This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Morphology > Roots Affixes – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Roots Affixes Quiz 16 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The student broke the rules about tucking in her shirt; eventually, she earned a detention for her many dress code ..... A) Benevolence. B) Orthographics. C) Infractions. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Infractions. 2. The root of acute means: A) Soft. B) Sharp. C) Smooth. D) Hard. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sharp. 3. A person receiving a telegraph can read the message because it is written on paper. Which part of the word telegraph is related to writing? A) Tele. B) Graph. C) Telegraph. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Graph. 4. Which word has the prefix meaning "all" ? A) Hypodermic. B) Retrofit. C) Pandemic. D) Benefit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pandemic. 5. Find the correct spelling word to complete the sentence.Donna is ..... her puppy. A) Naming. B) Nameing. C) Names. D) Named. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Naming. 6. Which root/affix means:two A) Helios. B) Di-. C) -ify. D) Dia. E) Fac/fact/fect/fic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Di-. 7. Which root means "to see" or "to look" ? A) Fore. B) Aud. C) Spect. D) Ible/able. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spect. 8. What does the suffix-ed mean? A) Full of. B) Past tense / in the past. C) Present tense / happening now. D) More than one. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past tense / in the past. 9. Root words carry a universal meaning, so no matter who is using the root, the core meaning will remain the same. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 10. What is the meaning of the root pre-? A) After or following. B) Without or lacking. C) Before. D) During or while. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Before. 11. What is the meaning of the affix in the word beautiful? A) Again. B) In the manner of. C) Small. D) Full of. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Full of. 12. Choose the correct word to fill in the blank:The SETI project (or Search for Extraterrestrial Life) searches for ..... like radio signals from space that might come from alien civilizations. A) Transmutations. B) Transgressions. C) Transmissions. D) Transparencies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transmissions. 13. What is the meaning of the root multi-? A) Solitary. B) Unique. C) Single. D) Many or multiple. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Many or multiple. 14. Seventy-eight year old Bill Baxter has ..... completed his third marathon. A) Successfuly. B) Successfully. C) Successful. D) Successfull. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Successfully. 15. What is the definition of 'affix' in linguistics? A) A morpheme that is attached to a word to modify its meaning, including prefixes and suffixes. B) A type of word that stands alone and does not require any additional morphemes. C) A grammatical rule that dictates the order of words in a sentence. D) A sound that is added to the beginning of a word to change its pronunciation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A morpheme that is attached to a word to modify its meaning, including prefixes and suffixes. 16. The suffix-logy means A) One who does not. B) The study of. C) Beneath. D) One who does. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The study of. 17. Only an hour or so had passed before a tremendous roar shook the ground. At that very moment, a strange grey creature materialized before our eyes. It resembled a lizard in shape. It was about ten feet high at the shoulders and at least fifty feet long. What did the creature do? A) It whipped its tail back and forth. B) It stamped its feet. C) It showed its sharp teeth. D) It appeared. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It appeared. 18. The Greek root bio means A) Life. B) Not. C) Warm. D) Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Life. 19. Add the suffix '-able' to the word 'comfort' to create a new word. A) Comforted. B) Comfortless. C) Comfortable. D) Comforting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comfortable. 20. Select the meaning of the root or affix:ness A) Again. B) Not. C) State of being. D) From afar, distance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) State of being. 21. Civ is a root that means ..... A) Straight, Correct. B) Hear. C) Citizen. D) Walk. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Citizen. 22. The chocolate is morphing in the heat. A) Prefix. B) Root. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Root. 23. What does the prefix "mega-" mean? A) Great/huge. B) Small. C) After/following. D) Relating to. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Great/huge. 24. If a student wanted to find out who won the World Series in 2010, which resource could be used? A) Thesaurus. B) Almanac. C) Dictionary. D) Atlas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Almanac. 25. What does the prefix ambi-mean? A) Many. B) Both. C) Worthy, capable of. D) To make. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Both. 26. The science of life is called: A) Biology. B) Sociology. C) Pshychology. D) Cardiology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biology. 27. What is the meaning of the root equ? A) Different. B) Unequal. C) Opposite. D) Equal or same. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Equal or same. 28. Wouldn't it be cool if we could teleport to Spain? I really want to see the World Cup. What is the meaning of the prefix tele-as it is used in the word teleport? A) Far/distance. B) World. C) Death. D) Small. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Far/distance. 29. The root word agree had the prefix dis added to the beginning of it. What does the prefix do to the root? A) It makes the verb a noun. B) It doesn't change the word's word type. C) It makes the noun an adjective. D) It makes the adjective a verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It doesn't change the word's word type. 30. What is the meaning of "malpractice" as it is used below?The doctors showed medical malpractice when they prescribed the wrong medication. A) Incorrect. B) Strange. C) Bad. D) Immature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bad. ← 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