Ex- Prefix Quiz

Before building their new house, they had to bring in a tractor to ____________, or dig up, the yard.

• excavate

• exonerate

• expel

• extort

After he was found not guilty, the man was ____________ of all charges.

• extorted

• exonerated

• exported

• extended

The pest control worker's job is to ___________, or destroy, the bugs.

• export

• extort

• expel

• exterminate

Glue sticks and pencils are __________ school supplies. They are able to be used up and thrown away.

• expel

• extort

• expendable

• exhale

After getting in a fight at school, the principal told the student he was ____________, or kicked out, of school.

• expelled

• extort

• expertise

• extend

Wheat, pumpkins, and corn are crops that Illinois __________ to other states.

• exports

• extends

• excludes

• expendables

It is important to include everyone and not __________, or leave anyone out.

• exterminate

• exonerate

• exclude

• extort

To obtain by force or threat

• extend

• extort

• exonerate

• excavate

She __________ her hand in a greeting when she met her new teacher.

• expertise

• exterminate

• extort

• extended

I am very good at multiplication and division, so you could say math is an area of ____________ for me.

• expertise

• excavate

• extort

• export