This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Vocabulary > Root Words Roots And Affixes – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Root Words Roots And Affixes Quiz 9 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. To act against something to limit or stop its effects is to ..... A) Counterattack. B) Contradict. C) Counteract. D) Counter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Counteract. 2. The word littering means As I walked to the park, I never saw so much littering in my life. I felt a sense of duty to do my part to make it right. A) Cleaning. B) Trashing. C) Collecting. D) Decorating. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trashing. 3. Ir-and non-are considered ..... A) Prefixes. B) Affixes. C) Root words. D) Suffixes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prefixes. 4. Living or found in or near water A) Hydrokinetic. B) Hydroplane. C) Aquatic. D) Aquarium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aquatic. 5. Adding a suffix can change a word's ..... A) Part of speech. B) Prefix. C) Meaning. D) Definition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Part of speech. 6. What TWO root words mean time? A) Bene; mal. B) Helio; sol. C) Chron; temp/tempo. D) Neo; paleo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chron; temp/tempo. 7. Scrib, Script, Gram, and Graph are all root words that mean ..... A) Write. B) Measure. C) One. D) Sound. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Write. 8. A set of papers with writing that is hard to read. A) Manuscript. B) Perscription. C) Script. D) Scribble. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scribble. 9. Which root word means move? A) Mort. B) Magn. C) Mob/mot. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mob/mot. 10. In the word rewrite, re-is what part of the word? A) Prefix. B) Suffix. C) Root Word. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prefix. 11. A person who sings A) Vocal. B) Evoke. C) Vocation. D) Vocalist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vocalist. 12. A convincing fake made to seem like the real thing is a ..... A) Counterfeit. B) Fraud. C) Phony. D) Deception. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Counterfeit. 13. What is the prefix of disorganized? A) Mis-. B) Ir-. C) En-. D) Dis-. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dis-. 14. The word wreck is a verb (to wreck). What ending would you add to make it a noun? A) -able. B) -age. C) -ing. D) -s. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) -age. 15. The prefix in the word 'polygon' tells us that: A) It has many sides. B) It has three sides. C) It has two sides. D) It has no sides. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It has many sides. 16. Which root means good; well; or happy? A) Flex. B) Eu. C) Cide/cise. D) Astro. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eu. 17. 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. 18. She dreaded entering, wanting a moment of peace before being ..... within the sparsely furnished room. A) Finished. B) Irregular. C) Confined. D) Nonverbal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Confined. 19. What is the prefix for interacted? A) Acted. B) In. C) Act. D) Inter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inter. 20. Choose the suffix of the word that is underlined.When a pen runs out of ink, it becomes instantly worthless. A) Worth. B) Les. C) Less. D) Worthless. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Less. 21. Misunderstanding What is the root? A) Mis. B) Un. C) Ing. D) Understand. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Understand. 22. To publicly to speak for and support A) Vociferous. B) Advocate. C) Vocalize. D) Revoke. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Advocate. 23. REVIEW:What does the root word "cred" mean? A) Faith. B) Together. C) Foot. D) To build. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Faith. 24. A prefix is a word part that is added to the ..... of a root or base word. A) Beginning. B) Middle. C) End. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beginning. 25. 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. 26. Because there are an ..... amount of stars in the sky, it is impossible to count them all. A) Irregular. B) Infinite. C) Omnipotent. D) Irrelevant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Infinite. 27. Polyester fabric is ..... A) Made from a single fiber. B) Made from several man-made fibers. C) Made from only natural fibers. D) Made from two fibers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Made from several man-made fibers. 28. 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. 29. Prefix semi-means A) Two. B) One whole. C) One who / that which. D) Half. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Half. 30. Suffix-ment means A) One who / that which. B) Half. C) Act or process of. D) Two. 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