Question 1

What is the term for an affix that is added to the end of a base word?

Accepted Answer

Suffix

Answer

Infix

Answer

Plural

Answer

Prefix

Question 2

What is the term for an affix that is added to the beginning of a base word?

Accepted Answer

Prefix

Answer

Compound

Answer

Infix

Answer

Suffix

Question 3

What prefix means 'against'?

Accepted Answer

anti

Answer

dis

Answer

pro

Answer

un

Question 4

What prefix means 'before'?

Accepted Answer

pre

Answer

post

Answer

sub

Answer

ex

Question 5

What prefix means 'two' or 'twice'?

Accepted Answer

bi

Answer

mono

Answer

tri

Answer

quad

Question 6

What prefix means 'beyond'?

Accepted Answer

ultra

Answer

multi

Answer

tele

Answer

micro

Question 7

What prefix means 'half'?

Accepted Answer

semi

Answer

mono

Answer

bi

Answer

tri

Question 8

What prefix means 'around'?

Accepted Answer

circum

Answer

in

Answer

re

Answer

trans

Question 9

What prefix means 'not'?

Accepted Answer

un

Answer

in

Answer

dis

Answer

non

Question 10

What prefix means 'between'?

Accepted Answer

inter

Answer

meta

Answer

over

Answer

sub

Question 11

What prefix means 'many' or 'multiple'?

Accepted Answer

poly

Answer

mono

Answer

tri

Answer

bi

Question 12

What prefix means 'within'?

Accepted Answer

intra

Answer

pre

Answer

ex

Answer

sub

Question 13

What is the prefix that means 'outside'?

Accepted Answer

extra

Answer

sub

Answer

hyper

Answer

super

Question 14

What is the prefix that means 'opposite of'?

Accepted Answer

anti

Answer

con

Answer

ex

Answer

pro

Question 15

What is the prefix that means 'together'?

Accepted Answer

co

Answer

de

Answer

re

Answer

in

Question 16

What is the prefix meaning 'after'?

Accepted Answer

post

Answer

pro

Answer

ante

Answer

pre

Question 17

What is the prefix meaning 'many' or 'much'?

Accepted Answer

multi

Answer

omni

Answer

mono

Answer

bi

Question 18

What is the prefix meaning 'life'?

Accepted Answer

bio

Answer

geo

Answer

astro

Answer

chrono

Question 19

Which suffix means 'state of being' or 'quality of'?

Accepted Answer

-ness

Answer

-less

Answer

-able

Answer

-ful

Question 20

Which suffix is used to indicate a person who performs a specific action or work?

Accepted Answer

-er

Answer

-ify

Answer

-able

Answer

-ment

Question 21

Which suffix is commonly added to verbs to indicate the action is taking place right now?

Accepted Answer

-ing

Answer

-ly

Answer

-ness

Answer

-able

Question 22

Which suffix is used to indicate a group of people related by a common attribute or characteristic?

Accepted Answer

-hood

Answer

-ify

Answer

-ful

Answer

-ish

Question 23

Which suffix is often added to verbs to indicate the one performing the action?

Accepted Answer

-er

Answer

-ist

Answer

-able

Answer

-ful

Question 24

Which suffix is commonly added to nouns to indicate a collection or grouping of that noun?

Accepted Answer

-s

Answer

-able

Answer

-ness

Answer

-er

Question 25

Which suffix is used to indicate the process or result of an action?

Accepted Answer

-tion

Answer

-er

Answer

-ful

Answer

-ly

Question 26

What is the root word in the word 'disappear'?

Accepted Answer

appear

Answer

dis

Answer

disappearance

Answer

disappear

Question 27

What is the root word in the word 'misunderstanding'?

Accepted Answer

understand

Answer

mis

Answer

misunderstanding

Answer

standing

Question 28

What is the root word in the word 'refreshment'?

Accepted Answer

fresh

Answer

freshment

Answer

re

Answer

refresh

Question 29

What is the root word in the word 'transportation'?

Accepted Answer

port

Answer

sport

Answer

transport

Answer

trans

Question 30

What is the root word in the word 'mistake'?

Accepted Answer

take

Answer

mis

Answer

mistake

Question 31

What is the root word in the word 'illegal'?

Accepted Answer

legal

Answer

illegal

Answer

il

Answer

leg

Question 32

What is the root word in the word 'disbelief'?

Accepted Answer

belief

Answer

dis

Answer

disbelief

Question 33

What is the root word in the word 'multiplication'?

Accepted Answer

multiply

Answer

multi

Answer

pli

Answer

cation

Question 34

What is the root word in the word 'auditory'?

Accepted Answer

aud

Answer

audi

Answer

itory

Answer

audible

Question 35

What is the root word in the word 'photography'?

Accepted Answer

photo

Answer

phy

Answer

photograph

Answer

graph

Question 36

What is the root word in the word 'aquatic'?

Accepted Answer

aqua

Answer

aquarium

Answer

at

Answer

tic

Question 37

What is the root word in the word 'aggressive'?

Accepted Answer

aggress

Answer

aggro

Answer

ive

Answer

gress

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