This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Morphology > Root Words – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Root Words Quiz 10 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What do the root words in-, im-mean? A) Wrongly. B) In. C) Between. D) Before. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In. 2. What is the root word in disappear? A) Dis. B) Appear. C) Pear. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appear. 3. The root which means large is A) Grad. B) Macro. C) Micro. D) Gen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Macro. 4. A person (noun) with original ideas about what the future will or could be like. A) Cacophony. B) Visualize. C) Audition. D) Visionary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Visionary. 5. What does the root word "mono" mean? A) One. B) Water. C) Fire. D) Many. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) One. 6. Self-regulated; operated by itself A) Automatic. B) Autobiography. C) Automobile. D) Autonomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Automatic. 7. The suffix-ous like in the word joyous means A) Condition of joy. B) Being joy. C) Without joy. D) Full of joy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Full of joy. 8. This words means someone's life story written by someone else. A) Biography. B) Progeny. C) Autobiography. D) Maternal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biography. 9. What is the root word for specialty? A) Cialty. B) Specia. C) Pecialt. D) Special. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Special. 10. TELEPHONETELEPORTWhat is the shared root word in these words? A) Ele. B) Lep. C) Tel. D) Tele. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tele. 11. What does the root word "graph" mean as in the word paragraph?I wrote a 5 paragraph essay about captivity. A) Bad. B) Write. C) Sound. D) Good. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Write. 12. What root word means "written" ? A) Port. B) Graph. C) Dict. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Graph. 13. A speech that seems to go on forever is A) Protracted. B) Contracted. C) Retraction. D) Abstracted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Protracted. 14. What is the root word of called? A) Ed. B) All. C) Call. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Call. 15. The prefix phil-, like in the word philosopher means A) Before. B) Half. C) Love. D) One. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Love. 16. Adding the suffix "ly" to the root word "near" creates- A) Nearby. B) Nearly. C) Nearing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nearly. 17. The Latin root word art, artistic means A) Art. B) Music. C) People. D) Body. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Art. 18. A person who goes from door to door on foot trying to sell a product A) Pedicure. B) Quadruped. C) Pedestrian. D) Peddler. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Peddler. 19. Though the soccer team was losing in the first half, they were able to ..... and win the game. A) Persevere. B) Deviate. C) Tradition. D) Determination. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Persevere. 20. What does aqua-mean in the word aquarium? A) Water. B) Land. C) Blue. D) Bright. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Water. 21. The root word of 'Mismanagement' is ..... A) Manage. B) Management. C) Mismanage. D) Mis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Manage. 22. What is the meaning of the root word-claim-, -clam-? A) To write. B) Move. C) Declare. D) Eath. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Declare. 23. The root word of 'undo' is ..... A) Un. B) Do. C) Undo. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Do. 24. The child created an ..... course in her living room by using the furniture and couch cushions. A) Obstacle. B) Oppress. C) Opponent. D) Object. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Obstacle. 25. Something that stands in one's way; an obstacle A) Peddler. B) Pedal. C) Impediment. D) Millipede. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Impediment. 26. What is the meaning of " Tele" ? A) Distance. B) Five. C) Mind. D) Sound. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Distance. 27. The suffix-rupt like in the word disrupt means A) Full of. B) Break. C) That can be. D) State of being. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Break. 28. An instrument used to measure the amount of energy generated by an earthquake A) Thermometer. B) Seismometer. C) Pedometer. D) Kilometer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Seismometer. 29. What does the root word "ology" mean as in the word biology?I took a biology class in high school. A) Light. B) The study of. C) One. D) To hear. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The study of. 30. Device that cooks food with a very short electromagnetic wave. A) Microwave. B) Microscope. C) Microchip. D) Microorganism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Microwave. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesRoot Words Quiz 1Root Words Quiz 2Root Words Quiz 3Root Words Quiz 4Root Words Quiz 5Root Words Quiz 6Root Words Quiz 7Root Words Quiz 8Root Words Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books