This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Vocabulary > Root Words And Affixes – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Root Words And Affixes Quiz 5 (18 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Using your knowledge of prefixes, suffixes, and word roots, answer the question. In college, Brian joined a fraternity because he enjoys living with his buddies.What does the word fraternity mean in the sentence above? A) A dormitory. B) An athletic center. C) A school for boys. D) A brotherhood. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A brotherhood. 2. What does hydr, hydro, and aqua mean? A) Fake. B) Fear. C) Living. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Water. 3. What is the meaning of mis-? A) Mistaken or wrong. B) Over. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mistaken or wrong. 4. What is the meaning of leg-? A) Build or assemble. B) Read or the law. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Read or the law. 5. What is the meaning of ped? A) Hand. B) Foot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foot. 6. Astr/aster means ..... A) Heat. B) Moon. C) Space. D) Star. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Star. 7. Photo/phos means ..... A) Light. B) Heat. C) Life. D) Star. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Light. 8. This word means to pack again. A) Prepack. B) Repack. C) Mispack. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repack. 9. Inter means ..... A) Within. B) Between. C) Before. D) Against. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Between. 10. Using your knowledge of prefixes, suffixes, and word roots, answer the question. We sat in a semicircle and watched the instructor at the front of the room.What does the word semicircle mean in the sentence above? A) Two circles. B) Full circle. C) Small circle. D) Half circle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Half circle. 11. What is the root word in "understanding?" A) Standing. B) Under. C) Understand. D) Stand. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Understand. 12. Which Latin root word means 'to carry'? A) Port. B) Duc. C) Fer. D) Cap. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fer. 13. What is the meaning of centi-? A) One thousand. B) One hundred. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) One hundred. 14. Cent means ..... A) Thousand. B) Hundred. C) Year. D) Against. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hundred. 15. This word means spell a word incorrectly. A) Misspell. B) Respell. C) Unspell. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Misspell. 16. The root word, "vid" or "vis" means? A) Star. B) Play. C) See. D) Hear. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) See. 17. Which of the following is a suffix that means 'state or quality of'? A) -ment. B) -ship. C) -ness. D) -ity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) -ness. 18. This dog is very cute! He's ador ..... ! A) Able. B) Ful. C) Less. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Able. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesRoot Words And Affixes Quiz 1Root Words And Affixes Quiz 2Root Words And Affixes Quiz 3Root Words And Affixes Quiz 4Advanced Vocabulary QuizAffixes QuizAnalogies QuizAntonyms QuizBasic Spanish Words Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books