Derivational Affixes

Fill in the blank with the correct DERIVATIVE of the base word:

Due to the heavy snowfall, some villages in the north of Greece are not ____________ (base word: ACCESS)

• access

• accessible

• accessed

• accessing

Fill in the blank with the correct DERIVATIVE of the base word:

He has been put in prison numerous times due to his behavior at protests. He is a political ____________. (Base word is ACT)

• actor

• acting

• activist

• acted

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

Fill in the blank with the correct DERIVATIVE of the base word:

Have you read "The Fault in our Stars?" It is a modern ___________ of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet." (Base word is ADAPT)

• readapt

• adapted

• adapting

• adaptation

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

Fill in the blank with the correct DERIVATIVE of the base word:

His commitment to helping people in need is _____________. (Base word is ADMIRE)

• admiration

• admirable

• admiring

• admire

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

Fill in the blank with the correct DERIVATIVE of the base word:

The new BMW model comes at an _______________ price. (Base word is AFFORD)

• affordable

• afforded

• affording

• afford

Fill in the blank with the correct DERIVATIVE of the base word:

He lives on a monthly ___________ given to him by his parents. (Base word is ALLOW)

• allow

• allowed

• allowing

• allowance

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

Fill in the blank with the correct DERIVATIVE of the base word:

He was very ____________ after the incident, because he knew it was his fault. (Base word is APOLOGISE)

• apologized

• apology

• apologizing

• apologetic

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

Fill in the blank with the correct DERIVATIVE of the base word:

He expressed his ____________ of the matter in a very angry manner. (Base word is APPROVE)

• disapproved

• disapproval

• approval

• approving

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

Fill in the blank with the correct DERIVATIVE of the base word:

Due to the seriousness of the situation, I am afraid that undergoing surgery at this point is _______________. (Base word is AVOID)

• avoided

• avoiding

• unavoidable

• avoidable

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

Fill in the blank with the correct DERIVATIVE of the base word:

Although she was the only nurse on the floor, she was very __________ to all the patients' needs. (Base word is ATTEND)

• attendance

• attending

• attended

• attentive