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 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The root words cede and ceed mean: A) To choose/to pick. B) To go/yield/surrender. C) To take/catch/seize/hold/receive. D) To draw/pull. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To go/yield/surrender. 2. Choose the correct affix of underfed A) Under. B) Fed. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Under. 3. The prefix a/an means A) Away. B) Together. C) Not, without. D) To cause. E) Against. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not, without. 4. Which of the following words contains the root "phon" ? A) System. B) Comic. C) Phonics. D) Century. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phonics. 5. The root bene means A) Good, well. B) Time. C) Bad, evil. D) Extremely happy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Good, well. 6. What is the meaning of the following root/affix?-ment A) From Latin, meaning across. B) Adds a sense of under to the meaning. C) Describes an action or the result of an action. D) From Greek, meaning to write. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Describes an action or the result of an action. 7. In paragraph 2, the word disrupt is based on the Latin root rupt meaning A) Disturb. B) Enlarge. C) Replace. D) Break up. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Break up. 8. A novelty is best described as something: A) New. B) Hard. C) Fun. D) Scary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) New. 9. The root word bio means: A) Life. B) Air. C) Water. D) Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Life. 10. Using your knowledge of roots, what does the word "microphone" mean? A) A device to see small objects. B) A device to hear small sounds. C) A device to write small letters. D) A device to speak small words. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A device to hear small sounds. 11. Incapable of speaking A) Timeless. B) Remorseless. C) Speechless. D) Worthless. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Speechless. 12. Which word means "Can be heard" ? A) Understandable. B) Audible. C) Excitable. D) Responsible. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Audible. 13. A device into which people speak or sing in order to record their voices or to make them sound louder A) Microphone. B) Colonist. C) Saxophone. D) Reporter. E) Phon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Microphone. 14. What is the meaning of the following root/affix?agri- A) From Latin, meaning field. B) From Latin, meaning across. C) Adds a sense of wrong to the meaning. D) Describes a quality or condition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) From Latin, meaning field. 15. What does the Latin root 'scrib' mean? A) To speak. B) To hear. C) To see. D) To write. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To write. 16. Which of the following means "the process of donating" ? A) Action. B) Election. C) Starvation. D) Donation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Donation. 17. A word that means action of not finishing. A) Deactivation. B) Incompletion. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incompletion. 18. A word part added to the end of a word A) Prefix. B) Suffix. C) Root. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Suffix. 19. Omniscient is from Latin root 'omni' which means ..... A) Many. B) Not. C) All. D) Before. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All. 20. What does the word THERMOMETER mean? A) Something that is present. B) Something that measures heat. C) Something that measures. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Something that measures heat. 21. If you "construct" something, you build it. What does the root "struct" mean? A) Move. B) Change. C) Break. D) Build. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Build. 22. What does the prefix, "fore" mean? A) Behind. B) In front. C) After. D) Under. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In front. 23. Which suffix means "having the quality of" or "full of" ? A) Less. B) Im/in/il. C) Ful. D) Ence/ance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ful. 24. What is the definition of the root-GRAPH? A) See. B) Write. C) Mark. D) Do. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Write. 25. If something is beneficial, it is ..... for you. A) Believable. B) Speaking. C) Good. D) Bad. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Good. 26. The word "root" means ..... A) To find the meaning of (something that is difficult to read or understand). B) A word from which other words are formed. C) A letter or group of letters added to the beginning or end of a word to change its meaning (e.g. prefix or suffix). D) A portion or section taken from a book, article, etc. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A word from which other words are formed. 27. The root mal means bad or evil. What does the word malign mean? A) To regard someone with respect and dignity. B) To give someone his or her fair share. C) To tell harmful falsehoods about someone. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To tell harmful falsehoods about someone. 28. Identify the root meaning of the word "predict." A) To speak. B) To say before. C) To write. D) To build. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To say before. 29. What is the meaning of the root hydr? A) Life. B) Water. C) Sound. D) Carry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water. 30. Which word(s) has the suffix meaning "quality of" A) Captivity, modesty. B) Privacy. C) Mystic. D) Terrify. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Captivity, modesty. ← 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