This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Morphology > Roots Affixes – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Roots Affixes Quiz 14 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What root word means "heat" A) Rupt. B) Therm. C) Grad, gres. D) Meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Therm. 2. Use context clues to determine the meaning of the word "misunderstand" in the sentence: "He tends to misunderstand instructions, often doing the opposite of what is asked." A) To understand well. B) To understand partially. C) To not understand correctly. D) To understand quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To not understand correctly. 3. What is the meaning of the suffix-ment? A) Study of. B) State, condition. C) Result. D) With. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Result. 4. Related to steps of change in something like color (rainbow), temperature, or when a road goes higher or lower. A) Actual. B) Gradient. C) Actually. D) Graduation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gradient. 5. Which of the following statements about SUMMARIZING is true? A) The Summary is always found in the first sentence of the passage. B) The Summary is a thought that is true but is not in the passage. C) The Summary is what the passage is mostly about. D) The Summary is specific, detailed information contained in the passage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Summary is what the passage is mostly about. 6. To come before or ahead of- A) Autocrat. B) Scribble. C) Precede. D) Inviable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Precede. 7. Which of the following words contains a root meaning 'life'? A) Geography. B) Photograph. C) Biology. D) Autograph. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biology. 8. What is the meaning of the root non-? A) Opposite. B) In favor. C) Not or without. D) Against. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not or without. 9. The word "excerpt" 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: D) A portion or section taken from a book, article, etc. 10. "Some languages use a circumflex accent above a letter for pronunciation." The word circumflex in the previous sentence comes from a root meaning ..... A) Bend. B) Bad, worse. C) Break; shatter. D) Good, well. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bend. 11. Based on the Latin root scrib, which means to write, the word prescribed as used in paragraph 2 means A) A verbal order. B) A written suggestion. C) A verbal suggestion. D) A written letter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A written suggestion. 12. Select the root word that means "to hear" A) Aud, audi. B) Cred. C) Graph. D) Ped, pod. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aud, audi. 13. Apply your understanding of roots, prefixes, and suffixes to decode the word 'disbelief'. A) Not believing. B) Fully believing. C) Partially believing. D) Completely believing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not believing. 14. What is the meaning of the latin root "partire" ? A) To part. B) To combine or merge. C) To multiply or increase. D) To understand or comprehend. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To part. 15. What is the meaning of the Latin root mater/matri? A) Mother. B) Great, large. C) Believe. D) Brother. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mother. 16. Which words have a prefix? A) Sign. B) Reader. C) Unclear. D) Flame. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unclear. 17. Match the word "misjudge" with its definition. A) To judge wrongly. B) To judge too late. C) To judge correctly. D) To judge quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To judge wrongly. 18. What is the meaning of the root 'omni'? A) Earth. B) Break. C) Both. D) All. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All. 19. Which two roots mean the same thing? A) "pathos" and "chronos". B) "lum" and "luc". C) "vid" and "lum". D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "lum" and "luc". 20. What is the meaning of happily? A) In the manner of being happy. B) Before happy. C) Being happy twice. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the manner of being happy. 21. Which sentence uses the word "dampness" correctly? A) Dampness rags can help clean the mess. B) The dampness in her hair dried up after using the blow dryer. C) All the dampness got drier and drier until everything was completely wet. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The dampness in her hair dried up after using the blow dryer. 22. What does the PREFIX-re mean? A) Un. B) Re. C) Not. D) Again. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Again. 23. What is the best definition for the affix "pan" ? A) People. B) Many. C) All. D) Also. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All. 24. The bookstore has many used books that you can buy ..... A) Carefully. B) Slowly. C) Cheaply. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cheaply. 25. The root bel means war. What does the word rebellion mean? A) The act of enforcing the law and punishing criminals. B) The act of working together to achieve a common goal. C) The act of rising up in armed opposition of the government. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The act of rising up in armed opposition of the government. 26. $_{Use your knowledge of roots/prefixes to determine the meaning of the word}$beneficence A) Writing about your own life. B) Doing good. C) Doing evil. D) Speaking a long life to someone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Doing good. 27. Which of the following words contains the prefix 'pre-'? A) Preview. B) Postpone. C) Replay. D) Uncover. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Preview. 28. Which of the following words is based on the Latin root that means "to hear" ? A) Deafening. B) Audible. C) Attention. D) Sensory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Audible. 29. Ortho is a root that means ..... A) Citizen. B) Separate, Choose. C) Hear. D) Straight, Correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Straight, Correct. 30. Fill in the blank:Her intense fear of spiders, known as ..... , kept her from going into the basement. A) Novelty. B) Arachnophobia. C) Extravagance. D) Dormancy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arachnophobia. ← 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