This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Vocabulary > Affixes – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Affixes Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. If we add "-able" to a word which finishes in "-ce" or "-ge" we don't drop the final "e" . (E.g. "noticeable", "knowledgeable") A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRUE. 2. What do affixes do the base word? A) Makes the word plural. B) Shows the possessive tense of the word. C) Changes the meaning. D) Makes it not a word anymore. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Changes the meaning. 3. Choose the prefix that matches the sentence below:I forgot to ..... tie the dog from the pole. A) Post-. B) Pre-. C) And-. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) And-. 4. -dia, -per/ diaphragm, perceive A) Across, through. B) The act or process of. C) In pairs. D) To make. E) On the border of. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Across, through. 5. She often felt (secure) about her appearance, despite being praised for her beauty. A) Pre-. B) In-. C) Non-. D) Uni-. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In-. 6. -ance, -ancy, -ence, -ency/ brilliance, fluency, residence, hesitancy A) The condition of. B) One who. C) Pertaining to. D) The state of. E) Without. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The state of. 7. "Mary feels hopeless" shows that A) Mary is without hope. B) Mary is full of hope. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mary is without hope. 8. In the word hopeless, the suffix-less means ..... A) Without. B) Full of. C) Not. D) Before. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Without. 9. The sunset we saw over the mountains was beauti ..... A) Ful. B) Lass. C) Ed. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ful. 10. Which prefix has a different meaning of the others? A) Unknown. B) Irrelevant. C) Illegal. D) Unilateral. E) Impatient. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unilateral. 11. What is the meaningful part which cannot be broken down further of any word called? A) Prefix. B) Root Word. C) Suffix. D) Affix. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Root Word. 12. What is one way nations solve their differences? Select one: A) By signing a constitution. B) By signing a treaty. C) By doing away with their borders. D) By giving away their territory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By signing a treaty. 13. An affix added to the END of a word is known as a suffix. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. Which word means not convenient? A) Convenient. B) Convenience. C) They will not meet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They will not meet. 15. Affixes are placed in the beginning or end of a word to modify its meaning. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. What is the root word in the word "teacher" ? A) Dance. B) Teach. C) Prance. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Teach. 17. WHAT IS THE MEANING OF UNDERCOOK? A) IT IS FINISHED. B) IT IS NOT FINISHED. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) IT IS NOT FINISHED. 18. How do you break apart the word "constructing" ? A) Constructing. B) Con + structing. C) Construct + ing. D) Con + struct + ing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Con + struct + ing. 19. What is the defination of the suffix able? A) Not being able to. B) Being able to. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Being able to. 20. If you have satisfaction then you, A) Are writing about satisfaction. B) You are in the state of being satisfied. C) All of the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) You are in the state of being satisfied. 21. Concentration means paying ..... A) Attentively. B) Inattentive. C) Attention. D) Attentiveness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Attention. 22. I like to buy that pinkish shirt. A) Buy. B) Pinkish. C) Shirt. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pinkish. 23. What does able mean? A) Can't do. B) Most. C) Wrong. D) Can do. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Can do. 24. I am a good baker. A) Am. B) Good. C) Baker. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Baker. 25. Astronomy contains a root that means ..... A) Moon. B) Earth. C) Study. D) Star. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Star. 26. Which prefix means new? A) Bio. B) Post. C) Neo. D) In. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neo. 27. What is the letters or syllables added at the beginning and/or at the end of a word? A) Suffixes. B) Affixes. C) Prefixes. D) Infixes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Affixes. 28. Choose the correct prefix of the word using the meaning provided in the parenthesis. + happy = (not happy) A) And-. B) Mis-. C) Pre-. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) And-. 29. Which is true about a suffix? A) It is placed before the root word. B) It is placed after the root word. C) It is placed before and after the root word. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is placed after the root word. 30. The suitable prefix to be added to "legible" is ..... A) Im-. B) Il-. C) And-. D) Mis-. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Il-. 31. A rule for the affixes is that "y" often becomes "i" and the final "e" often disappears when adding a PREFIX. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 32. Choose the correct affix She (earn) her success through hard work and dedication A) -or. B) -ed. C) -ness. D) -ing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) -ed. 33. The prefix meaning against is: A) Of-. B) Mis-. C) Mal-. D) Anti-. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anti-. 34. Identify the root of the word photographer. Select one: A) Is. B) Photo. C) Grapher. D) Graph. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Photo. 35. The base word for beautiful is A) Beauty. B) Ful. C) Full. D) Beau. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beauty. 36. Do not ..... your partner. A) Confuse. B) Confusing. C) Confusion. D) Confuses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Confuse. 37. Using your knowledge of the prefix "re-" what does recall mean? A) Forget. B) Bring back to memory. C) Ignore. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bring back to memory. 38. Dan lokes to be help ..... and clean up her table. A) Ful. B) Less. C) S. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ful. 39. -ary, -ory/ literary, satisfactory A) With, together. B) The state of. C) Able, can do. D) Related to. E) Capable of being, like. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Related to. 40. What is the suffix in greatest? A) Gr. B) Great. C) East. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) East. 41. There were so many questions-all ..... (answer). A) Inanswered. B) Answerless. C) Disanswering. D) Unanswerable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unanswerable. 42. Which root means many? A) Poly. B) Amphi. C) Geo. D) Scop. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poly. 43. A prefix is added to the A) The end of the base word. B) Under the base word. C) In place of the base word. D) Beginning of the base word. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Beginning of the base word. 44. Add a suffix to life to mean not having life, A) Lifement. B) Lifeful. C) Lifelike. D) Lifeless. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lifeless. 45. What word part is counter-in the word counterrevolutionaries?Select one: A) Root. B) Affix. C) Prefix. D) Suffix. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prefix. 46. KNOWING THAT THE PREFIX MIS MEANS BADIF YOU ARE MISINFORMED YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN A) THE WRONG INFORMATION OR BAD INFORMATION. B) A PRIZE. C) THE RIGHT INFORMATION. D) AN ESSAY. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) THE WRONG INFORMATION OR BAD INFORMATION. 47. Which prefix means "three" ? A) Bi. B) Mis. C) Tri. D) Re. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tri. 48. M. Arbel is a great ..... , I like reading his books. A) Poet. B) Liberian. C) Writer. D) Reported. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Writer. 49. In the word bravest, what does the suffix-est do? A) Describes a state of being. B) Compares more than two things. C) Compares two things. D) Turns an adjective into an adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compares more than two things. 50. The textbook told us all about ..... animals, such as dinosaurs and woolly mammoths. A) Impatient. B) Disappear. C) Prehistoric. D) Nonstop. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prehistoric. 51. -sub, -hypo/ submarine, hypothermia A) Below, under. B) Above, over, more. C) Down, away from. D) Between, Among. E) After, behind. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Below, under. 52. A group of letters that go before the root and changes the meaning of the root word is called a A) Affix. B) Base word. C) Suffix. D) Prefix. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prefix. 53. Which root means both? A) Amphi. B) Poly. C) Gen. D) Derm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amphi. 54. Mr. Johnny works in a school. He teaches English to the students. He is a ..... A) Teacher. B) Reader. C) Singer. D) Painter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Teacher. 55. He still acts like a child, he's so ..... A) Immature. B) Imiture. C) Matureless. D) Immature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Immature. 56. I have an ..... fear of mice. A) Unrational. B) Inrational. C) Disrational. D) Irrational. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irrational. 57. Grammy and I like to watch the bird ..... fly over the beach. A) Ly. B) S. C) Ed. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) S. 58. What is the prefix in unplug? A) Plug. B) Re. C) And. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) And. 59. Let's look at this information again. We should ..... view it before the test. What appropriate prefix is to be used? A) Ab. B) Dis. C) Re. D) And. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Re. 60. The suffix un means? Ex. unclean A) In the past. B) Misplaced. C) Without. D) Reversal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reversal. 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