Affixes & Root Words Pre-Course Quiz

What are affixes?

• Letters that come before a word to change the meaning.

• Letters that come at the end of the word to change the meaning.

• Letters that we add to a word to change the word.

• The middle part of a word that contains the key meaning of the word.

Prefixes

• Join to the start of a word.

• Join to the end of a word.

• Are the middle part of a word.

• Are words with the same meaning.

Choose all of the prefixes.

• pre-

• -ed

• -s

• re-

• dis-

A prefix usually...

• changes the part of speech of a word.

• changes the meaning of a word.

• gives a word the opposite meaning.

• has the same meaning as the root word.

Match the following prefixes to their meaning.

• The opposite action (antonym).

• Re-

• To do an action before.

• Mis-

• Do something again.

• Un-

• To reverse an action.

• Pre-

• To do an action wrong.

• Dis-

Match the following prefixes to their meaning.

• Too much/above.

• Un-

• Opposite meaning (antonym).

• Over-

• Too little/below.

• Under-

• Not.

• Non-

Suffixes...

• come before a root word.

• come after a root word.

• come in the middle of a word.

• are words with the same meaning.

Select all of the suffixes.

• Bi-

• -ness

• -s

• -er

• In-

Suffixes usually....

• Change the meaning of a word.

• Make a word the opposite meaning.

• Change the part of speech of a word.

• Combine two words into one.

How does -ness change the word 'happy'?

• Changes a verb into a noun.

• Changes an adjective into a noun.

• Changes a verb into an adjective.

• Changes an adjective into a verb.