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 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The word manuscript contains the root word script with the prefix manu-. What is the definition of manuscript? A) A document written about another person. B) A rock carving. C) A homemade piece of furniture. D) A document written by hand. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A document written by hand. 2. The root cede means go or yield. What does the word intercede mean? A) To evaluate the opposing sides in an argument. B) To come between two parties trying to settle a disagreement. C) To request the legal resolution of a dispute. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To come between two parties trying to settle a disagreement. 3. Emma is curious about what a biologist does for work. Use the root word bio to infer what a biologist studies. A) Weather patterns. B) Heat and temperature. C) Living things. D) Rocks and minerals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Living things. 4. The affix "log/logue" means A) A type of communication or debate; word. B) Half; a part. C) Long; large. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A type of communication or debate; word. 5. The root words chron and temp mean: A) Color. B) Light. C) Temperature. D) Time. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Time. 6. The prefix ab-means: A) On/in/to. B) From/away. C) Forward/before. D) Together/with. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) From/away. 7. The definition of the root words CIR AND CYCLE is A) Sun. B) Circle. C) Solid. D) Bicycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Circle. 8. Which word has a Greek or Latin prefix? A) Theme. B) Perimeter. C) Serve. D) Happiness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Perimeter. 9. What does the prefix 'ex-/ exo-' mean? A) New. B) Out of; from. C) Into or not. D) Away from. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Out of; from. 10. What is the definition of the root-SPEC? A) Believe. B) Write. C) Do. D) See. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) See. 11. Which suffix is spelled correctly? A) Helpfull. B) Helpful. C) Helpingful. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Helpful. 12. What does the suffix illion mean? A) A prefix indicating a small number. B) A suffix indicating a large number, typically a power of a million. C) A term used for mathematical operations. D) A suffix denoting a type of animal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A suffix indicating a large number, typically a power of a million. 13. Which of the following words means "the process of being admitted into the hospital" ? A) Hospitalization. B) Temptation. C) Teledoc. D) Creation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hospitalization. 14. The word was complicated, so I put an ..... next to it. I explained it at the bottom of the article. A) Article. B) Amendment. C) Asterisk. D) Astronomer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Asterisk. 15. Fill in the blank:Aria commended the ..... of the new smartphone for its distinctive features and design. A) Dormancy. B) Manual. C) Innovation. D) Claustrophobia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Innovation. 16. Is a word part added to the front or end of a root word that changes the word's meaning. A) Prefix. B) Suffix. C) Affix. D) Root. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Affix. 17. Which is the correct affix that means "human" ? A) Anthro. B) Anth. C) Anthrop. D) Anthr. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anthrop. 18. The smell was unusual for this time of day. A) Root. B) Prefix. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prefix. 19. The root word geo (as in geology, geothermal) means ..... A) Earth. B) Hot earth. C) Study of. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Earth. 20. What does the root word cult mean? A) The root word 'cult' means 'destruction' or 'chaos'. B) The root word 'cult' means 'care'. C) The root word 'cult' means 'community' or 'group'. D) The root word 'cult' means 'knowledge' or 'wisdom'. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The root word 'cult' means 'care'. 21. Luna is reading about ancient astronomy. She comes across the term 'geocentric' and uses the root 'geo' to figure out what a geocentric view of the universe was. What does Luna conclude? A) Believing Earth was in the center. B) Believing all planets were like Earth. C) Wanting to explore the universe. D) Interest in studying the stars. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Believing Earth was in the center. 22. Based on the Latin prefix co-, meaning jointly, together, the word cooperates from paragraph 1 means A) Part from eachother. B) Separate from each other. C) Work together. D) Break up. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Work together. 23. What is a word that uses the root that means "to press" correctly? A) Disrepair. B) Pressure. C) Transport. D) Rewriting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pressure. 24. What does the root, "auto" mean? A) Self. B) Front. C) Top. D) Automatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Self. 25. What is the meaning of the suffixes-arium and-orium? A) State, condition. B) Person who. C) Place where. D) Study of. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Place where. 26. If an adverb is a word that describes an action, which of the following is NOT an adverb? A) Spoke. B) Silently. C) Loudly. D) Angrily. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spoke. 27. Which word shares the same root as "audible" ? A) Submarine. B) Audience. C) Credible. D) Tractor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Audience. 28. Based on the Latin root bene, the word benefit in paragraph 5 means A) Notice. B) Gift. C) Aid. D) Debt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aid. 29. The affix "phil" means- A) Heat; temperature. B) All; everything. C) Love. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Love. 30. What is the meaning of the suffixes-ian and-ist? A) Place where. B) State, quality. C) Person who. D) Some who fears. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Person who. 31. Create a new word by adding the prefix 'pre-' to the word 'view'. A) Prelook. B) Preview. C) Preobserve. D) Presee. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Preview. 32. The suffix-logy (as in biology, astrology) means ..... A) Study of. B) Life. C) Stars. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Study of. 33. What does the Latin root 'dict' mean? A) To say or speak. B) To write. C) To build. D) To run. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To say or speak. 34. Select the meaning of the root or affix:tele A) From afar, distance. B) In the manner of. C) Two. D) Close together. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) From afar, distance. 35. Grace visits the doctor with severe abdominal pain. The doctor mentions that she might have appendicitis. Use the suffix-itis to infer what appendicitis is. A) Medicine to ease inflammation. B) Not having an appendix. C) A type of emergency surgery. D) Inflammation of the appendix. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inflammation of the appendix. 36. The prefix auto-means A) You. B) Back. C) Self. D) Down. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Self. 37. Synonym for muster is? A) Mustard. B) Review. C) Respond. D) Assemble. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Assemble. 38. The suffixes-fy and-ify mean: A) To take/catch/ seize/hold/receive. B) Full of. C) Relating to/ characterized by. D) To make. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To make. 39. Add suffix (ing) to try A) Trying. B) Triing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trying. 40. The suffix-logist means A) Earth. B) One who does. C) Circle. D) One who does not. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) One who does. 41. Most modern operating systems have built-in screen servers that appear ..... A) Automatic. B) Automatically. C) Automaticity. D) Automatical. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Automatically. 42. Match the root/affix with its meaningliber A) Free. B) Feel. C) Not. D) Half. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Free. 43. To slide on a wet road because a thin layer of water on the road causes the tires to lose contact with it. A) Hydroplane. B) Hydrant. C) Dehydrated. D) Hydraulic. E) Hydrate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hydroplane. 44. The Latin root vis means A) Before. B) See. C) Far. D) Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) See. 45. Which words have the same SUFFIX as ACTIVITY? A) Cycle and Cyclopse. B) Happy and Funny. C) Acting and Actor. D) Humidity and Electricity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Humidity and Electricity. 46. To make something do what it should; to turn something on. A) Gradual. B) Degrade. C) Actual. D) Activate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Activate. 47. The root chron means time. What does the word synchronize mean? A) To arrange things in a confusing way. B) To arrange things to be moved away. C) To arrange things to happen at the same moment. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To arrange things to happen at the same moment. 48. The affix "chron" means- A) Life; living things. B) Generation or creation. C) Time. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Time. 49. What is the function of the suffix '-able' in the word 'readable'? A) Indicates negation. B) Indicates plurality. C) Indicates ability. D) Indicates past tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indicates ability. 50. The affix ..... ist on the end of a word means ..... A) With. B) Under. C) A person who. D) Able to. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A person who. 51. As LXD is learner-driven, the experience is personalised, adapted and tailored ..... A) Accorded. B) According. C) Accordingly. D) According. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Accordingly. 52. Gavin is reading a book and comes across the word unmovable. He wonders what the prefix un-means in this word. Can you help him? A) Able. B) Again. C) Move. D) Not. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not. 53. What word contains the root meaning 'Earth'? A) Rupture. B) Geology. C) Omnivore. D) Medium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Geology. 54. Which part of the word 'bureaucracy' means type of government? A) Bub. B) Crac. C) Cracy. D) Bureau. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cracy. 55. What is the root word in ''Disrespectful" ? A) Dis. B) Respect. C) Ful. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Respect. 56. What does the root word "therm" mean? A) Cold. B) Heat. C) Just right. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heat. 57. What is the impact of the prefix "in-" in the word "invisible" ? A) Indicates a location. B) Indicates time. C) Makes the word positive. D) Makes the word negative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Makes the word negative. 58. Which suffix means like to/relating to A) -er. B) -ish. C) -ly. D) -kly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) -ish. 59. In America, every person is expected to participate in the ..... , or the times when we choosenew leaders for ourselves. A) Saxophone. B) Election. C) Telephone. D) Evaluation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Election. 60. Many people tend to contradict their statement. A) Prefix. B) Root. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prefix. ← 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