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Class 9 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.
Sample questions
Real questions from this chapter, as the app sets them. Tap Answer to see the answer and working.
Section A · multiple choice
- 1.
What does the prefix “ir-” mean in “irresponsible”?
- two
- not
- a person skilled in
- between
Answer
(b) not
irresponsible = ir- + responsible
- 2.
What does the prefix “anti-” mean in “antisocial”?
- between
- many
- to make or become
- against
Answer
(d) against
antisocial = anti- + social
- 3.
What does the suffix “-tion” mean in “education”?
- too much
- the act or process of
- full of; having
- under
Answer
(b) the act or process of
education = educate + “-tion”
Section B · short answer
- 4.
Split each word into its root word and its prefix or suffix: “government”, “bicycle”.
Answer
government = govern + “-ment”; bicycle = bi- + cycle
- 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
- 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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In the app, every Prefixes and Suffixes sheet is new: the app remembers the questions your child has already had and leaves them out. Print the sheet as a PDF, or use notebook mode and write the answers in a notebook.
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