Word Roots and Affixes: Building Blocks of Vocabulary for First Graders

Question 1

Which suffix in the word "sorrowful" means "full of"?

Accepted Answer

-ful

Answer

-less

Answer

-ly

Answer

-ment

Question 2

Which suffix in the word "happiness" means "action or state of"?

Accepted Answer

-ment

Answer

-ful

Answer

-less

Answer

-ly

Question 3

Which word has the correct prefix "re-", which means "again"?

Accepted Answer

return

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record

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relax

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reveal

Question 4

What is the meaning of the word "remake"?

Accepted Answer

To make again

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To unmake

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To break

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To fix

Question 5

Which suffix in the word "teacher" means "one who"?

Accepted Answer

-er

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-ful

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-less

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-ment

Question 6

What part of a word carries its core meaning?

Accepted Answer

Root

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Prefix

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Suffix

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Base

Question 7

Which word has the root 'mit', which means 'to send'?

Accepted Answer

Mission

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Receive

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Entrance

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Exit

Question 8

Which suffix means 'in a certain way'?

Accepted Answer

-ly

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-ness

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-ment

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-un

Question 9

Which word is formed by adding the suffix '-ment' to the word 'move'?

Accepted Answer

Movement

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Movable

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Mover

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Moving

Question 10

Which is the correct spelling of the word 'unhappy'?

Accepted Answer

Unhappy

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Un-happy

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Unhapily

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Un-hapy

Question 11

What does the beginning 're-' mean in many English words?

Accepted Answer

Again

Answer

Not

Answer

Well

Answer

Un

Question 12

In the word 'happily', the ending that shows it is an adverb is:

Accepted Answer

-ly

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-ing

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-ful

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-un

Question 13

What does the word 'disappear' mean?

Accepted Answer

To not appear

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To appear again

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To appear now

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To appear suddenly

Question 14

The word 'friendly' is like the word:

Accepted Answer

Kind

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Unfriendly

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Mean

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Happy

Question 15

Which word is related to the concept of movement, like "cycle"?

Accepted Answer

Bike

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Circus

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Cloud

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Dog

Question 16

Which word is made up of the part "port" and the ending "-able"?

Accepted Answer

Portable

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Important

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Transport

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Report

Question 17

In the word "teacher", what is the main part that carries the meaning?

Accepted Answer

Teach

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Learn

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Book

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School

Question 18

Which word does NOT have any added parts, like endings or beginnings?

Accepted Answer

Book

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Beautiful

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Carefully

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Happily

Question 19

Which word is made up of the root word 'commit' and the suffix '-ment'?

Accepted Answer

Commitment

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Permit

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Omit

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Submit

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

friend

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ship

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friendless

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friendly

Question 21

What is the meaning of the suffix '-ful'?

Accepted Answer

Full of

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Without

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Opposite of

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Related to

Question 22

Which word does NOT have the root word 'scribe'?

Accepted Answer

Prescription

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Describe

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Inscribe

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Subscribe

Question 23

Which suffix means 'small'?

Accepted Answer

-et

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-ment

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-ful

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-ly

Question 24

What is the meaning of the prefix 'pre-'?

Accepted Answer

Before

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After

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Not

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Again

Question 25

Which word does NOT have the suffix '-ly'?

Accepted Answer

Happy

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Quickly

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Happily

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Lovely

Question 26

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

Accepted Answer

kind

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-ness

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un

Answer

unhappy

Question 27

What does the prefix 'un-' mean?

Accepted Answer

not

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again

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very

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well

Question 28

Which word does NOT have the suffix '-ly'?

Accepted Answer

nice

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quickly

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happily

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slowly

Question 29

Which word means the same as 'cheerful'?

Accepted Answer

joyful

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unhappy

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sad

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angry

Question 30

What is the opposite of 'kind'?

Accepted Answer

unkind

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nice

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sweet

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happy

Question 31

Which word has the suffix '-ment'?

Accepted Answer

argument

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beautiful

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slowly

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kind

Question 32

What does the root word 'scrib' mean?

Accepted Answer

write

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read

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talk

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listen

Question 33

Which word is NOT related to the root word 'mit'?

Accepted Answer

deny

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submit

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commit

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permit

Question 34

What does the term 'prefix' mean?

Accepted Answer

A part of a word that comes before the root word

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A part of a word that comes after the root word

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A part of a word that changes its meaning

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A part of a word that makes it longer

Question 35

Which word has the same root as the word **write**? Hint: Think about a direction.

Accepted Answer

right

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wrong

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happy

Question 36

When you add '-ful' to a word, it usually means:

Accepted Answer

full of

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not

Answer

again

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over

Question 37

Which prefix means 'not'?

Accepted Answer

un

Answer

re

Answer

over

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under

Question 38

The root word in the word 'beautiful' is:

Accepted Answer

beau

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ful

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beauty

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beautify

Question 39

The prefix in the word 'overjoyed' is:

Accepted Answer

over

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re

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un

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under

Question 40

Which word has the part 'graph' in it?

Accepted Answer

photograph

Answer

rainbow

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computer

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butterfly

Question 41

Which word ends with '-ly'?

Accepted Answer

quickly

Answer

run

Answer

table

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happy

Question 42

What does the word part 'chron' mean?

Accepted Answer

time

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earth

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water

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fire

Question 43

What does the word part '-ment' mean?

Accepted Answer

action or result

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small

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not

Answer

again

Question 44

Which word is made from the word parts 'ped' and '-estrian'?

Accepted Answer

pedestrian

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podium

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petal

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pedal

Question 45

What is the main part of the word 'unhappy'?

Accepted Answer

happy

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py

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un

Answer

hap

Question 46

What does the word part 're-' mean?

Accepted Answer

again

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not

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back

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away

Question 47

Which word ends with '-ness'?

Accepted Answer

happiness

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unhappy

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quickly

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pedestrian