bought a portable grill for the balcony. He couldn't wait to grill burgers! In the sentence, what does portable mean? A) In a moving way. B) Before moving. C) Without port. D) Able to be easily carried or moved. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Able to be easily carried or moved. 16. Which item is not collectible? A) A rare comic book. B) A stamp from the 60's. C) An ordinary spiral notebook. D) A one of a kind gem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An ordinary spiral notebook. 17. Why does the word 'impossible' use the prefix 'im-' instead of 'in-'? A) 'Im-' means 'more not' than 'in-'. B) It is an exception to the rule with no reason. C) The word is borrowed from another language. D) The root word 'possible' starts with a 'p'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The root word 'possible' starts with a 'p'. 18. A prefix is added to the ..... of the word. A) Begining. B) End. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Begining. 19. What does mislead mean? A) Lead wrongly. B) Lead correctly. C) Lead after. D) Lead before. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lead wrongly. 20. Which is considered to be respectful? A) Waiting your turn in line. B) Cutting in front of someone in line. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Waiting your turn in line. 21. Attach a prefix to the word ' ..... violet' A) Multi. B) In. C) Ultra. D) Dis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ultra. 22. What is the meaning of the suffix-er as in the word taller. A) Can be done. B) In a way. C) One who. D) More. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) More. 23. I am so ..... (full of thanks) for such a loving family. A) Thanked. B) Thankless. C) Thankful. D) Thanker. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thankful. 24. The prefix Trans-means ..... A) Wrong. B) Under. C) Across. D) Not. E) Between. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Across. 25. Which prefix can you add to the word sharpen to change the mean to "sharpen again?" A) Re. B) Mis. C) Un. D) Pre. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Re. 26. What does powerful mean? A) Full of power. B) To lose power. C) Has no power. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Full of power. 27. Attach a suffix to the word 'punish ..... ' A) Ness. B) Ion. C) Ship. D) Ment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ment. 28. What does "rewrite" mean? A) Write again. B) Not write. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Write again. 29. What is the root of the word, higher? A) High. B) -er. C) Hi-. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) High. 30. The prefix in the word dishonest is? A) Un. B) Dis. C) Potato. D) Honest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dis. 31. The prefix "re-" means "back" or "again" . So, "rejuvenate" means ..... A) Never grow old. B) Bring a child back home. C) Make young again. D) Be young. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Make young again. 32. The instructions for the model airplane were incomprehensible. Based on the prefix 'in-', what did the person think of the instructions? A) They were easy to understand. B) They were not able to be understood. C) They needed to be understood again. D) They were understood before reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They were not able to be understood. 33. What is the suffix for thankful? A) Thank. B) Ful. C) Joy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ful. 34. Priya, Daniel, and Grace are playing a word game. They came across a word that starts with a prefix meaning 'wrong' or 'bad'. Can you help them figure out which prefix it is? A) Anti-. B) Dis-. C) Un-. D) Mis-. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mis-. 35. In the word 'replacement', which part is the prefix? A) Re-. B) -ment. C) Replace. D) Place. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Re-. 36. I don't like to greet ..... people A) Disknown. B) Inknown. C) Unknown. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unknown. 37. Adding "-est" to a word means A) Most. B) More. C) Doing. D) Not. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Most. 38. As it is used in the sentence, what does uncover mean?"My mom will uncover the cake so we can eat." A) To take a cover off. B) To put a covering on. C) To make a certain flavor. D) To take out of the area. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To take a cover off. 39. Without, lacking (adjective maker) A) -est. B) -less. C) -able. D) -ful. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) -less. 40. What do we call the main part of a word? A) Prefix. B) Suffix. C) Base word. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Base word. 41. Attach a suffix to the word 'eat ..... ' A) Ance. B) Able. C) Ness. D) Ship. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Able. 42. Attach a suffix to the word 'clock ..... ' A) Ship. B) Ance. C) Ion. D) Wise. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wise. 43. In the word 'excitement', the suffix '-ment' changes the verb 'excite' into a noun that means ..... A) One who excites. B) Able to be excited. C) The state of being excited. D) Before being excited. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The state of being excited. 44. The word antifreeze has: A) A prefix. B) A suffix. C) A prefix and a suffix. D) A root. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A prefix. 45. Demo-means people, so what does democracy mean? A) Government against the people. B) Activity for the people. C) Government by the people. D) Government for the country. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Government by the people. 46. I don't like his behavior; he is very ..... A) Dispolite. B) Unpolite. C) Impolite. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Impolite. 47. Which does NOT use the prefix un-which means "not" ? A) Uncontrollable. B) Unemployed. C) Underwater. D) Unkind. E) Unfair. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Underwater. 48. As it is used in the sentence, what does movement mean?"I noticed movement in the trees ahead of me." A) Full of moving. B) Interesting. C) To be frightening. D) Act of moving. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Act of moving. 49. They don't want to work together anymore. They always ..... A) Inagree. B) Disagree. C) Antiagree. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Disagree. 50. What does the suffix "graph" mean? A) Write. B) Pen. C) Work. D) Math. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Write. 51. What does retest mean? A) To not test. B) To test again. C) To be tested. D) To test before. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To test again. 52. Which pair of words correctly completes the sentence:'It was ..... of you to bring an umbrella, but don't be so ..... about the teasing; they're just joking.'? A) Sensible, senseless. B) Sensible, sensitive. C) Sensitive, sensible. D) Senseless, sensitive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sensible, sensitive. 53. The suffix '-ful' means 'full of'. What does the word 'joyful' mean in the following sentence:She was joyful after hearing the good news. A) Opposite of joy. B) Lacking joy. C) Full of joy. D) Without joy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Full of joy. 54. Prefix:cyto-Suffix:-cyte A) Green. B) Color. C) Cell. D) Removal of. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cell. 55. Which prefix would you add to the word VIEW to tell people you saw something before other people did? A) First. B) Pre. C) Un. D) Dis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pre. 56. What does the prefix "dis, non, and un" mean? A) Again. B) Not. C) Before. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not. 57. My friend's story about seeing a UFO was completely implausible. Based on the prefix 'im-', what did I think of her story? A) It was told before. B) It was funny. C) It was very believable. D) It was not believable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It was not believable. 58. The student acted very (a) by not bringing his materials to class. A) A. irresponsibly. B) Ilresponsible. C) Nonresponsible. D) Imresponsible. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. irresponsibly. 59. What word in this sentence has a prefix?I need to remove myself from this lovely classroom. A) Lovely. B) From. C) Remove. D) This. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Remove. 60. The word unkindness has: A) A prefix. B) A suffix. C) A prefix and a suffix. D) A root. 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