This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Vocabulary > Root Words Roots And Affixes – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Root Words Roots And Affixes Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What do the suffixes '-ician' & '-ist' mean? A) Relating to. B) Person who is a specialist. C) Study of. D) Around. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Person who is a specialist. 2. The root "mim-" means A) Time. B) Sound. C) Same. D) Life. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Same. 3. An imaginary animal that looks like a horse and has one straight horn growing from the middle of its forehead A) Solar. B) Unicorn. C) Solo. D) Unify. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unicorn. 4. The kind gentleman was ..... of saying an unkind thing. A) Nonverbal. B) Ineligible. C) Incapable. D) Illogical. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Incapable. 5. The prefix "contra" as in contradicts means ..... A) With. B) Against. C) Same. D) Action or process. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Against. 6. Based on our knowledge of the word root "path, " we can infer that "sympathy" means to: A) Feel together. B) Play together. C) Laugh together. D) Eat together. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Feel together. 7. A part of a piece of writing that deals with one subject, begins on a new line, and is made up of one or more sentences is called ..... A) An essay. B) A telegraph. C) A narrative. D) A paragraph. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A paragraph. 8. The prefix meaning "below" is A) Hypo. B) Hyper. C) Meso. D) Pre. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hypo. 9. Which root means one? A) Mono. B) Corp. C) Ambi. D) Semi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mono. 10. REVIEW:Which root word means break? A) Frac. B) Arch. C) Manu. D) Arm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frac. 11. How many lenses to binoculars have? A) Two. B) None. C) Three. D) One. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Two. 12. In which word does the prefix "uni-" mean the same as it does in "universe" ? A) Uninvited. B) Unintelligent. C) Unimpressed. D) Unicorn. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unicorn. 13. What does the word "antonym" mean? A) Words that have the same meaning. B) Words that have the opposite meaning. C) Anti government. D) Words from the same region. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Words that have the opposite meaning. 14. Which word root means "half?" A) Poly. B) Multi. C) Semi. D) Bi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Semi. 15. Which among the words has a suffix? A) Continues. B) Disunity. C) Television. D) Produce. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Continues. 16. To get lower in quality or quantity/to say no to something. A) Destroy. B) Desire. C) Deprive. D) Decline. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Decline. 17. Which word or words have a prefix that means the same as the prefix in "bivalve" ? A) Bisect. B) Diamond. C) Geothermal. D) Inexpensive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bisect. 18. What root word means see, observe, look, watch over? A) Ject. B) Fer. C) Spect. D) Sol. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spect. 19. Unexpectedly-means ..... A) Exactly as expected. B) Not in a correct way. C) Not in an expected way. D) In an excited way. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not in an expected way. 20. Happening every two months A) Bimonthly. B) Biennial. C) Biped. D) Biweekly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bimonthly. 21. What does the root word mania mean? A) Sun. B) Obsession. C) Alone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Obsession. 22. What is the root word in unknowingly? A) Know. B) Ing. C) Un. D) Ingly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Know. 23. The word root "auto, " found in words such as 'automobile, ' 'auto-correct, ' 'automatic, ' etc, means: A) Self. B) Write. C) Break. D) Life. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Self. 24. Which word or words come from the root that means "greater" or "beyond" ? A) Biggest. B) Superman. C) Nearest. D) Revolves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Superman. 25. A word that describes a person or character who wishes bad things to happen to others A) Malnourished. B) Dismal. C) Malevolent. D) Malefactor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Malevolent. 26. Something that does not have a shape would most likely be called ..... A) Antigenic. B) Atypical. C) Amorphous. D) Apolitical. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Amorphous. 27. What is the root word of disagreeing? A) Agree. B) Read. C) Joy. D) View. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Agree. 28. Which of the following root words means "skin" ? A) Dem. B) Norm. C) Derm. D) Deca. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Derm. 29. Identify the meaning of the suffix underlined in the word condensation. A) Capable of. B) Without. C) Process of. D) Full of. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Full of. 30. REVIEW:Which root word means weapon? A) Onym. B) Tech. C) Hos. D) Arm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arm. 31. The word root 'fore' means: A) Before. B) After. C) During. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Before. 32. What affix means out of, from? (Think about the word that means digging up a dead body.) A) Ex-. B) Mis-. C) Mal-. D) Trans-. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ex-. 33. Which word means the fear of writing? A) Photophobia. B) Xenophobia. C) Graphophobia. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Graphophobia. 34. Which of the following words below contains a word root that means "to know" ? A) Spectator. B) Awarded. C) Illuminate. D) Recognize. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Recognize. 35. What does the root word in eruption mean? A) Distance. B) Break. C) Write. D) Action. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Break. 36. A way of talking or singing without raising or lowering the sound of your voice; talking in one tone of voice A) Unison. B) Monotone. C) Solo. D) Monotonous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Monotone. 37. Suffix-er or-or means A) Two. B) Half. C) One who / that which. D) Act or process of. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) One who / that which. 38. Which word means to trust someone with private information? A) Corrupt. B) Contradict. C) Confide. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Confide. 39. The word root 'graph, ' found in words such as 'autograph, ' 'telegraph, ' and 'paragraph, ' means: A) Write. B) Break. C) Life. D) Self. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Write. 40. UnbelievableWhat is the prefix? A) Un. B) Be. C) Able. D) Believe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Un. 41. What do the root words 'multi' & 'poly' mean? A) Many. B) Around. C) Write. D) Cut, separate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Many. 42. Which two words use the prefix pro-(forward) the same way promote does? A) Problem, prologue. B) Propel, progress. C) Protein, proton. D) Promise, proper. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Propel, progress. 43. Unafraid means ..... A) Delighted. B) Frightened. C) Not fearful. D) Nervous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not fearful. 44. What is the prefix in autobiography? A) Auto. B) Graph. C) Bio. D) Y. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Auto. 45. Based on our knowledge of prefixes, which of the following words means "a protagonist who does not act brave or morally good?" A) Anti-hero. B) Semi-hero. C) Poly-hero. D) Sub-hero. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anti-hero. 46. How many years are in a bi cent ennial? A) 1000. B) 100. C) 200. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 200. 47. To say or write down how something or someone looks; to use adjectives in writing. A) Inscription. B) Manuscript. C) Describe. D) Scribble. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Describe. 48. What is the suffix of ferocious? A) -ly. B) -or. C) -ous. D) -ment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) -ous. 49. What suffix means full of? A) -ate. B) -able/ible. C) -ous. D) -ant/ent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) -ous. 50. What do the root words 'scrib' & 'scrip' mean? A) Water. B) Against. C) Write. D) See. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Write. 51. What does the root biblio mean? A) Time. B) Life. C) Earth. D) Book. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Book. 52. The root word "cede" means ..... A) To yield or withdraw. B) Both. C) Bad; wrong. D) Shape. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To yield or withdraw. 53. The suffix "or" as in inventor means ..... A) Action or process. B) Someone who. C) Time. D) Having the quality of. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Someone who. 54. A statement saying you are sorry for something. A) Apology. B) Monologue. C) Epilogue. D) Eulogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Apology. 55. I loathe sports, my knowledge of anything baseball related is ..... A) Irrelevant. B) Irregular. C) Nonverbal. D) Nonexistent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nonexistent. 56. What does the root word 'semi' mean? A) Cut, separate. B) Half. C) Look, see. D) Around. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Half. 57. Identify the meaning of the root word underlined within the following word:temporary A) Time. B) Move. C) Hand. D) Roll. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Time. 58. Choose the prefix of the word that is underlined.I must have misunderstood my teacher's directions. Oops! A) Misunder. B) Under. C) Stood. D) Mis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mis. 59. Below the freezing point A) Submerge. B) Subfreezing. C) Subway. D) Subcutaneous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subfreezing. 60. Which root word means "middle" or "between" ? A) Sect. B) Medi. C) Meter. D) Amphi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Medi. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesRoot Words Roots And Affixes Quiz 1Root Words Roots And Affixes Quiz 2Root 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