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 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In the word 'fearless', what does the suffix '-less' mean? A) Able to be. B) Without. C) The state of. D) Full of. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Without. 2. Adding the suffix '-less' to the word 'fear' creates 'fearless'. How does the suffix change the meaning? A) It means one who fears. B) It means full of fear. C) It means the state of being afraid. D) It means without fear. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It means without fear. 3. What do the suffixes "-ic/-tic" mean? A) Under. B) To; toward. C) Disease; feeling. D) Having to do with. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Having to do with. 4. A suffix does NOT change the meaning of a word. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 5. What does External mean? A) On the inside. B) On the outside. C) To the right. D) To the left. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On the outside. 6. The root word for helpful is ..... A) Ful. B) Kind. C) Help. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Help. 7. "Act" means ..... A) Real. B) Synonym. C) Pretending. D) Opposite. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pretending. 8. The historian's detailed account of the battle was so vivid that the audience felt they were witnessing the ..... events firsthand. A) Heroment. B) Heroive. C) Heroful. D) Heroic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Heroic. 9. Restart means ..... A) Start again. B) End. C) Stop. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Start again. 10. If you need to heat your lunch for a second time in the microwave, you would ..... A) Coheat it. B) Unheat it. C) Reheat it. D) Antiheat it. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reheat it. 11. Which suffix can you add to the word peace to make a new word? A) Ful. B) Er. C) Ed. D) Ing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ful. 12. What is the meaning of the prefix:inter A) Under. B) Middle. C) Between. D) Top. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Between. 13. Danny ..... (does not obey) his parents. A) Unobeys. B) Disobeys. C) Misobeys. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Disobeys. 14. When might you reload a website? A) When it doesn't load properly. B) When it loads successfully. C) To pass time. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When it doesn't load properly. 15. What is the function of a prefix in a word? A) To change the word's tense. B) To change the word's part of speech. C) To change the word's meaning. D) To change the word's pronunciation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To change the word's meaning. 16. What is the prefix in the word miscalculate? A) Miscalculate. B) Mis. C) Calculate. D) Cal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mis. 17. What is the meaning of the suffix:-tion A) Compare. B) Action or process. C) Not. D) Full of. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Action or process. 18. A. Complete the sentences by choosing the correct prefix to use.2.No, that answer is ..... correct. It is wrong. A) Un-. B) Mis-. C) Re-. D) Dis-. E) -in. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) -in. 19. The word indescribable has a prefix, root, and suffix. What is the function of the prefix 'in-' in this word? A) To mean 'not'. B) To mean 'again'. C) To mean 'inside'. D) To mean 'before'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To mean 'not'. 20. Suffixes are letters that go ..... A) At the end of a word. B) At the beginning of a word. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At the end of a word. 21. What does consideration mean? A) The action of thinking something over. B) The action of agreeing. C) The action of discussing or talking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The action of thinking something over. 22. In the sentence, "It is impossible to finish this project in one hour, " what does the prefix 'im-' do to the word 'possible'? A) It makes it mean 'very possible'. B) It makes it mean 'not possible'. C) It makes it mean 'possible again'. D) It makes it mean 'possible before'. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It makes it mean 'not possible'. 23. The prefix 'in-' can mean 'not' (as in 'incomplete') or 'in/into' (as in 'inside'). In which word below does 'in-' mean 'not'? A) Inhale. B) Input. C) Include. D) Inactive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inactive. 24. Consider the words *subway*, *submarine*, and *submerge*. Based on these examples, what does the prefix *sub-* mean? A) Above or over. B) With or together. C) Across or through. D) Under or below. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Under or below. 25. What suffix is used to form a noun indicating a person who performs an action? A) -er. B) -less. C) -ness. D) -ful. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -er. 26. My little brother is a talented pianist. What does the suffix '-ist' tell you about him? A) He is one who plays the piano. B) He is able to be a piano. C) He is without a piano. D) He is full of piano. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He is one who plays the piano. 27. Not fair, honest or just A) Unaware. B) Not my friend. C) Unfair. D) Lie. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unfair. 28. My shoe is ..... (not tied). A) Mistied. B) Untied. C) Distied. D) Retied. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Untied. 29. The boy was impolite when he did not say thank you to the waitress. What is the root word in the word impolite? A) Polite. B) Im. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Polite. 30. Which suffix can be added to the word 'hope' to indicate 'full of hope'? A) -ness. B) -ful. C) -ing. D) -less. 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