This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Morphology > Roots Affixes – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Roots Affixes Quiz 10 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The suffix-est means "the most" and the suffix-er can mean "more." Which word means someone who has lived longer than me? A) Older. B) Ancient. C) Old. D) Oldest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Older. 2. The prefix ante-means: A) Away/from. B) In front of/before. C) After/following. D) Next to/alongside. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In front of/before. 3. What does the word "vitality" mean in the sentence below? The body builder was always eating healthy and working out regularly to stay in shape and live a long time. A) Feel, think. B) Alive, life. C) Strength, strong. D) Believe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alive, life. 4. The condition of being conscious' the normal state of being awake and able to understand what is happening around you. A) Maintenance. B) Fondness. C) Ambivalence. D) Consequence. E) Consciousness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Consequence. 5. Which word has the prefix meaning "backwards" ? A) Pandemic. B) Retrofit. C) Hypodermic. D) Malicious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Retrofit. 6. A thermometer is used to measure ..... or temperature. A) Width. B) Heat. C) Height. D) Coldness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heat. 7. One who has finished each grade or step in high school or college (noun), or to finish each grade or step in high school or college (verb). A) Gradually. B) Deactivate. C) Actually. D) Graduate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Graduate. 8. What is the meaning of the suffix "logy" ? A) The study of. B) Light. C) Above. D) Likely to. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The study of. 9. What does the suffix-ing mean? A) Past tense / in the past. B) Full of. C) To make or do. D) Present tense / happening now. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Present tense / happening now. 10. What does the word IMPERFECTION mean? A) Something that is not perfect. B) Studying until you succeed. C) How you look. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Something that is not perfect. 11. Which root means time? A) Port. B) Chrono. C) Ject. D) Photo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chrono. 12. Which words have the same SUFFIX as SAFETY? A) Safer and Safest. B) Cruelty and Deputy. C) Crazy and Funny. D) Safe and Sound. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cruelty and Deputy. 13. The knight bravely fought the enemy to defend his queen. What does bravely mean? A) To be brave again later. B) To be brave and full of life. C) To be brave a few minutes ago. D) To fight in a brave way. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To fight in a brave way. 14. What does the term 'application-based questions' refer to? A) Questions that require memorization of facts. B) Questions that require students to apply their knowledge and understanding of concepts to solve problems or answer questions. C) Questions that focus solely on theoretical concepts. D) Questions that are based on multiple-choice formats only. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Questions that require students to apply their knowledge and understanding of concepts to solve problems or answer questions. 15. Which root word means clear? A) Luc. B) Obscure. C) Trans. D) Clar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Clar. 16. What does the prefix "un-" mean in "unsafe" ? A) Again. B) Not. C) Before. D) After. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not. 17. What is the root word in "submarine" ? A) Mar. B) Marine. C) Sub. D) Ine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Marine. 18. The auhtor's autobiography ws well written. A) Prefix. B) Root. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Root. 19. Internet means??? A) Between networks. B) Between computers. C) Between the dashboard. D) Between the screen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Between networks. 20. Which word has the prefix meaning "across?" A) Psychology. B) Pedestrian. C) Transmit. D) Railroad. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transmit. 21. The root words cede and ceed mean: A) To choose/to pick. B) To take/catch/seize/hold/receive. C) To draw/pull. D) To go/yield/surrender. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To go/yield/surrender. 22. Choose the correct affix of underfed A) Under. B) Fed. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Under. 23. The prefix a/an means A) Against. B) To cause. C) Together. D) Away. E) Not, without. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Not, without. 24. Which of the following words contains the root "phon" ? A) Phonics. B) System. C) Comic. D) Century. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phonics. 25. The root bene means A) Good, well. B) Bad, evil. C) Extremely happy. D) Time. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Good, well. 26. What is the meaning of the following root/affix?-ment A) Adds a sense of under to the meaning. B) From Greek, meaning to write. C) From Latin, meaning across. D) Describes an action or the result of an action. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Describes an action or the result of an action. 27. In paragraph 2, the word disrupt is based on the Latin root rupt meaning A) Disturb. B) Enlarge. C) Replace. D) Break up. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Break up. 28. A novelty is best described as something: A) New. B) Fun. C) Hard. D) Scary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) New. 29. The root word bio means: A) Air. B) Life. C) Earth. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Life. 30. Using your knowledge of roots, what does the word "microphone" mean? A) A device to see small objects. B) A device to hear small sounds. C) A device to write small letters. D) A device to speak small words. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A device to hear small sounds. 31. Incapable of speaking A) Worthless. B) Remorseless. C) Timeless. D) Speechless. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Speechless. 32. Which word means "Can be heard" ? A) Understandable. B) Audible. C) Excitable. D) Responsible. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Audible. 33. A device into which people speak or sing in order to record their voices or to make them sound louder A) Phon. B) Reporter. C) Saxophone. D) Colonist. E) Microphone. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Microphone. 34. What is the meaning of the following root/affix?agri- A) From Latin, meaning field. B) Adds a sense of wrong to the meaning. C) From Latin, meaning across. D) Describes a quality or condition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) From Latin, meaning field. 35. What does the Latin root 'scrib' mean? A) To hear. B) To see. C) To write. D) To speak. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To write. 36. Which of the following means "the process of donating" ? A) Action. B) Starvation. C) Donation. D) Election. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Donation. 37. A word that means action of not finishing. A) Deactivation. B) Incompletion. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incompletion. 38. A word part added to the end of a word A) Suffix. B) Prefix. C) Root. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Suffix. 39. Omniscient is from Latin root 'omni' which means ..... A) Many. B) Not. C) All. D) Before. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All. 40. What does the word THERMOMETER mean? A) Something that is present. B) Something that measures heat. C) Something that measures. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Something that measures heat. 41. If you "construct" something, you build it. What does the root "struct" mean? A) Break. B) Move. C) Build. D) Change. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Build. 42. What does the prefix, "fore" mean? A) After. B) Behind. C) In front. D) Under. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In front. 43. What is the definition of the root-GRAPH? A) Mark. B) Do. C) Write. D) See. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Write. 44. If something is beneficial, it is ..... for you. A) Believable. B) Speaking. C) Bad. D) Good. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Good. 45. The word "root" means ..... A) To find the meaning of (something that is difficult to read or understand). B) A word from which other words are formed. C) A letter or group of letters added to the beginning or end of a word to change its meaning (e.g. prefix or suffix). D) A portion or section taken from a book, article, etc. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A word from which other words are formed. 46. The root mal means bad or evil. What does the word malign mean? A) To regard someone with respect and dignity. B) To give someone his or her fair share. C) To tell harmful falsehoods about someone. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To tell harmful falsehoods about someone. 47. Identify the root meaning of the word "predict." A) To build. B) To write. C) To say before. D) To speak. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To say before. 48. What is the meaning of the root hydr? A) Water. B) Carry. C) Life. D) Sound. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Water. 49. Which word(s) has the suffix meaning "quality of" A) Privacy. B) Terrify. C) Mystic. D) Captivity, modesty. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Captivity, modesty. 50. The original Greek meaning of this word was "a turn or twist downward." A) Confluence. B) Apologize. C) Volunteer. D) Catastrohic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Catastrohic. 51. Roxy thought her mom told her the keys were by the drink, but she had really told Roxy they were by the sink. What happened? A) Misadventure. B) Mistreatment. C) Misunderstanding. D) Misjudged. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Misunderstanding. 52. Which prefix means to cause/become? A) Pre. B) A/an. C) Be. D) Mid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Be. 53. What is the meaning of the suffix-ance? A) Study of. B) Person who. C) State, quality. D) With. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) State, quality. 54. Which word means to "do again'? A) Relive. B) Remind. C) Redo. D) Request. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Redo. 55. What is the meaning of the prefix in the word decamp? A) Heat. B) Inside. C) Off, from. D) Love. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Off, from. 56. $_{Use your knowledge of roots/prefixes to determine the meaning of the word}$malign A) Speaking badly about someone. B) Writing about someone's life. C) Speaking kindly about someone. D) Making a friend. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Speaking badly about someone. 57. What is the meaning of the affix in the word unicorn? A) Two. B) Not. C) Many. D) One. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) One. 58. What is the meaning of the following root/affix?sub A) Describes an action or a result of an action. B) Adds a sense of wrong to meaning. C) From Greek meaning to write. D) Adds a sense of under to meaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adds a sense of under to meaning. 59. The prefixes pre-and fore-mean A) Again. B) Last. C) Before. D) After. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Before. 60. What does the root 'lect' (lec, leg, lig) mean? A) Throw, lie. B) Move. C) Choose, pick, read. D) Care, cult. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Choose, pick, read. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesRoots Affixes Quiz 1Roots Affixes Quiz 2Roots Affixes Quiz 3Roots Affixes Quiz 4Roots Affixes Quiz 5Roots Affixes Quiz 6Roots Affixes Quiz 7Roots Affixes Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books