This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Morphology > Root Words – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Root Words Quiz 18 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. If the word "dict" means speak, what does the word dictate mean?The teacher will dictate the words out loud. A) Listen. B) Shape. C) Speak. D) Sound. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Speak. 2. The root-tra-/-tran-means A) End. B) Turn. C) Across. D) Way. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Across. 3. Which words use the suffix-ed in the same way as walked? A) Talked and bleed. B) Lied and yelled. C) Yelled and talked. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yelled and talked. 4. What is the meaning of the root word-kine-? A) Sports. B) Watch. C) Declare. D) Move. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Move. 5. The word downward contains the root word down. The word downward means ..... A) Around. B) Toward the ground. C) In the air. D) Sideways. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Toward the ground. 6. Name the root word in jumping . A) Jump. B) Ump. C) Ing. D) Sad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jump. 7. The suffix-able means "can be" or "is able." An enjoyable walk is one that is ..... A) Exhausting. B) Avoided. C) Planned. D) Pleasant. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pleasant. 8. What does the root word gress-mean? A) Flow, stream, guide. B) Step. C) Write. D) Born, produced. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Step. 9. A vehicle that can be operated by oneself A) Autograph. B) Automatic. C) Self-sufficient. D) Automobile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Automobile. 10. What do the prefixes "mono" and "uni" mean?As in monotone, monogamy, unison, unique. A) Two. B) Four. C) Three. D) One. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) One. 11. Which root word means 'love'? A) Luc. B) Phil. C) Chron. D) Vac. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phil. 12. Which word has the same prefix as misread? A) Misuse. B) Read. C) Thread. D) Reread. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Misuse. 13. What does the root word "phil" mean A) Love. B) Eye. C) Many. D) Hate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Love. 14. Which root word means 'small'? A) Min. B) Mal. C) Chron. D) Mar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Min. 15. What does the root word "path" mean as in the word thermal?My friend showed me sympathy when my dog died.. A) Good. B) Life. C) Heat. D) Feelings/emotions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Feelings/emotions. 16. Although Marissa walked with a limp, she didn't let this ..... get in her way. A) Pedestrian. B) Peddler. C) Pedicure. D) Impediment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Impediment. 17. Hydroelectric power is made from rivers, lakes, and ocean currents.What does the root word hydro mean? A) Wind. B) Water. C) Power. D) Rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water. 18. To put something out for others to see A) Expose. B) Compose. C) Apposition. D) Imposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Expose. 19. How do you split the following word up into prefix / base / suffix? (unthinkable) A) Unthink / able. B) Un / think / able. C) Un / thinka / ble. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Un / think / able. 20. Which word has the same root as likeness? A) Spike. B) Sadness. C) Likely. D) Happiness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Likely. 21. Meaning of suffixward A) Not. B) In the direction of. C) Like having charaerized. D) Again. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the direction of. 22. In the word, review, what does the prefix re-mean? A) Not able to. B) Before. C) Do over. D) Under. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Do over. 23. How do you split the following word up into prefix / base / suffix? (prewriting) A) Pre / writ / ing. B) Prewrit / ing. C) Prewrite / ing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pre / writ / ing. 24. What is the root in the word cyclone? A) Clo. B) Cycl. C) Ycl. D) One. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cycl. 25. Let's put the camera on this so that it won't wiggle as much. A) Tripod. B) Impediments. C) Quadruped. D) Peddler. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tripod. 26. What do the root word in-, I'm-, il-, ir-mean? A) Before. B) Wrongly. C) Not. D) In. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not. 27. The prefix micro means A) Huge. B) Bright. C) Small. D) Instrument. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Small. 28. In the word, misunderstood, what does the prefix mis-mean? A) Against. B) Wrongly. C) Middle. D) Before. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wrongly. 29. The word "telephone" contains the affix ..... A) Tele. B) Aut. C) Dict. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tele. 30. Identify the suffix in the word:hugged A) Ed. B) Hug. C) Gged. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ed. ← 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