Multiple Choice Questions – Prefixes

- What does the prefix anti- mean?
a) before
b) against
c) under
d) not - The prefix de- usually means:
a) again
b) before
c) opposite
d) between - Which prefix means “not” or “opposite of”?
a) fore-
b) dis-
c) mid-
d) inter- - The prefix en- or em- means:
a) not
b) again
c) cause to
d) before - Which prefix means “before” or “front of”?
a) pre-
b) fore-
c) mid-
d) sub- - The prefix inter- means:
a) not
b) across
c) between
d) under - Which prefix means “wrongly”?
a) mis-
b) non-
c) over-
d) re- - The prefix pre- means:
a) again
b) before
c) half
d) over - Which prefix means “half” or “partly”?
a) semi-
b) sub-
c) super-
d) trans- - The prefix under- means:
a) above
b) across
c) under or too little
d) not
Answer Key
- b
- c
- b
- c
- b
- c
- a
- b
- a
- c
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