This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Morphology > Roots Affixes – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Roots Affixes Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Scribble:Write something quickly in a messy way A) -ful. B) -scribe-. C) -spec-. D) -ver-. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) -scribe-. 2. What is the meaning of:-or /-er A) Able to. B) Person who. C) Makes it an action word. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Person who. 3. Which of the following would mean a non-human thing that has the shape of or behavior of a human A) Microorganism. B) Ambidextrous. C) Anthropomorphic. D) Malediction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anthropomorphic. 4. Hybrid vehicles coexist with gas cars. Prefix co means "together" . What does coexist mean? A) Control. B) Be in the same place. C) Compete against. D) Perform better. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Be in the same place. 5. Multiple, multivitamin A) Inter-. B) Multi-. C) -vac-. D) -dem-. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Multi-. 6. What does the prefix 'poly' mean when added to a word? A) Few. B) Many. C) Some. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Many. 7. All of the following words include a suffix that means "resembling" EXCEPT ..... A) Joyfully. B) Likely. C) Happily. D) Holy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Holy. 8. What does the root bio mean in the following sentence.I love reading biographies about all the former presidents. A) Past. B) President. C) Book. D) Life. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Life. 9. Luminary, Illuminate, Lucid, Illustrious, and Translucent all are derived from the root word "luc/lum" which means? A) "to speak". B) "to light". C) "to take". D) "to throw". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "to light". 10. What is the best definition of a "root" of a word? A) The beginning of a word. B) The base of a word. C) The end of a word. D) The middle of a word. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The base of a word. 11. Mom had to intervene when my sister and I started to argue over the remote. The prefix inter-in the word intervene means ..... A) Into. B) Above. C) Between. D) Over. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Between. 12. What does this made up word mean? BenegeograhicConsider these clues"Beneficial, Geography, Biography A) Useful Word Art. B) Double Global Writing. C) Happy Life Design. D) Helpful World Document. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Helpful World Document. 13. A word that means the same as another word is a: A) Synonym. B) Connotation. C) Denotation. D) Antonym. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synonym. 14. How many sides does a shape have if it is described using the prefix "penta-" ? A) Ten. B) Four. C) Five. D) Six. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Five. 15. What is the meaning of the root "aud" ? A) Carry. B) Circle. C) Hear. D) Say or speak. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hear. 16. Brevity:The quality of lasting for a short time A) -port-. B) -fer-. C) -brev-. D) -dict-. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) -brev-. 17. Bi (bicycle, bilingual) A) Opposite. B) Heat. C) See. D) Two. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Two. 18. Learning just one root can help you understand several words in English. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. EndangeredWhat is the prefix in the word above? A) En. B) Danger. C) Endanger. D) Ed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) En. 20. Kathy's socks were so smelly. She wore the same pair of socks for an entire week of track practice. By the end of the week, the stench was so strong, no one wanted to get near her. What does the affix-ly mean in this sentence? A) It means 'not'. B) It means 'in a certain manner'. C) It means 'without'. D) It means 'more than'. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It means 'in a certain manner'. 21. When you get a pedicure, what is being worked on? A) Hands. B) Arms. C) Feet. D) Head. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Feet. 22. Fracture, fragment, fraction A) -er. B) -frag-/-fract-. C) -est. D) -cent-. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) -frag-/-fract-. 23. If antifreeze is used in cars to prevent freezing in very cold temperatures, what does the prefix anti mean? A) Freezing something. B) Going against freezing. C) Warming things up. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Going against freezing. 24. All of the following words include a suffix as it is used in the word swimming EXCEPT ..... A) Hoping. B) Ring. C) Skipping. D) Crying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ring. 25. What is the meaning of the root word clud/clude? A) With. B) Shut or close. C) Sea or ocean. D) To write. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shut or close. 26. What is the definition of tele-? A) Move. B) Carry. C) Far, distant. D) Fly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Far, distant. 27. The meaning of the prefix "un-" helps us understand that the meaning of "unwrap" is- A) To hide. B) To remove. C) To destroy. D) To cover. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To remove. 28. Using the clues below, what does the prefix "locus" mean"LocalityLocationLocomotion A) Discover. B) Place. C) Move. D) Find. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Place. 29. A suffix is a word part added to the ..... of a word. A) Beginning. B) Middle. C) End. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) End. 30. The Greek root for "light" is: A) Photo. B) Tele. C) Krypto. D) Sonar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Photo. 31. Which made up word would most likely mean someone who does not like the study of humans? A) Submicropology. B) Antianthropoligic. C) Antiambiance. D) Submalessence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antianthropoligic. 32. Trans (transcontinental, transport) A) Across, beyond. B) Greater. C) Forward. D) In front of. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Across, beyond. 33. There cannot be more than one root in a word. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 34. Hypo (hypothermia, hypodermic) A) Wrong. B) Forward. C) Under, beneath. D) Together, with. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Under, beneath. 35. Which made up word would most likely mean able to be changed at the smallest level? A) Micromorphable. B) Malsensible. C) Anthropovolvement. D) Antiambiable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Micromorphable. 36. Which of the following words most likely means an act that is taken to overthrow or undermine a government or institution? A) Imitable. B) Adjournment. C) Antipathy. D) Subversive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subversive. 37. The root word of the word extracted means A) Out of, from, or not. B) Forms the past tense of a word. C) Drag or pull. D) To write. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Drag or pull. 38. All of the following terms include a root that means "people" EXCEPT ..... A) Demon. B) Demographic. C) Automatic. D) Population. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Automatic. 39. What is a syllable? A) What a teacher gives students that outlines what will be studied in class. B) A prefix or suffix attached to a root to form a new word. C) The sound of a consonant when pronouncing a word. D) The sound of a vowel when pronouncing a word. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The sound of a vowel when pronouncing a word. 40. Dynamic means physical force or energy. What does the root word "dyna" mean? A) To be tired. B) Power. C) To be little. D) To be weak. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Power. 41. The root word, cede means, "to go" . With this knowledge, determine the meaning of the word, "precede" . A) To go before. B) To go never. C) To go after. D) To go away. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To go before. 42. The root scrib means A) To scream. B) To scrape. C) To write. D) To wait. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To write. 43. ReheatingWhat is the base in the word above? A) Heat. B) Heating. C) Re. D) Ing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heat. 44. Which root word means 'between", "with", or "among" ? A) Inter-. B) Mid-. C) Port-. D) Tele-. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inter-. 45. The universe ..... A) Faces the sun. B) Turns around the sun. C) Looks at the sun. D) Is awesome. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Turns around the sun. 46. Nonfat:Without fat A) -ly. B) Pre-. C) Ment-. D) Non-. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Non-. 47. Which of the following choices is not a prefix that means "not" ? A) Re. B) Un. C) Im. D) Non. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Re. 48. Therm (thermometer, thermal) A) True. B) Heat. C) Speak. D) Hold. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heat. 49. The suffix-er means A) Wise or wisdom. B) Person who/thing that does something. C) Cut. D) Devour. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Person who/thing that does something. 50. The prefix "pre-" helps us understand that "prevent" means to stop something ..... it happens. A) When. B) After. C) Before. D) While. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Before. 51. Read the passage."Mrs. Nelson introduced herself to her students. She said that she didn't expect them to be flawless, but she did want them to always try their best. Mistakes lead to learning she said. What does the suffix-less mean in the word flawless? A) Full of. B) In a state of. C) Able to. D) Without. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Without. 52. An animal that walks upon two legs is called a A) Triped. B) Monoped. C) Biped. D) Uniped. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biped. 53. What root/base word(s) mean(s) shape? A) Cred. B) Tract. C) Duct. D) Form. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Form. 54. What does the prefix 'Anti' mean when added to a word? A) Against. B) Before. C) For. D) With. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Against. 55. "He seized the gun which always stood in a corner of his bedroom." What word would best replace seized in the sentence above? A) Held. B) Placed. C) Grabbed. D) Stole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Grabbed. 56. Which of the following would mean an unlawful act, especially one committed by a public official A) Malfeasance. B) Philanthropist. C) Microfiche. D) Ambilateral. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Malfeasance. 57. What does the root word 'ject' mean? A) To push. B) To catch. C) To hold. D) To throw. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To throw. 58. The root word liber means: A) Free. B) To read. C) To move. D) Law. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Free. 59. Which term includes a prefix that means "wrongly" ? A) Unacceptable. B) Important. C) Misjudge. D) Dislike. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Misjudge. 60. The prefix aqua in a word means A) Land. B) Water. C) Sky. D) Fire. 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