This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Morphology > Root Words – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Root Words Quiz 14 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the root word for performance? A) Per. B) Form. C) Perform. D) For. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Perform. 2. What is the root word for faithful? A) Fulness. B) Faith. C) Ful. D) Fa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Faith. 3. Which word has the SAME root word as talking? A) Talked. B) Taking. C) Take. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Talked. 4. Fugett Middle School might be the ..... of skate park out back if a generous benefactor decided that it would make our school a better place. A) Bookish. B) Beneficiary. C) Benevolent. D) Bona fide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beneficiary. 5. Given this word family, what do you think the root port means?TransportExportPorter A) Carry. B) Under. C) Less. D) Three. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carry. 6. "tele" means ..... A) To move. B) Far. C) See/watch. D) Self. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Far. 7. What does cap mean? A) Head. B) Part. C) Center. D) Shout. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Head. 8. Meaning of Meter A) Look. B) Measure. C) Write. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Measure. 9. What is the root word of looked? A) Ed. B) Looking. C) Look. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Look. 10. Con ..... rary (Latin root meaning "time") A) Tempo. B) Spec. C) Phono. D) Aster. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tempo. 11. What is the root word for leader A) The. B) Lead. C) Is. D) The. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lead. 12. Can you identify the antecedent that led to Cassandra's success at the skiing championships? What does the root word "ante" mean in "antecedent?" A) Both sides. B) Before. C) Opposite. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Before. 13. The word "sitting" is a product of the root word sit. A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRUE. 14. A student was not following school rules, so I had to deduct some dojo points. A) Remove. B) Add. C) Above, beyond. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Remove. 15. What does div mean? A) High. B) Tightly fixed. C) Loosen. D) Divide/part. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Divide/part. 16. What does the root word chrom mean? A) Color. B) Time. C) New. D) Light. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Color. 17. What does "psych" refer to A) Mind. B) Clot. C) Cancer. D) Poison. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mind. 18. A snake is ..... since it is capable of spontaneous movement. A) Remote. B) To the moth. C) Biography. D) Benevolent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To the moth. 19. Which word correctly completes the sentence below?"Wow! You sure have ..... fur!" said the boy. A) Softly. B) Softest. C) Softing. D) Soft. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Soft. 20. The Greek root chron means- A) Time. B) Light. C) Look. D) Measure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Time. 21. The word autograph contains the root graph. What does the root graph mean? A) Shapes or lines. B) Write or draw. C) Measure. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Write or draw. 22. What word names the type of book that was written about a person's life but was written by a different person than the subject of the book? A) Autobiography. B) Photography. C) Cartography. D) Biography. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biography. 23. Given this word family, what do you think the root aqua means?AquariumAquamarineAquatic A) Under. B) Solid. C) Water. D) Fire. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water. 24. The root word for "writing/drawing" is ..... A) Scop/scope. B) At/show. C) Gram/graph. D) Mob/against/mov. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gram/graph. 25. What does aud mean? A) To speak. B) To hear. C) Space. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To hear. 26. Given this word family, what do you think the root audi means?AudioAudienceAudition A) Small. B) Listen/hear. C) Together. D) Far. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Listen/hear. 27. What does astro mean? A) Space, stars, heaven. B) Food or drinks. C) Listen. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Space, stars, heaven. 28. What is the root word for helpful? A) Help. B) Ful. C) Hel. D) Elp. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Help. 29. If a lamp emits light, that means it ..... light. A) Hears. B) Throws. C) Sees. D) Sends out. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sends out. 30. Name the root word in preheated. A) Eated. B) Heat. C) Pre. D) Eat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heat. ← 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