This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Vocabulary > Root Words Roots And Affixes – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Root Words Roots And Affixes Quiz 15 (27 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A passageway under the ground; an electric underground railway A) Subirrigate. B) Subcutaneous. C) Subway. D) Subordinate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subway. 2. What is the meaning of "misspeak" ? A) To say the wrong thing. B) To forget to ask. C) To make a mistake. D) To speak politely. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To say the wrong thing. 3. Which of the following suffixes means "the study of" ? A) -ment. B) -acy. C) -ology. D) -less. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) -ology. 4. The suffix-ist means; scientist A) To play. B) To hold. C) To learn. D) To do or believe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To do or believe. 5. What is a word element that can be attached to a root to form a new word? A) Affix. B) Prefix. C) Root. D) Suffux. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Affix. 6. Which root word means "write" ? A) Spec/spect. B) Port. C) Scrib/script. D) Photo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scrib/script. 7. The root word in sorrowfully is A) Ly. B) Sorrow. C) Full. D) Fully. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sorrow. 8. Which affix means all? A) Fer. B) Mal-. C) Onmi-. D) De-. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onmi-. 9. He was bummed when he realized he forgot his ..... lens on the way to the bug museum. A) Photosyntheis. B) Photograph. C) Photon. D) Telephoto. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Telephoto. 10. What does the root word 'peri' mean? A) Half. B) Sun. C) Around. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Around. 11. The inability to sleep. A) Omniscience. B) Restless. C) Insomnia. D) Omnipotence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Insomnia. 12. What does the root word ped/pod mean? A) Hand. B) Eye. C) Foot. D) Leg. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foot. 13. REVIEW:Which root word means pull? A) Mort. B) Mal. C) Tract. D) Capit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tract. 14. The car can drive auto matically . The root auto means ..... A) Across. B) Earth. C) Self. D) Two. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Self. 15. Having two different colors A) Biweekly. B) Bicuspid. C) Biped. D) Bicolor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bicolor. 16. What does the prefix counter-mean? A) Not. B) Different. C) Able. D) Opposite/against. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Opposite/against. 17. What is the root word in the word:unopen? A) Un. B) Unopen. C) Open. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Open. 18. The root "migr-" means A) Change, move. B) Life. C) Same. D) To witness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Change, move. 19. The root "mort-" means A) Earth. B) Death. C) Measure. D) Time. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Death. 20. What affix means wrong? A) Bi-. B) Mis-. C) Sub-. D) Dis-. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mis-. 21. To cause people or things to be joined or brought together A) Solitude. B) Solo. C) Unison. D) Unify. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unify. 22. Prefix tri-means A) Three. B) Two. C) One. D) Four. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Three. 23. The bone belongs to my dog. It is my ..... bone. A) Dog's. B) Dog. C) Dogs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dog's. 24. A nurse in the cardiology department is typically very knowledgeable about what organ in the body? A) The spleen. B) The liver. C) The brain. D) The heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The heart. 25. What does the root word fin mean? A) Answer. B) End. C) Year. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) End. 26. Totally means ..... A) In large part. B) In a complete way. C) Almost complete. D) Not at all. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In a complete way. 27. Our company holds semiannual meetings in January and July to check up on progress and make important decisions. SEMI / ANNI A) Half / year. B) Half / measure. C) Part / measure. D) Part / year. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Half / year. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesRoot Words Roots And Affixes Quiz 1Root 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 8Root Words Roots And Affixes Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books