Base words, prefixes and suffixes

Question 1

What is the base word in DISAGREE?

Answer 1

agree

Question 2

What is the base word in LIKEABLE?

Answer 2

like

Question 3

What is the base word in KINDNESS?

Answer 3

kind

Question 4

What is the base word in ALIKE?

Answer 4

like

Question 5

Complete the sentence:

Someone who is not very nice is un (kind /agree).

Answer 5

kind

Question 6

Complete the sentence:

We always seem to end up (kind /agree)ing to do what Anja wants.

Answer 6

agree

Question 7

Complete the sentence:

My brother and I have a dis(kind /agree)ment over who should wash the dishes.

Answer 7

agree

Question 8

Complete the sentence:
She showed (kind /agree)ness to the lost child.

Answer 8

kind

Question 9

Complete the sentence:

We were all in (kind /agree)ment.

Answer 9

agree

Question 10

What is a prefix?

Answer 10

A prefix is a word that comes at the beginning of a base word.

Question 11

What does the prefix re- means?

Answer 11

The prefix re- means again.

Question 12

What does the prefix pre- means?

Answer 12

The prefix re- means before.

Question 13

Which words have a prefix:

RETRY, RED or READY ?

Answer 13

Retry

Question 14

Which words have a prefix:

PRETTY, PRESCHOOL or PRETEND?

Answer 14

Preschool

Question 15

Which words have a prefix:

RESPECT, REPTILE or REREAD?

Answer 15

Reread

Question 16

What is a suffix?

Answer 16

A suffix is a word that comes at the end of a base word.

Question 17

What does the suffix er- means?

Answer 17

The suffix -er can mean “someone who” or “something that”

Question 18

A person who runs a farm is a farm(-y / -er / -ly).

Answer 18

farmer

Question 19

A window covered in frost is frost(-y / -er / -ly).

Answer 19

frosty

Question 20

Whispering is speaking soft(-y / -er / -ly).

Answer 20

softly