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 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the root word for reading? A) Read. B) Red. C) Ing. D) Readi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Read. 2. The root word aud/audi means A) Smell. B) Hear. C) Touch. D) See. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hear. 3. The Greek word photo means: A) Love. B) Light. C) Time. D) Life. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Light. 4. Given this word family, what do you think the root micro means?MicroscopeMicrophoneMicroscopic A) In. B) Small. C) Down. D) Through. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Small. 5. Which word describes a person who gives money or helpful things for a good cause? A) Well living. B) Benzene. C) Bounteous. D) Benefactor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Benefactor. 6. The word parts, "ir, il, im and In" all mean the same, what is the correct meaning? A) With. B) Below. C) Not. D) Under. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not. 7. What is the root word for smiling? A) Take pity. B) Ing. C) Smile. D) Smile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Smile. 8. Maternal (adjective) A) Mature. B) Immature. C) Motherly. D) Childly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Motherly. 9. Given this word family, what do you think the root therm means?ThermometerThermalThermostat A) Measure. B) Heat. C) Open. D) Tiny. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heat. 10. To write, to record A) Inter. B) Super. C) Sub. D) Graph. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Graph. 11. What word means a rich ore deposit or something that creates abundance? A) See them. B) Beneficiary. C) Benign. D) Bonus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) See them. 12. The newspaper review of the trendy restaurant contained so much hyperbole, it appeared too good to be true! What does the root word "hyper" mean in "hyperbole?" A) Same. B) Over and above. C) Different. D) Not. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Over and above. 13. Given this word family, what do you think the root tele means?TelephoneTelescopeTelepathy A) To make. B) From afar. C) Pull. D) Place. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) From afar. 14. Meaning of Scope A) Look. B) Write. C) Eat. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Look. 15. The new parents did not want to know the ..... of their new baby. A) Gender. B) Birth. C) Type. D) Name. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gender. 16. "Ex" means what? A) Write. B) With. C) With out. D) Girlfriend. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) With out. 17. What is the root word for happiness? A) Appiness. B) Oxygen. C) Ness. D) Happy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Happy. 18. What does "gastr" refer to A) Stomach. B) Sugar. C) Brain. D) Gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stomach. 19. What does the word tallest mean? A) Less tall. B) Not tall. C) Most tall. D) Full of tall. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Most tall. 20. What does claim/clam mean? A) Host. B) Likeness/like. C) Shout. D) City. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shout. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesRoot Words Quiz 1Root Words Quiz 2Root Words Quiz 3Root Words Quiz 4Root Words Quiz 5Root Words Quiz 6Root Words Quiz 7Prefixes And Suffixes Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books