This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Vocabulary > Root Words And Affixes – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Root Words And Affixes Quiz 2 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Below are descriptions about Context Clues EXCEPT: A) They provide hints/clues to define a difficult word. B) They co-exist with the unfamiliar words in the sentence. C) They are the difficult words in the sentence. D) They help readers understand word meanings without the direct help of a dictionary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They are the difficult words in the sentence. 2. What is the root word in disengage? A) Gage. B) Dis. C) Engage. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Engage. 3. What is the meaning of photo? A) Dark. B) Light. C) Image. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Light. 4. What is the meaning of log/logue? A) Thought. B) All. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thought. 5. He was involved in an accident; luckily, he was unharmed. The word unharmed means ..... A) Critical. B) Uninjured. C) Loved. D) Unsafe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Uninjured. 6. Which suffixes mean "having qualities of? A) -ous-eous-ious. B) -able-ible. C) -ive-ative-itive. D) -ion-tion-ation-ition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -ous-eous-ious. 7. Use what you know about root words meaning to match the words with the correct definition. Refer to the root word. Audible A) Able to be heard. B) Low. C) Spoken. D) Audio. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Able to be heard. 8. What does the prefix semi-mean? As used in such words as:semicircle or semifinal? A) Around. B) Finished. C) Over. D) Half. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Half. 9. Use what you know about root words meaning to match the words with the correct definition. Refer to the root word. Dental A) Relating to teeth. B) Last in a series. C) Doctor. D) A speech delivered by one person. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Relating to teeth. 10. What does the root word chron mean? As used in such words as:chronological or chronic? A) Sick. B) Time. C) Over and over. D) Power. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Time. 11. At the restaurant we were offered a variety of beverages, like milk and ice tea. A) Milk. B) Bread. C) Silverware. D) Drinks. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Drinks. 12. What is the meaning of-ship? A) Apart/away. B) Position held. C) All. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Position held. 13. What is the meaning of-dom? A) One who. B) Place or state of being. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Place or state of being. 14. What is the meaning of the root dem(o)? A) "skin". B) "people". C) "tooth". D) "ten". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "people". 15. Anti-means ..... A) Against. B) War. C) Hundred. D) Year. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Against. 16. What does the suffix re mean? A) Full of. B) Again. C) Not. D) Able to. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Again. 17. Others followed in the 1800s, living in isolation, moving into the subvalleys, along creek branches and up the steep hillsides to scrabble for a hard living. In the passage, the word subvalleys means A) In the lower part of the valleys. B) Inside the caves in the valleys. C) A valley nestled in the Smokies. D) Up the steep hillsides of the Smokies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the lower part of the valleys. 18. What is the meaning geo? A) Star. B) Earth or ground. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Earth or ground. 19. Define the prefix "un" A) AgIn. B) Not. C) Across. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not. 20. What is the meaning of-ish? A) To some degree. B) Possessing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To some degree. 21. #2 Part A:The root word sane comes from a Latin word that can mean healthy or reasonable. Knowing this, what is the best meaning for the word insane in paragraph 2? A) Not reasonable or healthy. B) The state of being reasonable or healthy. C) Very reasonable or healthy. D) Able to be reasonable or healthy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not reasonable or healthy. 22. This word means to cook in advance. A) Precook. B) Recook. C) Miscook. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Precook. 23. Choose another word from paragraph 1 that has the same suffix as colorful. A) Visible. B) Beautiful. C) Different. D) Helpful. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beautiful. 24. Define this root word "loc" A) Place. B) Throw. C) Yield or go. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Place. 25. What is the meaning of auto-? A) Self. B) Under or below. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Self. 26. Hydr means ..... A) Measure. B) Water. C) Life. D) Heat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water. 27. Use what you know about root words meaning to match the words with the correct definition. Refer to the root word. Monologue A) Catalogue. B) A speech delivered by one person, like an actor. C) How high something rises. D) Conversation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A speech delivered by one person, like an actor. 28. The word "hydrothermal" means A) Cooling air. B) Straightened earth. C) Heated water. D) Moving wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heated water. 29. Root words are the ..... building blocks of words A) Prefix. B) Suffix. C) Basic. D) Ending. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Basic. 30. Luther will not attend the training today. He is undependable. The word undependable means ..... A) Hardworking. B) Unreliable. C) Careful. D) Trusted. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unreliable. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesRoot Words And Affixes Quiz 1Root Words And Affixes Quiz 3Root Words And Affixes Quiz 4Root Words And Affixes Quiz 5Advanced Vocabulary QuizAffixes QuizAnalogies QuizAntonyms QuizBasic Spanish Words Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books