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 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Precaution means ..... A) Care taken aferward. B) Care taken before. C) Care taken too soon. D) Care taken too late. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Care taken before. 2. To go before something else in time, order, place, or rank A) Exceed. B) Precede. C) Concede. D) Recess. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Precede. 3. What are the two categories of affixes? A) Prefixes and suffixes. B) Suffixes and root words. C) Prefixes and informixes. D) Root words and refixes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prefixes and suffixes. 4. The suffix-ous means; dangerous A) Inside of. B) Outside of. C) Full of. D) Glitter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Full of. 5. If draconology is the study of dragons, and climatology is the study of climate, what is photology the study of? A) Light. B) Works of Art. C) Natural Beauty. D) Photographs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Light. 6. The suffix "sis" as in assistance means.. A) Break. B) Together. C) Having the quality of. D) Action or process. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Action or process. 7. Which word ROOT means to see? A) Vis. B) Envision. C) Visual. D) Vision. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vis. 8. What does the root "milli" mean? A) 1000. B) 10. C) 100. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1000. 9. The word veered meansI was going so fast on my bike, I did not realized I veered off my path to get home. A) Followed. B) Continued. C) Swerved. D) Flowed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Swerved. 10. In the word unstoppable, there is/are ..... A) One prefix and two suffixes. B) One prefix, one base, and one suffix. C) Two prefixes and one suffix. D) A base, a root, and a suffix. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) One prefix, one base, and one suffix. 11. Which prefix DOES NOT mean not, without? A) Un-. B) Non-. C) Dis-. D) Re-. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Re-. 12. The medicine was ..... because it made the sick boy feel better. A) Circulate. B) Benevolent. C) Demagogue. D) Beneficial. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Beneficial. 13. The word valuable includes the suffix-able. What does the suffix-able means? A) Suggest. B) Become. C) Skill of. D) Quality of. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Quality of. 14. Something that is beneficial is ..... A) Happy. B) Bad for you. C) Good for you. D) Not great. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Good for you. 15. Which affix word means across, through? A) Trans-. B) Dis-. C) De-. D) Mis-. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trans-. 16. Identify the meaning of the prefix underlined in the word mutation. A) Former. B) Change. C) Remove. D) Below. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Change. 17. A ..... is sometimes called a "quantum" of "electromagnetic energy." A) Telephoto. B) Photosynthesis. C) Photon. D) Photocopy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Photon. 18. Even though I wanted to voice my concerns, I remained ..... A) Nonexistent. B) Nonverbal. C) Irregular. D) Irrelevant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nonverbal. 19. The ..... man struggled to find a job in the corporate world. A) Illogical. B) Imbalanced. C) Ineligible. D) Illiterate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Illiterate. 20. To leave, especially when starting a journey. A) Desert. B) Decline. C) Destroy. D) Depart. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Depart. 21. What does the word 'hydro' mean? A) Against. B) Many. C) Sun. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Water. 22. What is the meaning of the root word "nym?" A) Name. B) Shape. C) To write. D) Below. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Name. 23. Suffix-less means A) With. B) Again. C) Without. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Without. 24. What is the meaning of uncomfortable? A) Lazy, tired. B) To revise or reconstruct. C) In a state of discomfort; uneasy; conscious of stress or strain. D) Undisturbed, at ease. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In a state of discomfort; uneasy; conscious of stress or strain. 25. The prefix un-as in unhealthy means: A) Not or opposite. B) Same as. C) To do again. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not or opposite. 26. What are some similar prefixes of uncomfortable? A) Undo, redo, kindness. B) Undo, unconfident. C) Undo, impossible. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Undo, unconfident. 27. Prefix non-means A) Too much. B) Not. C) Above. D) Before. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not. 28. What are some similar suffixes of lovely? A) Irregularly, carefully, uncomfortable. B) Disrespectful, carefully. C) Redo, undo. D) Irregularly, carefully, cautiously. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irregularly, carefully, cautiously. 29. What does the root 'miss/mit' mean? A) Lost. B) Carry. C) Send. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Send. 30. Which of the following words uses pre-the same way as in the word preview? A) Preschool. B) Pretzel. C) Pretty. D) Appreciate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Preschool. 31. Choose the root word of the word that is underlined.TV has different shows everyday. However, some shows are on daily, like the news and the weather. A) Ly. B) Dail. C) Day. D) Da. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Day. 32. To bring under control A) Subject. B) Subdue. C) Subconscious. D) Submerge. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subdue. 33. Choose the root word of the word that is underlined.My family was watching a movie on Friday night. Suddenly, there was a big noise outside. We all looked at each other. A) Sudden. B) Ly. C) Suddenly. D) Denly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sudden. 34. The class was able to distract the teacher with a topic that was entirely ..... A) Irrelevant. B) Irregular. C) Nonverbal. D) Nonexistent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irrelevant. 35. A device that measures how many steps you take is a ..... A) Pedometer. B) Fitbit. C) Smart watch. D) Odometer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pedometer. 36. What do the root words 'ant' & 'anti' mean? A) Around. B) Against. C) Hear. D) Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Against. 37. Which suffix means "doctrine of/principle of" ? A) Ism. B) Ess. C) Ant/ent. D) Ist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ism. 38. In which word does the suffix mean the same as it does in "teacher" ? A) Outer. B) Universe. C) Answer. D) Astronomer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Astronomer. 39. Which affix means to/towards? A) Bin-. B) De-. C) Mis-. D) A-. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A-. 40. An octopus have ..... less. I know the prefix octa means ..... A) 4. B) 8. C) Lots of. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 8. 41. Able to speak two different languages A) Bilingual. B) Biweekly. C) Biennial. D) Biped. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bilingual. 42. When you add the suffix "'less" to the word "bottom" the new word means A) Unlimited. B) Constrained. C) Controlled. D) Upside down. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unlimited. 43. Based on your knowledge of roots, the word grammar most associates with which of the following? A) Reading. B) Mathematics. C) Writing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Writing. 44. Which root word is Greek and means "far off" ? A) Tele. B) Port. C) Them. D) Spect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tele. 45. What is the name of the athletic event that includes THREE activities? A) Tricycle. B) Tripod. C) Trilingual. D) Triathlon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Triathlon. 46. A passageway under the ground; an electric underground railway A) Subcutaneous. B) Subordinate. C) Subirrigate. D) Subway. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subway. 47. What is the meaning of "misspeak" ? A) To make a mistake. B) To speak politely. C) To forget to ask. D) To say the wrong thing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To say the wrong thing. 48. The suffix-ist means; scientist A) To learn. B) To hold. C) To play. D) To do or believe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To do or believe. 49. Which root word means "write" ? A) Spec/spect. B) Port. C) Photo. D) Scrib/script. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scrib/script. 50. The root word in sorrowfully is A) Fully. B) Ly. C) Sorrow. D) Full. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sorrow. 51. Which affix means all? A) Mal-. B) Fer. C) De-. D) Onmi-. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onmi-. 52. He was bummed when he realized he forgot his ..... lens on the way to the bug museum. A) Telephoto. B) Photograph. C) Photon. D) Photosyntheis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Telephoto. 53. What does the root word 'peri' mean? A) Water. B) Around. C) Half. D) Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Around. 54. The inability to sleep. A) Insomnia. B) Omniscience. C) Omnipotence. D) Restless. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Insomnia. 55. What does the root word ped/pod mean? A) Hand. B) Eye. C) Foot. D) Leg. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foot. 56. REVIEW:Which root word means pull? A) Tract. B) Mort. C) Capit. D) Mal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tract. 57. The car can drive auto matically . The root auto means ..... A) Across. B) Self. C) Earth. D) Two. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Self. 58. Having two different colors A) Biweekly. B) Bicuspid. C) Bicolor. D) Biped. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bicolor. 59. What does the prefix counter-mean? A) Not. B) Opposite/against. C) Able. D) Different. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Opposite/against. 60. What is the root word in the word:unopen? A) Un. B) Unopen. C) Open. D) None of the above. 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