This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Morphology > Roots Affixes – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Roots Affixes Quiz 18 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Select the meaning of the root or affix:ly A) State of being. B) More. C) In the manner of. D) One who. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In the manner of. 2. Match the root/affix with its meaningnov A) Eleven. B) Star. C) New. D) Nine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) New. 3. Aria is organizing a word game for her friends. She gives them a list of words and asks, "Which word does NOT have the same prefix as quadruple?" A) Quadruplet. B) Quantum. C) Quadruceps. D) Quadrant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quantum. 4. Sometimes I think that my mom is omniscient. She always knows when to call and check up on me. What is the meaning of the the prefix omni-as it is used in the wordomniscient? A) Against. B) Self. C) Distance. D) All/every. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All/every. 5. What is the meaning of the Latin root magna/magni? A) Measure. B) Great, large. C) State of, quality. D) Mother. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Great, large. 6. What is the meaning of the suffix '-ics' in the word 'linguistics'? A) It refers to a specific language. B) It denotes a type of animal. C) It signifies a method of communication. D) It indicates a field of study or science. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It indicates a field of study or science. 7. Done in a slow manner with small steps of change. A) Gradually. B) Deactivate. C) Actually. D) Graduate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gradually. 8. During the Wild West era, ..... were used to send written messages back and forth across long distances. A) Annuity. B) Telegrams. C) Counteractions. D) Desolate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Telegrams. 9. What is the meaning of the root-tion/-ation? A) State or condition. B) Act or process. C) Result or product. D) Person or thing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Act or process. 10. Which of the following roots/affixes mean "young?" A) Anti-. B) -less. C) Pyro. D) Juven. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Juven. 11. The suffixes-ous, -ious, and-eous mean: A) Result of an action/collection. B) Inclined/tending toward an action. C) To make. D) Full of/characterized by. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Full of/characterized by. 12. Some people in Florida decided they did not want to follow ..... orders. A) Reaction. B) Election. C) Evacuation. D) Creation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Evacuation. 13. Phonetics is the study of the ..... of speech. A) Sounds. B) Loudness. C) Forms. D) Grammars. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sounds. 14. What does ject mean? A) To throw. B) To send. C) To carry. D) To write. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To throw. 15. What is the meaning of the affix in the word repeat? A) Full of. B) Before. C) After. D) Again. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Again. 16. The prefix intra-means: A) Alongside/next to. B) After. C) Without. D) Within. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Within. 17. What do the SUFFIXES-ity and-ty mean? A) To carry. B) Water. C) State of/quality of. D) To write. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) State of/quality of. 18. In order to get inside the foot to operate, the doctor had to get make a small ..... above the large toe. A) Automaton. B) Cuticle. C) Footician. D) Incision. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Incision. 19. Zaria is reading a book and comes across the words 'dialogue' and 'logical.' She wonders what the Greek root 'log' means. What does it mean? A) Word or reason. B) Light or vision. C) Movement or action. D) Sound or hearing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Word or reason. 20. What does the suffix-able, -ible mean A) Worthy, capable of. B) Great, large. C) Measure. D) Sound. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Worthy, capable of. 21. Yesterday was such an atypical day. My schedule was completely different because we were taking our SOLs. The word atypical has a prefix that means- A) Never. B) School. C) Not. D) Usual. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not. 22. Use the suffix-ical to infer the meaning of comical. A) Drawn in pictures. B) Part of a long story. C) Not funny. D) Having to do with comedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Having to do with comedy. 23. The cosmonaut spent six months aboard the space station. After he lands back on Earth, he said that he really wants to go get a cheeseburger. What is the meaning of the root word cosm-as it is used in the words cosmosand cosmonaut? A) Flee. B) Distance. C) World. D) Small. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) World. 24. A science article uses the word "photosynthesis." Use your understanding of Greek roots to reason out the meaning of the word and choose the best definition. A) The process of cell division. B) The process of breaking down food. C) The process by which plants make food using light. D) The study of animal life. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The process by which plants make food using light. 25. Contra-is a prefix that means ..... A) Against. B) Believe. C) From, Away. D) Citizen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Against. 26. What does hydro or hydra mean? A) Water. B) Light. C) Above. D) Under. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Water. 27. Which prefix means middle? A) A/an. B) Pre. C) Mid. D) Be. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mid. 28. What is the meaning of the Latin root omni? A) Write. B) Sound. C) All. D) Time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All. 29. Based on your knowledge of roots and affixes. What does the word dishonorable mean? A) Having honor. B) Not able to honor. C) Capable of honor. D) Full of honor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not able to honor. 30. Which word has the suffix meaning "pertaining to or having to do with" ? A) Mythic. B) Modesty. C) Terrify. D) Captivity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mythic. 31. Action of agitating, anxiety A) Perturbation. B) Exasperation. C) Turbine. D) Turbidity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Perturbation. 32. What do the affixes "uni" and "du" have in common? A) They both refer to amount or how many of something there else. B) They each have to do with people and society. C) They are oppisites representing size. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They both refer to amount or how many of something there else. 33. The state of being independent- A) Dependent. B) Independence. C) Occupants. D) Indeniable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Independence. 34. The prefix goes: A) Before the root word. B) After the root word. C) It does not belong with the root word. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Before the root word. 35. Analyze the affix "ment" in the word "enjoyment" and determine its impact on the root word. A) Turns the word into an adjective. B) Turns the word into an adverb. C) Turns the word into a noun. D) Turns the word into a verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Turns the word into a noun. 36. Crit is a root that means ..... A) Hear. B) Separate, Choose. C) Color. D) Believe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Separate, Choose. 37. Operated by pressure of a fluid A) Dehydrated. B) Hydroplane. C) Hydrant. D) Hydrate. E) Hydraulic. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Hydraulic. 38. What word means accomplishing an aim or goal? A) Doubtfully. B) Successful. C) Grateful. D) Uneventful. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Successful. 39. Oliver is learning new words in his language class. He comes across the word 'audio' and his teacher tells him it comes from the Latin root 'aud'. What does the Latin root 'aud' mean? A) Write. B) See. C) Run. D) Hear. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hear. 40. Which of the following words contains a prefix meaning 'against'? A) Submarine. B) Antibiotic. C) Unhappy. D) Proactive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antibiotic. 41. Related to right now; done or existing currently. A) Gradual. B) Actual. C) Activate. D) Degrade. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Actual. 42. If a selection has a list of characters, stage directions, and dialogue, it is most likely a A) Nonfiction. B) Fiction. C) Drama. D) Poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Drama. 43. What does the root scop mean? A) To hear. B) To have. C) To see/look. D) To listen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To see/look. 44. Kensley is learning new words in her English class. Her teacher explains that a base word is important because it is a word that can stand alone and communicate its complete ..... What does Kensley learn? A) Color. B) Meaning. C) Sound. D) Size. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meaning. 45. What's the meaning of the Latin root "vers" ?Example:reverse A) Send. B) Turn. C) Carry. D) Write. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Turn. 46. To describe the character or special qualities of someone or something. A) Sheepishly. B) Alternate. C) Downtime. D) Characterized. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Characterized. 47. What do the suffixes "-ion" and "-al" mean? A) Action or process. B) Three. C) To play. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Action or process. 48. What is the meaning of the root bio? A) Fear. B) Time. C) Life. D) Carry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Life. 49. Many Americans are uncomfortable with ..... , and they tend to avoid it in a conversation. A) Silent. B) Silences. C) Silently. D) Silence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Silence. 50. Use context clues to determine the meaning of the word "misplace" in the sentence: "I often misplace my keys, leaving them in unusual spots." A) To place in the usual spot. B) To place correctly. C) To place quickly. D) To place incorrectly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To place incorrectly. 51. Archie was infamous in the principal's office for his many ..... and failure to do as he was instructed. A) Misdeeds. B) Interjections. C) Postludes. D) Contacts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Misdeeds. 52. Arjun is reading a book and comes across a word that means "new" and is derived from the Latin root "novus." Which word is it? A) Natural. B) Dormant. C) Manual. D) Novel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Novel. 53. Apart, opposite of A) Asper. B) Ex-. C) Per-. D) Dis-. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dis-. 54. The cleaning lady was happy about helping the family upstairs. She worked to clean their apartment in a cheerful, pleasant way. She worked ..... A) Greedily. B) Loudly. C) Cheerfully. D) Softly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cheerfully. 55. Select the meaning of the root or affix:bi A) Two. B) Three. C) One. D) Many. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Two. 56. What is the meaning of trans-? A) Across; change; through. B) To carry. C) Above; beyond. D) How something is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Across; change; through. 57. The suffix ..... means one who, that which; like, related to. A) (u)ation. B) (u)ate. C) (i)ent. D) (u)al. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) (i)ent. 58. What is the prefix in disagree A) Disagree. B) Agree. C) Dis. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dis. 59. The root pens means weigh out or distribute. What does the word recompense mean? A) To contribute to a person's well being. B) To give money to a person for a service or loss. C) To sue a person for injury or harm. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To give money to a person for a service or loss. 60. Affixes are both prefixes and suffixes. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. ← 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