This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Morphology > Roots Affixes – Quiz 20 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Roots Affixes Quiz 20 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Without movement; still A) Odorless. B) Speechless. C) Worthless. D) Motionless. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Motionless. 2. What is the meaning of the root chron? A) Result. B) With. C) Life. D) Time. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Time. 3. What does-ance and-ence mean? A) State, quality. B) State, condition. C) Water. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) State, quality. 4. If the problem with the train track lies midway between Lynchburg and Roanoke, the problem ..... A) Is at the beginning of the tracks near Lynchburg. B) Is in the middle, between the two cities. C) Is near the end of tracks near Roanoke. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is in the middle, between the two cities. 5. $_{Use your knowledge of roots/prefixes to determine the meaning of the word}$benevolent A) Evil, full of malice. B) Kind, good, full of charity. C) Immortal. D) Beautiful writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kind, good, full of charity. 6. Which root means "to write" or "written" ? A) Graph. B) Spect. C) Jud. D) Scrib/script. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scrib/script. 7. Pick the correct word when the suffix-ful is added? A) Hard. B) Cheer. C) Friend. D) Fast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cheer. 8. What is the impact of the prefix "il-" in the word "illegal" ? A) Indicates a location. B) Indicates time. C) Makes the word negative. D) Makes the word positive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Makes the word negative. 9. The affixes:ir, im, il, in all mean not? A) I don't know. B) False. C) True. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) True. 10. Mandy did not want to displease her mom. What does the word "displease" mean? A) Make funny. B) Make afraid. C) Make happy. D) Make angry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Make angry. 11. What does the root word 'struct' mean, as in the word 'construct'? A) To build. B) To hear. C) To see. D) To throw. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To build. 12. Fill in the blank:The ..... of the book was praised for its originality and creativity. A) Dormant. B) Natural. C) Novel. D) Manual. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Novel. 13. What does the root word man/manu mean? A) Hand. B) Large. C) Weight. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hand. 14. A-ab-abs-are prefixes that mean ..... A) Hear. B) Against. C) From, Away. D) Walk. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) From, Away. 15. Select the root word that means "write" A) Cred. B) Ped, pod. C) Aud, audi. D) Graph. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Graph. 16. Which word has a suffix meaning "state or quality" ? A) Modesty. B) Mythic. C) Privacy. D) Terrify. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Privacy. 17. What is the meaning of the suffix '-ology'? A) The Study Of. B) Middle/Between. C) Become. D) State of Being. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Study Of. 18. The root bel means war. What does the word antebellum mean? A) Relating to the time before a period of armed fighting. B) Relating to the period before a drought or famine. C) Relating to the time before a period of peace. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Relating to the time before a period of armed fighting. 19. Which word is the synonym for GAUNT? A) Option. B) Dismal. C) Weak. D) Wear. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dismal. 20. What is the meaning of the root word "log" or "logue" A) Sound. B) Carry. C) Time. D) Word. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Word. 21. Which of the following words using the root "scope" would best describe a tool that allows us to look at tiny things? A) Stethoscope. B) Microscope. C) Nightscope. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Microscope. 22. The root cede means go or yield. What does the word recede mean? A) To start or stop repeatedly. B) To move back. C) To look backward. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To move back. 23. An interruption of a state of peace or quiet A) Disturbance. B) Turbine. C) Turbidity. D) Perturbation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Disturbance. 24. Which root means "to write" ? A) Auto. B) Jud. C) Graph. D) Scrib/script. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scrib/script. 25. What does the root word graph mean?ex:photograph, graphic organizer A) Chart. B) Write. C) Mathmatics. D) Read. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Write. 26. A letter, or group of letters, that is added to the end of a root (base) word A) Root. B) Prefix. C) Affix. D) Suffix. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Suffix. 27. What is the meaning of the root word "phon" A) Time. B) Sound. C) Word. D) Carry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sound. 28. Cred is a root that means ..... A) Walk. B) Believe. C) Hear. D) Color. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Believe. 29. I was thankful when my ..... shoes helped straighten out the muscles in my feet! A) Malevolent. B) Fractal. C) Orthopedic. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Orthopedic. 30. The prefix trans-(as in transport, translate) means ..... A) Across, through, change. B) In between. C) Above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Across, through, change. 31. My guilty pleasure is that I enjoy watching the Maury show whenever there will be paternity tests. What is the meaning of the root word pater-as it is used in the wordpaternity? A) All/every. B) Father. C) Good. D) Become. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Father. 32. What prefix means against or opposite? A) Anti-. B) Pro-. C) Counter-. D) Contra-. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anti-. 33. Which word has the root word meaning "sound?" A) Tone. B) Volume. C) Sonic. D) Hearing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sonic. 34. Pyroclastic flows from the eruption resulted in the deaths of hundreds of people. A) Heart. B) Break. C) Against. D) Announce. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Break. 35. The Latin root 'scrib' or 'script', as in the word 'manuscript', means what? A) To build. B) To speak. C) To write. D) To see. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To write. 36. What does the prefix 'bio-' mean in the word 'biology'? A) Life. B) Earth. C) Air. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Life. 37. How does adding an "-er" to a verb change its part of speech? (ex:run to runner) A) It makes a verb a noun. B) It makes a verb an adjective. C) It makes a verb an adverb. D) It makes a verb a pronoun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It makes a verb a noun. 38. What is a definition for the affix "ab" ? A) Annoy. B) Away. C) Absent. D) After. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Away. 39. What does the word "nonsense" mean?This report is nonsense and nothing but a waste of paper. A) The report is useful. B) The report doesn't make sense. C) The report is erasable. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The report doesn't make sense. 40. The root dorm means: A) Sleep. B) New. C) Room. D) Fear. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sleep. 41. ..... means to prove, show, find out, or state that something is true or correct. A) Decipher. B) Alternate. C) Precise. D) Verify. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Verify. 42. What is the best definition for the affix "photo" ? A) Picture. B) Light. C) Dark. D) Image. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Light. 43. Which root/affix means:fire A) Ex-, exo-. B) Inter. C) Kinesis, cinema. D) Ignis. E) Junto, junctum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ignis. 44. What does the root meter/metr mean? A) Earth, ground. B) Break, burst. C) Send. D) Measure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Measure. 45. Isla and Ethan are developing an app to address a common issue. What is the main goal of their project? A) Repetition. B) Imitation. C) Tradition. D) Invention. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Invention. 46. Decode the meaning of the word 'transportation' using your knowledge of roots, prefixes, and suffixes. A) The word 'transportation' can be decoded as 'the act of transporting through a portal'. B) The word 'transportation' can be decoded as 'the act of transforming into a port'. C) The word 'transportation' can be decoded as 'the process of transporting ants'. D) The word 'transportation' can be decoded as 'the act or process of carrying across or beyond'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The word 'transportation' can be decoded as 'the act or process of carrying across or beyond'. 47. The prefix "inter-" in the word international means: A) In. B) Under. C) Over. D) Between. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Between. 48. Which root/affix means:out of, from A) Kinesis, cinema. B) Ignis. C) Junto, junctum. D) Inter. E) Ex-, exo-. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Ex-, exo-. 49. When people in wars are captured, they are in danger of ..... A) Telegrams. B) Creation. C) Starvation. D) Xylophone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Starvation. 50. What is the meaning of the root 'medi'? A) Earth. B) Break. C) All. D) Middle/Between. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Middle/Between. 51. Which words in these word lists have all the prefixes correctly? A) PreschoolInfiltrateFriendship. B) InjusticeBakeryCareless. C) HighnessBeautifulCelebration. D) DecodeRegainNonsense. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) DecodeRegainNonsense. 52. Before we got our dog, he was a homeless puppy. What does the word "homeless" mean? A) Dirty. B) With a home. C) Without a home. D) Home again. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Without a home. 53. Use your knowledge of roots and affixes to determine the best meaning for the word defrost. A) The opposite of good. B) Not having frost. C) Too much frost. D) Before the middle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not having frost. 54. What would the word "apathist" most likely mean? A) Someone who doesn't believe in emotions or feelings. B) Someone who studies diseases. C) The lack of emotions. D) The belief that emotions and diseases are bad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Someone who doesn't believe in emotions or feelings. 55. Television gives a view of something that is happening at a ..... A) Short time. B) Short way. C) Distance. D) Long time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Distance. 56. What does the suffix '-hood' mean? A) The suffix '-hood' means a state, condition, or quality. B) The suffix '-hood' means a type of food. C) The suffix '-hood' means a place or location. D) The suffix '-hood' means a group or organization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The suffix '-hood' means a state, condition, or quality. 57. What is the definition of root word? A) The most basic part of a word. B) The beginning of a word. C) Set of letters attached to the end of a word. D) A word that has multiple meanings. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The most basic part of a word. 58. Synonym for the word resign is? A) Buy. B) Listen. C) Leave. D) Stay. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Leave. 59. What is the meaning of the suffix-ic? A) Out. B) Relating to. C) Single, one. D) Act or process. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Relating to. 60. In the sentence what does 'aquarium' mean. Sara's aquarium tank held several little fish and plants from the ocean. A) A tank of water that holds fish. B) A tank that holds plants and animals. C) A tank that holds rocks and lizards. D) A bottle of great smelling perfume. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A tank of water that holds fish. ← 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