This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Morphology > Prefixes And Suffixes – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Prefixes And Suffixes Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Read the sentence.Margie made a mistake on her math test. Which word in this sentence has a prefix? A) Made. B) Math. C) Test. D) Mistake. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mistake. 2. Ms. Marsh and Mr. K are very hopeful that all of the students in the class will pass the big test. What does the word hopeful mean? A) Hoping. B) Hoped. C) Full of hope. D) Hopeless. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Full of hope. 3. Write the spelling word that is the antonym, or opposite, of forward. A) Deflate. B) Reverse. C) Unchanged. D) Restate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reverse. 4. What does a dutiful student not do with their school work? A) Asks questions when confused. B) Checks over their answers. C) Turns it in on time. D) Forgets to answer the back page. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Forgets to answer the back page. 5. Write the spelling word that is the antonym, or opposite, of often. A) Displease. B) Infrequent. C) Kindness. D) Deflate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Infrequent. 6. What does the prefix "uni-" mean? A) One. B) Two. C) Many. D) Little. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) One. 7. Which is avoidable? A) Doing your schoolwork. B) Completing your taxes. C) Taking a shower. D) Paying a library fine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paying a library fine. 8. My dad found a used car with ..... brakes to keep the wheels from being stuck. A) Antipollution. B) Antilock. C) Antiknock. D) Antifreeze. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antilock. 9. Anika, Lily, and Aria are playing a word game. They found a word that means 'before'. Can you guess which prefix they found? A) Post-. B) Re-. C) Pre-. D) Anti-. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pre-. 10. The word unnecessarily has: A) A prefix. B) A suffix. C) A prefix and a suffix. D) A root. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A prefix and a suffix. 11. What is the meaning of the word fearless? A) To be nervous. B) To have no fear. C) To be very scared. D) To be brave. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To have no fear. 12. In words like international and interact, what does the prefix inter-mean? A) Between or among. B) Not or opposite of. C) Over or above. D) Before or in front of. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Between or among. 13. In the word 'enjoyable', which part is the suffix? A) En-. B) Joy. C) -able. D) Enjoy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) -able. 14. What is the root word for careful? A) Care. B) Ful. C) Caring. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Care. 15. The suffix '-ment' in the word 'amazement' changes the word to mean ..... A) Without amazement. B) One who is amazed. C) Full of amazement. D) The state of being amazed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The state of being amazed. 16. Which means 'outside of'? A) Meta-. B) Extra-. C) Epi-. D) Intra-. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Extra-. 17. Which sentence uses a word with a prefix that means 'not'? A) He had to retake the test. B) She pre-ordered the new video game. C) The submarine went deep into the ocean. D) The magician made the rabbit disappear. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The magician made the rabbit disappear. 18. The word multicoloured means ..... ? A) Many colours. B) One colour. C) No colours at all. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Many colours. 19. The detective knew the suspect's story was a misrepresentation of the facts. What does the prefix mis-mean? A) Again. B) Wrongly or badly. C) Not. D) Before. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wrongly or badly. 20. Danielle is a ..... (without care) painter. A) Careable. B) Caring. C) Careless. D) Careful. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Careless. 21. In the word teacher, how does the suffix '-er' change the meaning of the root word 'teach'? A) It means 'full of teaching'. B) It means 'the act of teaching'. C) It means 'able to be taught'. D) It means 'one who teaches'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It means 'one who teaches'. 22. The prefix "re" means? A) Before. B) Not. C) Again. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Again. 23. What does the prefix "ad-" mean? A) To; toward. B) Plus. C) Born. D) Study of. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To; toward. 24. What does the prefix 'pre-' mean in the word 'preview'? A) Before. B) During. C) After. D) Under. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Before. 25. The opposite of POSSIBLE is A) Dispossible. B) Umpossible. C) Impossible. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Impossible. 26. Prefixes 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: B) At the beginning of a word. 27. Which of the following is a prefix that you would find at the beginning of a word? A) Ed. B) Dis. C) Ly. D) Est. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dis. 28. What is the suffix for treatment? A) Treat. B) Ment. C) Heal. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ment. 29. To give the wrong information A) Uninform. B) Informless. C) Misinform. D) Proinform. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Misinform. 30. A suffix goes ..... the root word. A) After. B) Inside. C) Between. D) In front of. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) After. 31. Liz takes her time and paints with care. Liz is a careful painter"FUL" means ..... A) Means action or process. B) Means full of. C) Means without. D) Means state or condition of. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Means full of. 32. "-ing" means ..... A) Space. B) Tomorrow. C) Stars. D) Process or action. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Process or action. 33. Does this word have a prefix, suffix, or both?helpful A) Prefix. B) Suffix. C) Both. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Suffix. 34. Joey was great at telling jokes and making people laugh. It was an effortless talent of his.The reader can use the suffix "-less" to know that the word effortless means- A) The result of trying hard. B) Without having to try hard. C) The process of trying hard. D) A person who tries hard. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Without having to try hard. 35. What does the word reheat mean? A) To heat the wrong way. B) To heat again. C) No heat. D) To heat before. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To heat again. 36. Which of the following words contains a suffix? A) Unhappy. B) Dislike. C) Preheat. D) Happiness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Happiness. 37. The root word port (from Latin) means "carry." These days, almost everyone has a portable phone.Transportation can take the form of plane, train or car travel. "Ex-" is a prefix that means "out" or "from." Which word means "to send out goods to be sold in another country" ? A) Export. B) Exist. C) Exclude. D) Extend. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Export. 38. Which prefix would you add to 'heat' to indicate heating something before? A) Mis-. B) Un-. C) Re-. D) Pre-. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pre-. 39. The root fin (from Latin) means "end." So we've come to the end of this song, the finale.Finally, can you see how much you've learned about roots?If the prefix "in-" means "not, " what is the definition of "infinite" ? A) Always ending. B) A written ending. C) Seeing an ending. D) Never ending. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Never ending. 40. Choose the word that contains a suffix.'Last winter was windy and cold.' A) Last. B) Cold. C) Winter. D) Windy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Windy. 41. Which suffix can you add to the root word 'friend' to make a new word? A) Ly. B) Est. C) Ful. D) Ing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ly. 42. What does quickly mean? A) Sometimes quick. B) One who is quick. C) In a quick way. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In a quick way. 43. I read a (a) book for class. It was all about the World War I. A) Ilfiction. B) Irfiction. C) Imfiction. D) A. nonfiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A. nonfiction. 44. The word monochromatic has: A) A prefix. B) A suffix. C) A prefix and a suffix. D) A root. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A prefix and a suffix. 45. Choose the word that contains a prefix.'Antibacterial soap helps to keep my hands clean!' A) Anitbacterial. B) Helps. C) Soap. D) Hands. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anitbacterial. 46. What does the suffix-er mean? A) Less. B) Higher. C) More. D) Hospital. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) More. 47. If someone painted pictures for a living, what would he or she be called? A) Paintful. B) Painter. C) Paintous. D) Paintless. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Painter. 48. What is the suffix in the word hopeless? A) Hope. B) Hopeless. C) Hop. D) Less. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Less. 49. Does this word have a prefix, suffix, or both?unbelievable A) Prefix. B) Suffix. C) Both. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 50. Which word contains a prefix? A) Running. B) Joyful. C) Happiness. D) Dislike. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dislike. 51. What is the root word in resupplying? A) -ing. B) Supply. C) Re-. D) Supply. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Supply. 52. Which of the following suffixes means "someone who does something" ? A) -ly. B) -ous. C) -er. D) -less. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) -er. 53. What is the meaning of the suffix:-ness A) State of. B) One who. C) More than one. D) Without. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) State of. 54. Which suffix would you add to the verb 'predict' to turn it into an adjective meaning 'able to be predicted'? A) -ment. B) -ion. C) -ly. D) -able. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) -able. 55. In which word does the prefix sub-most clearly mean 'under' or 'below'? A) Subtle. B) Submarine. C) Subtract. D) Suburban. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Submarine. 56. Chandler and Monica were not playing the game by the rules. They were close to being disqualified!In the sentence, what does the word disqualified mean? A) Qualified again. B) Able to qualify. C) One who is qualified. D) Not qualified. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not qualified. 57. Nelly doesn't like to do any sport. She prefers watching videos online. She is the most ..... person I've seen. A) Impatient. B) Indirect. C) Inactive. D) Impolite. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inactive. 58. What is the suffix in the word:beautiful A) Beauti. B) Ful. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ful. 59. Which of the following is the suffix meaning "the study of" ? A) -logy. B) -less. C) -ous. D) -emia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -logy. 60. Imagine Olivia, Abigail, and Aiden are time travelers. If they use a 'pre-' time machine, when will they travel to? A) Without any specific time. B) During the time of dinosaurs. C) Before the time of dinosaurs. D) After the time of dinosaurs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Before the time of dinosaurs. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesPrefixes And Suffixes Quiz 1Prefixes And Suffixes Quiz 2Prefixes And Suffixes Quiz 4Prefixes And Suffixes Quiz 5Prefixes And Suffixes Quiz 6Prefixes And Suffixes Quiz 7Prefixes And Suffixes Quiz 8Prefixes And Suffixes Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books