This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Morphology > Prefixes And Suffixes – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Prefixes And Suffixes Quiz 6 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The root word photo (from Greek) means "relating to light." A photograph is created when an image is focused on light sensitive material, like film, to make a permanent picture.Teachers photocopy tests and worksheets. "Photosynthesis" is a scientific process that A) Does not involve light. B) Involves light. C) Involves sound. D) Involves feet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Involves light. 2. The word disconnection 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. 3. The roots aster, astr and astro (from Greek) mean "stars." If you want to study stars, planets and asteroids, then you might become an astronomer.The symbol * is called an asterisk since it looks like a star. "Naut" is a root word that means "relating to the sea, ships or travelers." What would we call someone who travels into space among the stars? A) Telenaut. B) Astronaut. C) Photonaut. D) Portonaut. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Astronaut. 4. To play again or play back A) Fortnite. B) Youtube. C) Replay. D) Redo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Replay. 5. "Astrophobia" means ..... A) Fear of stars. B) Fear of my dog, Astro. C) Fear of the future. D) Fear of money. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fear of stars. 6. James is the fastest Nitro typer in the class. What does the word fastest mean? A) In a way that is fast. B) The most fast. C) The one who is fast. D) Not fast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The most fast. 7. The root aud-means to hear. What does audible mean? A) Unable to be heard. B) Able to be seen. C) Able to be awkward. D) Able to be heard. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Able to be heard. 8. Write the spelling word that is the antonym, or opposite, of inflate. A) Restate. B) Deflate. C) Displease. D) Oversized. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deflate. 9. Did you see the ..... (full of color) rainbow in the sky? A) Colorful. B) Coloring. C) Colored. D) Colorable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Colorful. 10. Which of the following words has a prefix? A) Easterner. B) Bilingual. C) Fertilizer. D) Covering. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bilingual. 11. Based on its prefix and root, what is the most likely meaning of the word 'imperfect'? A) Very perfect. B) Not perfect. C) Perfect again. D) Perfect before. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not perfect. 12. Which is harmless? A) A tiger. B) A butterfly. C) A wasp. D) A spider. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A butterfly. 13. A character in a story is described as being filled with malevolence. Based on your knowledge of the prefix mal-, what is the character most likely feeling? A) A desire to do good for others. B) A desire to do evil or harm to others. C) A feeling of great sadness or grief. D) A feeling of confusion and uncertainty. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A desire to do evil or harm to others. 14. The company has over 1, 000 ..... A) Employees. B) Employment. C) Employing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Employees. 15. "Astro" means ..... A) Underground. B) Ocean. C) Stars. D) Chair. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stars. 16. What prefix would you add to the word acceptable to make it mean "not acceptable?" A) Pre-. B) Dis-. C) Mis-. D) Un-. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Un-. 17. What is the meaning of the prefix:super A) Above. B) Under. C) Across. D) Again. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Above. 18. Attach a prefix to the word ' ..... visible' A) Ultra. B) Multi. C) Dis. D) In. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In. 19. A bicycle is called that because it has ..... A) Many wheels. B) One wheel. C) Three wheels. D) Two wheels. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Two wheels. 20. The suffix-less in a word like 'hopeless' means: A) Without. B) Full of. C) The state of being. D) One who does. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Without. 21. The word hazardous means characterized by danger. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 22. Attach a prefix to the word ' ..... violence' A) In. B) Non. C) Dis. D) Co. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Non. 23. What is the prefix in the word 'misunderstand'? A) Mis-. B) Under. C) Stand. D) -stand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mis-. 24. What is the suffix for kindly? A) Ly. B) Kind. C) Be nice. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ly. 25. Characterized by taking a lot of effort is what words definition? A) Extinguish. B) Laborious. C) Fragment. D) Antebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Laborious. 26. Which of these means 'circle'? A) Cran-. B) Super-. C) Peri-. D) Orb-. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Orb-. 27. If you take the suffix away from unbreakable the root word is breakable. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 28. The prefix dis-means opposite or lack of. What does disapprove mean in the following sentence:The teacher will disapprove of my shouting out the answer as she wants everyone to have time to think first. A) Opposite of talking. B) Lack of courage. C) Lack of respect. D) Opposite of accept. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Opposite of accept. 29. To not approve means to ..... A) Disapprove. B) Reapprove. C) Approvely. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Disapprove. 30. Which of these words means not sure A) Dissure. B) Recertain. C) Certain. D) Unsure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unsure. 31. At home, I helped my dad put ..... in the car to protect the engine in cold weather. A) Antifreeze. B) Countermeasure. C) Antilock. D) Antiknock. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antifreeze. 32. I think that you misread the instructions because you did not complete the test correctly. Using your knowledge of the prefix mis and the context of this sentence, what does the word misread mean? A) To read with great enthusiasm. B) To read another language. C) To read without hope or interest. D) To read incorrectly or wrongly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To read incorrectly or wrongly. 33. The root word spec (from Latin) means "look." The officials inspected the field before the game began.Spectators are the people sitting in the stands at the game.A "spectacle" is a kind of performance that A) Is hard to hear. B) Is very interesting to look at. C) Includes music with a slow beat. D) Includes only one performer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is very interesting to look at. 34. A suffix is letters that come at the ..... of the word. A) End. B) Beginning. C) On top. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) End. 35. When the magician's trick was revealed, the audience was completely disenchanted. What does this word suggest about their feelings? A) They were confused by the magic. B) They wanted to see the trick again. C) They were more charmed than before. D) They were no longer impressed or delighted. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They were no longer impressed or delighted. 36. In the word "dishonest" is dis a prefix or suffix? A) Prefix. B) Suffix. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prefix. 37. Which of the following words contains a suffix that means 'state or quality of being'? A) Slowly. B) Portable. C) Teacher. D) Kindness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kindness. 38. What is the suffix in the word teacher? A) Ch. B) Teach. C) Er. D) Tea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Er. 39. What is the prefix in the word:prefix A) Pre. B) Fix. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pre. 40. How does the suffix '-ness' change the word 'kind' into 'kindness'? A) It changes the adjective 'kind' into a noun meaning 'the state of being kind'. B) It means the word is happening again. C) It turns the word into an action. D) It makes the word mean 'without kind'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It changes the adjective 'kind' into a noun meaning 'the state of being kind'. 41. Where is the prefix in the word washable? A) -le. B) Wash. C) Able. D) W-. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wash. 42. The doctor returned to check on his patient. The prefix re means: A) Back. B) Not. C) Aging. D) Away. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Back. 43. Which prefix would go before the root word behave? A) Dis. B) Mis. C) Non. D) Re. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mis. 44. What does softly mean? A) In a soft way. B) Sometimes soft. C) Not soft. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In a soft way. 45. What does the suffix ..... est mean? A) More. B) Without. C) Most. D) Full of . Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Most. 46. Write a spelling word to complete each meaning.Something that stays exactly the same is ..... A) Invisible. B) Unchanged. C) Prepaid. D) Unnamed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unchanged. 47. To pay before you get something A) Unpay. B) Prepay. C) Propay. D) Payer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prepay. 48. What suffix means "someone or something who" ? A) Er. B) Ity. C) Ful. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Er. 49. Attach a prefix to the word ' ..... courage' A) Im. B) Un. C) En. D) Re. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) En. 50. Attach a prefix to the word ' ..... ordinary' A) De. B) Extra. C) Ir. D) In. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Extra. 51. What is the meaning of the suffix:-s, -es A) Can't do. B) More than one. C) Can do. D) Only one. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) More than one. 52. Adding the prefix 'pre-' to the word 'heat' creates 'preheat'. What does this new word mean? A) To heat something again. B) To heat something before adding the food. C) To heat something incorrectly. D) To heat something to a low temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To heat something before adding the food. 53. A prefix is letters that come at the ..... of a word. A) End. B) Beginning. C) Middle. D) Top. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beginning. 54. What does this prefix mean?poly A) Small. B) Many. C) Large. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Many. 55. What do you call a word part (also known as an affix) that comes at the BEGINNING of a word? A) Inflection. B) Suffix. C) Root word. D) Prefix. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prefix. 56. Which word means "not safe" A) Safer. B) Unsafe. C) Postsafe. D) Resafe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unsafe. 57. If you add the suffixes-s or-es to a word you are showing A) To be. B) An action. C) More than one. D) To be. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) More than one. 58. What does "mit" mean? A) One hundred. B) To carry. C) To send. D) Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To send. 59. "Auto" means ..... A) Instant. B) Slow. C) Cars. D) Boats. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Instant. 60. What is the meaning of the prefix:semi A) Under. B) Above. C) Across. D) Half. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Half. ← 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 7Prefixes And Suffixes Quiz 8Prefixes And Suffixes Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books