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Class 10 Prefixes and Suffixes worksheet

CBSE English. What prefixes and suffixes mean, splitting words into root and affix, making opposites. Every sheet has 20 questions in three sections and an answer key, and the words change every time.

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Section A · multiple choice

  1. 1.

    What does the prefix “ir-” mean in “irresponsible”?

    1. two
    2. not
    3. a person skilled in
    4. between
    Answer

    (b) not

    irresponsible = ir- + responsible

  2. 2.

    What does the prefix “anti-” mean in “antisocial”?

    1. between
    2. many
    3. to make or become
    4. against
    Answer

    (d) against

    antisocial = anti- + social

  3. 3.

    What does the suffix “-tion” mean in “education”?

    1. too much
    2. the act or process of
    3. full of; having
    4. under
    Answer

    (b) the act or process of

    education = educate + “-tion”

Section B · short answer

  1. 4.

    Split each word into its root word and its prefix or suffix: “government”, “bicycle”.

    Answer

    government = govern + “-ment”; bicycle = bi- + cycle

  2. 5.

    Split each word into its root word and its prefix or suffix: “development”, “underestimate”.

    Answer

    development = develop + “-ment”; underestimate = under- + estimate

Section C · long answer

  1. 6.

    Make the OPPOSITE of each word by adding a prefix: “legal”, “fiction”, “logical”, “kind”.

    Answer

    illegal, nonfiction, illogical, unkind

    Prefixes that mean "not": un-, im-, dis-, il-, ir-, in-, non-, a-

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