This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Vocabulary > Root Words Roots And Affixes – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Root Words Roots And Affixes Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Prefix oct-means A) Eight. B) Two. C) Three. D) Four. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eight. 2. The word agree is a verb (to agree). What ending would you add to make the root an adjective? A) -able. B) -s. C) -ly. D) -ion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -able. 3. The teacher ran to the printer to make a ..... of the worksheet. A) Photocopy. B) Photon. C) Telephoto. D) Photograph. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Photocopy. 4. What do the suffixes '-al', '-ical', & '-ic' mean? A) Study of. B) Relating to. C) A person who is a specialist. D) Around. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Relating to. 5. Which root word means fire? A) Ignis. B) Haste. C) Rupt. D) Lumin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ignis. 6. Which root means large; long; or inclusive? A) Macro. B) Arch. C) Micro. D) Astro. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Macro. 7. Which word contains a Latin root that means "to see" ? A) Prepare. B) Inspect. C) Transform. D) Televise. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inspect. 8. A doctor who specializes in taking care of feet is a ..... A) Orthopediatrist. B) Podiatrist. C) Pediatrist. D) Pediatrician. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Podiatrist. 9. In the word automotive, the prefix means: A) Auto. B) Before. C) Self. D) Car. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Self. 10. REVIEW:Which root word means million? A) Hos. B) Dyna. C) Deca. D) Mega. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mega. 11. Write, draw, describe A) Ject. B) Port. C) Meter. D) Graph/gram. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Graph/gram. 12. The suffix-ment means; payment A) Playful. B) Action or result of. C) A giraffe. D) To infer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Action or result of. 13. Sarah can't go to the movies this weekend. Which word is a contraction? A) Weekend. B) Can't. C) Sarah. D) This. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can't. 14. This root means "feel/feeling." A) Cosm. B) Sent/sens. C) Mania. D) Levi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sent/sens. 15. Which suffix creates a new, real word when added to the word "entertain" ? A) -ate. B) -ness. C) -less. D) -ment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) -ment. 16. Instead of following a consistent schedule, the bell rang at ..... intervals. A) Irrational. B) Irregular. C) Irrelevant. D) Nonexistent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irregular. 17. Which of the following is NOT a numerical root word? A) Bi. B) Mar/i. C) Quad. D) Cent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mar/i. 18. The word root in the word 'dictate" means: A) Say, tell. B) Hear, receive. C) Strike, hit. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Say, tell. 19. Which root means out or beyond? A) Dorm. B) Anti. C) Calor. D) Ex. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ex. 20. Which of the following is an example of what happens when two people are in a dysfunctional relationship? A) Laughing. B) Motivating each other. C) Doing everything together. D) Putting each other down constantly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Putting each other down constantly. 21. Prefix quad-means A) Three. B) Two. C) One. D) Four. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Four. 22. The prefix de-means; deforest A) To party. B) To lie. C) To remove. D) To attach. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To remove. 23. Which of the following root words means "heart" ? A) Crypt. B) Corp. C) Cord. D) Crat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cord. 24. How many cents are in a dollar? A) 100. B) 10. C) 1000. D) 50. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 100. 25. After their victory, the team took a ..... with the tropy to celebrate. A) Telephoto. B) Photograph. C) Photon. D) Photocopy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Photograph. 26. If something is not present or real it is ..... A) Vacant. B) Empty. C) Nonexistent. D) Actual. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nonexistent. 27. The word enclose meansThe entire estate was enclosed with walls. A) Opposite. B) Cause to. C) Remove. D) Cut off. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cut off. 28. Inactive means ..... A) Busy. B) Pretending. C) Still. D) Tired. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Still. 29. Which root means before or in front of? A) Flex. B) Arch. C) Fore. D) Dorm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fore. 30. Which root word means trust or faith? A) Fid. B) Dict. C) Nov. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fid. 31. What was his (react) to this plan? A) Reactive. B) Reactable. C) Reactivity. D) Reaction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reaction. 32. The suffix "ible" as in sensible means ..... A) Capable. B) Unlike. C) One. D) Action or process. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Capable. 33. Which root word means sleep? A) Auto. B) Dorm. C) Sol. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dorm. 34. Identify the meaning of the root word underlined in the word dictionary. A) To step. B) To ask. C) To speak. D) To mix. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To speak. 35. We came back from vacation to find our dog acting frantic and ..... A) Irrational. B) Irrelevant. C) Nonexistent. D) Nonverbal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irrational. 36. The girls went to the library and read three books in one afternoon. They were voracious eaders. What does the word voracious mean as it is used in the text. A) Lazy. B) Helpful. C) Outstanding. D) Happy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Outstanding. 37. What does the word automotive mean? A) Mobile phone. B) Animation. C) Cars or vehicles. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cars or vehicles. 38. The prefix "syn" as in synonym means ..... A) Say. B) Capable. C) Write. D) Together. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Together. 39. A stand with three legs is a ..... A) Duopod. B) Centipod. C) Monopod. D) Tripod. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tripod. 40. A vehicle with two wheels A) Bifocals. B) Bicycle. C) Biped. D) Biplane. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bicycle. 41. What is the meaning of the root word "mis" ? A) Girl. B) Opposite. C) Almost. D) Wrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wrong. 42. A long speech made by a single character in a book, play or movie. A) Eulogy. B) Dialogue. C) Monologue. D) Epilogue. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Monologue. 43. Which prefix means "to cause/ become" A) Post. B) A/an. C) Mid. D) Be. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Be. 44. Prefix under-means A) Before. B) Too little/ below. C) Too much of. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Too little/ below. 45. Light defines the root word A) Gress. B) Lum. C) Ced. D) Greg. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lum. 46. A piece of paper written by a doctor that lets you get medicine at the pharmacy. A) Scribe. B) Inscription. C) Script. D) Prescription. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prescription. 47. The prefix re-means ..... Examples:replay, redo A) Wrong. B) Not. C) Again. D) Coffee. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Again. 48. REVIEW:Which root word meant across? A) Scope. B) Tele. C) Trans. D) Sym. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trans. 49. How many rails does a monorail run on? A) Two. B) None. C) One. D) Three. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) One. 50. Which of the following words uses re-the same way as in the word retry? A) Ready. B) Read. C) Area. D) Reprint. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reprint. 51. This root word means "mind; soul" A) Para. B) Cycl. C) Morph. D) Psych. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Psych. 52. Fertilize has the suffix that means to make/ to cause to become. This word is a/an A) Noun. B) Adverb. C) Adjective. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Verb. 53. What does the prefix "mid" mean? A) After, later. B) Middle. C) Partly, half. D) To cause. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Middle. 54. Which word root means 'pull' or 'drag'? A) Terr. B) Tract. C) Auto. D) Rupt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tract. 55. Which of the following root words means "both" ? A) Fug. B) Amphi. C) Mort. D) Poly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amphi. 56. The act of saying or singing something together at the same time; as one A) Monotonous. B) Solo. C) Unison. D) Monotone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unison. 57. "The war was fought over fertile territory . "The word territory is referring to what? A) Ocean. B) Land, earth. C) People, humans. D) Galaxies, outerspace. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Land, earth. 58. To teach someone, especially at a school, college, or university A) Induct. B) Educate. C) Duct. D) Abduct. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Educate. 59. The word placid means When dad walked in to the house, it was nice and quiet. No one was home. Dad had a placid expression on his face. A) Nervous. B) Calm. C) Angry. D) Confused. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Calm. 60. A geographic area that is owned and controlled by a government or country A) Subterranean. B) Geographer. C) Territory. D) Extraterrestrial. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Territory. Next →Related QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesRoot Words Roots And Affixes Quiz 2Root Words Roots And Affixes Quiz 3Root Words Roots And Affixes Quiz 4Root Words Roots And Affixes Quiz 5Root Words Roots And Affixes Quiz 6Root Words Roots And Affixes Quiz 7Root Words Roots And Affixes Quiz 8Advanced Vocabulary QuizAffixes Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books