This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Vocabulary > Root Words Roots And Affixes – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Root Words Roots And Affixes Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A convincing fake made to seem like the real thing is a ..... A) Fraud. B) Deception. C) Phony. D) Counterfeit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Counterfeit. 2. What is the prefix of disorganized? A) Dis-. B) En-. C) Mis-. D) Ir-. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dis-. 3. The word wreck is a verb (to wreck). What ending would you add to make it a noun? A) -able. B) -s. C) -ing. D) -age. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) -age. 4. The prefix in the word 'polygon' tells us that: A) It has many sides. B) It has three sides. C) It has no sides. D) It has two sides. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It has many sides. 5. Which root means good; well; or happy? A) Eu. B) Astro. C) Cide/cise. D) Flex. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eu. 6. What suffix means possessing the qualities of? A) Ous. B) Eous. C) Ious. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 7. She dreaded entering, wanting a moment of peace before being ..... within the sparsely furnished room. A) Confined. B) Nonverbal. C) Finished. D) Irregular. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Confined. 8. What is the prefix for interacted? A) Inter. B) Acted. C) Act. D) In. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inter. 9. Choose the suffix of the word that is underlined.When a pen runs out of ink, it becomes instantly worthless. A) Les. B) Worthless. C) Worth. D) Less. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Less. 10. Misunderstanding What is the root? A) Mis. B) Un. C) Ing. D) Understand. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Understand. 11. To publicly to speak for and support A) Vociferous. B) Advocate. C) Vocalize. D) Revoke. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Advocate. 12. REVIEW:What does the root word "cred" mean? A) To build. B) Faith. C) Foot. D) Together. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Faith. 13. Which of the following words uses-able in the same way as in the word readable? A) Fable. B) Stable. C) Table. D) Understandable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Understandable. 14. Because there are an ..... amount of stars in the sky, it is impossible to count them all. A) Infinite. B) Irregular. C) Irrelevant. D) Omnipotent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Infinite. 15. Polyester fabric is ..... A) Made from two fibers. B) Made from several man-made fibers. C) Made from a single fiber. D) Made from only natural fibers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Made from several man-made fibers. 16. Suffix-ness means A) Ability to. B) Condition or state of. C) Result of. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Condition or state of. 17. Prefix semi-means A) Two. B) One whole. C) Half. D) One who / that which. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Half. 18. Suffix-ment means A) One who / that which. B) Two. C) Act or process of. D) Half. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Act or process of. 19. Which prefix means "ill, mistaken, or wrong" ? A) Mis. B) Re. C) Sub. D) In. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mis. 20. A long, uninterrupted speech delivered by a single actor A) Monorail. B) Monotone. C) Monologue. D) Monochrome. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Monologue. 21. Marcia is a novice soccer player. It is her first day of practice. A) Skilled. B) Beginner. C) Professional. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beginner. 22. What does HYPO mean? A) Water. B) Under. C) Above. D) Average. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Under. 23. What is the definition of the highlighted word? Unlike my frugal mother, I don't bother shopping at sales or clipping coupons. A) Careless. B) Wasteful. C) Thrifty. D) Careful. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thrifty. 24. The word "annual" means "yearly." Based on our knowledge of prefixes, which word means "occurring half-yearly?" A) Biannual. B) Semiannual. C) Triannual. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Semiannual. 25. What is the root word for unacknowledged? A) Ed. B) Acknowledge. C) Knowledge. D) Un. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Knowledge. 26. The prefix anti-means; antisocial A) Sad. B) To have something. C) Happy. D) Not or without. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not or without. 27. The root word "aer" means: A) Air. B) Fire. C) Wind. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Air. 28. Name the vehicle that has three wheels and young children ride it. A) Triangle. B) Unicycle. C) Tricycle. D) Bicycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tricycle. 29. When you add the prefix "re-" to the word "read, " the new word means A) To not read. B) To read later. C) To read alone. D) To read again. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To read again. 30. Which prefix creates a new, real word when added to the word "please" ? A) Re. B) Dis. C) Pro. D) In. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dis. 31. How many years are in a dec ade? A) 100. B) 4. C) 3. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 10. 32. To cause someone to lose respect or feel ashamed. A) Disgrace. B) Discipline. C) Disguise. D) Disrespect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Disgrace. 33. What does the root 'man/manu' mean? A) Foot. B) Hand. C) Male. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hand. 34. What Is The Prefix In The Word Uncomfortable? A) Able. B) Comfortable. C) Un. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Un. 35. REVIEW:Which root word means father? A) Mater. B) Manu. C) Mega. D) Pater. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pater. 36. The caterpillar transformed into a butterfly. The prefix trans means what? A) Change. B) Below. C) Above. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Change. 37. Since she worked for the company, she was ..... for the contest. A) Ineligible. B) Disgraced. C) Illiterate. D) Unable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ineligible. 38. What does the root word "dyna" mean? A) Death. B) Power. C) Draw, write. D) People, humans. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Power. 39. The study of how people interact A) Biology. B) Sociology. C) Graphology. D) Pyschology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sociology. 40. The prefix "co" as in coworker means ..... A) Together. B) Someone who. C) With. D) Against. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) With. 41. The Greek root tele-, found in words such as telescope, telephone, and television, means: A) Listen. B) Nearby. C) Self. D) Far Away. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Far Away. 42. This root word means "writing" A) Morph. B) Anthro. C) Gram. D) Para. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gram. 43. In which word or words does mis-mean the same that it does in mistrusted? A) Missing. B) Mister. C) Misty. D) Misunderstand. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Misunderstand. 44. Which of the following words contains an affix meaning "a place for" ? A) Situation. B) Location. C) Information. D) Circulatory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Circulatory. 45. Which word root means 'under, ' 'beneath, ' or 'below?' A) Sub. B) Semi. C) Fore. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sub. 46. Leaves are green because of ..... A) Photons. B) Photocopy. C) Photosynthesis. D) Imbalance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Photosynthesis. 47. What is the meaning of the root word "duct" ? A) Out. B) Shape. C) Sound. D) Lead. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lead. 48. The prefix dis-as in dislike means: A) Not or opposite. B) Same as. C) Different. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not or opposite. 49. What does the root word dur mean? A) Fake. B) Underground. C) Hard. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hard. 50. What does prepay mean A) Pay before. B) Pay after. C) Pay all at once. D) To save money. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pay before. 51. A group of people who have gathered to watch a performance or public event A) Audience. B) Cacophoney. C) Xylophone. D) Audition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Audience. 52. What is the study of the heart? A) Psychology. B) Biology. C) Cardiology. D) Dermatology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cardiology. 53. UnbelievableWhat is the root? A) Un. B) Able. C) Believe. D) Lieve. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Believe. 54. A watercraft that stays under water A) Submarine. B) Subway. C) Subject. D) Submerge. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Submarine. 55. A person or thing that has the same purpose or role as another is a ..... A) Antonym. B) Counterpart. C) Counteract. D) Contradiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Counterpart. 56. The prefix "tele" as in telescope means ..... A) Together. B) Against. C) Look. D) Distance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Distance. 57. Which word contains a Greek suffix that means "the study of" ? A) Adventurous. B) Antifreeze. C) Microscope. D) Biology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biology. 58. To eat both plants and animals. A) Omnivore. B) Carnivore. C) Pescitarian. D) Herbivore. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Omnivore. 59. Which of the following words use un-in the same way as used in the word unhappy? A) Unicorn. B) Unit. C) Unclean. D) Sunshine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unclean. 60. The prefix un-means ..... Examples:unhappy, unfinished A) Not. B) Life. C) Again. D) Coffee. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not. ← PreviousNext →Related 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 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