Prefix Suffix Affix

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 suffixes means "someone who...?"

• -able

• -ness

• -er

• -tion

The suffix -ED means:

• future

• present

• past

• never

Which of these prefixes means "bad" or "wrong"?

• pre-

• non-

• sub-

• mis-

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

A prefix goes _________of a word.

• at the end

• in the middle

• at the beginning

A suffix goes _______of a word.

• at the beginning

• in the middle

• at the end

A group of letters that go before the root and changes the meaning of the root word is called a

• affix

• prefix

• suffix

• base word

The doctor returned to check on his patient. The prefix re- means:

• away

• not

• again

• aging

Affixes do what to a word?

• change the spelling

• change the meaning

• pre

• post