This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Morphology > Roots Affixes – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Roots Affixes Quiz 17 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What do many prefixes and suffixes have in common? They are derived from ..... A) Arabic and Farsi words. B) Chinese and Korean words. C) French and German words. D) Greek and Latin words. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Greek and Latin words. 2. What is the meaning of the Latin root cred? A) Birth. B) Brother. C) Time. D) Believe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Believe. 3. What is the meaning of the root "super" ? A) The study of. B) Above. C) Likely to. D) Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Above. 4. We had to do everything ..... because the machines stopped working. A) Benevolently. B) Maliciously. C) Manually. D) Logically. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Manually. 5. Which prefix means "equal" ? A) Omni. B) Com, con. C) Equi. D) A, ab, abs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Equi. 6. The suffix-ly is used to describe how something is done. The word overly means ..... A) To do something over the extent needed. B) To do something with great enthusiasm. C) To do something under the extent needed. D) To do something without secrecy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To do something over the extent needed. 7. Which word has the root word meaning "alive or life?" A) Surrender. B) Submit. C) Superior. D) Survive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Survive. 8. What is the meaning of the suffixes-er and-or? A) Person who. B) Study of. C) Someone who fears. D) Place where. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Person who. 9. What is the meaning of the root "trans" ? A) Inclined to; likely to. B) Earth. C) Light. D) Extending across, through, or over. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Extending across, through, or over. 10. Meaning of "pend" A) Bend. B) Break. C) Star. D) Hang. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hang. 11. In which word does the root "therm" have the same meaning as it does in "thermometer" ? A) Thermal. B) Theme. C) Theorem. D) Therapy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thermal. 12. Melody can't remember anything! She's very forget ..... ! A) Able. B) Ful. C) Less. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ful. 13. The company requires the department to ..... the list of applicants. A) Shorten. B) Shorttening. C) Shortness. D) Short. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shorten. 14. Which suffix means "without" or "lacking" ? A) Less. B) Pre. C) Post. D) Scrib/script. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Less. 15. Which word contains the root for 'many'? A) Polyester. B) Telescope. C) Cordial. D) Rupture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Polyester. 16. What is the best definition for the affix "micro" ? A) Sight. B) Waves. C) Big. D) Small. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Small. 17. Which word has a prefix meaning "bad" ? A) Malicious. B) Benefit. C) Pandemic. D) Retrofit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Malicious. 18. What is the meaning of the suffix-fy? A) To make. B) Out. C) False. D) Around. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To make. 19. We walked slowly down the trail with great trepidation. No one who had gone this way had ever been heard from again. Had they simply found a better place to settle on this dark planet? We doubted that.Which word is a synonym of "trepidation" ? A) Enjoyment. B) Movement. C) Laughter. D) Worry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Worry. 20. I thought about being a mortician until I smelled formaldehyde. It made me dizzy. What is the meaning of the root word mort-as it is used in the word mortician? A) Self. B) Death. C) Follow. D) Biology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Death. 21. The Greek root phon means A) Sound. B) Hear. C) Loud. D) Soft. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sound. 22. What root mean true? A) Veri. B) Port. C) Vince. D) Tent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Veri. 23. What sound does "ed" make in the word "cracked" A) /ed/. B) /d/. C) /t/. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) /t/. 24. What is the meaning of the Greek root graph? A) Write. B) Time. C) False. D) Relating to. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Write. 25. Which of the following is a meaning of the prefix 'co-'? A) Against. B) Together/with. C) Apart. D) Opposite. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Together/with. 26. Which word has the suffix meaning "make or become" ? A) Mythic. B) Captivity. C) Terrify. D) Modesty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Terrify. 27. What is the meaning of the suffix-ologist? A) Place where. B) State, condition. C) Person who studies. D) Someone who fears. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Person who studies. 28. $_{Use your knowledge of roots/prefixes to determine the meaning of the word}$tempo A) Good management. B) Timing or speed of something. C) Writing about music. D) Bad musical practice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Timing or speed of something. 29. What is the meaning of-tion/-ation A) Having qualities of. B) The act or process of. C) Across; change; through. D) Characterized by. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The act or process of. 30. Children who do this are usually punished in school and at home. A) Misbehave. B) Misjudge. C) Misinform. D) Misunderstand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Misbehave. ← 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