Grade 2 English Language Arts · Prefixes and Suffixes
Build Grade 2 vocabulary, reading, grammar, and spelling skills with five 10-question practice tests on common prefixes, suffixes, word meanings, and spelling changes.
These Grade 2 English Language Arts practice tests help students understand how word parts change meaning and grammar. Students work with common prefixes such as un-, re-, and pre-, along with suffixes such as -s, -es, -ed, -ing, -ful, -less, -er, -est, and -ly.
Complete one 10-question test at a time. Circle the prefix or suffix, say what it means, and then read the whole word in context. After reviewing a solution, write another word with the same word part.
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3. Test
A 10-question Grade 2 English Language Arts practice test on common prefixes, suffixes, word meanings, grammar, and spelling changes.
Read each word or sentence carefully. Identify the prefix or suffix, use its meaning or spelling rule, and choose one answer.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: A
The correct answer is not happy.
Un- means not, so unhappy means not happy.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: B
The correct answer is read again.
Re- means again, so reread means read again.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: C
The correct answer is heat before.
Pre- means before, so preheat means to heat something before using it.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: D
The correct answer is without care.
The suffix -less means without, so careless means without care.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: A
The correct answer is full of hope.
The suffix -ful means full of, so hopeful means full of hope.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: B
The correct answer is a person who teaches.
The suffix -er can name a person who does an action. A teacher teaches.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: C
The correct answer is in a quick way.
The suffix -ly changes quick into an adverb that tells how an action happens.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: D
The correct answer is most kind.
The ending -est compares three or more things and shows the greatest degree.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: A
The correct answer is more small.
The ending -er compares two things. Smaller means more small.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: B
The correct answer is acted in the past.
The suffix -ed shows that the action happened in the past.
A prefix is a word part added to the beginning of a base word. It can change the word meaning, such as un- in unhappy.
A suffix is a word part added to the end of a base word. It can change meaning, grammar, or word form, such as -ful in helpful or -ed in jumped.
The page includes five mini tests with 10 questions each, for 50 Grade 2 prefixes and suffixes questions in total.
