This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Vocabulary > Root Words Roots And Affixes – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Root Words Roots And Affixes Quiz 7 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The suffix "or" as in inventor means ..... A) Action or process. B) Time. C) Having the quality of. D) Someone who. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Someone who. 2. A statement saying you are sorry for something. A) Apology. B) Eulogy. C) Monologue. D) Epilogue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Apology. 3. I loathe sports, my knowledge of anything baseball related is ..... A) Irrelevant. B) Irregular. C) Nonverbal. D) Nonexistent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nonexistent. 4. Which of the following words contains a root meaning "skin" ? A) Cuticle. B) Epidermal. C) Callous. D) Peel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epidermal. 5. What does the root word 'semi' mean? A) Cut, separate. B) Look, see. C) Half. D) Around. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Half. 6. 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. 7. Choose the prefix of the word that is underlined.I must have misunderstood my teacher's directions. Oops! A) Under. B) Stood. C) Mis. D) Misunder. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mis. 8. A suffix is a word part added to the ..... of a root or base word. A) Beginning. B) Middle. C) End. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) End. 9. Below the freezing point A) Subway. B) Submerge. C) Subcutaneous. D) Subfreezing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subfreezing. 10. Which root word means "middle" or "between" ? A) Amphi. B) Sect. C) Medi. D) Meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Medi. 11. Record player; a device that turns the writing on records into sound. A) Biography. B) Photography. C) Phonograph. D) Cartography. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phonograph. 12. What does the prefix vis mean?ex:vis ual, vis ion A) To hear. B) To see. C) To taste. D) To hear. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To see. 13. A device that writes down the movements of the earth. A) Seismograph. B) Homograph. C) Cartograph. D) Photography. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seismograph. 14. Which suffix means one who does/having to do with? A) -ous. B) -able/ible. C) -ant/ent. D) -ate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) -ant/ent. 15. Our class plays football and soccer in the sandy ..... on our playground. A) Geographer. B) Terrain. C) Terrine. D) Geology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Terrain. 16. What does the affix multi-mean? A) Move. B) Many. C) Mind. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Many. 17. Which affix means apart/not? A) Ex-. B) Dis-. C) De-. D) Ad-. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dis-. 18. Which part forms the base of a word? A) The root. B) The suffix. C) The annex. D) The prefix. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The root. 19. What does the root word graph mean?ex:photograph, graph ic organizer A) Chart. B) Mathmatics. C) Write. D) Read. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Write. 20. The word for earth is A) Ben. B) Hydr. C) Geo. D) Nov. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Geo. 21. Which of the following words contains a root meaning "both" ? A) Amphitheater. B) Disengage. C) Anonymous. D) Calcified. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amphitheater. 22. In which word does-ly mean the same as it does in smoothly? A) Ugly. B) Slowly. C) Only. D) Silly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slowly. 23. A word part with a specific meaning at the beginning of a word. A) Suffix. B) Root. C) Affix. D) Prefix. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prefix. 24. What is the meaning of the root word "bene" ? A) Funny. B) Good. C) Serious. D) Bad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Good. 25. Which suffix means "having the quality of" ? A) Ity. B) Photo. C) Dis. D) Able. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ity. 26. Which of the following word roots means "light?" A) Photo. B) Phon. C) Geo. D) Opt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Photo. 27. The ....., or base, is the word you can add a prefix or suffix onto. A) Stem. B) Root. C) Coffee. D) Affix. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Root. 28. What is the root word of irregularly? A) Confident. B) Regular. C) Respect. D) Comfort. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Regular. 29. What is a letter or a group of letters that is added at the beginning of a word to change it's meaning? A) Suffix. B) Prefix. C) Root. D) Affix. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prefix. 30. A person walking on a road/in a city. A) Pedestrian. B) Pediatrist. C) Pedagogue. D) Peddler. 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