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 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Select the meaning of the root or affix:able A) Able to. B) Before. C) Difficult. D) After. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Able to. 2. A method of teaching people to read and pronounce words by learning the sounds of letters, letter groups, and syllables A) Homophone. B) Pianist. C) Physician. D) Phonics. E) Phon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Phonics. 3. A bibliophile loves ..... A) Dogs. B) Books. C) Schools. D) Cats. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Books. 4. What does the root 'psych' in 'psychology' refer to? A) 'Mind' or 'soul'. B) 'Body' or 'physical'. C) 'Emotion' or 'feeling'. D) 'Behavior' or 'action'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 'Mind' or 'soul'. 5. The suffix ..... means in the manner of. A) Ive. B) An. C) Ate. D) Ly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ly. 6. The suffix ism means: A) People. B) Book. C) One who. D) Doctrine of, principle of. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Doctrine of, principle of. 7. What does the word "underfed" mean?An underfed black cat settles at Isabelle's side. A) Is not fed enough. B) Feeds itself. C) A cute cat. D) A healthy cat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is not fed enough. 8. A pipe in or near the street that provides water, especially putting out fires A) Dehydrated. B) Hydrant. C) Hydroplane. D) Hydraulic. E) Hydrate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hydrant. 9. The root of visible means: A) See. B) Hidden. C) Soft. D) Loud. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) See. 10. What is the meaning of farmer? A) One who farms. B) Farm again. C) Farm before. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) One who farms. 11. Which literary element tells when and where the story takes place? A) Characterization. B) Setting. C) Theme. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Setting. 12. Taylor Swift and Beyonce are doing a benefit concert that will help raise money for cancer research. What is the meaning of the root word bene-as it is used in the word benefit? A) Good. B) Become. C) Against. D) Self. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Good. 13. Which of the following words contains a Greek root meaning 'earth'? A) Biology. B) Geography. C) Psychology. D) Astronomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Geography. 14. What is the meaning of prefix "hyper-" A) Not. B) Above. C) Below. D) Opposite/against. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Above. 15. David said he would ..... from the team next week. A) Resignation. B) Resign. C) Resigned. D) Resignedly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Resign. 16. Which word contains a Latin root that means "to believe" ? A) Remit. B) Credible. C) Bisect. D) Benefit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Credible. 17. If the suffix "-phobia" means "fear of, " what can you infer about the word "hydrophobia?" It refers to a fear of ..... A) Hydrants. B) Water. C) Hydras. D) Hydraulics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water. 18. Fill in the Blank:The root "-ed" makes a verb ..... A) Future Tense. B) Future Present Perfect Tense. C) Past Tense. D) Present Tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Past Tense. 19. What is the meaning of affix in the word distant? A) State of being. B) Again. C) Apart. D) Not. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Apart. 20. Which root/affix means:across/ through A) Di-. B) Helios. C) -ify. D) Fac/fact/fect/fic. E) Dia. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Dia. 21. What does the prefix 'tele-' mean in the word 'television'? A) Distant or far off. B) Visible. C) Local. D) Near. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Distant or far off. 22. Aud is a root that means ..... A) Hear. B) Believe. C) Citizen. D) Color. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hear. 23. Which suffix means "one who does, believes" ? A) Er, or, ist. B) Ology. C) Ism. D) Ible. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Er, or, ist. 24. Read the following.The parking meter and the shopping cart were invented in Oklahoma.Which verb tense is used in the above sentence? A) Present tense. B) Past tense. C) Future tense. D) Perfect present tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past tense. 25. Which word has the root word meaning "child?" A) Punishment. B) Pediatrician. C) Penalty. D) Pedicure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pediatrician. 26. Being good is the ..... of being evil. A) Genesis. B) Antithesis. C) Dependent. D) Equivalent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antithesis. 27. Using your knowledge of prefixes, suffixes, and word roots, answer the question. Phillip was surprised that the driver's name was audible over the train's noise. What does the word audible mean in the sentence above? A) To be heard again. B) Able to be heard. C) Unable to be heard. D) To be heard twice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Able to be heard. 28. Which word below contains the root word that means HAND? A) Handle. B) Manual. C) Manes. D) Hanker. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Manual. 29. What does the root-inter-mean? A) Between. B) Vivid. C) Eject. D) Effort. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Between. 30. Which word has a root word meaning "air" ? A) Resent. B) Aeronautics. C) Gravity. D) Amiable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aeronautics. 31. What does the root 'nov' mean? A) New. B) Hear. C) With; together. D) State of being. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) New. 32. If "graph" means to write, a heliograph could be ..... A) Using the sun's rays for telgraphing a message. B) Working on a graph about the sun. C) Someone with a sunburn. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Using the sun's rays for telgraphing a message. 33. If "auto" means self and "biography" means a written account of someone's life, what does "autobiography" mean? A) A written account of someone else's life. B) A written account of a historical event. C) A written account of a fictional life. D) A written account of one's own life. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A written account of one's own life. 34. What is the meaning of the prefix 'Neo-'? A) Life. B) New. C) All. D) Middle/Between. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) New. 35. The suffix-ic means: A) Condition/ state of. B) Relating to/ characterized by. C) One who/ that which. D) To make/to cause to become. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Relating to/ characterized by. 36. Which word contains a Latin root? A) Happiness. B) Transport. C) Biology. D) Joyful. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transport. 37. What does the term 'optimal' mean in the context of results? A) A condition that is acceptable but not ideal. B) The best or most favorable condition or outcome. C) A situation that is worse than expected. D) A random selection of results. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The best or most favorable condition or outcome. 38. Choose all answers that apply.A prefix ..... A) Changes the meaning of the word. B) Is a word part that goes before the verb. C) Changes the part of speech of the word. D) Is a word part that goes behind the root. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Changes the meaning of the word. 39. Use the prefix ant-to infer the role of an antagonist in a story. A) Someone fighting against the main character. B) Someone in the story only briefly. C) An animal in the story. D) The main character. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Someone fighting against the main character. 40. In a science class, Henry asked, "What does the prefix 'extra-' mean in the word 'extraterrestrial'?" A) Below. B) Within. C) Beyond. D) Against. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beyond. 41. Which word has the meaning of "people" ? A) Democracy. B) Aeronautics. C) Amiable. D) Gravity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Democracy. 42. What is the meaning of the root-ism? A) Action or practice. B) A type of animal. C) A type of flower. D) A type of food. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Action or practice. 43. Astrology does what with stars? A) To hear it. B) To study it. C) To see it. D) To write it. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To study it. 44. This word means "very accurate and exact." A) Alternate. B) Verify. C) Decipher. D) Precise. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Precise. 45. Which suffix can be added to the root word 'act' to form a noun? A) -ed. B) -ive. C) -ing. D) -ion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) -ion. 46. What does the prefix 'mini-' in 'minimize' imply? A) To make something larger or increase it. B) To make something smaller or reduce it. C) To make something more complex or complicated. D) To make something more colorful or vibrant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To make something smaller or reduce it. 47. When a word uses the suffix "-ness" it means ..... A) On this day. B) In this way. C) State of. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) State of. 48. Ablutophobia is from the Greek root phobos which means ..... A) Fence. B) Visible. C) Fear. D) Bath. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fear. 49. Which word in the sentence below has a sentence that means "full of" ?The overweight kitty was courageous when she decided to attempt at jumping onto the table. A) Decided. B) Courageous. C) Overweight. D) Attempt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Courageous. 50. What type of word is created when adding "-ly" to "quick" ? A) Adverb. B) Noun. C) Adjective. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adverb. 51. The root word photo means: A) Light. B) Process. C) Art. D) Camera. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Light. 52. A word that means the action or process of going between. A) Receding. B) Interceding. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interceding. 53. What is the meaning of the prefix con-? A) Place where. B) With. C) State, condition. D) Fear. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) With. 54. What does the root 'solv' mean? A) Write; draw. B) Loosen; free. C) The study of. D) One hundred. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Loosen; free. 55. The prefix extra means: A) Outside/beyond. B) Expensive/cost. C) Contain/capture. D) Additional/more. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Outside/beyond. 56. Which root/affix means:to make, to form into A) Helios. B) Dia. C) Fac/fact/fect/fic. D) Di-. E) -ify. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) -ify. 57. The word "decipher" 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: A) To find the meaning of (something that is difficult to read or understand). 58. Select the meaning of the root or affix:re A) One. B) Before. C) Again. D) After. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Again. 59. A word that means not able to accept as true. A) Rebelievable. B) Unbelievable. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unbelievable. 60. A person who lives in a colony; a person who helps to create a colony A) Physician. B) Colonist. C) Pianist. D) Predecessor. E) Reporter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Colonist. ← 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