This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Morphology > Root Words – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Root Words Quiz 9 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Congenial (adjective) A) Rude. B) Friendly. C) Angry. D) Sad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Friendly. 2. Syn-/Sym-means ..... A) Together. B) Bonded. C) Communication. D) Land. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Together. 3. What does the Greek root "jur/jud" mean? A) To pull or draw. B) To hear. C) Believe. D) Law. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Law. 4. We call it a "submarine" because "sub" means? A) Water. B) Above. C) Ocean. D) Under. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Under. 5. What does the root word photo mean? A) Light. B) Image. C) Time. D) Space. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Light. 6. What does the root word Pod mean? (a) A) A Foot. B) Give. C) Step. D) Shorten. E) Center. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A Foot. 7. The root word for "sound" is ..... A) At/show. B) Ology/ologist. C) Scop/scope. D) Phon/phone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Phon/phone. 8. "port-" in export, import, portable $\rightarrow$ "port-" means A) Put. B) Place. C) Mouth. D) Carry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carry. 9. If we add an "ful" to the end beauty what would the new word be? A) Full of beauty. B) Beautiful. C) Beautiful. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beautiful. 10. More/mar A) Ocean. B) Water. C) Sea. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sea. 11. What is the root word for unbalanced? A) And. B) Balance sheet. C) Ed. D) Balance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Balance. 12. Halloween is a big ..... for my family. We all dress up and walk around the neighborhood together. A) Convent. B) Unconventional. C) Intervene. D) Event. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Event. 13. What is the root word for simplify? A) Slim. B) Implfy. C) Simple. D) Ple. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simple. 14. What does the root word ..... SYN/SYM mean? A) Study of. B) With; together. C) Star. D) Across; through. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) With; together. 15. Him/nom A) Same. B) Name. C) Together. D) Burst or break. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Name. 16. The word part "dis" means ..... A) Yes. B) Maybe. C) Not. D) Under. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not. 17. Heart A) Cardio. B) Of. C) Auto. D) Post. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cardio. 18. Think about the root words in "microscope" . What does the word mean? A) A small sound. B) To see/watch something far away. C) The study of life. D) To see/watch small things. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To see/watch small things. 19. Which word correctly completes the sentence below?Then a ..... storm brought rain and thunder. A) Sudden. B) Suddener. C) Suddenly. D) Suddenmost. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sudden. 20. This root means:to hear A) Aud. B) Bio. C) Cred. D) Ped. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aud. 21. The leader of the Antarctic exploration gave a ..... that the next leg of their journey would keep all of the participants safe in the worsening conditions. A) Benediction. B) Benevolent. C) Paragraph. D) Autograph. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Benediction. 22. The Greek word bio means: A) Time. B) Light. C) Dead. D) Life. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Life. 23. What does brev mean? A) Shape. B) Give. C) Shorten. D) Tightly fixed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shorten. 24. A science that deals with things that are alive, such as plants and animals A) Biology. B) Biohazard. C) Antibiotic. D) Biography. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biology. 25. This root word means-time A) Astro. B) Cred. C) Dict. D) Chron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chron. 26. If the word vacate means "to leave" what does the word vacation mean? A) Coming home. B) Time spent at home. C) Time spent doing homework. D) A trip where people leave home. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A trip where people leave home. 27. Ver A) True. B) Age. C) Place of learning. D) A point, topmost. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 28. The group of supervisors had to make a ..... decision that would not make any of the subgroups of supporters angry. A) Benign. B) Paragraph. C) Bonus. D) Benefactor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Benign. 29. What is the root word in reaching? A) Reach. B) Each. C) Reaches. D) Aching. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reach. 30. The mother tried to pacify the screaming baby with a bottle of warm milk. What does the root word "pac" mean in "pacify?" A) Strong. B) All. C) Peace. D) Shape or form. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peace. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesRoot Words Quiz 1Root Words Quiz 2Root Words Quiz 3Root Words Quiz 4Root Words Quiz 5Root Words Quiz 6Root Words Quiz 7Root Words Quiz 8Root Words Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books