This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Morphology > Root Words – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Root Words Quiz 2 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which pair of words is INCORRECT? A) Peach-impeach. B) Decor-decorate. C) Patient-impatient. D) Judge-misjudge. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Peach-impeach. 2. Omni-means ..... A) All. B) Life. C) Both. D) Together. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All. 3. What is the root word for entertaining? A) Enter. B) Entertain. C) Enter. D) And. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Entertain. 4. Fill in the blank with the correct word ..... Mrs. McCloskey's friend was an ..... A) Police officer. B) Teacher. C) Astronaut. D) Asteroid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Astronaut. 5. Duc, duce, & duct mean ..... A) To turn. B) To duck. C) To lead. D) Ductable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To lead. 6. What is the name of the punctuation mark when using prefixes or suffixes? A) Question mark. B) Hyphen. C) Exclamation point. D) Quotation mark. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyphen. 7. What does the root aut mean A) Foot. B) End. C) Self. D) Cary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Self. 8. Inject, objection, and project come from the root "ject" which means A) To throw. B) Feeling, suffering. C) Break, burst. D) Measure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To throw. 9. If a book is about marine life, which root is likely to be present in its title? A) Alter. B) Uni. C) Geo. D) Aqua. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aqua. 10. What is the root word of hides? A) Hided. B) Hides. C) Hide. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hide. 11. Which adjective best describes Jonas A) Apprehensive. B) Anxious. C) Nervous. D) Scared. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Apprehensive. 12. Tim's voice was barely audible when he whispered his secret in my left ear. What does the root word "audi" mean in "audible?" A) Both sides. B) Opposite. C) Hear or listen. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hear or listen. 13. What is the root word for washes? A) Washed. B) Wash. C) Ash. D) Watch. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wash. 14. The root word for "self" is ..... A) Auto. B) Tele. C) Bio. D) Micro. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Auto. 15. The Greek root word ge, commonly used in the English prefix "geo", means- A) Measure. B) Look. C) Earth. D) Light. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Earth. 16. What is the root word of wanted? A) Wants. B) Ant. C) Want. D) Wanting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Want. 17. Photo is a Greek root that means- A) Carry. B) Sound. C) Earth. D) Light. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Light. 18. What does "lipid" refer to A) Fats. B) Kidney. C) Heart. D) Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fats. 19. What does the root word aero mean? A) Thought. B) Air. C) Plane. D) Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Air. 20. What does alt mean? A) Water. B) High. C) Step. D) Shape. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) High. 21. Find a word with the same root word:rethinking. A) Reread. B) Jumping. C) Thinks. D) Replay. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thinks. 22. What is the root word for finally? A) Final. B) Ally. C) Nally. D) All. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Final. 23. The root word BI means ..... A) Three. B) Two. C) To look / see. D) To write. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Two. 24. A noun meaning "a group of people who listen to a performance": A) Audible. B) Vista. C) Audience. D) Cacophony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Audience. 25. What does firm mean? A) Shout. B) Carry. C) Head. D) Tightly fixed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tightly fixed. 26. Think about the root words in "biology" . What does this word mean? A) To write about life. B) The study of small things. C) To watch life. D) The study of life. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The study of life. 27. "scop/scope" means ..... A) See/watch. B) To see. C) To move. D) Sound. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) See/watch. 28. What does the prefix bi-mean? A) One. B) Two. C) Three. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Two. 29. The word part "de" means ..... A) Not. B) Opposite. C) Opinion. D) Onion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Opposite. 30. EXTRA ROOT:Chron-means ..... A) Keys. B) Time. C) Graph. D) Technology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Time. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesRoot Words Quiz 1Root Words Quiz 3Root Words Quiz 4Root Words Quiz 5Root Words Quiz 6Root Words Quiz 7Root Words Quiz 8Root Words Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books