This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Morphology > Prefixes And Suffixes – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Prefixes And Suffixes Quiz 17 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Attach a prefix to the word ' ..... activate' A) De. B) In. C) Ir. D) Co. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) De. 2. What is the meaning of the suffix-er as used in the word farmer. A) More. B) Without. C) Most. D) A person who. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A person who. 3. It's illegal to sell counterfeit merchandise. Based on the prefix counter-, what does 'counterfeit' most likely mean? A) Genuine and authentic. B) Made with better quality. C) Made in opposition to the real thing; fake. D) Sold at a lower price. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Made in opposition to the real thing; fake. 4. Why might your teacher give you a pretest? A) To see how much you know after a lesson. B) To see how much you know before you start the lesson. C) To make your life miserable. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To see how much you know before you start the lesson. 5. Which of these statements IS NOT true about prefixes? A) Prefixes always appear at the beginning of a word. B) Prefixes can appear as regular words as well as a combination of letters. C) Not all words have prefixes. D) All words have prefixes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All words have prefixes. 6. What is the base word in disappear? A) Dis. B) Appear. C) Ear. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appear. 7. "re-" means ..... A) Ending. B) Beginning. C) Created again. D) Middle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Created again. 8. After the team members had a big disagreement, the coach helped them reach an agreement. What is an 'agreement'? A) Full of agreeing. B) The act of not agreeing. C) One who agrees. D) The result of agreeing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The result of agreeing. 9. The prefix "un" meansex. undo, untie A) Not. B) Full of. C) Without. D) Does not. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not. 10. As it is used in the sentence, what does bluish mean?"I was so cold my lips started to turn bluish." A) The color of water. B) Somewhat blue. C) Extremely cold. D) Frightening or scary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Somewhat blue. 11. What is the meaning of the prefix:non A) Under. B) Again. C) Before. D) Not. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not. 12. This suffix means "more than one." A) Est. B) Ly. C) S. D) Er. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) S. 13. What is the base word in untidy? A) Untidy. B) Un. C) Tidy. D) Dy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tidy. 14. Laid into a surface, such as a table A) Inlaid. B) Unlaid. C) Delaid. D) Relaid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inlaid. 15. Which suffix tells us that an event happened in the past? A) Est. B) Er. C) Ed. D) Ly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ed. 16. Choose the correct word for:To make new plans. A) Rearrange. B) Prearrange. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rearrange. 17. Which suffix means 'characteristic of'? A) -less. B) -ful. C) -ly. D) -y. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) -ly. 18. Tricky question ..... "He is very antisocial, he was unable to watch the preview last night. I bet he feels unhappy about it."How many prefixes can you find here? A) 3. B) 4. C) 5. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 5. 19. What is the meaning of the prefix 'super-'? A) Opposite. B) In front. C) Above. D) Behind. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Above. 20. Which of these is an "il" prefix? A) Impossible. B) Illegal. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Illegal. 21. What is the prefix meaning 'together'? A) Anti-. B) Co-. C) Pro-. D) Syn-. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Syn-. 22. Dis-is a prefix that means ..... A) Within, in. B) Wrong, bad. C) Away, apart, not. D) Below, under. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Away, apart, not. 23. Which word means not having rest? A) Restless. B) Resting. C) Rest. D) Rested. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Restless. 24. Doable means ..... A) In a do way. B) Can do. C) Without do. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can do. 25. Hopeless means ..... A) Full of hope. B) Without hope. C) In an hope way. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Without hope. 26. It is a basic word with no prefix or suffix added to it. A) Prefixes. B) Suffixes. C) Affixes. D) Root word. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Root word. 27. What is a word part that is added to the beginning of a root (base) word? A) Prefix. B) Base. C) Suffix. D) Root. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prefix. 28. True or False:The word relocation has a root word that cannot stand alone. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 29. Which of these is an "al" suffix? A) Annual. B) Lazily. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Annual. 30. What is the meaning of the word quickly? A) A in a quick way. B) B not in a quick way. C) C in a slow way. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A in a quick way. 31. What is the base word in saying? A) Said. B) Sayi. C) Say. D) Seed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Say. 32. It is a letter or a syllable added at the beginning of a word. A) Affixes. B) Root word. C) Suffixes. D) Prefixes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prefixes. 33. Which suffix implies a direction? A) -ness. B) -wards. C) -acy. D) -hood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) -wards. 34. How do you split the following word up into prefix / root / suffix? (transportation) A) Trans / port / ation. B) Tran / sport / ation. C) Transport / ation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trans / port / ation. 35. What does the suffix "-ed" indicate? A) Full of. B) Present tense. C) Past tense. D) A way of doing something. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Past tense. 36. What does the word listener mean? I need to be a good listener at school. A) Not listening. B) Someone who listens. C) Quiet. D) To listen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Someone who listens. 37. What is the PREFIX in DISCOURAGED? A) Discour. B) Dis. C) Courage. D) Ed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dis. 38. Which prefix means 'to little/below'? A) Over-. B) Dis-. C) In-. D) Under-. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Under-. 39. Whose room is the ..... ? (clean) A) -est. B) -ly. C) -ful. D) -er. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -est. 40. How do you split the following word up into prefix / root / suffix? (prewriting) A) Pre / writ / ing. B) Prewrit / ing. C) Prewrite / ing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pre / writ / ing. 41. Fictional stories are true they are not imaginary. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 42. What is the meaning of the prefix 'co-'? A) Behind. B) Opposite. C) In front. D) Together. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Together. 43. The director had to remake the movie scene because the lighting was wrong. What does the prefix 're-' tell us? A) The scene was made badly. B) The scene was made for the first time. C) The scene was made before something else. D) The scene was made again. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The scene was made again. 44. Pro-is a prefix that means ..... A) Middle. B) Resembling, origin. C) For, forward, before. D) Through. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) For, forward, before. 45. What does the prefix DIS do to the word APPEARED in this sentence? The cat disappeared before her very eyes. A) That the cat appeared bigger than before. B) That the cat is no longer there. C) That the cat appeared inside her eyes. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That the cat is no longer there. 46. The suffix-ment means: A) Without. B) A person's occupation. C) Action or condition. D) Resulting state. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Resulting state. 47. That bunch of flowers is so ..... A) Love. B) Loved. C) Loveness. D) Lovely. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lovely. 48. The suffix '-less' means 'without.' Which of the following people is acting in a fearless manner? A) The stunt pilot performed complex aerial maneuvers without any sign of anxiety. B) The student, though his hands were shaking, gave his presentation to the entire school. C) The hiker carefully checked his map, fearful of getting lost in the woods. D) The new driver was so overwhelmed that he was helpless to avoid the small accident. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The stunt pilot performed complex aerial maneuvers without any sign of anxiety. 49. Which of these words CANNOT be made into another word by adding the prefix "sub?" A) Way. B) Marine. C) Book. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Book. 50. What is the base word in running? A) Run. B) Ran. C) Runs. D) Runn. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Run. 51. What is the suffix in the word 'happily'? A) -ly. B) Happy. C) -s. D) Un-. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -ly. 52. What does the suffix '-ity' indicate? A) Opposite. B) Exaggeration. C) Direction. D) In a superior way. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exaggeration. 53. Tom was very ..... when handling the fragile glassware. A) Careless. B) Carefully. C) Cares. D) Careful. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Careful. 54. Which of the following is a common suffix for adverbs? A) -s. B) -ing. C) -ly. D) -ed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) -ly. 55. Choose the correct word for:To heat again. A) Reheat. B) Preheat. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reheat. 56. Where is a prefix found in a word? A) At the beginning. B) In the middle. C) At the end. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At the beginning. 57. What is the base word in unstoppable? A) Un. B) Stop. C) Able. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stop. 58. What is the meaning of the prefix "en-, em-" ? A) Against, not, or the opposite of. B) To cause (a person or thing) to be in. C) Much more than. D) Having the quality of. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To cause (a person or thing) to be in. 59. The suffix "less" means ..... A) Near. B) Full of. C) One who. D) Without. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Without. 60. Which word means to show happiness? A) Cheerful. B) Cheerless. C) Cheerable. D) Cheered. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cheerful. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesPrefixes And Suffixes Quiz 1Prefixes And Suffixes Quiz 2Prefixes And Suffixes Quiz 3Prefixes And Suffixes Quiz 4Prefixes And Suffixes Quiz 5Prefixes And Suffixes Quiz 6Prefixes And Suffixes Quiz 7Prefixes And Suffixes Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books