This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Morphology > Root Words – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Root Words Quiz 10 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. If the word base means "the bottom of something" what does the word basement mean? A) The roof of a house. B) The chimney of a house. C) The lowest part of a house. D) The part of the house above the street. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The lowest part of a house. 2. If the word energy means "strength or power" what does the word energetic mean? A) Smoothly. B) With lots of strength. C) Without power. D) In a slow way. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) With lots of strength. 3. What is the root word of played? A) Play. B) Playing. C) Ed. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Play. 4. If something is audible, it is able to be ..... A) Heard. B) Seen. C) Smelled. D) Touched. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heard. 5. Which words does not belong? A) Add. B) Additional. C) Addition. D) Forgotten. E) Moving. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Moving. 6. I came to school overdressed. What does overdressed mean? A) Dress to formally. B) Embarrassed. C) Wearing a sweater over your dress. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dress to formally. 7. Which word belongs to the root:work A) Working. B) Moving. C) Movers. D) Adding. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Working. 8. Which word correctly completes the sentence below?The cat ..... jumped up on the boy's lap. A) Quicker. B) Quicklier. C) Quickly. D) Quick. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Quickly. 9. The Latin root word "luc, " found in words like lucid and translucent, means ..... A) All. B) See. C) Feel. D) Bright light. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bright light. 10. What does centr mean? A) Step. B) Host. C) Move. D) Center. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Center. 11. What does the root word necro mean? A) Ice. B) Body. C) Winter. D) Death. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Death. 12. What punishment did someone in the community receive for a major wrongdoing? A) Released from the community. B) Jail. C) Community service. D) Death. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Released from the community. 13. The root word for "far" is ..... A) Tele. B) Phon/phone. C) At/show. D) Mob/against/mov. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tele. 14. The Greek word Phil means: A) Light. B) Love. C) Live. D) Laugh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Love. 15. What does "arthr" refer to A) The joints. B) The bones. C) The heart. D) To fats. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The joints. 16. What does the root word bio mean? A) Animal. B) Plant. C) Life. D) Growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Life. 17. The doctor gave me an ..... to help me feel better. A) Antibiotic. B) Biology. C) Audible. D) Auditory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antibiotic. 18. What does the root word hydro mean? A) Ice. B) Technology. C) Water. D) Wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water. 19. Patriarch (noun) A) Group led by women. B) Group led by government. C) Group led by dogs. D) Group led by men. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Group led by men. 20. The study of life A) Biography. B) Biology. C) Geology. D) Geography. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biography. 21. Sym is Greek root word that means- A) Together. B) Time. C) Same. D) Together and Same. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Together and Same. 22. What does the root word gemma mean? A) Gem/ jewel. B) Gemni. C) Space. D) Time. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gem/ jewel. 23. What does the Greek root "man" mean? A) Life. B) Water. C) Hand. D) Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hand. 24. Someone or something that is honest and believable is A) Credential. B) Creed. C) Credible. D) Incredulous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Credible. 25. Name the root word in sadly. A) Ly. B) Sadly. C) Sad. D) Ad. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sad. 26. What does the root word ..... SUB mean? A) Greater than. B) Less than. C) Under. D) With; together. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Under. 27. What does hydra mean? A) Air. B) Foot. C) Head. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Water. 28. Which Greek root means "star" ? A) Anti-. B) Acro-. C) Bio-. D) Astro-. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Astro-. 29. Before school = ..... A) Reschool. B) Preschool. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Preschool. 30. What word names the hobby or study of how light records an image using a camera? A) Cartography. B) Autobiography. C) Photography. D) Bibliography. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Photography. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesRoot Words Quiz 1Root Words Quiz 2Root Words Quiz 3Root Words Quiz 4Root Words Quiz 5Root Words Quiz 6Root Words Quiz 7Root Words Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books