Prefixes and suffixes quiz

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1 Level A 1. The suffix ment can be added to a verb to make a noun. Which of these nouns is spelled correctly? A) enrollment B) enrolement C) enrolment 2. The suffix ment can be added to a verb to make a noun. Which of these nouns is spelled correctly? A) entertainment B) entertainnment C) entertainement 3. The suffix ment can be added to a verb to make a noun. Which of these nouns is spelled correctly? A) fulfillment B) fulment C) fulfilment 4. Which suffix can be added to the verb rejoice to create a noun? A) ing B) ful C) ment 5. Which suffix can be added to the verb laugh to create a noun? A) ful B) ter C) ment 6. Which suffix can be added to the verb play to create an adjective? A) al B) ary C) ful

2 7. What suffix can be added to the verb care to create an adverb? A) ly B) ful C) fully 8. What suffix can be added to the verb arrive to create a noun? A) al B) ment C) sion 9. What suffix can be added to the verb please to create an adjective? A) ful B) ment C) ant 10. What suffix can be added to the verb adorn to create a noun? A) ness B) ment C) sion

3 Level B 1. How would you spell the word that means not comfortable? A) uncumfortable B) uncomfortible C) uncomfortable 2. Which suffix can you not add to the word love to make a new word? A) ly B) ful C) er 3. Which suffix can you add to the word sincere to make a new word? A) ly B) ful C) er 4. If you misjudge someone, you: A) don't judge them B) judge them wrongly C) judge them again 5. How do you spell the word that means before birth? A) antinatal B) andenatal C) antenatal 6. How do you spell the word that means to not approve of something? A) disapprove B) disaprove C) dissapprove 7. If you add the suffix ly to the word like, what is the spelling of the new word? A) likelly B) likly C) likely

4 8. When you add the suffix y to the word noise, what is the correct spelling? A) nosey B) noisy C) noisey 9. When the suffix ness is added to the word happy, what is the correct spelling? A) happieness B) happiness C) happyness 10. How do you spell the word that means not responsible? A) unresponsible B) inresponsible C) irresponsible

5 Level C 1. How would you spell the word that means spelled wrongly? A) misspelled B) mispelled C) misspeled 2. How would you spell the word that means not necessary? A) unecessary B) uneccessary C) unnecessary 3. How would you spell the word that means 'someone who plays music'? A) musitian B) musician C) musision 4. What prefix and suffix can you add to the word comfort to make another word? A) discomfortable B) uncomfortly C) uncomfortable 5. What prefix and suffix can you add to the word usual to make another word? A) misusually B) unusually C) unusualment 6. When you add the suffix est to the word pretty, what is the correct spelling? A) prettiest B) prettyest C) prettest 7. What is the correct spelling for the word that means against society? A) antisocial B) antesocial C) missocial

6 8. Which of these words means not moral? A) unmoral B) immoral C) inmoral 9. What prefix and suffix can you add to the word satisfy to make another word? A) missatisfiable B) unsatisfier C) dissatisfied 10. How do you spell the word that means not natural? A) unnatural B) unatural C) inatural

7 Answers Level A 1. The suffix ment can be added to a verb to make a noun. Which of these nouns is spelled correctly? The correct answer is: C. When you add a suffix beginning with a consonant, to a verb ending in a consonant, you don't change the verb ending. So enrol + ment becomes enrolment. 2. The suffix ment can be added to a verb to make a noun. Which of these nouns is spelled correctly? The correct answer is: A. When you add a suffix beginning with a consonant, to a verb ending in a consonant, you don't change the verb ending. So entertain + ment becomes entertainment. 3. The suffix ment can be added to a verb to make a noun. Which of these nouns is spelled correctly? The correct answer is: C. When you add a suffix beginning with a consonant, to a verb ending in a consonant, you don't change the verb ending. So fulfil + ment becomes fulfilment. 4. Which suffix can be added to the verb rejoice to create a noun? The correct answer is: A. Adding the suffix ing to rejoice creates the noun rejoicing. 5. Which suffix can be added to the verb laugh to create a noun? The correct answer is: B. Adding the suffix ter to laugh creates the noun laughter. 6. Which suffix can be added to the verb play to create an adjective? The correct answer is: C. Adding the suffix ful to play creates the adjective playful.

8 7. What suffix can be added to the verb care to create an adverb? The correct answer is: C. Adding the suffix fully to the verb care creates the adverb carefully. Adding ful creates an adjective. 8. What suffix can be added to the verb arrive to create a noun? The correct answer is: A. Adding the suffix al to arrive creates the noun arrival. 9. What suffix can be added to the verb please to create an adjective? The correct answer is: C. Adding the suffix ant to please creates the adjective pleasant. When you add ant to please, it loses the e. 10. What suffix can be added to the verb adorn to create a noun? The correct answer is: B. Adding the suffix ment to the verb adorn gives the noun adornment.

9 Level B 1. How would you spell the word that means not comfortable? The correct answer is: C. uncomfortable. 2. Which suffix can you not add to the word love to make a new word? The correct answer is: B. ful. Loveful isn't a proper word. Lovely and lover are proper words 3. Which suffix can you add to the word sincere to make a new word? The correct answer is: A. ly as it makes the word sincerely. The other two suffixes do not make words. 4. If you misjudge someone, you: The correct answer is: B. You judge them wrongly. The prefix mis means wrong. 5. How do you spell the word that means before birth? The correct answer is: C. antenatal. The prefix ante means before. 6. How do you spell the word that means to not approve of something? The correct answer is: A. disapprove. 7. If you add the suffix ly to the word like, what is the spelling of the new word? The correct answer is: C. likely.

10 8. When you add the suffix y to the word noise, what is the correct spelling? The correct answer is: B. noisy. When you add y to noise, it loses the e. 9. When the suffix ness is added to the word happy, what is the correct spelling? The correct answer is: B. happiness. When you add ness to a word ending in y, the y changes to an i. 10. How do you spell the word that means not responsible? The correct answer is: C. The word irresponsible means not responsible. The prefix in changes to ir before a root word beginning with r.

11 Level C 1. How would you spell the word that means spelled wrongly? The correct answer is: A. misspelled. 2. How would you spell the word that means not necessary? The correct answer is: C. unnecessary. 3. How would you spell the word that means 'someone who plays music'? The correct answer is: B. musician. 4. What prefix and suffix can you add to the word comfort to make another word? The correct answer is: C. Uncomfortable is a real word made by adding the prefix un and the suffix able to the root word comfort. 5. What prefix and suffix can you add to the word usual to make another word? The correct answer is: B. Unusually is a real word, made from the prefix un, the root word usual and the suffix ly. 6. When you add the suffix est to the word pretty, what is the correct spelling? The correct answer is: A. prettiest. When you add est to a word ending in y, the y changes to an i. 7. What is the correct spelling for the word that means against society? The correct answer is: A. antisocial. The prefix anti means against.

12 8. Which of these words means not moral? The correct answer is: B. Immoral. When you add the prefix in to a word beginning with m, the in changes to im. 9. What prefix and suffix can you add to the word satisfy to make another word? The correct answer is: C. Dissatisfied is a real word, made from the prefix dis, the root satisfy and the suffix ed. 10. How do you spell the word that means not natural? The correct answer is: A. unnatural.