This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Morphology > Root Words – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Root Words Quiz 12 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does the Latin root "pre" signify? A) Before. B) After. C) Earth. D) Sound. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Before. 2. "phon/phone" means ..... A) Far. B) Sound. C) Small. D) To move. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sound. 3. The root word-port means? A) To carry. B) Moveable. C) To live. D) To write. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To carry. 4. Heard or able to be heard A) Audience audience. B) Audio audio. C) Audition audition. D) Audible. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Audible. 5. Terr-means ..... A) Light. B) Land/Earth. C) Life. D) Night. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Land/Earth. 6. Identify the root words in geographer. A) Graph. B) Geo/graph. C) Her. D) Geo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Geo/graph. 7. Dict means ..... A) To listen. B) To speak. C) Space. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To speak. 8. Port+er means (port-:carry) A) Carrier. B) Driver. C) Shipper. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carrier. 9. The Greek word phys means: A) Land. B) Sea. C) Nature. D) Flesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nature. 10. Which word had the root word in it that means light? A) Photograph. B) Spectacular. C) Telegraph. D) Temporary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Photograph. 11. The greek root PATH means? A) Talking & singing. B) Sleeping & breathing. C) Feeling and suffering. D) Digging & planting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Feeling and suffering. 12. Think about the root words in "automotive" . What does the word mean? A) To move far away. B) To motivate yourself. C) To draw something moving. D) To move by itself. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To move by itself. 13. What is the root word for falls? A) Falling. B) All. C) Fall. D) Ling. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fall. 14. The root word for "the study of/one who studies" is ..... A) Scop/scope. B) Ology/ologist. C) Gram/graph. D) At/show. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ology/ologist. 15. What is the root word of sleeping? A) Sleeping. B) Sleep. C) Sleeps. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sleep. 16. Which root means far A) Form. B) Tele. C) Tempo. D) Fin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tele. 17. Name the root word in undone. A) Done. B) And. C) I have sinned. D) One. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Done. 18. The word photograph contains the root photo. What does the root photo mean? A) Write or draw. B) Light. C) Far away. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Light. 19. Belief or to believe A) Port. B) Tele. C) Cred. D) Ab. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cred. 20. What is the root word of the word "government" ? A) Gov. B) Vern. C) Ment. D) Govern. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Govern. 21. What does "thromb" refer to A) Skin. B) Chemical. C) Clot. D) Blood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clot. 22. What is the root word for unhappy? A) And. B) Hap. C) Y. D) Happy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Happy. 23. ..... onomy ( Greek word meaning "stars") A) Graph. B) Astr. C) Port. D) Fin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Astr. 24. This root word means-to say A) Geo. B) Anti. C) Chron. D) Dict. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dict. 25. Fill in the blank with the correct word ..... is the study of life. A) Biology. B) Social Science. C) Science. D) Hematology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biology. 26. What does the root viv mean? A) To speak. B) To throw or toss. C) Life, live. D) Health. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Life, live. 27. If we add an "re" to try what would the meaning be? A) Not try. B) Try again. C) Try all the time. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Try again. 28. Which root word means "to see" ? A) View/at. B) Aud. C) Graphy. D) Phon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) View/at. 29. I will transport the materials to the correct location. Transport means ..... A) Write. B) Time. C) Carry. D) Speak. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carry. 30. Which of the following is the meaning of dictator? A) Someone who shares water. B) Someone who lives far away. C) Someone who looks at or spies on others. D) Someone who tells others what to do. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Someone who tells others what to do. ← 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