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 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. There were fragments of glass on the floor. In the sentence, fragments contains the root frag which means: A) Hard. B) Clear. C) Sharp. D) Break. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Break. 2. What does the root "tele" in the word "telegraph" mean? A) Write. B) Sound. C) Light. D) Far. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Far. 3. What does the Greek Root AGRI mean A) Sand. B) Farming. C) Outside. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Farming. 4. Analyze the affix "il-" in the word "illogical" and determine its impact on the root word. A) Indicates a location. B) Indicates time. C) Makes the word negative. D) Makes the word positive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Makes the word negative. 5. Identify the suffix in the word below.ungrateful A) Un. B) Grate. C) Ful. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ful. 6. Select the meaning of the root or affix:uni A) Again. B) Many. C) One. D) Before. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) One. 7. The suffixes-ly and-ily often turn an adjective into A) A verb. B) A noun. C) An alien. D) An adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An adverb. 8. What is the meaning of port? A) Having characteristics of. B) Across; change; through. C) How something. D) To carry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To carry. 9. The Latin root 'scrib/script' means A) Write. B) Read. C) Listen. D) Speak. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Write. 10. In the word 'transport', what does the prefix 'trans-' mean? A) Under. B) Before. C) After. D) Across. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Across. 11. Which root means life? A) Bio. B) Scrib. C) Vac. D) Voc. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bio. 12. If something is misshaped, it is ..... A) Shaped wrong. B) Shaped like a circle. C) Shaped in the middle. D) Shaped by hand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shaped wrong. 13. During a vocabulary lesson, Aria asked her teacher about the origin of the word "natural." The teacher explained that it is derived from the Latin root "natus." What does this root mean? A) Artificial. B) Born. C) Created. D) Destroyed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Born. 14. An action or process A) -idity. B) -ation. C) -ulence. D) -ine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) -ation. 15. What is the meaning of graph? A) Same. B) Lead; make. C) Write. D) Different. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Write. 16. The root word geo means: A) Growth, abundance. B) Life, living. C) Earth, ground. D) Map, chart. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Earth, ground. 17. What is the meaning of prefix "hypo-" A) Not. B) Above. C) Below. D) Opposite/against. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Below. 18. What is the meaning of the suffix "-ive" ? A) Inclined to; likely to. B) Above. C) Move across. D) Light. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inclined to; likely to. 19. Select the meaning of the root or affix:er A) Three. B) Not. C) One who. D) State of being. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) One who. 20. What does graph mean? A) To write. B) To use. C) To send. D) To hear. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To write. 21. Don't unbuckle your seat while the car is in motion.What does unbuckle mean? A) Buckle before. B) Full of buckles. C) Do the opposite of buckle. D) Buckle before. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Do the opposite of buckle. 22. A prefix is added in front of the root word which gives new meaning to the word as a whole. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 23. What is the meaning of pre-? A) Together. B) Far, distant. C) Before. D) Under. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Before. 24. What does the root port mean? A) To carry. B) For / forward. C) To see. D) Distance / far / across. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To carry. 25. Using your knowledge of roots and affixes, what does amphibious mean? A) Possessing the full abilities of both ways. B) Both are full. C) Characteristic of amplitude. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Possessing the full abilities of both ways. 26. What does un mean? A) Star. B) Book. C) Not. D) Life. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not. 27. My benefactor steals from me all of the time.Does the word benefactor make sense in this sentence? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 28. What is the meaning of the suffix '-ment'? A) Brother. B) Action or process. C) The Study of. D) State of Being. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Action or process. 29. $_{Use your knowledge of roots/prefixes to determine the meaning of the word}$malnutrition A) Writing about someone else's life. B) Having a short life. C) Having bad/poor nutrition. D) Having plenty of nutritious food. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Having bad/poor nutrition. 30. A medical doctor, especially a doctor who is not a surgeon A) -er, -or, -ian, -ist. B) Phonics. C) Reporter. D) Physician. E) Homophone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Physician. ← 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