Prefix Suffix Quiz 3 (60 MCQs)

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1. Add a prefix to the correct form of the word in brackets and use the word in the space provided.4 ..... Attempts to communicate in a foreign language can easily go wrong. I'm always 1) ..... (APPOINT) by my attempts to speak Greek on holidays The waiter on Samos 2) ..... (UNDERSTAND) what I wanted and instead of beetroots brought me mushrooms. I 3) ..... (LIKE) mushrooms greatly but when I asked him to 4) ..... (PLACE) them with beetroots he smiled, went into the kitchen and 5) ..... (TURN) with a plateful of aubergines.
2. When two people are dating and hoping to marry, it's called COURT .....
3. The underlying framework of a system.
4. In Japan it's considered very ..... (polite) to blow your nose in public.
5. Which prefix means "not or negative? "
6. The definition of permit is to .....
7. Contain a cytoplasm
8. What does the prefix gastro-mean?
9. A caterpillar makes a ..... FORMATION into a butterfly.
10. What does the prefix spect mean?
11. What does the word reread mean? She reread the sentence because she didn't understand it.
12. The cyclist was ..... (qualify) from the race after failing a drugs test.
13. What is the prefix for no/not
14. The ..... of the new office building took the builders six months to complete.
15. Batman's enemy the Joker is so ..... SANE that he has no remorse for his victims.
16. Add a prefix to the word Bellum to mean before war .....
17. What does "in" mean?
18. Which prefix means far away?
19. What does the root 'auto' stand for?
20. What prefix/suffix can we add for the word HOME?
21. The process that produces a new copy of an organism's genetic information, which is passed on to a new cell.
22. What does the word "worthless" mean?
23. Which word means the ability to use each of your hands equally skilled?
24. Brenna had everything that she needed to ..... a nice new treehouse.
25. A cross between two pea plants that produce yellow seeds results in 4 offspring:3 yellow pea plants & 1 green pea plant. What are the likely genotypes that were crossed?
26. The Astros always warm-up during the pregame events at Minute Maid Park.What is the meaning of the word pregame in the sentence above?
27. What does the prefix geno-mean?
28. Hernia, swelling, protrusion
29. Which word is an antonym for admire?
30. Is logy a prefix or a suffix
31. I scraped my knee on the concrete when I fell off my bike. I was unsure if I would need a Band-Aid, but it was very painful.What is the meaning of the word painful in the sentence above?
32. Science has limitations, because
33. Bacteria will keep ..... PLYING if you don't clean an infected sore.
34. Your teacher will IN ..... your essay to make sure you included textual evidence.
35. Which phase of mitosis do chromosomes line up in the middle?
36. What is the prefix for acid
37. The process of making a copy of a DNA strand into a complementary strand of mRNA
38. What does the prefix Geo-mean?
39. If the boy gently set the book on the table, he did it in a gentle, or soft, way. Think of the words quickly, happily, and sadly. What does the prefix-ly mean?
40. In the word autograph, what is the prefix?
41. What does the prefix be-mean?
42. What is the meaning of the prefix, "en" in the word, "encounter" ?
43. Definition of:Hypo
44. Is anti a prefix or a suffix
45. Prefix bio means
46. Which word means that you do not have the ability?
47. What is the meaning of "inability" ?
48. In math, you put numbers in a bar graph. A graphic novel has words and pictures. The root word graph means .....
49. What is the meaning of the suffix, "tion" in the word, "attention" ?
50. What does the prefix Terr-mean?
51. Solute moves in forcing water in
52. What does "gyn" mean?
53. Painful, difficult
54. What does the following prefix mean? Pre
55. In the word Onomatopoeia, which syllable is the open syllable?
56. The group planned to ..... the entrance to the computer store that had cheated them.
57. The boy was missing for a few days. He was unseen, and no one had heard from him either.What is the meaning of the word unseen in the sentence above?
58. What does the suffix "less" mean? example:The superhero was fearless .
59. Previews and trailers are similar, they are sneak peeks of what the movie will be. What does the prefix "pre" mean
60. The voters were not ..... despite the politician's lengthy speech.