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WF Quiz VIII. Various Suffixes and Prefixes

Gap-fill exercise

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints!

Using the prefixes and suffixes below, change the words in bold to complete these sentences:
-ally, -ment, -ify, extra-, trans-, -ous, -ward, -able, -il-, -ish

1. Simpler language would make this report more . READ
2. What do people in your country eat at Christmas? TRADITION
3. When I mixed all the paints together, I got a colour. BROWN
4. It's to sell cigarettes to children under 16. LEGAL
5. I think you should these instructions-they are too complicated. SIMPLE
6. Passing your driving test was quite an . ACHIEVE
7. When is the next flight from London to New York? ATLANTIC
8. Don't eat those berries-they are . POISON
9. Travel for about eight miles until you reach a junction. NORTH
10. Have you got this shirt in an size? This one is not big enough. LARGE