This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Morphology > Roots Affixes – Quiz 22 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Roots Affixes Quiz 22 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who do you think would make the best frozen yogurt, Mr. Freeze, Ice Man, or Elsa? What is the meaning of the suffix-en as it is used in the word frozen? A) Not. B) After. C) Become. D) Not. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Become. 2. To handle with skill A) Manage. B) Centimeter. C) Manuscript. D) Century. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Manage. 3. The root bene means good. What does the word beneficiary mean? A) A person who is disadvantaged or harmed. B) A person who cannot be trusted. C) A person who receives a profit or advantage. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A person who receives a profit or advantage. 4. Which word uses the root "tract" meaning "to pull" ? A) Unsafe. B) Freedom. C) Audience. D) Contract. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Contract. 5. Which is the ROOT word for the word RETAKE? A) Ake. B) Etake. C) Take. D) Re. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Take. 6. "Baby animals spend countless hours and large amounts of energy at play." Adding the suffix-less to the word count makes a word that means ..... A) Counted incorrectly. B) Not able to be counted. C) Needing to be counted. D) Counted often. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not able to be counted. 7. What does the root "Photo" mean? A) Light. B) Self. C) Far away. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Light. 8. Select the root word that means "feet" A) Cred. B) Ped, pod. C) Graph. D) Aud, audi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ped, pod. 9. $_{Use your knowledge of roots/prefixes to determine the meaning of the word}$malefactor A) One who does evil deeds. B) Writing about (study of) earth. C) One who does good deeds. D) Something that lasts a short time. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) One who does evil deeds. 10. Which word contains a root that means "to hear; listen" ? A) Valuable. B) Auditorium. C) Immigrate. D) Contradict. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Auditorium. 11. What does the prefix re-means? A) Back / again. B) Against. C) In / to make. D) Not / opposite of. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Back / again. 12. If the suffix "-phobia" means "fear of, " what can you infer about the word "hydrophobia?" A) It refers to a fear of fire hydrants. B) It refers to a fear of small spaces. C) It refers to a fear of spiders. D) It refers to a fear of water. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It refers to a fear of water. 13. Which word uses the same prefix as "pretest" ? A) Preview. B) Highest. C) Safest. D) Unhappy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Preview. 14. Pyromania is from the Greek root pyro which means ..... A) Foot. B) Fire. C) Many. D) Mind. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fire. 15. Choose the word that is spelled correctly. A) Easying. B) Easin. C) Esing. D) Easing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Easing. 16. Based on the latin root substitutus, which means to put in place of, the word substitute as used in paragraph 3 means A) Continue. B) Keep. C) Exchange. D) Retain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exchange. 17. What is the meaning of the suffixes "ence" or "ance" ? A) State of. B) To hear. C) To judge. D) Not. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) State of. 18. Able to be laughed at; amusing; funny A) Repairable. B) Detachable. C) Laughable. D) Portable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Laughable. 19. The suffix-ive (as in constructive, creative) means ..... A) Somewhat like; having the nature of. B) To build something. C) To create something. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Somewhat like; having the nature of. 20. What does the prefix vis mean?ex:visual, vision A) To see. B) To taste. C) To hear. D) To hear. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To see. 21. The root dict means say or declare. What does the word diction mean? A) The manner and style in which a product is designed or created. B) The manner and style in which members of a group support each other. C) The manner and style in which words are chose for use in speech and writing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The manner and style in which words are chose for use in speech and writing. 22. What does aud and audi mean? A) To see. B) To hide. C) To hear. D) To write. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To hear. 23. What does poly mean? A) Many. B) A few. C) To walk. D) To carry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Many. 24. Based on the suffix-ment, which changes verbs into nouns, the word government as used in paragraph 1 means A) The one political leader. B) Political leaders. C) More than one legal law. D) Without political leaders. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Political leaders. 25. The meaning of this Latin root is "both" ..... A) Ambi. B) Aud. C) Bene. D) Spect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ambi. 26. What is the meaning of the prefix 'iso-'? A) Opposite or reverse. B) Equal or same. C) Small or tiny. D) Large or big. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Equal or same. 27. Which word contains the root meaning "to hear" ? A) Credible. B) Tractor. C) Audible. D) Submarine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Audible. 28. I was given a handful of cookies. What does "handful" mean? A) Without hands. B) With hands. C) Hands full of. D) Hands again. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hands full of. 29. If you add an affix to a root or base word, you change the meaning of the word. A) True. B) FalseTagsELAGSE8L4b. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 30. What are affixes? A) The smallest part in a word. B) Words without prefixes or suffixes. C) Word parts that change the meaning of a word. D) Words that have a Greek and Latin origin. 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