This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Morphology > Roots Affixes – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Roots Affixes Quiz 21 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the meaning of the suffix-ence? A) Study of. B) Person who. C) State, quality. D) Place where. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) State, quality. 2. From what Latin root is the word illumination? A) Lud. B) Lysis. C) Lumin. D) Lun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lumin. 3. Geology is the study of rocks. A) Prefix. B) Root. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Root. 4. The Greek root geo means A) Life. B) Sound. C) Earth. D) Round. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Earth. 5. In the word 'predict', what does the prefix 'pre-' mean? A) During. B) After. C) Against. D) Before. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Before. 6. A dormitory is a place where people" A) Wait. B) Eat. C) Sleep. D) Dance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sleep. 7. The root word mit means: A) With. B) Send. C) Hand. D) Ms. Schmitt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Send. 8. The meaning of the suffix "-ty" and "-ity" is: A) Plural of a noun. B) Full of. C) State of. D) Having qualities of. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Having qualities of. 9. Since acr-means height/top and phob-means fear, which word means fear of heights? A) Monophobia. B) Necrophobia. C) Acrophobia. D) MonologueTagsELAGSE8L4b. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Acrophobia. 10. What does-ness mean? A) State, quality. B) State, condition. C) Water. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) State, condition. 11. Choose the correct word to fill in the blank:You can tell a lot about the history of Earth from its ..... Many hints are hidden within those rocks and layers. A) Geology. B) Geography. C) Biology. D) Ornithology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Geology. 12. Which of the following words contains a Latin root meaning 'light'? A) Illuminate. B) Audible. C) Transport. D) Construct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Illuminate. 13. What is a metric unit of measurement? A) Aquarimarine. B) Centimeter. C) Centipede. D) Aquifer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Centimeter. 14. Choose the correct prefix that should be used to fill in the blank.He's so ..... fed, his weight is thirty kilograms below normal. A) Under. B) Ful. C) Mis. D) Non. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Under. 15. Add-ed to the root word:FASCINATE A) Fascinated. B) Fasinated. C) Facinated. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fascinated. 16. Think of the derivatives:creativity, disability, and eternity. What does the affix "ity" mean? A) Experiencing. B) Owning something. C) Life. D) State of being. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) State of being. 17. Root words come from the Greek and Spanish languages. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 18. Based on the suffix-est, added to the word rich in paragraph 1, richest means A) Giving away an amount. B) Having the most in amount. C) Having some amount. D) Needing some amount. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Having the most in amount. 19. I was served a delightful confection at the restaurant last night. Confection means ..... A) A sweet dessert thoroughly done. B) Eating sugar. C) Something you put on top. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A sweet dessert thoroughly done. 20. Fill in the blank with the correct adverb.Dr. Jones answered each question ..... A) Intelligently. B) Smart. C) Honestly. D) Truthfully. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Intelligently. 21. Which word means "to make a small sound large" ? A) Telephone. B) Phoneme. C) Microphone. D) Phonics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Microphone. 22. The root word scribe or script (as in describe, transcript) means A) To write, or writer. B) To show characteristics. C) A piece of paper. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To write, or writer. 23. Do we have any interconnected classrooms in the 6th grade pod? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 24. International means??? A) Between the states. B) Between nations. C) Between people. D) Between the cities. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Between nations. 25. The word "incredible" uses which prefix? A) Pre-. B) Un-. C) Sub-. D) In-. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In-. 26. The suffixes-al and-ic mean A) Having to do with, relating to, or having the characteristics of. B) The study of. C) Before. D) In the middle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Having to do with, relating to, or having the characteristics of. 27. "The tree is obstructing my view of the park." What do you think obstruct means? A) To block. B) To run. C) To see. D) To show. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To block. 28. Main words prefixes and affixes are often attached to A) Suffixes. B) Affixes. C) Root words. D) Common words. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Root words. 29. Which of the following words means long universe? A) Bureaucracy. B) Millennium. C) Convolution. D) Macrocosm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Macrocosm. 30. What do the root words "vid" or "vis" mean? A) To hear. B) To see. C) To be able. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To see. 31. Which is the correct affix which means "heat" ? A) Therm. B) Ther. C) Thermom. D) Therma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Therm. 32. Anika is reading about different historical events. She comes across the word 'rebellion' in her textbook, which describes a group refusing to follow authority. Her teacher explains that the Latin root 'bell' is found in this word. What does the Latin root 'bell' mean? A) Love. B) Strength. C) War. D) Peace. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) War. 33. The ability to dispose is called being ..... A) Disposable. B) Releasable. C) Believable. D) Knowledgeable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Disposable. 34. The prefix mid-means A) On top of. B) Relating to or having the characteristics of. C) In the middle. D) Below. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In the middle. 35. If "photo" means light, what does the word "photograph" mean? A) A picture made by light. B) A picture made by drawing. C) A picture made by writing. D) A picture made by sound. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A picture made by light. 36. Match the root/affix with its meaningluna A) Crazy. B) Moon. C) Time. D) Lunch. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Moon. 37. Which suffix means "capable of" or "able to be" ? A) Ible/able. B) Ful. C) Im/in/il. D) Less. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ible/able. 38. Name the meaning of the root word "geo" A) Life. B) Ground. C) Water. D) Air. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ground. 39. Which word has a root word that means "life" in the following sentence? "The teacher was so vivacious she made every child want to come to her class." A) Child. B) Vivacious. C) Teacher. D) Class. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vivacious. 40. Which root/affix means:movement A) Ignis. B) Kinesis, cinema. C) Inter. D) Junto, junctum. E) Ex-, exo-. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kinesis, cinema. 41. Which word has the root meaning "letters" ? A) Literature. B) Resent. C) Amiable. D) Thermometer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Literature. 42. Select the meaning of the root or affix:pre A) Also. B) More. C) After. D) Before. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Before. 43. The word "thermometer" is used in a science experiment. Use your understanding of Greek roots to reason out its meaning and choose the best definition. A) A device for measuring temperature. B) A device for measuring speed. C) A device for measuring time. D) A device for measuring distance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A device for measuring temperature. 44. The escaped fugitive was found hiding in an old, abandoned gas station. What is the meaning of the root word fug-as it is used in the word fugitive? A) Against. B) Father. C) Flee. D) Female. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flee. 45. What root means to break? A) Rupt. B) Mit. C) Veri. D) Ject. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rupt. 46. The prefixes ex-and e-mean A) No longer. B) After. C) Terrible. D) Out of, from, or away. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Out of, from, or away. 47. What does cred mean? A) To believe. B) To study. C) To seek. D) To think. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To believe. 48. What is the meaning of the prefix in the word conviction? A) With. B) Jail. C) Before. D) Because of. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) With. 49. The patient had a seizure. The root "seize" means: A) To take possession of. B) To see. C) To save. D) To cancel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To take possession of. 50. What does sub mean? A) Surface. B) Near. C) Above. D) Below. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Below. 51. Use the root phon to infer how studying phonics helps with reading. A) Learning letters and their sounds. B) Memorizing what words look like. C) Spelling words correctly. D) Understanding entire sentences. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Learning letters and their sounds. 52. The affix "luc" means- A) Air or another gas; the atmosphere. B) Light, brightness, clarity. C) Alive; living. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Light, brightness, clarity. 53. Which root means "to judge" or "to make decisions" ? A) Jud. B) Auto. C) Graph. D) Pre. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jud. 54. Which demonstrate the correct spelling A) Used. B) Eused. C) Usd. D) Using. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Used. 55. The word "biology" appears in your science textbook. Using your understanding of Greek roots, reason out its meaning and choose the best definition. A) The study of rocks. B) The study of weather. C) The study of life. D) The study of numbers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The study of life. 56. If you surmount something, you defeat it. What does the root of surmount mean? A) Over. B) Not. C) Together. D) In addition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Over. 57. Which root word means air? A) Aqua. B) Bio. C) Biblio. D) Aero. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aero. 58. You will get in trouble for interrupting the tacher when she is talking. A) Prefix. B) Root. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Root. 59. Related to small steps of change in something. A) Gradual. B) Actual. C) Activate. D) Degrade. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gradual. 60. Which of the following words is derived from the Latin root 'dict' meaning 'to say' or 'to speak'? A) Transport. B) Inspect. C) Predict. D) Construct. 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