This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Morphology > Roots Affixes – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Roots Affixes Quiz 9 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Meaning of "pend" A) Bend. B) Hang. C) Break. D) Star. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hang. 2. In which word does the root "therm" have the same meaning as it does in "thermometer" ? A) Theorem. B) Theme. C) Thermal. D) Therapy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thermal. 3. Melody can't remember anything! She's very forget ..... ! A) Able. B) Ful. C) Less. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ful. 4. The company requires the department to ..... the list of applicants. A) Shorten. B) Short. C) Shortness. D) Shorttening. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shorten. 5. Which suffix means "without" or "lacking" ? A) Post. B) Scrib/script. C) Pre. D) Less. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Less. 6. Which word contains the root for 'many'? A) Cordial. B) Rupture. C) Polyester. D) Telescope. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Polyester. 7. What is the best definition for the affix "micro" ? A) Sight. B) Waves. C) Big. D) Small. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Small. 8. Which word has a prefix meaning "bad" ? A) Malicious. B) Benefit. C) Pandemic. D) Retrofit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Malicious. 9. What is the meaning of the suffix-fy? A) Out. B) Around. C) To make. D) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To make. 10. We walked slowly down the trail with great trepidation. No one who had gone this way had ever been heard from again. Had they simply found a better place to settle on this dark planet? We doubted that.Which word is a synonym of "trepidation" ? A) Enjoyment. B) Worry. C) Movement. D) Laughter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Worry. 11. I thought about being a mortician until I smelled formaldehyde. It made me dizzy. What is the meaning of the root word mort-as it is used in the word mortician? A) Biology. B) Self. C) Death. D) Follow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Death. 12. The Greek root phon means A) Loud. B) Soft. C) Hear. D) Sound. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sound. 13. What root mean true? A) Tent. B) Port. C) Veri. D) Vince. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Veri. 14. What sound does "ed" make in the word "cracked" A) /ed/. B) /d/. C) /t/. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) /t/. 15. What is the meaning of the Greek root graph? A) Time. B) Write. C) Relating to. D) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Write. 16. Which of the following is a meaning of the prefix 'co-'? A) Together/with. B) Apart. C) Against. D) Opposite. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Together/with. 17. What is the meaning of the suffix-ologist? A) Place where. B) Someone who fears. C) State, condition. D) Person who studies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Person who studies. 18. $_{Use your knowledge of roots/prefixes to determine the meaning of the word}$tempo A) Timing or speed of something. B) Bad musical practice. C) Writing about music. D) Good management. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Timing or speed of something. 19. What is the meaning of-tion/-ation A) The act or process of. B) Across; change; through. C) Characterized by. D) Having qualities of. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The act or process of. 20. Children who do this are usually punished in school and at home. A) Misbehave. B) Misjudge. C) Misinform. D) Misunderstand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Misbehave. 21. What is the meaning of the prefix mono-? A) Around. B) People. C) Relating to. D) Single, one. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Single, one. 22. Prefixes:e-, ex-, exo- A) Out of. B) In. C) Between; through. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Out of. 23. A long piece of music that is usually in four large, separate sections and is performed by an orchestra or band A) Predecessor. B) Symphony. C) Phon. D) Predecessor. E) Colonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symphony. 24. What does the root, "micro" mean? A) Look. B) Big. C) Huge. D) Small. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Small. 25. $_{Use your knowledge of roots/prefixes to determine the meaning of the word}$extemporaneous A) Bad medical practice. B) A person who helps people or institutions. C) At the last minute, when running out of time. D) The 'writing' of dance steps. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) At the last minute, when running out of time. 26. Using your knowledge of roots and affixes, what does centimeter mean? A) Not able to measure. B) Measuring 100. C) Measuring 10. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Measuring 100. 27. What is the meaning of the root port? A) Water. B) Life. C) Carry. D) Sound. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carry. 28. She is so ..... towards her children that she can't help feeling worried when they go out alone. A) Protect. B) Protection. C) Protectively. D) Protective. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Protective. 29. Which root word means 'to write'? A) -scribe-. B) -ject-. C) -dict-. D) -port-. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -scribe-. 30. What does the root, "syn" mean? A) With. B) Friends. C) Together. D) Under/below. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Together. 31. A word that means related to under the Earth. A) Subterranean. B) Deterranean. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subterranean. 32. The suffix ..... means like, related to; an action or process. A) (u)al. B) (u)ate. C) (u)ation. D) (i)ent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) (u)al. 33. What is the meaning of prefix "ir-" and "non-" A) Not. B) Above. C) Below. D) Opposite/against. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not. 34. The root junc means join. What does the word conjunct mean? A) United. B) In decline. C) Given out. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) United. 35. Mediocre is from the Latin root 'medi'. What does the Latin root 'medi' mean? A) Middle. B) Wander. C) Less. D) Funny. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Middle. 36. The root word chron means A) Draw. B) Write. C) Time. D) Light. E) Far away. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Time. 37. What is the meaning of the following root/affix?-ity/ty A) Adds a sense of under. B) Adds a sense of wrong. C) From Latin meaning across. D) Describes a quality or condition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Describes a quality or condition. 38. Using your knowledge of roots and affixes, what does valuable mean? A) Capable of having value. B) Equal value. C) Equal measure. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Capable of having value. 39. What effect does adding the prefix "un-" have on a word? A) Changes an adjective to a noun. B) Changes a noun to a verb. C) Strengthens the root word's meaning. D) Changes the root word's meaning to its opposite. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Changes the root word's meaning to its opposite. 40. The prefix anti-(as in antiwar, antisocial) means ..... A) Against, opposite of. B) A battle. C) Someone who likes to talk. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Against, opposite of. 41. Allow me to ..... duce myself. A) Intro. B) Under. C) Non. D) Mis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Intro. 42. What does the word infraction mean in the following sentence? "If Jason has one more infraction, he will be suspended from school." A) Easily broken or destroyed. B) A broken rule. C) Broken bone. D) A part of a whole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A broken rule. 43. Which of the following suffixes means "someone who ..... ?" A) -ness. B) -er. C) -tion. D) -able. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) -er. 44. The suffix "-est" in "happiest" indicates: A) Many. B) Somewhat. C) The most. D) Little. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The most. 45. What does the root, "frac" mean? A) Split. B) Half. C) Broken. D) Break. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Break. 46. What does the root word 'scrib' mean? A) To speak. B) To draw. C) To read. D) To write. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To write. 47. ..... means to find the meaning of something that is difficult to read or understand. A) Precise. B) Verify. C) Decipher. D) Alternate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Decipher. 48. Could volcanoes produce igneous rock? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 49. The root words aer and aero mean: A) Light. B) Air. C) Temperature. D) Time. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Air. 50. Choose the correct prefix of autograph. A) Auto. B) Self. C) Graph. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Auto. 51. Grace visits her doctor and is told she has 'bronchitis.' Based on the suffix-itis in her diagnosis, what does this suggest about her medical condition? A) It is related to bones. B) It involves inflammation. C) It is a type of medicine. D) It is a virus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It involves inflammation. 52. A word that is pronounced the same as another word but is different in meaning or spelling A) Saxophone. B) Homophone. C) Symphony. D) Predecessor. E) -er, -or, -ian, -ist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Homophone. 53. After the accident severely injured Kristen's spin, it was a miracle she could lift her hand even a ..... off the table without help. A) Octogram. B) Millimeter. C) Monochrome. D) Ultimatum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Millimeter. 54. The vigilant guards stayed up all night to make sure no one came near the castle. A) Disguised. B) Superior. C) Youthful. D) Watchful. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Watchful. 55. The root words cept and ceive mean: A) To break. B) To go/ yield/surrender. C) To send. D) To take/catch/ seize/hold/receive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To take/catch/ seize/hold/receive. 56. Which word does NOT have the same root as biologist? A) Autobiography. B) Bioluminescent. C) Biopsy. D) Bilingual. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bilingual. 57. Which root word means 'light'? A) Geo. B) Aqua. C) Photo. D) Terra. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Photo. 58. Based on the Latin suffix-age, the word shortage in paragraph 1 means A) Result of a war taking things. B) Result of lack of something. C) Result of having too much more to store. D) Result of too many nutrients in some foods. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Result of lack of something. 59. Use the suffix-ee to infer who a payee is. A) Someone who does not get paid. B) Someone who gets paid. C) Someone who pays money. D) The amount of money paid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Someone who gets paid. 60. The word "affix" means ..... A) Are added to the beginning of the word to change the meaning. B) A letter or group of letters added to the beginning or end of a word to change its meaning (e.g. prefix or suffix). C) Are added to the end of a word to change the meaning. D) A word from which other words are formed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A letter or group of letters added to the beginning or end of a word to change its meaning (e.g. prefix or suffix). ← 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