Prefixes and Suffixes

What is the name of a syllable added to the beginning of a word?

• Prefix

• Suffix

• Affix

• Root word

What is the name of a syllable added to the end of a word?

• Prefix

• Suffix

• Affix

• Root word

The prefix RE- means "again," so if you REBUILD something, you:

• build it for the first time

• tear it down

• build it again

• fix it up

Knowing the meaning of the prefix MIS- helps you know that MISDIRECT means:

• to direct wrongly

• the most direct

• someone who directs

• to direct before

Which of the following words uses the prefix "un-" correctly?

• Unpossible

• Unhappy

• Unnormal

• Unregular

Which of the following are NOT prefixes? (Select 2)

• Uneasy

• Un-

• Re-

• Reconvene

across or beyond

• -ous

• -ess

• de-

• trans-

Which of the following suffixes means "someone who..."?

• -able

• -ness

• -er

• -tion

The prefix UN- means "not." The word ABRIDGE means "to shorten." So the word UNABRIDGED most likely means:

• a shorter version of the story

• a full version of the story

• a new version of the story

• an old version of the story

The suffix -ED means:

• future

• present

• past

• never