This B2 vocabulary test checks how well learners use prefixes and suffixes to build and change words. It covers negative and other prefixes, common noun, adjective, verb and adverb suffixes, and word families in a reading text. It suits upper-intermediate students preparing for exams such as B2-level certificates, and teachers who need a quick, printable check.
Choose the correct option (A, B, C or D) for each question. Choose your answers, then press “Check my answers”.
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About this test
This B2 vocabulary test checks how well learners use prefixes and suffixes to build and change words. It covers negative and other prefixes, common noun, adjective, verb and adverb suffixes, and word families in a reading text. It suits upper-intermediate students preparing for exams such as B2-level certificates, and teachers who need a quick, printable check.
Topics covered
Negative prefixesPrefixes of meaning (mis-, over-, under-, re-, pre-)Noun suffixesAdjective and adverb suffixesVerb-forming suffixesWord families in context
How to use this test
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Answer every question without a dictionary or time pressure.
Check your answers and note the topics you need to review.
Notes for teachers
Use Part 1 and Part 2 as a diagnostic of individual affixes, then Part 3 to see whether students can choose the right word class in a longer text. The distractors target typical errors such as the wrong negative prefix (inpractical, unlegal), invented suffixes (developation, tiredment) and the wrong part of speech (entire for entirely). For follow-up, ask students to build full word families (e.g. succeed, success, successful, successfully, unsuccessful) for the words in the test.
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