Prefixes
What is the opposite of possible?
a. ilpossible
b. nonpossible
c. impossible
d. dispossible
Which is the opposite of "fear"?
a. fearless
b. fearful
c. fearly
d. fearative
a. fearless
What is the root of "telephone" and "microphone"?
a. tele
b. micro
c. phone
d. eph
c. phone
Find the noun.
We went to the hospital yesterday.
hospital
Sanjit is incredibly smart. He works quickly and is very reliable.
incredibly, quickly, very
Which prefix means "before"?
a. re-
b. pre-
c. de-
d. anti-
b. pre-
Which word means "being in a state of comfort" or "producing comfort"?
a. comfortment
b. comforting
c. comfortable
d. comfortness
c. comfortable
What is the root of "project" and "subject"?
a. pro
b. sub
c. je
d. ject
d. ject
Find the verb(s).
I like bananas. I eat them all the time.
like, eat
Which words are prepositions?
The students have class at 12:30 pm, but on Fridays class starts at 1:30 pm.
at, on
What is the opposite of "common"?
a. anticommon
b. incommon
c. decommon
d. uncommon
d. uncommon
Which is the opposite of "careful"?
a. carely
b. careless
c. caring
d. careness
b. careless
What is the root of "location"?
a. loc
b. tion
c. locat
d. cat
a. loc
Find the adjective(s).
The handsome man had a very intelligent daughter.
handsome, intelligent
Which words are adjectives?
It was a gorgeous day, so we decided to go for a long walk.
gorgeous, long
Which prefix means "again"?
a. re-
b. fore-
c. over-
d. sub-
a. re-
Which suffix do you usually use for past tense verbs?a. -s, -es
b. -al
c. -y
d. -ed
d. -ed
What is the root of "information"?
a. tion
b. form
c. inform
d. in
b. form
The noodles were very tasty, but the rice was disgusting!
verb - were/was
adjective - tasty, disgusting
adverb - very
conjunction - but
Name the parts of speech.
We went to the Justin Bieber concert last night. It was fabulous. He is incredibly talented
noun - Justin Bieber, concert, night
verb - went, was, is
adjective - last, fabulous, talented
pronoun - we, it, he
adverb - incredibly
Which is the opposite of "agree"?
a. unagree
b. misagree
c. disagree
d. inagree
c. disagree
Which word has 2 suffixes?
a. faithful
b. understanding
c. courageous
d. personally
d. personally
What is the root of "pronunciation"?
a. pro
b. nunc
c. tion
d. ciation
b. nunc
Name the parts of speech.
China is a very beautiful country. It has a population of about 1.4 billion people.
noun - China, country, population, people
verb - is, has
adjective - beautiful
adverb - very, about
Name the parts of speech.
Venom is a movie starring Tom Hardy. It is about a journalist who becomes a supervillain.
noun - Venom, Tom Hardy, journalist, movie, supervillain
verb - is, starring, becomes
pronoun - it, who
preposition - about