This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Morphology > Root Words – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Root Words Quiz 12 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the root word for the word hiking? A) Hike. B) Ing. C) Hik. D) Hiki. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hike. 2. What is the suffix of empolyment A) Ploy. B) Dis. C) Ment. D) Em. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ment. 3. The Greek word part nov, like in the word novel means A) Light. B) New. C) Car. D) Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) New. 4. What does the suffix "bi" mean?As in bicycle, biannual, bicentennial, bilingual, bigamy. A) One. B) Two. C) Three. D) Four. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Two. 5. What is the root word for "unforgivable" A) Forgive. B) Able. C) Forgivable. D) Un. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Forgive. 6. Which word has the SAME root word as replaced? A) Shoelace. B) Replay. C) Placement. D) Acted. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Placement. 7. Meaning of prefixtrans A) Under. B) Together. C) Across. D) Half. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Across. 8. What is the root word that means "self" ? A) Dict. B) Aut. C) Spec. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aut. 9. What is the Latin root word for know? A) Innate. B) Cogn. C) Sign. D) Reco. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cogn. 10. When a doctor removes a small piece of tissue from a living person to investigate it under the microscope, what is he or she doing? A) Vivisection. B) Macrobiotics. C) Biopsy. D) Neurobiology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biopsy. 11. What is the root word of scared? A) Scare. B) Scar. C) Scared. D) Ed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scare. 12. What is the root word in the word "rejection" ? A) Re. B) Ject. C) Ion. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ject. 13. What is the base word in wordless? A) Or. B) Word. C) Less. D) Wordle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Word. 14. A person who teaches A) Teacher. B) Teachly. C) Teachful. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Teacher. 15. Jack decided to give his ..... of marriage to Jill on the hill. A) Depose. B) Proposal. C) Post. D) Juxtapose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Proposal. 16. What is the meaning of the root word-hydr-? A) To speak. B) Water. C) To know. D) Hydroflask. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water. 17. What does the root word therm-mean in the word thermo meter? A) Heat/hot. B) Frigid. C) Cold. D) Warm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heat/hot. 18. What is the prefix in unexpected? A) Expected. B) Ed. C) Un. D) Expect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Un. 19. Relating to motor vehicles A) Autopilot. B) Automotive. C) Automatic. D) Automobile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Automotive. 20. The word hyperactive is used to describe someone that has a lot of energy.What does the root word hyper mean? A) Excessive. B) Lazy. C) Some. D) Tired. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Excessive. 21. What is the meaning of aqua/aqu? A) Sky. B) Earth. C) Water. D) Fire. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water. 22. The verb object means ..... A) A person or thing that goes against another. B) To speak up against something. C) Something that is in the way. D) A remedy that acts against poison. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To speak up against something. 23. What do the roots "man" and "manu" mean? A) Foot. B) Hand. C) To do. D) Male. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hand. 24. TRANSFORMATIONFORMATIONWhat is the shared root word in these words? A) Tion. B) For. C) Or. D) Form. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Form. 25. What is the root word of revisit? A) Visits. B) Revisit. C) Re. D) Visit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Visit. 26. Which word is not a suffix? A) Ing. B) Ful. C) Pre. D) Ed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pre. 27. A self propelled road vehicle A) Automobile. B) Autopilot. C) Autobiography. D) Automatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Automobile. 28. What is the prefix in the word tricycle? A) Cycle. B) Tri. C) Tric. D) Ycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tri. 29. The root-ver-means A) Turn. B) Way. C) End. D) Across. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Turn. 30. The root micro means very small. What does the word microscope mean? A) A tiny creature. B) A small machine. C) A tiny scope. D) A device used to see small things. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A device used to see small things. ← 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