This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Morphology > Root Words – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Root Words Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. My first impulse is to scream when someone shouts, "Boo!" What does the root word "puls" mean in "impulse?" A) Lead. B) Hang or weigh. C) Drive or push. D) Believe or trust. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Drive or push. 2. Which sentence contains the root word of the word "blowing" ? A) Blow out the candles on your cake. B) The sky is blue. C) There is a low chance of rain today. D) The bird has an injured wing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blow out the candles on your cake. 3. Bill Gates can be called ..... since he provides money, schools, and hospitals in the poorest of countries. A) Well living. B) Benevolent. C) Bending. D) Bonus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Benevolent. 4. What does "tox" refer to A) Muscle. B) Bacteria. C) Blood. D) Poison. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Poison. 5. You A) To look. B) Death. C) Carry. D) Against or opposite. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Against or opposite. 6. Record, writing, or drawing of the Earth A) Biology. B) Geography. C) Biography. D) Geology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Geography. 7. The root word for "see/watch" is ..... A) At/show. B) Scop/scope. C) Phon/phone. D) Auto. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scop/scope. 8. "over" is word part, what does it mean? A) Under. B) Above. C) Over. D) Opposite. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Over. 9. Which word has the root word in it for distance? A) Telescope. B) Microphone. C) Automotive. D) Graphical. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Telescope. 10. The root "aqua-" in aquarium means A) Life. B) Water. C) Unique. D) Object. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water. 11. What does the root word geo mean? A) Earth. B) Wind. C) Air. D) End. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Earth. 12. What does "heam" refer to A) The heart. B) Lungs. C) Fats. D) Blood. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Blood. 13. Which word means YOUR PERSONAL BELIEFS A) Lucid. B) Vision. C) Elucidate. D) Philosophy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Philosophy. 14. Bio-means ..... A) Both. B) Land. C) Life. D) All. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Life. 15. The Greek word anin means: A) Spirit, soul, life. B) Dead, dying. C) Laugh, love, light. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spirit, soul, life. 16. Bio means: A) Life. B) Two. C) Death. D) Study. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Life. 17. Name the root word in retake. A) Re. B) Take. C) To it. D) More. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Take. 18. Identify the root word in aquarium. A) Ium. B) Common. C) Aqua. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aqua. 19. Which word part means "self" ? A) Ind. B) Less. C) Auto. D) Therm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Auto. 20. Meter is Greek root that means- A) Carry. B) Earth. C) Measure. D) Time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Measure. 21. Life A) Struct. B) Geo. C) Bio. D) Cent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bio. 22. Scribe/Script A) Talk. B) Down. C) Write. D) Hear. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Write. 23. The root word for "life" is ..... A) At/show. B) Bio. C) Scop/scope. D) Phon/phone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bio. 24. BROKEN A) Same. B) Name. C) Together. D) Burst or break. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Burst or break. 25. The root word of the word "approval" is oval. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. Next →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesRoot Words Quiz 2Root Words Quiz 3Root Words Quiz 4Root Words Quiz 5Root Words Quiz 6Root Words Quiz 7Root Words Quiz 8Root Words Quiz 9Root Words Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books