Prefixes & suffixes worksheet - Exercises

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Put the word in brackets into the correct form. You will have to use prefixes and/or
suffixes.

1. He was sitting _____comfortably________ in his seat on the train. (comfort)

2. There was a _______greenish_______ light coming from the window. (green)
3. He was acting in a very ______childish_________ way. (child)
4. This word is very difficult to spell, and even worse, it's
___mispronounced___________. (pronounce)
5. He's lost his book again. I don't know where he has _____placed______ it this time.
(place)
6. You shouldn't have done that! It was very ______unthinkable_____ of you. (think)
7. He didn't pass his exam. He was _____successful______ for the second time.
(succeed)
8. Some of the shanty towns are dreadfully ____crowded_________ . (crowd)
9. The team that he supported were able to win the____championship______ .
(champion)
10. There is a very high _____likely_______ that they will be late. (likely)
11. I couldn't find any _____weakness______ in his theory. (weak)
12. He wants to be a ___mathematician______ when he grows up. (mathematics)
13. You need to be a highly trained ____economist______ to understand this report.
(economy)
14. There were only a _____handful_________ of people at the match. (hand)
15. She arrived late at work because she had ____ been sleeping______ . (sleep)
16. The road was too narrow, so they had to ______widen______ it. (wide)
17. He was accused of ____falsifying_____ documents. (false)
18. They had to _____tranquilise______ the lion before they could catch it. (tranquil)
19. He needed to ___regulate____ the temperature. (regular)
20. I think that you should _____consider_________ . It may not be the best thing to do.
(consider)
21. There was a three-hour _____stopping________ because of the strike. (stop)
22. You need a ______combination_____of motivation, organization and revision to
learn English.(combine)
23. I try not to go to the supermarket at 5pm because it's _____practically____.
(practice)
24. It is very ___economist_______ to run air-conditioning with the door open.
(economy)
25. His _______arrived________ has been expected for the last half an hour. (arrive)
26. She looked at her ______reflection____________ in the mirror. (reflect)
27. I told him my plan but he wasn't very ________received__________ . (receive)
28. She had no _______intended__________ of going to see him. (intend)
29. He spent half an hour ______familiarity____________ himself with the building.
(familiar)
30. Failing her driving test was a great _____appointment_____________ to her.
(appoint)
31. He decided to study ______journalism____________ at university. (journal)
32. The film was _____surprising_______ good. (surprise)
33. There was the need for _______unwar___________ construction when the fighting
stopped. (war)
34. I don't like him at all. He's so _______satisfying___________ . (satisfy)
35. The company has over 500 _______employee__________ . (employ)
36. The new manager was very efficient and ___bussinessman_____ . (business)
37. It really isn't mine. I think that you are ____taken______ . (take)
38. The rate of _____unemployed______ in Brazil has been rising steadily. (employ)
39. With the real plan, the rate of _____inflation_________ in Brazil has fallen.
(inflate)
40. She looked at him ______unhappy_______ , and started to cry. (happy)
41. The party was _______disastrously___________ , everything went wrong.
(disaster)
42. The film was so _______boring___________ that we left before the end. (bore)
43. The film was terrible, I felt really ______bored____________ . (bore)
44. I think that there has been a _______understandable_____ , I didn't order this.
(understand)
45. The bacteria are so small that you need a ____microscope_______ to see them.
(scope)
46. Have you seen that new ______comedian____________ ? He's very funny.
(comedy)
47. The event was totally _____unorganized_______ . It was terrible. (organise)
48. I arrived late for work because I had ___sleepless_________ . (sleep)
49. There is a small ______booklet_________ explaining the new traffic code. (book)
50. He was ______compromised__________ . He wouldn't change his mind.
(compromise)

Prefixes and suffixes - by Viv Quarry.

Suffixesfor Suffixesfor Suffixesfor

Nouns Adjectives Verbs

~ment ~ful ~ize

~er ~ive
~ness ~ic ~ise
~age ~al
~sion ~able ~yse
~sis ~ed
~tion ~ible ~ate
~ism ~ing
~ty ~ous ~ent
~ity ~ish
~al ~y ~en
~ant ~ly
~ance ~like ~ify
~ssion ~some
~hood ~worthy ~fy
~ship
~dom ~ct
~th
~ght ~fine
~cess
~ful ~ive

Suffixesfor Suffixesfor Suffixesfor

Adverbs Professions&people Universitysubjects

~ly ~er ~ics

~ily ~ess (female) ~y

~ely ~or ~ing

~ingly ~ian ~ism

~ist

~ic

~ee

~eer

~man

Suffixesfor Prefixes for Prefixfor

'Without/small' 'partly, half & middle' 'alone&with'

~less semi-~ self-~

~let half-~ co~

mid-~

Prefixesfor Prefixes for Prefixes for

'Opposites / not' 'Too much/little & more' 'Very large/small'

un~ over~ macro~

in~ under~ micro~

im~ extra~

dis~ out~

ir~

de~

mis~

non-~

Prefixes for Prefixesfor Prefixfor

'For, Against & Again' 'Before&After' '2 &badly'

pro~ pre~ bi~

anti~ ex~ mal~

counter~ post~

re~