Some Important Exercise of Suffix & Prefix for JSC & SSC Examination

Uzzal Sarker

Assistant Teacher (English)

Collectorate Public School & College, Natore

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Some Important Exercise of Suffix & Prefix

1. Fill in the gapes use in the following text by adding suffix, prefix or both with root words underlined in the text.

Money is the means of leading (a) world life.(b)Short of money makes our life (c) deplore. We cannot lead our life (d) prosper in want of money. But there is(e)difficult in earning money. Our peace and prosperity are (f)depend on proper utilization of money, spending money in an (g)prosper way can lead us to the path of destruction. So we should be (h) care in spending money.

Answer: (a)worldly (b)shortage (c)deplorable (d)properly (e)difficulty (f)dependent (g)improper (h)careful

2. Fill in the gapes use in the following text by adding suffix, prefix or both with root words underlined in the text.

All men are(a) equal important. A man who has no ear for music need not try to be(b) music. One needs (c) able with figures to be an accountant. Again one needs (d) imagine to be a design. An engineer needs (f) technique skill. And we know that (g) creature and (h) original are more important than technical skill.

Answer: (a) equally (b) musician (c) ability (d) imagination (e) designer (f) technical (g) creativity (h) originality

3. Fill in the gaps used in the following text by adding suffix, prefix or both with the root words underlined in the text.

(a) Kind is a divine virtue. So we should not be (b) kind to the people in distress and even to(c) low animals. Some naughty boys (d) joy beating the lower animals like dogs and cats. This is an(e) rational behavior. Animals can understand your act of kindness. If you are (f) friend with them, they can (g) real your kind behavior. As a result, friendship grows instead of (h) enemy.

Answer: (a)kindness (b)unkind (c)lower (d)enjoy (e)irrational (f)friendly (g)realize (h)enmity

4. Fill in the gapes use in the following text by adding suffix, prefix or both with root words underlined in the text.

Patience is a great virtue. A patient man faces (a) difficult (b) patient. He does not grow (c) patient.  Nothing is(d)possible for him. He does everything (e) slow. (f)Actual he leads a (g)comfort life. He is (h)care in all means.

Answer: (a) difficulty (b) patiently (c) impatient (d) impossible (e) slowly (f) actually (g) comfortable (h) careful

5. Fill in the gapes use in the following text by adding suffix, prefix or both with root words underlined in the text.

Water is an important element of our environment. But it is polluted in (a) vary ways. Man pollutes water by throwing waste into it. (b) farm use chemical (c) fertilize and insecticides in their fields .When rain and floods wash away some of these chemicals, they get (d) mix with water in rivers, canals and ponds. Mills and factories also throw their (e) poison chemicals and waste products into rivers and canals and they polluted the water. (f) sanitary latrines and (g) safe drains standing on river and canals banks are also responsible for further (h) pollute

Answer:(a) various (b) farmers (c) fertilizers (d) mixed (e) poisonous (f) unsanitary (g) unsafe (h) pollution

6. Fill in the gapes use in the following text by adding suffix, prefix or both with root wordsunderlined in the text.

Bangladesh is a small country but has a huge (a) populate. Most people here live below the poverty line and cannot therefore afford to educate their (b) child . Many poor children either drop out of school just after a few years or (c) simple do not go to school at all. Despite this situation, we have far too many students to educate (d) compare to the number of institutions (e) avail. Bangladesh needs more schools, colleges and universities to provide for the increasing number of students. But owing to (f) finance and resource constraints the (g) govern can not fine the requisite number of (h) education institution.

Ans: (a) population (b)children (c)simply (d)compared (e)available (f)financial (g)government (h) educational

7.Fill in the gapes use in the following text by adding suffix, prefix or both with root words
underlined in the text.

There goes a proverb that health is wealth. A man with ill health has to drag a (a) pain life. In order to lead a (b) health life and remain (c) physical fit, he has to avoid (d) healthy food. It is (e) danger to eat (f) poison food. None should drink (g) pure water. Because impure water is very (h)harm to health.

Answer:(a)painful (b)healthy (c)physically (d)unhealthy (e)dangerous (f)poisonous (g)impure (h)harmful

8. Fill in the gapes use in the following text by adding suffix, prefix or both with root words underlined in the text.

Most of the people of our country are (a) literate. They lead an (b) planned life. They do not have much (c) know about health, sanitation and (d) populate control. So the government should take constructive steps (e) immediate, to remove (f) literacy. Otherwise, our country will be (g) able to stand up right in front of other (h) develop countries.

Ans:(a)illiterate (b)unplanned (c)knowledge (d)population (e)immediately (f)illiteracy (g)unable (h)developing

9. Fill in the gapes use in the following text by adding suffix, prefix or both with root words
underlined in the text.

Happiness is (a) known as a relative term. It means the (b) content of mind. It is also said that the health is the root of all (c) happy. A sick (d) money man is not as a poor (e) health man. So we should take physical exercise (f) regular. Physical exercise keeps or gives us (g) fit. Moreover, it makes us (h) discipline.

Answer:(a) well-known (b)contentment (c)happiness (d)moneyed (e)healthy (f)regularly (g)fitness (h)disciplined

10. Fill in the gapes use in the following text by adding suffix, prefix or both with root words underlined in the text.

Truth is not (a) normal It is (b) nature .It (c) sure The spiritual peace of human mind. It (d) power our soul and enhances our willing power. Illegal and (e) lawful things are against the truth. We must speak boldly and (f) clear (g) kind is a condition of (h) truthful.

Answer: (a) abnormal (b) natural (c) ensures (d) empowers (e) unlawful (f) clearly
(g) kindness (h) truthfulness

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