You believe that a decision to change the working hours makes sense. Which suffix, when added to the root sens, will make the word an adjective that would describe the word decision?
A. -ible.
B. -ist.
C. -ish.
D. -ion.
2. Which one of the following suffixes would you add to the verb hate to convert it into a noun?
A. -ing
B. -er
C. -s
D. -d
3. In writing a description of the products produced by a local bakery, you are trying to spell the plural of the word pastry. Which of the following is the correct spelling of the word?
A. Pastries
B. Pastryes
C. Pastrys
D. Pastryies
4. While giving directions to your office, you wish to describe a road that has many lanes. Which one of the following prefixes means "many"?
A. Extra-
B. Intra-
C. Inter-
D. Multi-
5. A historical story tells of a northward voyage taken by a group of people. The suffix -ward implies
A. size.
B. direction.
C. manner.
D. speed.
6. The words suffix and prefix share a common root, fix. This common root word means to
A. say.
B. fasten.
C. organize.
D. wish.
7. The word retract can be changed to an adjective meaning "capable of being retracted" by adding the suffix
A. -able.
B. -ance.
C. -er.
D. -ed.
8. Which one of the following statements is true with respect to comparative and superlative suffixes?
A. The superlative phase most likely compares two things.
B. The positive form of the word faster is fast.
C. The standard comparative of sad is more sad.
D. When you say, "May the better man win," you're substituting better for best.
9. Which suffix will change invent to mean "one who invents"?
A. -ar
B. -eer
C. -er
D. -or
10. Which one of the following words derives from a root word that's an action verb?
A. Microscope
B. Autograph
C. Resonant
D. Auditorium
11. Audrey said that Kyle was the most unique person she had even met. Why doesn't this statement make sense?
A. No person is truly unique.
B. Kyle is probably not unique.
C. What is unique to Audrey may not be unique to others.
D. Something is either unique or not unique.
12. You are explaining how to operate the gears of a machine to a new employee. To create a word meaning the opposite of engage, you would add the prefix
A. dis-.
B. intra-.
C. demi-.
D. ante-.
13. In which of the following sentences does a derivational suffix make a root word into an italicized verb?
A. Glacial rocks form the riverbed.
B. Did you note the ape's contentment?
C. Will she empathize with the children?
D. She came closer to her goal than she knows.
14. When a suffix changes a noun into a verb, it's said to change the _______ of the word.
A. function
B. derivation
C. regularity
D. position
15. A company for which you work expanded its products this year. You wish to use a form of the word great to describe how much they've expanded. To change great to an adverb, add the suffix
A. -ness.
B. -ar.
C. -er.
D. -ly.
16. In the words prosecute, the prefix pro means
A. backward.
B. before.
C. after.
D. forward.
17. In which one of the following sentences does the italicized word have a correct plural inflectional suffix?
A. Four attornies were working on the murder case.
B. No sheeps will be left unshorn.
C. Mothers-in-law have a bad reputation.
D. We had three halfs left after everyone was served.
18. Which of the following words contains a derivational suffix that tells you the word is a noun?
A. Satisfactory
B. Strolled
C. Symbolic
D. Sustenance
19. While describing the types animals sold in a pet store, you wish to spell the plural of the word mouse. Which of the following is the correct spelling?
A. Mice
B. Mices
C. Mouses
D. Mouse
20. If a monoplane has a single wing, then you can assume that a _______ has two wings.
A. multiplane
B. hemiplane
C. biplane
D. demiplane 1.) A.
2.) B.
3.) A.
4.) D.
5.) B.
6.) A.
7.) A.
8.) ?
9.) D.
10.) B.
11.) D.
12.) A.
13.) ?
14.) A.
15.) D.
16.) D.
17.) ?
18.) D.
19.) A.
20.) C. |
