This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Morphology > Root Words – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Root Words Quiz 2 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The root Mille means thousand and ped, "foot." So what does the word millipede mean? A) A creature with no legs. B) A creature with 4 legs. C) A creature with 2 legs. D) A creature with many legs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A creature with many legs. 2. What is the root word in prewrite? A) Pre. B) Write. C) Wrote. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Write. 3. A book about a person's life written by himself or herself A) Autonomy. B) Autograph. C) Autobiography. D) Self-confident. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Autobiography. 4. Powerful contains which root word? A) Wonderful. B) Power. C) Full. D) Powers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Power. 5. What is the root that means to place or put? A) Sid. B) Sed. C) Pot. D) Pos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pos. 6. What do the root words grad and gres mean? A) Good. B) Hear. C) Step. D) Write. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Step. 7. To take out of place A) Depose. B) Deposit. C) Proposal. D) Transpose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Depose. 8. Manicure: ..... ::pedicure: ..... A) Hands, feet. B) Over, under. C) Dirty, clean. D) Feet, hands. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hands, feet. 9. To put your needs above someone else's to the point that it's a burden for others A) Post. B) Deposit. C) Imposition. D) Juxtapose. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imposition. 10. If someone believes that you really do something, she will give you this. A) Credit. B) Justice. C) Accreditation. D) Credential. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Credit. 11. Which root word means 'Empty'? A) Ver. B) Bio. C) Voc/vot. D) Vac. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vac. 12. If 'ver' means true, what does 'verify' mean? A) To be true. B) To tell the truth. C) Do not lie. D) To make sure something is true. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To make sure something is true. 13. Hearing, technically known as ....., begins when a sound wave reaches the outer ear. A) Audio-visual. B) Audition. C) Autocracy. D) Audacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Audition. 14. Which word has the same root word as admiration? A) Administrator. B) Accept. C) Admires. D) Admit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Admires. 15. Auto is a Greek prefix that means- A) Measure. B) Time. C) Carry. D) Self. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Self. 16. What is the prefix in the word inaudible? A) In. B) Ible. C) Aud. D) Able. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In. 17. What is the root word in the word, "freely?" A) Ly. B) Free. C) Freely. D) Y. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Free. 18. If the root word "port" means to carry, what does the word portable mean?My laptop is portable. A) Able to lift. B) Able to read. C) Able to measure. D) Able to be moved. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Able to be moved. 19. What does the word patri or pater mean? A) Baby. B) Pattern. C) Paul. D) Father. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Father. 20. Adding the prefix "non" to the root word "magical" creates A) Nonmagical. B) Nomagical. C) Notmagical. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nonmagical. 21. Which word contains a prefix?I misunderstood the lesson because I was playing on my phone. A) Playing. B) Phone. C) Misunderstood. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Misunderstood. 22. The prefix non-, like in the word nonstop means A) Across. B) Not. C) Many. D) After. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not. 23. If preSCRIPtion means 'a written note signed by a doctor which provides instructions for medicine or treatment, what does the root word SCRIP mean? A) Instructions. B) Write. C) Note. D) Medicine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Write. 24. What is the base word in preheating? A) Heat. B) Preheat. C) Pre. D) Ing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heat. 25. If the root word "bio" means life, what does the word biology mean?I took a biology class. A) Study of sound. B) Study of math. C) Study of living organisms. D) Study of the human body. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Study of living organisms. 26. Which word means loud enough to be heard? A) Audience. B) Audible. C) Videocassette. D) Visible. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Audible. 27. ..... sense-doesn't make sense A) Non. B) Over. C) Co. D) Un. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Non. 28. An instrument that makes small objects look larger. A) Microscope. B) Microwave. C) Microphone. D) Microchip. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Microscope. 29. The Latin root port like in the word transport means A) Travel. B) Carry. C) Water. D) Company. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carry. 30. Which words have the same suffix as slowly? A) Lily and boldly. B) Rudely and quickly. C) Belly and bully. D) Wisely and jelly. 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