This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Morphology > Root Words – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Root Words Quiz 5 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the root word(s) in the words "disinformation" A) Format. B) Form. C) Inform. D) Form. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Form. 2. What word names what someone has written when he or she signed his or her own name on something? A) Phonograph. B) Homograph. C) Biography. D) Autograph. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Autograph. 3. Act of, condition of, state of A) -ance. B) Ab. C) Ex. D) Tele. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -ance. 4. "ology/ologist" means ..... A) Writing/drawing. B) Life. C) See/watch. D) The study of/one who studies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The study of/one who studies. 5. Which word means how the study of handwriting can reveal things about someone's personality? A) Graphology. B) Orthography. C) Promote. D) Grammar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Graphology. 6. Fill in the blank with the correct word ..... His ..... was paid for with cash. A) Type. B) Advertise. C) Transaction. D) Incapable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transaction. 7. She was jabbering about nonsense that we couldn't understand. What is the meaning of nonsense? A) Speaking clearly. B) Not making any sense. C) Not speaking loudly. D) Telling everyone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not making any sense. 8. Some ..... fans of Villanova bought a jersey last spring after they won the Final Four in basketball. A) Bona fide. B) See them. C) Benediction. D) Immobile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bona fide. 9. The root word TELE means ..... A) Far. B) Two. C) To speak/say. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Far. 10. Which word correctly completes the sentence below?Always be ..... when you cross the street. A) Caringly. B) Carefully. C) Careful. D) Carefuller. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Careful. 11. Lines that are always the same distance apart. They do not intersect. A) Parallel. B) Prime. C) Reciprocal. D) Volume. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parallel. 12. A suffix is letters that come at the ..... of a word. A) End. B) Middle. C) Top. D) Beginning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) End. 13. What does the Greek root "bio" refer to? A) Sound. B) Water. C) Earth. D) Life. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Life. 14. Root word meaning to hear or listen A) View/at. B) Phon. C) Graphy. D) Aud. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aud. 15. The word telegraph contains the root tele. What does the root tele mean? A) Write or draw. B) Far away. C) Hear or listen. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Far away. 16. My friend is very ..... She likes to explore new places and try new things. A) Preventive. B) Convenient. C) Surround. D) Adventurous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adventurous. 17. Jameson D. McCormick was a generous benefactor at the University of Santa Ana, providing several scholarships to incoming freshmen. What does the root word "bene" mean in "benefactor?" A) Around or about. B) Self or same. C) Well. D) Go or move. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Well. 18. The average of all the numbers in a data set. A) Median. B) Variable. C) Reciprocal. D) Mean. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mean. 19. What does solve mean? A) Head. B) Loosen. C) Center. D) Tightly fixed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Loosen. 20. What does the word part "geo" mean? A) Water. B) Mountains. C) Earth. D) Time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Earth. 21. Which word correctly completes the sentence below?The waves were crashing ..... at the beach. A) Loudly. B) Loud. C) Loudness. D) Louding. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Loudly. 22. Record, writing, or drawing A) Graph. B) Frac. C) Write. D) Tract. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Graph. 23. What does hosp mean? A) Water. B) Air. C) Host. D) Head. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Host. 24. Find a word with the same root word:reading. A) Skipping. B) Reread. C) Laughing. D) Rehire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reread. 25. The root word "ject" (ex:objection, projectile) means ..... A) Measure. B) Break, burst. C) Feeling or suffering. D) To throw. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To throw. 26. The Latin word carn means: A) Meat. B) Laugh. C) Life. D) Nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meat. 27. What does re mean in the words revive and revitalize? A) Within. B) Outside. C) Again. D) After. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Again. 28. A leader who rules with total power A) Predict. B) Dictation. C) Dictator. D) Verdict. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dictator. 29. If hydrate means to give or have enough water what does dehydrated mean? A) Not having enough water. B) Sharing water. C) Losing water. D) Spilling water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not having enough water. 30. Which word has the SAME word word as washes? A) Watches. B) Washing. C) Ashed. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Washing. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesRoot Words Quiz 1Root Words Quiz 2Root Words Quiz 3Root Words Quiz 4Root Words Quiz 6Root Words Quiz 7Root Words Quiz 8Root Words Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books