Prefixes and Suffixes

Question 1

-s or -es

Answer 1

plural, more than one
hats, pigs, wishes, boxes

Question 2

-ing

Answer 2

helping, skipping, running

Question 3

-ed

Answer 3

past tense
jumped, opened

Question 4

un-

Answer 4

not/opposite
unlock, unsafe

Question 5

re-

Answer 5

again/back
reread, rewrite, return

Question 6

dis-

Answer 6

not/opposite of
dislike, distrust

Question 7

-er

Answer 7

person connected with
teacher, writer, baker

comparison
bigger, colder, taller

Question 8

-est

Answer 8

most
biggest, coldest, tallest

Question 9

in-

Answer 9

not
inactive, insane

Question 10

-ful

Answer 10

full of
beautiful, painful

Question 11

-less

Answer 11

without
careless, helpless

Question 12

-y

Answer 12

like
cloudy, fishy

Question 13

-ly

Answer 13

badly, friendly, quickly

Question 14

under-

Answer 14

underground, underfed

Question 15

over-

Answer 15

overdone, overhead

Question 16

non-

Answer 16

nonfat, nonsense

Question 17

pre-

Answer 17

pretest, pregame

Question 18

bi-

Answer 18

two
bicycle, binoculars

Question 19

tri-

Answer 19

three
tricycle, triangle

Question 20

quad-

Answer 20

four
quadrilateral, quadrant

Question 21

oct-

Answer 21

eight
octagon, octopus

Question 22

-tion

Answer 22

attention, invitation

Question 23

-sion

Answer 23

vision, expansion

Question 24

-ness

Answer 24

darkness, fairness

Question 25

-ly

Answer 25

badly, friendly, quickly, quietly

Question 26

-ment

Answer 26

enjoyment, replacement

Question 27

-or

Answer 27

doctor, survivor, conductor