This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Morphology > Roots Affixes – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Roots Affixes Quiz 7 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Match the root/affix with its meaningdemo A) Life. B) Tear. C) People. D) Take away. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) People. 2. Which root means "to look at" or "to examine closely" ? A) Tele. B) Spect. C) Fore. D) Scop. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spect. 3. Which of the following words contains a prefix meaning 'self'? A) Television. B) Microscope. C) Telephone. D) Autobiography. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Autobiography. 4. After breaking her leg, the gymnast lacked the ..... to move around the gym and tumble like she did before her accident. A) Mobility. B) Traction. C) Incantation. D) Androphobia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mobility. 5. The word "alternate" means ..... A) Time when you are not working or busy. B) Other than the usual. C) Very accurate and exact. D) Showing or feeling embarrassment especially because you have done something foolish or wrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Other than the usual. 6. You can use the root word and the sentence structure to help you better understand the meaning of an unknown word. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 7. The root word nym/onym means: A) Mythological or mythology. B) Ocean or sea. C) Same or similar. D) Name or word. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Name or word. 8. Which root means to conquer? A) Vince. B) Ques. C) Port. D) Ject. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vince. 9. This affix is found at the beginning of a word. A) Definition. B) Root. C) Prefix. D) Suffix. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prefix. 10. A ROOT is added to the end of a word A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 11. A person who writes news stories for a newspaper, magazine, etc. or who tells people the news on radio or television A) Pianist. B) Homophone. C) Reporter. D) -er, -or, -ian, -ist. E) Physician. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reporter. 12. The auditorium is where people A) Hear sounds or music. B) Go to hang out. C) Play music. D) Write music. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hear sounds or music. 13. What does the prefix a mean? A) The prefix 'a' means 'above' or 'over'. B) The prefix 'a' means 'not' or 'without' or 'on/in'. C) The prefix 'a' means 'before' or 'in front of'. D) The prefix 'a' means 'with' or 'together'. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The prefix 'a' means 'not' or 'without' or 'on/in'. 14. Which of the following words best fits this sentence:The child was very ..... when she gave up her lunch to share with the little lost kitten. A) Selfish. B) Selfless. C) Selfscope. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Selfless. 15. The suffix goes: A) Before the root word. B) After the root word. C) It does not belong with the root word. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After the root word. 16. What is a synonym for withdrawn? A) Unsociable. B) Dismal. C) Skip. D) Assemble. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unsociable. 17. The family experienced a dilemma about going to Grandma's for dinner or going to the hockey game. This means they were: A) All in agreement. B) Split between two choices. C) Arguing for two days. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Split between two choices. 18. What does the root ast(e)r mean? A) Time. B) Result. C) Five. D) Star. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Star. 19. What does mis mean? A) Madness. B) Time. C) Around. D) Wrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wrong. 20. You see the word "polygon" in a math lesson. Using your understanding of Greek roots, reason out its meaning and choose the best definition. A) A shape with three sides. B) A shape with one side. C) A shape with many sides. D) A shape with no sides. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A shape with many sides. 21. Which prefix can be added to the root word "form" ? A) Trans-. B) Pre-. C) Re-. D) Con-. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Re-. 22. The suffix in "boredom" creates what type of word? A) Noun. B) Adjective. C) Verb. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noun. 23. Annoyance and frustration A) Asperity. B) Expasperation. C) Disturbance. D) Turbulence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Expasperation. 24. What root word means "heat" A) Grad, gres. B) Rupt. C) Therm. D) Meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Therm. 25. Use context clues to determine the meaning of the word "misunderstand" in the sentence: "He tends to misunderstand instructions, often doing the opposite of what is asked." A) To understand well. B) To understand partially. C) To not understand correctly. D) To understand quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To not understand correctly. 26. What is the meaning of the suffix-ment? A) With. B) State, condition. C) Study of. D) Result. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Result. 27. Related to steps of change in something like color (rainbow), temperature, or when a road goes higher or lower. A) Actual. B) Gradient. C) Actually. D) Graduation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gradient. 28. Which of the following statements about SUMMARIZING is true? A) The Summary is specific, detailed information contained in the passage. B) The Summary is always found in the first sentence of the passage. C) The Summary is a thought that is true but is not in the passage. D) The Summary is what the passage is mostly about. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Summary is what the passage is mostly about. 29. To come before or ahead of- A) Scribble. B) Inviable. C) Autocrat. D) Precede. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Precede. 30. Which of the following words contains a root meaning 'life'? A) Autograph. B) Photograph. C) Geography. D) Biology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biology. 31. What is the meaning of the root non-? A) Not or without. B) Opposite. C) In favor. D) Against. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not or without. 32. The word "excerpt" 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: D) A portion or section taken from a book, article, etc. 33. "Some languages use a circumflex accent above a letter for pronunciation." The word circumflex in the previous sentence comes from a root meaning ..... A) Break; shatter. B) Bad, worse. C) Good, well. D) Bend. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bend. 34. Based on the Latin root scrib, which means to write, the word prescribed as used in paragraph 2 means A) A verbal order. B) A written suggestion. C) A verbal suggestion. D) A written letter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A written suggestion. 35. Select the root word that means "to hear" A) Ped, pod. B) Graph. C) Cred. D) Aud, audi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aud, audi. 36. Apply your understanding of roots, prefixes, and suffixes to decode the word 'disbelief'. A) Not believing. B) Fully believing. C) Partially believing. D) Completely believing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not believing. 37. What is the meaning of the latin root "partire" ? A) To part. B) To combine or merge. C) To multiply or increase. D) To understand or comprehend. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To part. 38. What is the meaning of the Latin root mater/matri? A) Believe. B) Brother. C) Mother. D) Great, large. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mother. 39. Which words have a prefix? A) Reader. B) Flame. C) Unclear. D) Sign. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unclear. 40. Match the word "misjudge" with its definition. A) To judge quickly. B) To judge correctly. C) To judge wrongly. D) To judge too late. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To judge wrongly. 41. What is the meaning of the root 'omni'? A) Earth. B) Break. C) Both. D) All. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All. 42. Which two roots mean the same thing? A) "pathos" and "chronos". B) "lum" and "luc". C) "vid" and "lum". D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "lum" and "luc". 43. What is the meaning of happily? A) In the manner of being happy. B) Before happy. C) Being happy twice. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the manner of being happy. 44. Which sentence uses the word "dampness" correctly? A) Dampness rags can help clean the mess. B) The dampness in her hair dried up after using the blow dryer. C) All the dampness got drier and drier until everything was completely wet. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The dampness in her hair dried up after using the blow dryer. 45. What does the PREFIX-re mean? A) Not. B) Un. C) Re. D) Again. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Again. 46. What is the best definition for the affix "pan" ? A) People. B) Many. C) All. D) Also. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All. 47. The bookstore has many used books that you can buy ..... A) Carefully. B) Slowly. C) Cheaply. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cheaply. 48. The root bel means war. What does the word rebellion mean? A) The act of enforcing the law and punishing criminals. B) The act of working together to achieve a common goal. C) The act of rising up in armed opposition of the government. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The act of rising up in armed opposition of the government. 49. $_{Use your knowledge of roots/prefixes to determine the meaning of the word}$beneficence A) Writing about your own life. B) Doing evil. C) Speaking a long life to someone. D) Doing good. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Doing good. 50. Which of the following words contains the prefix 'pre-'? A) Preview. B) Postpone. C) Uncover. D) Replay. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Preview. 51. Which of the following words is based on the Latin root that means "to hear" ? A) Sensory. B) Attention. C) Deafening. D) Audible. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Audible. 52. Ortho is a root that means ..... A) Hear. B) Separate, Choose. C) Straight, Correct. D) Citizen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Straight, Correct. 53. Fill in the blank:Her intense fear of spiders, known as ..... , kept her from going into the basement. A) Extravagance. B) Arachnophobia. C) Dormancy. D) Novelty. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arachnophobia. 54. There were fragments of glass on the floor. In the sentence, fragments contains the root frag which means: A) Break. B) Sharp. C) Clear. D) Hard. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Break. 55. What does the root "tele" in the word "telegraph" mean? A) Far. B) Sound. C) Light. D) Write. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Far. 56. What does the Greek Root AGRI mean A) Sand. B) Farming. C) Outside. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Farming. 57. Analyze the affix "il-" in the word "illogical" and determine its impact on the root word. A) Makes the word positive. B) Makes the word negative. C) Indicates time. D) Indicates a location. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Makes the word negative. 58. Identify the suffix in the word below.ungrateful A) Un. B) Grate. C) Ful. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ful. 59. Select the meaning of the root or affix:uni A) Again. B) One. C) Many. D) Before. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) One. 60. The suffixes-ly and-ily often turn an adjective into A) An alien. B) A noun. C) An adverb. D) A verb. 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