This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Morphology > Root Words – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Root Words Quiz 18 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The teacher encouraged her students to engage in pursuits of philanthropy during the holiday season, so all the elderly townspeople would be cared for. What does the root word "anthrop" mean in "philanthropy?" A) Time. B) Say. C) Human. D) Law or justice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Human. 2. Which root word means to throw? A) Vert. B) Ject. C) Cred. D) With. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ject. 3. The bottom part of a fraction. A) Denominator. B) Numerator. C) X-coordinate. D) Y-coordinate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Denominator. 4. What does aqua-mean? A) Water. B) Star. C) Soul or life. D) Good or well. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Water. 5. Given this word family, what do you think the root auto mean?AutographAutomobileAutobiography A) Self. B) One. C) Before. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Self. 6. "gram/graph" means ..... A) To see. B) See/watch. C) Writing/drawing. D) To move. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Writing/drawing. 7. What does the root word ..... AD mean? A) Fair. B) To; toward. C) Having to do with. D) Not. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To; toward. 8. Which of these studies things related to the earth? A) Geologist. B) Biologist. C) Aquaologist. D) Chronologist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Geologist. 9. Ab- A) Above or over. B) To carry. C) To write or to record. D) Away from. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Away from. 10. Believe or trust A) Cred. B) Srib. C) Tract. D) Vac. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cred. 11. Which of the following words contains the Latin root "uni" ? A) Bilingual. B) Universe. C) Geology. D) Biology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Universe. 12. What does imag mean? A) Shout. B) Likeness/like. C) Shorten. D) City. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Likeness/like. 13. What does the Latin root "pre" signify? A) After. B) Before. C) Sound. D) Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Before. 14. "phon/phone" means ..... A) Far. B) Sound. C) Small. D) To move. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sound. 15. Albumen A) A place to put photos. B) The white part of an egg. C) A type of glue. D) A religious leader. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The white part of an egg. 16. The root word-port means? A) To carry. B) To live. C) Moveable. D) To write. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To carry. 17. Heard or able to be heard A) Audible. B) Audience audience. C) Audio audio. D) Audition audition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Audible. 18. Terr-means ..... A) Light. B) Land/Earth. C) Life. D) Night. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Land/Earth. 19. Insular A) A mean thing said to hurt the feelings of another. B) A type of solar energy. C) Separated from other people or cultures. D) A yearly celebration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Separated from other people or cultures. 20. Identify the root words in geographer. A) Geo/graph. B) Her. C) Geo. D) Graph. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Geo/graph. 21. Dict means ..... A) To listen. B) To speak. C) Space. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To speak. 22. Port+er means (port-:carry) A) Carrier. B) Driver. C) Shipper. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carrier. 23. The Greek word phys means: A) Land. B) Sea. C) Nature. D) Flesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nature. 24. Which word had the root word in it that means light? A) Telegraph. B) Photograph. C) Temporary. D) Spectacular. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Photograph. 25. The greek root PATH means? A) Talking & singing. B) Sleeping & breathing. C) Feeling and suffering. D) Digging & planting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Feeling and suffering. ← 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 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books