English Prefixes and Suffixes Answers - Part 2

English Prefixes and Suffixes Answers about: choosing the right suffix or prefix to make new words, identifying parts of speech, giving prefixed and suffixed word meanings, defining affixes meanings and making nouns, adjectives, verbs ans adverbs.

Answers 1                     Exercise

Use the word in brackets to create a new word. Be very careful at analyzing which part of the speech is missing in your sentence so you can use the right prefix or suffix:

1. How long is the flight from Rome to Paris ? (fly)

2. I have a very good relationship with both my parents. (relation)

3. Pulling my front tooth didn’t hurt. -It was completely painless. (pain)

4. I can tell from your expression that you’re not really happy. (express)

5. We offer free delivery for purchases over 100$. (deliver)

6. James hasn’t had a lot of success lately, so I hope he’ll do well with his new company. (succeed)

7. It is certainly colder today than it was yesterday. (certain)

8. What nationality is he? Spanish or Portuguese? (nation)

9. You have the choice. - You can either go by bus or walk. (choose)

10. My best friend has a great personality. (person)

11. You need a lot of imagination to write a good story. (imagine)

12. The lesson was boring. I almost fell asleep. (bore)

13. Don’t be so careless. This is the second vase you have broken this month. (care)

14. It’s simply unbelievable. I have won the lottery. (believe)

15. I have to hold a speech at my brother’s wedding. (speak)

16. There’s a lot of information about that on the internet. (inform)

17. The children were very noisy when the teacher came in. (noise)

18. The film was a bit confusing. I didn’t really understand what happened. (confuse)

19. He has to wear these gloves for safety reasons. (safe)

20. Sally was unemployed for two years before she found a new job. (employ)

21. In India, there are a lot of beggars in the streets. (beg)

22. When I gave up smoking, I started putting on more weight. (weigh)

23. I had no difficulty in finding the right street. (difficult)

24. He talked about freedom and peace in our world. (free)

25. Luckily, I was invited to watch the new film. (lucky)

26. The destruction of our rainforest is a serious problem. (destroy)

27. Animals in the zoo don’t live in their natural environment. (nature)

28. Happiness does not have anything to do with how much money you have. (happy)

29. Thank you for being so helpful yesterday. (help)

30. He has been a long-distance runner for a few years now. (distant)

31. The bill should have been less than this. I think the waiter has overcharged us. (charge)

32. Teachers don’t earn enough. They’re definitely underpaid. (pay)

33. Do you prefer watching a dubbed film or one which is subtitled. (title)

34. Is that dictionary monolingual or is it French-English? (lingual)

35. Famous people often write their autobiography when they are still quite young. (biography)

36. You should always install a good antivirus software to protect your computer. (virus)

37. You must have misunderstood Steve when he gave you the directions. We’re lost. (understood)

38. My first computer only had half a gigabyte of memory. (byte)

39. I like to wear comfortable clothes when I’m at home. (comfort)

40. We had a sleepless night last night. The baby just wouldn’t stop crying! (sleep)

41. My mom’s one of the most cheerful people I know. She’s always happy! (cheer)

42. One of the main problems facing governments today is terrorism. (terror)

43. Since Jane’s been going to the gym, she’s noticed a definite improvement in the way she looks and feels. (improve)

44. The rate of inflation has been very low in my country this year. (inflate)

45. Martin’s biggest weakness is that he can’t concentrate for very long. (weak)

46. Medicine bottles have to be childproofed; so that young children can’t open them. (child)

Answers 2                     Exercise

Write the meaning of each word based on the suffix attached to it. You may need to see suffixes meanings:

example : joyful ➡ full of joy

singer	one who sings
worthless	lacking or without value
tallest	high in height among others
cheerful	full of cheer
doable	able to be done
slower	one who is slow
youngest	one who is young among other
breakable	able to be broken
fearless	without fear
careful	full of care

Answers 3                     Exercise

Write the meaning of each word based on the prefix attached to it. You may need to see prefixes meanings:

example : unhappy ➡ not happy

dishonest	lack of honesty
replay	play again
underwater	below the water surface
preview	view before or in advance of others
unable	not able
redo	do again
preschool	before school
untied	not tied
mistreat	treat wrongly
underage	below age

Answers 4                     Exercise

Make as many words as you can, adding prefixes to the left and suffixes to the right of the stems below. You may use a prefixes and suffixes lists.

Stem	Adjective	Nouns	Verbs
help	helpful, unhelpful, helpless	helpless helpfulness helplessness	help
kind	unkind	kindness, unkindness
literate	illiterate	literacy, illiteracy
loyal	disloyal	loyalty, disloyalty
mature	immature	maturity, immaturity	mature
popular	unpopular	popularity, unpopularity	popularize
rely	unreliable	reliable, reliability, unreliability	rely
sense	sensitive, insensitive, senseless, sensible	senselessness, sensibility, sensitivity, insensitivity	sense
success	successful, unsuccessful	success	succeed
thought	thoughtful, thoughtless	thought	think
understand	understandable	understanding	understand, misunderstand
use	useful, useless, used, unused, disused	usefulness, uselessness	use, misuse

Answers 5                     Exercise

Try to find two beginnings for each of the suffixes below. What parts of speech are they?

Stem	Words	Part of Speech
-ion	nation, station	nouns
-ness	sadness, madness	nouns
-er	waiter, baker	nouns
-(i)ly	angrily, hungry	adverbs
-less	useless, tubeless	adjectives
-able	dependable, drinkable	adjectives
-ous	anonymous, dangerous	adjectives
-ate	compensate, activate	verbs
-ment	arrangement, enjoyment	nouns
-ist	dentist, cyclist	nouns
-cy	tendency, efficiency	nouns
-al	proximal, choral	adjectives
-ful	skillful, wonderful	adjectives
-ical	skeptical, logical	adjectives
-ance/ence	difference, assistance	nouns
-ive	excessive, attentive	adjectives

Answers 6                     Exercise

Match the (prefix/suffix) with its definition below. 

Choose from the following: muta, pre, aud, post, psych, ize, dox, fid, urb, anti

aud	= hear
fid	= faith
urb	= city
psych	= mind
pre	= before
dox	= belief
ize	= make
muta	= change
anti	= against
post	= after

Answers 7                     Exercise

Put the word in brackets into the correct form. You will have to use prefixes and/or suffixes. Some rules to follow:

1. He was sitting comfortably in his seat on the train. (comfort)

2. There was a greenish light coming from the window. (green) 

3. This word is very difficult to spell, and even worse, it's unpronounceable. (pronounce)

4. He's lost his book again. I don't know where he has misplaced it this time. (place)

5. You shouldn't have done that! It was very thoughtless of you. (think)

6. He didn't pass his exam. He was unsuccessful for the second time. (succeed)

7. Some of the shanty towns are dreadfully crowded. (crowd)

8. There is a very high likelihood that they will be late. (likely)

9. You need to be a highly trained economist to understand this report. (economy)

10. She arrived late at work because she had overslept. (sleep)

11. He was accused of falsifying documents. (false)

12. They had to tranquilize the lion before they could catch it. (tranquil)

19. He needed to regulate the temperature. (regular)

20. There was a three-hour stopover because of the strike. (stop)

21. I try not to go to the supermarket at 5 pm because it's impractical. (practice)

22. It is very uneconomical to run air-conditioning with the door open. (economy)

23. His arrival has been expected for the last half an hour. (arrive)

24. She looked at her reflection in the mirror. (reflect)

25. I told him my plan but he wasn't very receptive. (receive)

26. She had no intention of going to see him. (intend)

27. He spent half an hour familiarizing himself with the building. (familiar)

28. Failing her driving test was a great disappointment to her. (appoint)

29. He decided to study journalism at university. (journal)

30. The film was surprisingly good. (surprise)

31. There was the need for post-war construction when the fighting stopped. (war)

32. I don't like him at all. He's so self-satisfied. (satisfy)

33. The company has over 500 employees. (employ)

34. The new manager was very efficient and businesslike. (business)

35. It really isn't mine. I think that you are mistaken. (take)

36. The rate of employment in Brazil has been rising steadily. (employ)

37. With the real plan, the rate of inflation in Brazil has fallen. (inflate)

38. The party was disastrous, everything went wrong. (disaster)

39. The film was so boring that we left before the end. (bore)

40. The film was terrible, I felt really bored. (bore)

41. I think that there has been a misunderstanding, I didn't order this. (understand)

42. The bacteria are so small that you need a microscope to see them. (scope)

43. Have you seen that new comedian? He's very funny. (comedy)

44. The event was totally disorganized. It was terrible. (organize)

45. I arrived late for work because I had overslept. (sleep)

46. There is a small booklet explaining the new traffic code. (book)

47. He was uncompromising. He wouldn't change his mind. (compromise)

Answers 8                     Exercise

In the sentences below complete each word with a prefix chosen from the following list:
You may use prefixes meanings.         re-, post-, over-, pre-, super-

1. We hope the bus won’t be overcrowded.

2. Do you think the Mayor will be reelected for a second time?

3. After he got a Ph.D. in Chemistry, he did postdoctoral work at Oxford University.

4. He took precautions against burglary by installing an alarm.

5. The tourist guide promised the tourists that they would get a refund if they did not like the trip.

6. He added a postscript at the end of the letter.

7. The supersonic plane flies from New York to Paris in two hours and forty minutes.

Answers 9                     Exercise

Look at the above examples again. Give the verbs from which these nouns have been formed. You may use the dictionary.

Verb	Noun
create	➜ creation
fix	➜ fixation
demolish	➜ demolition
arrange	➜ arrangement
assist	➜ assistance
differ	➜ difference
refuse	➜ refusal
cover	➜ coverage

Answers 10                     Exercise

Complete the meanings of these sentences by using the correct form (noun or verb) of the words in parentheses.

1. Have they told you of their _arrival_ date? (arrive)

2. Kasem says he believes in progress, and it is for this reason that he recently joined the progressive movement. (move)

3. The police have negotiated with the hijackers for hours. (negotiation)

4. Have you packaged the dried foodstuff yet? (package)

5. The destination of the hi-jacked plane is still uncertain. (destine)

6. The participants will confer with the minister. (conference)