Suffix prefix exercise for SSC 2024
1. Complete the text adding suffixes, prefixes or the both to the root words given in the parenthesis.
Honesty is opposite to (a) —- (honest). The (b) —- (possess) of this virtue is very (c) —- (benefit) for a person’s whole life. Integrity is the (d) —- (high) form of (e) —- (honest). An honest man is not (f) —- (harm) to anybody. He never does (g) —- (just) to others. When he does anything (h) —- (moral), he feels (i) —- (comfortable). He never tells a lie. He is always (j) —- (response) to his duty. We should follow the path of (k) —- (honest) and leave the path of (l) —- (honesty). In that case, we will be (m) —- (love) by all and will be able to reach the path of (n) —- (prosper).
2. Complete the text adding suffixes, prefixes or the both to the root words given in the parenthesis.
The dead (a) —- (war) was brought before the widow. She stood beside the (b) —- (life) body. She was (c) —- (speech) because she was (d) —- (whelmed) with grief. All standing (e) —- (round) the body (f) —- (called) the good qualities of her husband. But she was still standing (g) —- (moved). She burst into tears (h) —- (bitter) coming into (i) —- (realize) that her (j) —- (fortune) child had become (k) —- (father). But she felt proud of her husband’s (l) —- (hero) and (m) —- (brave). Her husband embraced (n) —- (martyr).
3. Complete the text adding suffixes, prefixes or the both to the root words given in the parenthesis.
A (a) —- (free) fighter is a (b) —- (war) who took part in our War of Liberation in 1971. The (c) —- (dependence) of our (d) —- (love) motherland was (e) —- (dear) to a freedom fighter than his life. He joined the war (f) —- (willing). He had no (g) —- (might) weapons with him. Even, sometimes, he did not have proper (h) —- (train). (i) —- (Patriot) (j) —- (courage) him to go to the battlefield. He was (k) —- (main) a guerrilla (l) —- (light). He attacked the enemy from an (m) —- (known) place and then (n) —- (appeared).
4. Complete the text adding suffixes, prefixes or the both to the root words given in the parenthesis.
(a) —- (Persevere) is needed to be (b) —- (success) in life. Those who do not persevere in life become (c) —- (success) in their mission and only blame their lot for their (d) —- (fortune). (e) —- (Persevere) people always become successful. (f) —- (Sincere) is another important virtue which (g) —- (able) a person to accomplish a job (h) —- (fruit). Student life is the (i) —- (form) period of a man’s life. One should not (j) —- (use) this (k) —- (gold) period of life. It is (l) —- (fortunate) that many of our pupils neglect their studies. (m) —- (Consequent), they drag a (n) —- (miser) life in future.
5. Complete the text adding suffixes, prefixes or the both to the root words given in the parenthesis.
Smoking produces (a) —- (danger) effects on man. A (b) —- (smoke) incurs both physical and (c) —- (economy) loss and (d) —- (danger) himself. Smoking is a kind of (e) —- (addict). Those who become (f) —- (addict) to drug, (g) —- (initial) begin with smoking. We should raise (h) —- (aware) among our people. We should (i) —- (courage) others to smoke. It is (j) —- (possible) to stop smoking without (k) —- (unite) efforts. (l) —- (fortunate) only the (m) —- (wise) men can do such (n) —- (fool) work.
6. Complete the text adding suffixes, prefixes or the both to the root words given in the parenthesis.
Life without having any freedom to (a) —- (Joy) leisure and (b) —- (relax) is dull. Nobody can work (c) —- (relentless) without rest. Life becomes (d) —- (charm) if man does not have any time to enjoy (e) —- (beauty) object of nature. (f) —- (monotony) work is. (g) —- (doubt), a great (h) —- (hinder) to the (i) —- (smooth) of work. Leisure (j) —- (new) our spirit of work. Everybody knows that (k) —- (work) is (l) —- (harm). Leisure does not mean (m) —- (idle). It gives (n) —- (fresh) to our mind.
7. Complete the text adding suffixes, prefixes or the both to the root words given in the parenthesis.
The aim of (a) —- (educated) is to make a man fully (b) —- (equip) to be (c) —- (use) to himself and to society. A (d) —- (true) educated person should be self-reliant with regard to his (e) —- (person) needs. He should be well-mannered. (f) —- (thought), sympathetic and (g) —- (operative). He should be (h) —- (truth), honest, punctual and (i) —- (duty). (j) —- (Punctual) is a virtue that makes a nation (k) —- (prosper). An educated person tries to (l) —- (move) the (m) —- (suffer) of his countrymen. He also helps others in attaining (n) —- (self-reliant).
8. Complete the text adding suffixes, prefixes or the both to the root words given in the parenthesis.
What do you know about the (a) —- (important) of time? Success in life depends on the proper (b) —- (utilize) of time. Those who waste their (c) —- (value) time in (d) —- (idle), reduce the time of their important work. (e) —- (punctual) is another great virtue of human beings that (f) —- (rich) the (g) —- (man) life. If one takes lesson from the (h) —- (biography) of (i) —- (success) persons, one will learn that they never kept any work (j) —- (do) for the (k) —- (coming) day. (l) —- (obvious), they were true to their words. So, they got a (m) —- (respect) position in the society. So, follow those great men if you want to be (n) —- (fame).
9. Complete the text adding suffixes, prefixes or the both to the root words given in the parenthesis.
In order to (a) —- (material) your dream, you need (b) —- (determine) and efforts. This will help you in a lot of ways. It will help you decide the course of (c) —- (act) for doing anything. Lack of (d) —- (motive) is one of the main causes that force a person to leave his dream (e) —- (hind). Hard work has great (f) —- (important). Nothing is (g) —- (achieve) in this world without hard work. Nothing is (h) —- (achievable) for those who are blessed with (i) —- (common) abilities. They are very (j) —- (fortune). But those who are (k) —- (inclined) to do hard work are really (l) —- (fortunate). By spending in (m) —- (idle), they only (n) —- (fool) themselves.
10. Complete the text adding suffixes, prefixes or the both to the root words given in the parenthesis.
Debate is an art of speaking. It’s a practice that helps the (a) —- (debate) to speak (b) —- (logical). It teaches (c) —- (argument). You can’t defeat your fellow (d) —- (contest) if you speak (e) —- (logical). An (f) —- (argument) speaker can beat the (g) —- (opposite) in the competition. Debate also helps the speaker to be (h) —- (create). Debate also (i) —- (smart) a (j) —- (participate). So, we should (k) —- (courage) our students to take part in debating (l) —- (compete). Now, there are many (m) —- (organize) to arrange debate competition. The sooner you join a debating club, the better debater you (n) —- (come).
11. Complete the text adding suffixes, prefixes or the both to the root words given in the parenthesis.
There are some basic characteristics which are common to all (a) —- (man). Those features may be either positive or (b) —- (negate). for example, people are (c) —- (general) fond of (d) —- glittery, things. They are the (e) —- (love) of surface. They are concerned with the (f) —- (out) show of things and beings. They (g) —- (hard) bother about intrinsic value. Gold is a very (h) —- (value) thing. But there are (i) —- (vary) metals in nature that look like gold. They fade soon and become less (j) —- (beauty). So, the surface of anything should not be the key for its (k) —- (measure). We all should be (l) —- (care) about this (m) —- (true). Otherwise, we will have to be (n) —- (repent) in the long run.
12. Complete the text adding suffixes, prefixes or the both to the root words given in the parenthesis.
(a) —- (Urban) is a great problem in our small country. Due to it, (b) —- (cultivate) land is (c) —- (crease) day by day. As a result, an acute (d) —- (short) is seen in agricultural (e) —- (produce). Moreover, urban (f) —- (expand) that takes place in forests, wetlands and (g) —- (agriculture) systems leads to habitat clearing: (h) —- (degrade) and (i) —- (fragment) of the landscapes. If we want to get rid of it, a (j) —- (plan) system should be applied. (k) —- (wise), our (l) —- (agro) economy and urban (m) —- (civil) will face a great problem. So (n) —- (initiate) should be taken.
13. Complete the text adding suffixes, prefixes or the both to the root words given in the parenthesis.
(a) —- (Current), the public are undergoing a very (b) —- (favourable) situation in the market. The prices of daily necessaries are increasing (c) —- (abated). The (d) —- (fluctuate) of market price is very (e) —- (puzzle) to the (f) —- (consume). This situation occurs due to the (g) —- (irresponsible) and the (h) —- (neglect) of the proper (i) —- (author). We should take note that the (j) —- (suffer) of this condition are (k) —- (main) the poor class people. The (l) —- (sense) quarter must come forward and make possible (m) —- (commend) to come out of this (n) —- (stable) situation.
14. Complete the text adding suffixes, prefixes or the both to the root words given in the parenthesis.
To maintain peace in this world, we need universal (a) —- (brother) In this world, there are (b) —- (differ) religions like Islam. Christianity, Hinduism, (c) —- (Buddha) etc. (d) —- (Friend) among the (e) —- (believe) of different religions can play an important role to drive away (f) —- ___ (trust) and (g) —- (concept) about different religions. We should prefer (h) —- (man) to religious difference. A person who is (i) —- (true) aware of his own religion can never (j) —- (like) the believers of other religions. In fact, (k) —- (religion) leaders can contribute to the (l) —- (develop) of peace through their teachings. Most importantly, people (m) —- (belong) to different religions should promote peace and justice and protect the environment with a united (n) —- (commit).
15. Complete the text adding suffixes, prefixes or the both to the root words given in the parenthesis.
There goes a wise saying, “A good company makes a man good while a bad one makes him bad.” If anyone becomes (a) —- (custom) to good manners or behaves well, he can, under no circumstances, (b) —- (behave) with anyone. So, moral (c) —- (educate) is all important. From their earliest years, (d) —- (child) must be taught the (e) —- (differ) between right and wrong and trained to love and follow what is right, and hate and avoid what is wrong. So (f) —- (train) means the (g) —- (form) of character on right lines. Its object is to bring (h) —- (child) up in such a way that they will grow up to be truth loving, honest, brave, pure-minded and (i) —- (selfish) men and women. The home (j) —- (doubt), is the best school for moral education. (k) —- (Apparent), it is every parent’s (l) —- (responsible) to teach their children moral lessons at home. They also have to (m) —- (sure) that their children do not mix with any bad company. The moral (n) —- (teach) at an early age will help them become good citizens in future.