Pre-Test: Suffix Awareness & Usage Survey (A2 Level)
Part 1: Awareness of Suffixes (Basic Knowledge)
1. Which word has a suffix?
A) Happy
B) Happily
C) Happen
D) Hat
2. What does the suffix "-er" usually mean?
A) A person who does something
B) A place
C) A feeling
D) A color
3. Which suffix can turn an adjective into an adverb?
A) -ness
B) -ful
C) -ly
D) -er
4. Which suffix can make a word negative?
A) -ful
B) -less
C) -ness
D) -er
5. The word "kindness" means:
A) Full of kindness
B) The state of being kind
C) Something a kind person does
D) A person who is kind
Part 2: Recognizing & Understanding Suffixes (Intermediate)
6. Which word is NOT correctly formed with a suffix?
A) Beautiful
B) Happyness
C) Quickly
D) Teacher
7. The word “wonderful” means:
A) Full of wonder
B) More wonder
C) Someone who wonders
D) A type of wonder
8. Which suffix is used to describe a state or quality?
A) -ly
B) -ness
C) -er
D) -ing
9. What does the word “hopeless” mean?
A) Without hope
B) Full of hope
C) More hope
D) A person who hopes
10. The suffix “-ing” is used for:
A) Describing a person
B) Making a past tense word
C) Making a continuous verb
D) Describing a feeling
11. If you see the word “happiness”, can you guess its base word?
A) Yes, the base word is happy
B) Yes, the base word is happen
C) No, I don’t know how to find the base word
D) I don’t think suffixes help with this
12. The word "teacher" is related to the verb "teach." What does the suffix "-er"
mean?
A) It makes a word into an action
B) It describes a place
C) It means “a person who does something”
D) It makes something smaller
13. Which of these words does not have a correct suffix?
A) Enjoyment
B) Friendful
C) Quickly
D) Darkness
Part 3: Usage of Suffixes (Application & Personal Experience)
14. How often do you use words with suffixes like -ly, -er, -ing when speaking
English?
A) Always
B) Often
C) Sometimes
D) Rarely
15. Which sentence sounds the most natural to you?
A) She is a teach.
B) She is a teacher.
C) She is teachful.
D) She is teachingly.
16. When writing in English, do you pay attention to using correct suffixes?
A) Yes, always
B) Yes, sometimes
C) No, I don’t think about it
D) I don’t know
17. When you learn new words, do you notice their suffixes?
A) Yes, all the time
B) Sometimes
C) Rarely
D) Never
18. When reading English texts, do you recognize different suffixes in words?
A) Yes, all the time
B) Sometimes
C) Rarely
D) Never
19. When learning new words, which part do you focus on the most?
A) The beginning of the word
B) The middle of the word
C) The ending of the word (suffix)
D) I don’t focus on any specific part
20. If you don’t know a word, can you guess its meaning by looking at the suffix?
A) Yes, always
B) Sometimes
C) Rarely
D) No, never
21. When writing, do you feel confident using words with suffixes?
A) Yes, very confident
B) Sometimes confident
C) Not very confident
D) Not confident at all