This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Morphology > Root Words – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Root Words Quiz 8 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The root word form means? A) Special. B) To shape. C) To see or smell. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To shape. 2. Which of the following latin roots means to build A) Form. B) Fleet, flex. C) Stru, struct. D) Tract. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stru, struct. 3. This root word means-Earth or ground A) Dict. B) Cred. C) Geo. D) Chron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Geo. 4. Dict is a Latin greek root that means- A) To Say. B) To see. C) To Carry. D) Written. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To Say. 5. Patrician (noun) A) Person in no social class. B) Person in the high social class. C) Person in middle social class. D) Person in low social class. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Person in the high social class. 6. If we add an "il" to legal what would the meaning be? A) Not legal. B) Legal again. C) Full of being legal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not legal. 7. The word part "anti" means ..... A) Mean. B) For. C) Opposite. D) Against. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Against. 8. Her noncommittal response left me wondering if she would be attending the party or not. What does the root word "non" mean in "noncommittal?" A) Same. B) With or together. C) Not. D) Different. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not. 9. What does the word headphones mean? A) A device you put on your eyes that lets you see things more clearly. B) A device you put on your head to keep it protected when you ride a bicycle. C) A device you put on your ears that lets you listen to sounds or music. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A device you put on your ears that lets you listen to sounds or music. 10. What does the root phono mean A) Sound. B) Stars. C) Look. D) Light. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sound. 11. Which of the following latin roots means to send? A) Aud. B) With. C) Ject. D) Port. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) With. 12. Which word as the SAME root word as brushed? A) Rushed. B) Boating. C) Brushing. D) Rushing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brushing. 13. When I read a story I like to ..... what the characters look like. A) Visionary. B) Visualize. C) Vista. D) Audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Visualize. 14. What is the root word for brushes? A) Brushing. B) Brush. C) Rush. D) Rushing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brush. 15. A person who studies rocks and soil in order to learn the history of the Earth is a A) Chemist. B) Physicist. C) Geologist. D) Biologist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Geologist. 16. -Logos means ..... A) Land/Earth. B) Brand. C) Independent/Self. D) Word/Steady. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Word/Steady. 17. Generation (noun) A) Group of people living in different times. B) Group of people living in the same time. C) Group of different aged people. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Group of people living in the same time. 18. What is the root word for talking? A) Talked. B) Taking. C) Take. D) Talk. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Talk. 19. If a bicycle is a cycle with two wheels, what is a tricycle? A) A cycle with one wheel. B) A cycle with two wheels. C) A cycle with three wheels. D) A cycle with four wheels. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A cycle with two wheels. 20. Phil means ..... A) Love. B) Star. C) Shape. D) Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Love. 21. The submarine can dive up to 300 meters below water. What does the prefix sub mean? A) Under, below. B) Above. C) After. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Under, below. 22. What does the Greek root "jur or jud" mean? Example:jury, judicial A) To hear. B) To believe. C) To pull or draw. D) Relating to the law. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Relating to the law. 23. Our dog was ..... since he had two of his paws bandaged due to a skin condition, so we had to carry him. A) Bounteous. B) Emotion. C) Benign. D) Immobile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Immobile. 24. The ..... laughed at Will Ferrell's jokes. A) Audition. B) Auditorium. C) Audience. D) Audible. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Audience. 25. Find a word with the same root word:friendly. A) Friends. B) Smile. C) Happily. D) Shyly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Friends. 26. The distance a number is away from zero. A) Reciprocal. B) Absolute value. C) Proportion. D) Term. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Absolute value. 27. Define the Root Word "BIO" A) Bad, evil. B) Life. C) Science. D) Death. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Life. 28. A ..... would never agree to have dinner at a Wendy's or any other fast food restaurant. A) Benediction. B) Cardiogram. C) Well living. D) Bona fide. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Well living. 29. A timeline is arranged in ..... order. A) Chronological. B) Alphabetical. C) Chronic. D) Synchronized. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chronological. 30. Genetic (adjective)? A) Related to family. B) Related to age. C) Related to names. D) Related to genes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Related to genes. ← 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 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books