Prefix and Suffix

Q1. What is the meaning of the word prefix?

• A group of letters put after a root word which changes its meaning

• A group of letters put before a root word which changes its meaning

• A stand alone word

Q2. What is the meaning of the word suffix?

• A word within a word

• A group of letters put before a root word which changes its meaning

• A group of letters put after a root word which changes its meaning

• A stand alone word

Q3. What is the meaning of root word?

• A word within a word

• A group of letters put before a root word which changes its meaning

• A group of letters put after a root word which changes its meaning

• A stand alone word

Q4. If you take away the prefix and suffix, what is left of the word unemployed?

• Unemploy

• Employed

• Employ

• Ploy

Q5. If you take the prefix away from disagree, the root word is agree.

• True

• False

Q6. If you take the suffix away from unbreakable the root word is breakable.

• True

• False

Q7. What are you doing if you reread a book?

• Reading it for the first time

• Recycling it

• Reading it again

• Not doing anything with it

Q8. Incorrect has only a prefix and root word.

• True

• False

Q9. Which word is a suffix?

• pre

• ed

• un

• re

Q10. Which word is not a suffix?

• Ful

• Ing

• Ed

• Pre