This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Morphology > Root Words – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Root Words Quiz 13 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Misunderstanding has a prefix, suffix, and root. What is the prefix of "misunderstanding" ? A) Ing. B) Stand. C) Under. D) Mis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mis. 2. What does multi-mean in the word multiplication? A) Not much. B) One. C) Many. D) Few. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Many. 3. My grandfather passed along many family ..... that had been practiced for generations. A) Diversity. B) Determinations. C) Persevere. D) Traditions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Traditions. 4. What does the root word "geo" mean?As in geography, geology, geometry. A) Science. B) Earth. C) Water. D) Life. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Earth. 5. Name the scientist who studies living things A) Biologist. B) Autobiographer. C) Neuribiologist. D) Biographer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biologist. 6. The root log-, like in the word analogue means A) Not or away. B) To do again. C) Word. D) More than. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Word. 7. We organized weekly gatherings in an effort to ..... thecontentious community. A) Solo. B) Unify. C) Monotone. D) Unison. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unify. 8. The newspaper printed the ....., since the information in yesterday's paper was actuallynot correct A) Tractor. B) Protract. C) Extract. D) Retraction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Retraction. 9. One that walks on two feet A) Tripod. B) Biped. C) Bifoot. D) Double footed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biped. 10. To know something when you see it A) Recognizable. B) Dislocate. C) Recognize. D) Natural. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Recognize. 11. What is the meaning of the root word-luc-, -lum-? A) Shine, light. B) Lucky. C) First. D) To be a leader. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shine, light. 12. The Latin root aqua, like in the word aqueduct means A) Water. B) People. C) Body. D) Green. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Water. 13. Which word means a mixture of various unpleasant sounds; harsh sounds? A) Cacophony. B) Xylophone. C) Phonograph. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cacophony. 14. Which is the root word for the word reddish? A) Dish. B) Redd. C) Red. D) Ish. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Red. 15. What is the definition of the root word circum A) Against. B) To make. C) Around. D) Throw. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Around. 16. A foot treatment that could include soaking the feet and polishing the toenails A) Quadruped. B) Pedicure. C) Peddler. D) Tripod. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pedicure. 17. What kind of ..... drawing is that? I can't tell if it's a banana or a horse! A) Contract. B) Protract. C) Retraction. D) Abstract. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Abstract. 18. What does the root word "logy" mean? A) The study of. B) Taste. C) See. D) Hear. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The study of. 19. The root word of 'disorganize' is ..... A) Organize. B) Organ. C) Dis. D) Disorgan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Organize. 20. Which word has the same base word as misread? A) Reread. B) Red. C) Ready. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reread. 21. The suffix-hood like in the word brotherhood means A) Can be like a brother. B) Full of brothers. C) Able to be brothers. D) State of being brothers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) State of being brothers. 22. Which word is an antonym for the word "antidote" ? A) Remedy. B) Cure. C) Antibiotic. D) Poison. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Poison. 23. What is the root word of thinking? A) Think. B) Thinking. C) Thinks. D) Ing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Think. 24. This word means something is capable of being easily carried. A) Porter. B) Portage. C) Portfolio. D) Portable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Portable. 25. In order to get energy, plants need sunlight for photosynthesis. A) A process where plants use sunlight to make food. B) The flowers on a plant. C) A large plant with many leaves. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A process where plants use sunlight to make food. 26. What does the root word-POS-mean? A) To move. B) To believe or to trust. C) To put or to place. D) To look. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To put or to place. 27. Tom and Jerry disagreed on what TV show to watch. That means they- A) Agreed again. B) Did agree. C) Stopped agreeing. D) Did not agree. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Did not agree. 28. What are you if you were in danger of disease of illness but you came out of it healthy and even more alive A) Antibiotic. B) Vital. C) Biopsy. D) Survivor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Survivor. 29. Tommy seemed fearless as he walked to the front of the class.What is the meaning of the word fearless? A) Without fear. B) With fear. C) Full of fear. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Without fear. 30. A scientist who studies the earth A) Geographic. B) Geography. C) Geoponics. D) Geologist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Geologist. ← 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