This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Morphology > Root Words – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Root Words Quiz 9 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which is the root word for the word fielder? A) Der. B) Fiel. C) Fielde. D) Field. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Field. 2. I would love to have a pet ..... ! A) Unicorn. B) Unify. C) Solitude. D) Solo. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unicorn. 3. 'Benevolent' means wanting good things for people; generous; kind. What does 'bene' mean? A) Good. B) People. C) Things. D) Small. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Good. 4. The suffix in the word 'impassble' is ..... A) Im. B) Able. C) Pass. D) Passable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Able. 5. The word uncover has the root word cover. What does the word uncover mean? A) Hide. B) Keep a secret. C) Protect. D) Make known. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Make known. 6. What is the root word for prediction? A) Diction. B) Predict. C) Pred. D) Predi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Predict. 7. What does the prefix "re" mean?As in return, recall, regain, remarry, rewrite. A) Before. B) Later. C) After. D) Again. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Again. 8. Which word means the study of living things? A) Biology. B) Science. C) Mariner. D) Biography. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biology. 9. What is the root word of helped? A) Help. B) Lep. C) Helpe. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Help. 10. The suffix-ship like in the word leadership means A) Full of. B) That can be. C) State of being. D) A condition of being. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A condition of being. 11. What is the meaning of the root word-ast(er)-? A) Move. B) Star. C) Earth. D) Lead. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Star. 12. The root in this word tells you this is a writer: A) Scribe. B) Optometrist. C) Novice. D) Egocentric. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scribe. 13. What is the root word for the word reopen? A) Re. B) Reo. C) Pen. D) Open. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Open. 14. What is the suffix in the word fixable? A) Le. B) Fix. C) Able. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Able. 15. A noun meaning unpleasant noise; harsh sounds A) Cacophony. B) Audible. C) Visualize. D) Auditorium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cacophony. 16. What is the root word in the word, "countless?" A) Less. B) Countless. C) Count. D) Number. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Count. 17. The prefix san-, like in the word sanitizer means A) Health. B) Before. C) Half of. D) Not or away. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Health. 18. The prefix ord-, like in the word ordinal means A) Rank. B) Not or away. C) One. D) Before. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rank. 19. If it is in the area it is ..... A) Locality. B) Nation. C) National. D) Local. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Local. 20. What does-less mean in the word careless? A) Again. B) With. C) Full of. D) Without. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Without. 21. What are the base word and the suffix for the word REMARKABLE? A) Remarke and-able. B) Remark and-able. C) Remarka and-ble. D) Remarkab and-le. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Remark and-able. 22. Which word has the SAME root word as customary? A) Custard. B) Costume. C) Marry. D) Accustomed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Accustomed. 23. To display for everyone to see A) Juxtapose. B) Post. C) Proposal. D) Compose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Post. 24. What does the word "contradict" mean? A) Something that is in the way. B) To speak up against something. C) A remedy that acts against poison. D) To say or do the opposite of what someone else has said. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To say or do the opposite of what someone else has said. 25. What does the root word "chron" mean as in the word chronological?The assignment was to retell the story in chronological order. A) Time. B) Love. C) Middle. D) Six. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Time. 26. What does the suffix "bio" mean?As in biology, biography, biodiversity, biome, bionic. A) Related to strength. B) Related to waste. C) Related to life. D) Related to light. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Related to life. 27. It is difficult to take good photographs in a dark room. Good photographs require a room that is bright. A) An image made using light sensitive material. B) A drawing. C) A statue. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An image made using light sensitive material. 28. What does the root word ig-mean? A) Do, act. B) Image, likeness, shape. C) Write. D) Born, produced. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Do, act. 29. To put money into an account A) Imposition. B) Deposit. C) Depose. D) Proposal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deposit. 30. What does the root word "form" mean as in the word deformed?The fruit was deformed, meaning it did not look the way it should. A) Good. B) Shape. C) Heat. D) Write. 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