This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Morphology > Prefixes And Suffixes – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Prefixes And Suffixes Quiz 19 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which word means to heat before? A) Reheat. B) Preheat. C) Unheat. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Preheat. 2. There was great ..... when the prizes were announced. (happy) A) -ful. B) -est. C) -ness. D) -er. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) -ness. 3. Which of these is a "de" prefix? A) Decode. B) Disagree. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decode. 4. Which prefixes mean "not or without" ? A) En-, em-. B) Re-. C) Pre-. D) In-, il-, im-, ir-. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In-, il-, im-, ir-. 5. Create a new word by adding the suffix '-ing' to the word 'jump'. What is the new word? A) Jumpable. B) Jumping. C) Jumpering. D) Jumped. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jumping. 6. The word scientist has the suffix-ist, what does-ist mean? A) Person who. B) Present tense, happening right now. C) Having, full of. D) Again, back around. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Person who. 7. Which of these is an "able" suffix? A) Comfortable. B) Comical. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comfortable. 8. I like to read books since they are about things that really happened. (a) A) A. nonfiction. B) Nonprofit. C) Nonsense. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. nonfiction. 9. What does the sufffix 'ment' mean? A) One who/comparison. B) Full of. C) Action or process of. D) Without. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Action or process of. 10. The scientist's discovery was a momentous event. Based on the suffix '-ous', what does this word mean? A) Without a moment. B) Full of importance (like a great moment). C) Lasting only for a moment. D) Happening before the moment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Full of importance (like a great moment). 11. I finished my test ..... A) Quickly. B) Quickness. C) Quicked. D) Quickful. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quickly. 12. Which suffix means "characterized by" ? A) -able, -ible. B) -ness. C) -ed. D) -y. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) -y. 13. How do you split the following word up into prefix / root / suffix? (prediction) A) Pre / dict / ion. B) Pre / dic / tion. C) Predict / ion. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pre / dic / tion. 14. The word unlike has the prefix "un-" . What does the prefix "un" mean? A) Before. B) Able to. C) Not. D) Happy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not. 15. The painting is absolutely ..... A) Wonder. B) Wonderfully. C) Wonderful. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wonderful. 16. -able means "able to be" . What does agreeable mean? A) Agreeing. B) Able to agree. C) Quickly agreeing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Able to agree. 17. What is the prefix meaning 'not'? A) Pre. B) Un. C) Re. D) Dis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Un. 18. Which word does not contain a prefix that means "not" or "opposite of" ? A) Dislike. B) Rebuilt. C) Nonfat. D) Unsafe. E) Inactive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rebuilt. 19. What is the prefix in this word?preheat A) Heat. B) Pre. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pre. 20. What is the meaning of prefix pre- A) Again. B) Back. C) After. D) Before. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Before. 21. What is the meaning of the word renewable? A) All gone. B) Can make new again. C) Can check out again. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can make new again. 22. Which of these is an "ex" prefix? A) Exhale. B) Exposition. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exhale. 23. The boy was fearless. The suffix-less means ..... A) With. B) Without. C) To make. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Without. 24. Which of the following is an example of a prefix? A) -ly. B) -s. C) -er. D) Un-. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Un-. 25. What is the prefix meaning 'against'? A) Anti-. B) Un-. C) Mis-. D) Dis-. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anti-. 26. The suffixes-s and-es mean ..... A) Person who. B) Act of, state of, result of. C) Singular, only one. D) Plural, more than one. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plural, more than one. 27. Which of these is an "est" suffix? A) Strongest. B) Bigger. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Strongest. 28. Which of the following is a common suffix for verbs? A) -ing. B) -able. C) -ful. D) -ness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -ing. 29. The opposite meaning of 'tidy' is ..... A) Imtidy. B) Untidy. C) Iltidy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Untidy. 30. The janitor at our school is really ..... (friend) A) -ly. B) -ness. C) -ship. D) -tion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -ly. 31. It is a letter or a syllable added at the end of a word. A) Affixes. B) Prefixes. C) Suffixes. D) Root word. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Suffixes. 32. Which word contains a prefix, a base word, AND a suffix? A) Disagreement. B) Exclude. C) Capitalism. D) Contradict. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Disagreement. 33. Likeable means ..... A) In a like way. B) Can like. C) Without like. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can like. 34. My necklace disappeared mysterious ..... A) Ly. B) Ment. C) Ed. D) Less. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ly. 35. Which prefix is used with words starting with 'm' or 'p'? A) Co-. B) Im-. C) De-. D) Un-. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Im-. 36. Examine the prefix in each of the words below.dislikedisobeydisagreedishonestInfer the meaning of the prefix "dis." A) Cause. B) Opposite. C) Out. D) Against. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Opposite. 37. The suffix '-ous' means 'full of' or 'characterized by'. Which of the following words correctly uses this suffix to mean 'full of adventure'? A) Adventurous. B) Adventureful. C) Adventuric. D) Adventureous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adventurous. 38. What does the word redo mean? A) Do again. B) Not do. C) Do before. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Do again. 39. What is the suffix in this word?teacher A) Er. B) Teach. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Er. 40. What does the suffix '-al' mean? A) Behind. B) Relating to. C) In front. D) Opposite. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Relating to. 41. True or False:Sometimes a root word can stand alone without a prefix or suffix. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 42. How do you split the following word up into prefix / root / suffix? (unthinkable) A) Unthink / able. B) Un / think / able. C) Un / thinka / ble. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Un / think / able. 43. A person who writes stories is known as A) Teacher. B) Author. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Author. 44. What does the word quickly mean? He ran outside quickly. A) Faster than everyone. B) In a quick way. C) Very slow. D) Going outside. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In a quick way. 45. What is the meaning of the suffixes "-er and-or" ? A) Indicating a state or condition. B) Characterized by. C) Full of. D) One who does a specific thing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) One who does a specific thing. 46. Complete the sentences by writing the correct prefix in the blank space.My mom said I had to wait until my birthday to ..... wrap my gifts. I'm excited to see what's inside! A) Mis-. B) Un-. C) In-. D) Re-. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Un-. 47. If you add a prefix or a suffix to a root word, the meaning of the word stays the same. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 48. Micro means ..... , while macro means ..... A) Large; small. B) Small; large. C) Similar; different. D) Different; similar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Small; large. 49. What is the meaning of the suffix '-ness'? A) Not/opposite of. B) Without. C) Condition/state of. D) Full of. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Condition/state of. 50. What does the word unhappy mean in the sentence? He was unhappy that he got a bad grade. A) Happy. B) Very happy. C) Kind of happy. D) Not happy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not happy. 51. What is the meaning of the suffixes "-tion" and "-sion" ? A) Characterized by. B) Done in a certain way. C) Indicating a state or condition. D) The action or doing of something. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The action or doing of something. 52. What is the meaning of the suffix '-ly'? A) Characteristic of. B) Characterized by/like. C) Without. D) Not/opposite of. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Characteristic of. 53. Which prefix means 'the opposite'? A) Dis-. B) Il-. C) Un-. D) Mis-. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Un-. 54. Choose the word that contains a suffix. A) Under. B) Wishful. C) Baby. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wishful. 55. Complete the sentences by writing the correct prefix in the blank space.Let's look at this information again. We should ..... view it before the test. A) Mis-. B) Un-. C) In-. D) Re-. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Re-. 56. Which has a suffix that means without? A) Helpless. B) Hopeful. C) Underfed. D) Badly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Helpless. 57. Colorful means ..... A) In a color way. B) Full of color. C) Without color. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Full of color. 58. What does the prefix "post-" mean? A) In the middle. B) During. C) Before. D) After. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) After. 59. My little brother tends to misunderstand the rules of the game, so we have to explain them twice. What does the prefix 'mis-' mean here? A) Before. B) Wrongly or badly. C) Together. D) Again. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wrongly or badly. 60. "Mis" means "wrong." What word uses "mis" in this way? A) Misty. B) Mister. C) Misery. D) Misuse. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Misuse. ← 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