This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Morphology > Roots Affixes – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Roots Affixes Quiz 11 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A student encounters the word "autograph" in a text. Using your knowledge of Greek roots, explain how you would determine the meaning of the word and select the most accurate definition. A) A type of graph used in math. B) A person's own signature or handwriting. C) A photograph taken automatically. D) A written biography about someone else. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A person's own signature or handwriting. 2. What is the meaning of the word 'unhappiness' based on the prefix 'un-'? A) The state or condition of being sad. B) The state or condition of being angry. C) The state or condition of being unhappy. D) The state or condition of being happy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The state or condition of being unhappy. 3. Chrom is a root that means ..... A) Walk. B) Hear. C) Color. D) Citizen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Color. 4. What is the meaning of the root ex-/ec-? A) Out. B) In/into. C) With/to. D) Under/below. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Out. 5. If the root word "form" means "shape" , then what might the verb "perform" mean? A) To give each thing a shape. B) To do or make something through one's shape. C) Before something is shaped. D) To shape something. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To do or make something through one's shape. 6. Which prefix means "after" or "behind" ? A) Post. B) Tele. C) Fore. D) Pre. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Post. 7. Which word does NOT have the same prefix as synopsis? A) Synthesis. B) Synonymous. C) Systematic. D) Synagogue. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Systematic. 8. A motion picture photographer would be known as a ..... A) Cinematographer. B) Heliotographer. C) Factographer. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cinematographer. 9. What is a letter or group of letters that is added AT THE BEGINNING of a word to change its meaning A) Root. B) Affix. C) Prefix. D) Suffix. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prefix. 10. Maya is learning about different sources of energy. She wonders which of the following is an example of geothermal energy. A) Oven. B) Hairdryer. C) Lava. D) Campfire. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lava. 11. $_{Use your knowledge of roots/prefixes to determine the meaning of the word}$cinematography A) A person who helps people or institutions. B) Etymologically of an 'evil' day. C) Writing of film scenes. D) Latin for "time" flies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Writing of film scenes. 12. The suffix "-dom" in "freedom" represents: A) Time. B) State or condition. C) Quality. D) Movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) State or condition. 13. What is the meaning of the word 'happiness' based on the suffix '-ness'? A) The state or condition of being tired. B) The state or condition of being sad. C) The state or condition of being happy. D) The state or condition of being angry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The state or condition of being happy. 14. The suffix ant/ent means: A) Doctrine of, principle of. B) Life. C) One who. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) One who. 15. The suffix-able in the word capable lets you know that Jimmy Bob is ..... to tie his shoes. A) Able. B) Not able. C) Scared. D) Trying. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Able. 16. In which word does the root "port" have the same meaning as it does in "opportunity" ? A) Portobello. B) Portion. C) Portable. D) Portrait. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Portable. 17. MJ is learning about how words are formed in his English class. He notices that sometimes a word part is added to the end of another word to change its meaning. What do you call a word part that is added to the end of another word? A) Suffix. B) Root. C) Inflection. D) Prefix. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Suffix. 18. I was sleepy, but I was able to regain my strength. What does "regain" mean? A) Gain again. B) Someone who gains. C) Not gain. D) Gain without. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gain again. 19. Who do you think would make the best frozen yogurt, Mr. Freeze, Ice Man, or Elsa? What is the meaning of the suffix-en as it is used in the word frozen? A) After. B) Not. C) Not. D) Become. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Become. 20. To handle with skill A) Manage. B) Centimeter. C) Manuscript. D) Century. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Manage. 21. The root bene means good. What does the word beneficiary mean? A) A person who is disadvantaged or harmed. B) A person who cannot be trusted. C) A person who receives a profit or advantage. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A person who receives a profit or advantage. 22. Which word uses the root "tract" meaning "to pull" ? A) Freedom. B) Unsafe. C) Contract. D) Audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Contract. 23. Which is the ROOT word for the word RETAKE? A) Take. B) Ake. C) Re. D) Etake. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Take. 24. "Baby animals spend countless hours and large amounts of energy at play." Adding the suffix-less to the word count makes a word that means ..... A) Counted incorrectly. B) Needing to be counted. C) Not able to be counted. D) Counted often. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not able to be counted. 25. What does the root "Photo" mean? A) Light. B) Self. C) Far away. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Light. 26. Select the root word that means "feet" A) Aud, audi. B) Ped, pod. C) Cred. D) Graph. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ped, pod. 27. $_{Use your knowledge of roots/prefixes to determine the meaning of the word}$malefactor A) Writing about (study of) earth. B) One who does good deeds. C) One who does evil deeds. D) Something that lasts a short time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) One who does evil deeds. 28. Which word contains a root that means "to hear; listen" ? A) Valuable. B) Immigrate. C) Auditorium. D) Contradict. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Auditorium. 29. If the suffix "-phobia" means "fear of, " what can you infer about the word "hydrophobia?" A) It refers to a fear of fire hydrants. B) It refers to a fear of small spaces. C) It refers to a fear of spiders. D) It refers to a fear of water. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It refers to a fear of water. 30. Which word uses the same prefix as "pretest" ? A) Safest. B) Unhappy. C) Highest. D) Preview. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Preview. 31. Pyromania is from the Greek root pyro which means ..... A) Mind. B) Foot. C) Fire. D) Many. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fire. 32. Choose the word that is spelled correctly. A) Easying. B) Easing. C) Esing. D) Easin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Easing. 33. Based on the latin root substitutus, which means to put in place of, the word substitute as used in paragraph 3 means A) Exchange. B) Continue. C) Keep. D) Retain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exchange. 34. What is the meaning of the suffixes "ence" or "ance" ? A) To hear. B) State of. C) To judge. D) Not. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) State of. 35. Able to be laughed at; amusing; funny A) Portable. B) Repairable. C) Detachable. D) Laughable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Laughable. 36. The suffix-ive (as in constructive, creative) means ..... A) Somewhat like; having the nature of. B) To build something. C) To create something. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Somewhat like; having the nature of. 37. What does the prefix vis mean?ex:visual, vision A) To see. B) To hear. C) To hear. D) To taste. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To see. 38. The root dict means say or declare. What does the word diction mean? A) The manner and style in which a product is designed or created. B) The manner and style in which members of a group support each other. C) The manner and style in which words are chose for use in speech and writing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The manner and style in which words are chose for use in speech and writing. 39. What does aud and audi mean? A) To see. B) To hide. C) To write. D) To hear. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To hear. 40. What does poly mean? A) To carry. B) Many. C) A few. D) To walk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Many. 41. Based on the suffix-ment, which changes verbs into nouns, the word government as used in paragraph 1 means A) Political leaders. B) Without political leaders. C) More than one legal law. D) The one political leader. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Political leaders. 42. The meaning of this Latin root is "both" ..... A) Spect. B) Ambi. C) Bene. D) Aud. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ambi. 43. What is the meaning of the prefix 'iso-'? A) Opposite or reverse. B) Equal or same. C) Small or tiny. D) Large or big. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Equal or same. 44. Which word contains the root meaning "to hear" ? A) Tractor. B) Submarine. C) Credible. D) Audible. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Audible. 45. I was given a handful of cookies. What does "handful" mean? A) Without hands. B) With hands. C) Hands full of. D) Hands again. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hands full of. 46. If you add an affix to a root or base word, you change the meaning of the word. A) True. B) FalseTagsELAGSE8L4b. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 47. What are affixes? A) The smallest part in a word. B) Words without prefixes or suffixes. C) Word parts that change the meaning of a word. D) Words that have a Greek and Latin origin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Word parts that change the meaning of a word. 48. A musical instrument that has a curved metal tube and is played by blowing into a mouthpiece and pressing keys with your fingers A) Saxophone. B) -er, -or, -ian, -ist. C) Homophone. D) Phon. E) Symphony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Saxophone. 49. The root chron means time. What does the word chronological mean? A) Arranged in the order that the events occurred. B) Arranged in a fashion that is easy to understand. C) Arranged in no discernable fashion. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arranged in the order that the events occurred. 50. The root fic or fac means do or make. What does the word facilitate mean? A) Too feel small or insignificant. B) To cause something to be more efficient. C) To observe a legal proceeding. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To cause something to be more efficient. 51. Choose the correct word to fill in the blank:When I was a kid, there was no such thing as a ..... electronic device. Phones and game systems had to be plugged into the wall and you couldn't take them out of the house. A) Cellular. B) Expandable. C) Portable. D) Stationary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Portable. 52. The Latin root fer means A) Carry or bring. B) Out from or away. C) Soft. D) Hear. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carry or bring. 53. What is the meaning of the root "scop" ? A) To see or look. B) To hear. C) To have. D) To listen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To see or look. 54. What does ence/ance mean? A) To hear. B) Not. C) State of. D) To judge. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) State of. 55. The root greg means group. What does the word segregate mean? A) To cut down on the content of a speech or piece of writing. B) To replace something that is bad or broken. C) To separate or isolate from others. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To separate or isolate from others. 56. A podiatrist takes care of your A) Hands. B) Head. C) Feet. D) Back. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Feet. 57. Which of the following words would describe a person who studies either plant or animal life? A) Biologist. B) Antibiotic. C) Biography. D) Bioformica. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biologist. 58. A basic word with no prefixes or suffixes added to it ..... A) Past tense. B) Syllable. C) Root. D) Definition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Root. 59. If you have arachnophobia, you have ..... of spiders. A) A love. B) A fear of. C) Knowledge of. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A fear of. 60. The prefixes co-, con-, and com-mean: A) Forward/before. B) Relating to/ characterized by. C) Within. D) Together/with. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Together/with. ← 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