Answers to BrainPOP Quiz - Roots, Prefixes and Suffixes

1. What is a root word?

a. A part of a word that goes after a suffix

b. The essential part of a word, or its basic meaning

c. A part of a word that goes before a prefix

Correct answer: b

Student answered: b

 

2. In the word ”deconstructionist,” what is the prefix?

a. Ist

b. Construct

c. De

Correct answer: c

Student answered: c

 

3. What does the suffix “-tion” mean?

a. State of

b. Not

c. Toward

Correct answer: a

Student answered: a

 

4. How can adding a prefix or a suffix to a root affect the word?

a. It can change its meaning and its part of speech

b. It always makes the word mean its opposite

c. It only changes the spelling of a word

Correct answer: a

Student answ ered: a

 

5. Where do suffixes go?

a. Before the prefix

b. Before the root word

c. After the root word

Correct answer: c

Student answered: c

 

6. Where do a lot of words in the English language originally come from?

a. Spanish

b. Greek and Latin

c. Japanese

Correct answer: b

Student answered: b

 

7. What prefix can change a word’s meaning to its opposite?

a. Un- or de-

b. Ante- or pre-

c. Ist- or ism-

Correct answer: a

Student answered: a

 

8. What does the word “mythology” mean?

a. The study of myths

b. The study of life

c. The state of myths

Correct answer: a

Student answered: a

 

9. What suffix can change an adjective into a noun?

a. -ly

b. -ness

c. -ing

Correct answer: b

Student answered: b

 

10. How does adding an -er to a verb change its part of speech?

a. It makes a verb an adjective

b. It makes a verb an adverb

c. It makes a verb a noun

Correct a nswer: c

Student answered: c