This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Morphology > Roots Affixes – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Roots Affixes Quiz 19 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does the root sens/sent mean? A) Equal. B) To feel. C) Ring. D) To know. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To feel. 2. The root puls means drive or push. What does the word compulsory mean? A) Required or forced. B) Kind and generous. C) Hostile or inclined to argue. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Required or forced. 3. $_{Use your knowledge of roots/prefixes to determine the meaning of the word}$malaria A) Helpful, useful, or valuable in some way. B) A disease originally thought to be caused by "bad air". C) To play with no time to have prepared a piece of music. D) To delay in order to gain more time to do something. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A disease originally thought to be caused by "bad air". 4. Identify the prefix in the word below.ungrateful A) Un. B) Grate. C) Ful. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Un. 5. As I walked in the door, I was amazed at the beautiful colors and smells. I knew it would be hard to decide what I would buy with my $ 3. The chocolate truffles looked delicious, but they were expensive. The jelly beans were not only cheaper, but so colorful! With so much to choose from, I knew I would be here a long time. Where am I? A) Gas station. B) Candy store. C) Grocery store. D) Shoe store. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Candy store. 6. Match the root/affix with its meaningship A) To throw. B) Within. C) Condition of, skill. D) Put in motion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Condition of, skill. 7. The affix "gen" means- A) Speech or language. B) Generation or creation; kind or type. C) Long; large. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Generation or creation; kind or type. 8. If I exclude someone from my team, would they play in the final game with me? A) No because they are shut out. B) Yes because they are part of the team. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No because they are shut out. 9. A bibliography is: A) The science of life. B) A person's own signature. C) A list of books. D) Involving two sides. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A list of books. 10. What does the suffix '-ology' mean in the word 'geology'? A) The history of. B) The art of. C) The study of. D) The science of. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The study of. 11. Which word comes from a root that means "see" ? A) Visible. B) Looks. C) Vise. D) Helpful. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Visible. 12. If the prefix "a-" is added to the word "moral, " its new meaning is "not moral" A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. What does the prefix 'equa-/ equi-' mean? A) Into or not. B) Equal; the same. C) One hundred. D) The study of. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Equal; the same. 14. The prefix a-means: A) On/in/to. B) From/away. C) In front of/before. D) Together/with. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On/in/to. 15. Which root word means life? A) Port. B) Graph. C) Ped. D) Bio. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bio. 16. A passage uses the word "export." Using your knowledge of Latin roots and affixes, explain how you would figure out its meaning and select the correct definition. A) To write down. B) To build up. C) To send out to another country. D) To bring in from another country. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To send out to another country. 17. Since post means after/following, which word means to put off until later? A) Phonics. B) PodiumTagsELAGSE8L4b. C) Ponder. D) Postpone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Postpone. 18. A state of confusion and disorder A) Asperity. B) Perturbation. C) Disturbance. D) Turbulence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Turbulence. 19. A root word is where the core meaning comes from. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 20. The Latin root aud means A) See. B) Sound. C) Hear. D) Before. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hear. 21. The root cred means trust or believe. What does the word credibility mean? A) The quality of being convincing. B) The quality of being timely and precise. C) The quality of being well-spoken. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The quality of being convincing. 22. Which letter would you double in the word "chat" before adding-ed? A) A. B) C. C) T. D) H. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) T. 23. What is the meaning of the Latin root tempo? A) Believe. B) Sound. C) Brother. D) Time. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Time. 24. $_{Use your knowledge of roots/prefixes to determine the meaning of the word}$autograph A) Bad medical practice. B) A person who helps people or institutions. C) Self written. D) Worker hired for a short period of "time". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Self written. 25. Word-parts that change the meaning of the words they attach to A) Suffix. B) Affix. C) Prefix. D) Root. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Affix. 26. What is the suffix in the word" happiness" ? A) Happy. B) Ness. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ness. 27. Match the root/affix with its meaningbell A) War. B) Land. C) Sound. D) Other. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) War. 28. Are etymologies of words the same as definitions of words? A) Yes, etymology is the same as the definition of a word. B) No, they're explanations of what our words meant and how they sounded 600 or 2, 000 years ago. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No, they're explanations of what our words meant and how they sounded 600 or 2, 000 years ago. 29. Dr. Flametooth has been studying fire-eaters since 1981, when he started the now-famous Human Inferno Laboratory out of his one-car garage. A) More-then-famous. B) Famously. C) NO CHANGE. D) Now famously. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) NO CHANGE. 30. Please follow the instructions written on the back of the product so that the results will be ..... A) Optimizing. B) Optimize. C) Optimal. D) Optimally. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Optimal. 31. Which word means "a place that contains information about planets" ? A) Factory. B) Lavatory. C) Planetarium. D) Playhouse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Planetarium. 32. Which root means 'speed, swift'? A) Form. B) Cult. C) Fid. D) Celer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Celer. 33. The root word trans-means A) Below. B) Life. C) Written. D) Across or over. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Across or over. 34. Which of the following words contains a suffix that means 'the act of'? A) Happiness. B) Movement. C) Beautiful. D) Quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Movement. 35. You encounter the word "hydraulic" in a science article. Using your understanding of Greek roots, reason out its meaning and choose the best definition. A) Powered by electricity. B) Powered by air. C) Powered by water. D) Powered by fire. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Powered by water. 36. The word deficit comes from the Latin word deficere, meaning "to lack." Based on this etymology, what is the best definition for the word deficit as it is used in this sentence? Congress considers raising taxes when the government faces a budget deficit. A) Shortage. B) Debt. C) Discrepancy. D) Modification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shortage. 37. Choose the word below that is plural A) James. B) Chess. C) Less. D) Foxes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Foxes. 38. Using the prefix 'mis-', determine the meaning of the word 'understandable'. A) Misunderstand. B) Misunderstandment. C) Misunderstandable. D) Misunderstood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Misunderstandable. 39. The bomber pilot knew that unless his aim was ..... accurate, his whole mission would be ruined. A) Agile. B) Enact. C) Ergonomic. D) Surgically. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Surgically. 40. If you transport something, you ..... it ..... A) Carry it across. B) Hold it up. C) Lay it across. D) Carry it over. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carry it across. 41. Which word has a Greek or Latin suffix? A) Serving. B) Fascination. C) Observe. D) Common. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fascination. 42. Can anyone tell me the ..... of this picture? A) Meaningless. B) Mean. C) Meaningful. D) Meaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Meaning. 43. Which prefix means "before" or "front" ? A) Scrib/script. B) Pre. C) Post. D) Graph. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pre. 44. What does re mean? A) Book. B) Life. C) Again/back. D) Self. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Again/back. 45. I must ask for an ..... of time because it seems like I won't be able to meet the deadline given. A) Extend. B) Extensive. C) Extent. D) Extension. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Extension. 46. He had an acute mind and solved problems quickly. In the sentence, acute means: A) Smart. B) Fast. C) Simple. D) Slow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Smart. 47. Which word contains the root meaning 'middle'? A) Earth. B) Medium. C) Polytheism. D) Fraternity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Medium. 48. Fill in the blank:The ..... of the new policy was met with mixed reactions from the public. A) Innovation. B) Manual. C) Dormancy. D) Natural. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Innovation. 49. Select the root word that means 'light'. A) Aqua. B) Vent. C) Lumin. D) Terra. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lumin. 50. Which of the following words meansthat a person feels alone? A) Smoothness. B) Goodness. C) Loneliness. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Loneliness. 51. Knowing the meaning of the root word will not help you better understand the meaning. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 52. What is the meaning of the Greek root demos? A) Birth. B) All. C) Time. D) People. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) People. 53. Which root means to speak? A) Audi. B) Vis. C) Graph. D) Dict. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dict. 54. What does acceptable mean? A) Able to be accepted. B) The action pf being accepted. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Able to be accepted. 55. $_{Use your knowledge of roots/prefixes to determine the meaning of the word}$benediction A) A blessing (speaking good upon someone). B) A curse (speaking evil upon someone). C) A written account of a major event. D) Something extremely old or unbound by time. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A blessing (speaking good upon someone). 56. What does the root 'lingu' in 'linguistics' refer to? A) Culture. B) Communication. C) Language. D) Sound. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Language. 57. The root word PED means ..... A) Foot. B) Hand. C) Pedal. D) Kid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foot. 58. The root graph means A) Write. B) Time. C) Bad, evil. D) Good, well. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Write. 59. Which prefix can be added to the root word 'form' to mean 'before'? A) Pre-. B) Un-. C) Re-. D) Dis-. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pre-. 60. You will find these safety tips are easily doable.What does doable mean? A) Not done. B) Having done. C) Able to be done. D) Mostly done. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Able to be done. ← 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