This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Morphology > Roots Affixes – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Roots Affixes Quiz 15 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which root word means book? A) Aero. B) Bio. C) Geo. D) Biblio. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biblio. 2. The ball was in motion before she caught it A) Root. B) Sufffix. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sufffix. 3. Is phon a root, suffix or a prefix? A) Suffix. B) Prefix. C) Root. D) Word. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Root. 4. Which word below contains the root word that means SUN? A) Circular. B) Solid. C) Solar. D) Sunshine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Solar. 5. Which word has a Greek prefix meaning "self" ? A) Geography. B) Automatic. C) Telescope. D) Biology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Automatic. 6. What does the affix '-ant' mean? A) Away from. B) One hundred. C) Not. D) One who. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) One who. 7. Which part of the word 'convolution' means roll? A) Convo. B) Volut. C) Con. D) Tion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Volut. 8. What does luc or lum mean? A) Hide. B) Think. C) See. D) Light. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Light. 9. If a group of people are working "sympathetically, " what does the prefix sym-suggest about their actions? A) They are working separately. B) They are working against each other. C) They are working together. D) They are working quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They are working together. 10. I can't decide who my favorite antagonist is. It's either Darth Vader, Lord Voldemort, or the Joker. The word antagonist has a prefix that means- A) Evil. B) Against. C) Powerful. D) Bad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Against. 11. Does a cell phone antedate the dinosaurs? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 12. HopWe ..... out of the car and went to the store. A) Hopped. B) Hoped. C) Hopd. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hopped. 13. The word "autograph" contains the root "auto." What does "auto" mean? A) Self. B) Other. C) Many. D) Fast. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Self. 14. What language do most of the English words come from? A) French. B) Anglo-Saxon. C) Latin. D) Greek. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Latin. 15. Ava has a fear of spiders, known as "arachnophobia." In this context, what does the root "arachno-" refer to? A) Spiders. B) Birds. C) Insects. D) Snakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spiders. 16. Thing which; like, related to A) -ine. B) -idity. C) Ex-. D) Dis-. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -ine. 17. The Greek root auto means A) Not. B) Life. C) Self. D) Car. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Self. 18. What does the root "hetero" mean? A) Different/other. B) Same. C) Over/above. D) Time. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Different/other. 19. The word unnecessarily contains which of the following? A) A prefix only. B) A suffix only. C) Neither a prefix or suffix. D) Both a prefix and a suffix. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both a prefix and a suffix. 20. What does the Greek root 'chron' mean, as in the word 'chronology'? A) Sound. B) Place. C) Time. D) Light. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Time. 21. To even out something that was unequally balanced you need to ..... A) Depend. B) Dispense. C) Expensive. D) Compensate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compensate. 22. My mom uses a pan to cook eggs. (a) A) A. nonstick. B) Nonfat. C) Nonskid. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. nonstick. 23. Credence is from Latin root 'cred' which means ..... A) Say. B) With. C) Believe. D) Against. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Believe. 24. Which words have the same ROOT as VISION? A) Revision and Television. B) Ended and Lasted. C) Bonus and Bonafide. D) Crazy and Foggy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Revision and Television. 25. What does the root luc mean? A) Write. B) Light. C) Sight. D) Might. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Light. 26. The Latin root, "qui" means quiet. A quiescent place is ..... A) Very isolated. B) Very chaotic. C) Very dangerous. D) Very still and restful. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Very still and restful. 27. From what Latin root is the word circumscribe? A) Circum. B) Circ. C) Cire. D) Cirr. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Circum. 28. The prefix RE-means "again, " so if you REBUILD something, you: A) Fix it up. B) Build it for the first time. C) Build it again. D) Tear it down. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Build it again. 29. Which word has the prefix meaning "under or below" ? A) Malicious. B) Pandemic. C) Hypodermic. D) Benefit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hypodermic. 30. My sister always spells words correctly. She is an excellent ..... A) Malediction. B) Orthographist. C) Benefactor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Orthographist. 31. In order to bake a cake, you must first prepare the batter. The prefix pre-in the word prepare means: A) Until. B) Before. C) Move. D) After. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Before. 32. The root min means small. What does the word diminish mean? A) To delay or prevent from occurring. B) To reduce in importance or size. C) To give away in equal portions. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To reduce in importance or size. 33. What are Latin Affixes A) Prefixes. B) Suffixes. C) Root. D) Prefixes and Suffixes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prefixes and Suffixes. 34. $_{Use your knowledge of roots/prefixes to determine the meaning of the word}$malignant A) Neutral, something that will not harm you. B) Harmful, dangerous. C) Something that lasts a short time. D) Writing about (study of) earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Harmful, dangerous. 35. What is the meaning of the root word "chron" A) Sound. B) Word. C) Time. D) Carry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Time. 36. If the Latin root port means to carry, and the prefix trans means across, then the word transport means A) To take from one place to another. B) To look from one place to another. C) To run from one place to another. D) To walk from one place to another. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To take from one place to another. 37. The criminal felt his sentence was ..... since he was only helping his buddy commit the crime; it wasn't his own idea or plan. A) Obsessed. B) Justified. C) Denounced. D) Unjust. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unjust. 38. Without responsibility; careless A) Reckless. B) Breathless. C) Fearless. D) Tireless. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reckless. 39. What is the meaning of the Greek root hydr? A) Water. B) Believe. C) Measure. D) Sound. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Water. 40. The clerk was putting the bicycles together in the back of the shop. One bike seemed to fall apart after it was knocked over. The night clerk had to put it together again. Which word means "to put it together again" ? A) Rebuy. B) Rewrite. C) Redo. D) Reassemble. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reassemble. 41. The suffix ..... changes a verb to person/noun. A) -ette. B) -er/-or. C) -ed. D) -es. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) -er/-or. 42. Identify the root in the word 'transport' and its meaning. A) Port-, carry. B) Trans-, carry. C) Port-, across. D) Trans-, across. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Port-, carry. 43. What is the root of the word aquifer? A) Uif. B) Aqu. C) Fer. D) Qui. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aqu. 44. A hydrometer is an instrument used for detecting and registering sound transmitted through ..... A) Water. B) Skin. C) Earth. D) Star. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Water. 45. Which prefix can be added to the root word "calculate" ? A) Tri-. B) Semi-. C) Sub-. D) Re-. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Re-. 46. What is the meaning of the following root/affix?trans A) Adds a sense of under. B) From Greek, meaning to measure. C) Describes a quality or condition. D) From Latin, meaning across. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) From Latin, meaning across. 47. Choose the correct word to fill in the blank:New York's ..... system is a maze of underground tunnels that span many miles. A) Street. B) Subway. C) Sanitation. D) Railway. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subway. 48. What does the root 'act' mean? A) Do. B) Speed. C) Clear. D) Take. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Do. 49. What is the meaning of the prefix peri? A) Around. B) Measure. C) All. D) Many. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Around. 50. Harshness or severity of manner or tone A) Asperity. B) Disturbance. C) Perturbation. D) Turbidity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asperity. 51. What does the root 'duc' (duce, duct) mean? A) Shape. B) Reciprocal, borrowed. C) Lead. D) Write, mark. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lead. 52. Which root/affix means:between A) Junto, junctum. B) Kinesis, cinema. C) Inter. D) Ex-, exo-. E) Ignis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inter. 53. The party was very ..... , nothing happened and I was bored the whole time. A) Uneventful. B) Purposeful. C) Forgetful. D) Peaceful. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Uneventful. 54. Which word means to "sell from far away" ? A) Telephone. B) Telemarketing. C) Teleconference. D) Teledoc. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Telemarketing. 55. Able to be foretold, capable of being predicted A) Generalize. B) Illegible. C) Predicted. D) Identifiable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Predicted. 56. The meaning of the root "cept" is: A) Little or small. B) Carry. C) Turn. D) Take. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Take. 57. The root 'LOGY' in the word 'Geology' means? A) Study of "water". B) Study of "sky". C) Study of "fire". D) Study of "rocks". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Study of "rocks". 58. What does ology or logy mean? A) To believe. B) To think. C) To study. D) To write. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To study. 59. Based on your knowledge of roots and affixes, what does the word "speculative" mean? A) A person who makes guesses or theories about things they see. B) A tendency to make guesses or create theories about things. C) Seeing the possible causes of a situation. D) The act of seeing things. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A tendency to make guesses or create theories about things. 60. Psychology is the study of men's ..... A) Skill. B) Body. C) Knowledge. D) Minds. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Minds. ← 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