This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Morphology > Roots Affixes – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Roots Affixes Quiz 17 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the meaning of port? A) To carry. B) Having characteristics of. C) Across; change; through. D) How something. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To carry. 2. The Latin root 'scrib/script' means A) Write. B) Read. C) Speak. D) Listen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Write. 3. In the word 'transport', what does the prefix 'trans-' mean? A) Across. B) Under. C) Before. D) After. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Across. 4. Which root means life? A) Voc. B) Vac. C) Scrib. D) Bio. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bio. 5. Likeness/like A) Claim/clam. B) Brev. C) Imag. D) Cap. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imag. 6. If something is misshaped, it is ..... A) Shaped wrong. B) Shaped like a circle. C) Shaped in the middle. D) Shaped by hand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shaped wrong. 7. During a vocabulary lesson, Aria asked her teacher about the origin of the word "natural." The teacher explained that it is derived from the Latin root "natus." What does this root mean? A) Artificial. B) Born. C) Created. D) Destroyed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Born. 8. An action or process A) -ation. B) -ulence. C) -ine. D) -idity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -ation. 9. '-ed' A) Agreed. B) Succeeded. C) Smiled. D) Loved. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Succeeded. 10. What is the meaning of graph? A) Different. B) Same. C) Write. D) Lead; make. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Write. 11. The root word geo means: A) Life, living. B) Map, chart. C) Earth, ground. D) Growth, abundance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Earth, ground. 12. What is the meaning of prefix "hypo-" A) Not. B) Above. C) Below. D) Opposite/against. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Below. 13. Hug + ed = A) Hugged. B) Huged. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hugged. 14. What is the meaning of the suffix "-ive" ? A) Inclined to; likely to. B) Above. C) Move across. D) Light. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inclined to; likely to. 15. Select the meaning of the root or affix:er A) State of being. B) One who. C) Not. D) Three. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) One who. 16. What does graph mean? A) To send. B) To hear. C) To write. D) To use. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To write. 17. Don't unbuckle your seat while the car is in motion.What does unbuckle mean? A) Full of buckles. B) Buckle before. C) Buckle before. D) Do the opposite of buckle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Do the opposite of buckle. 18. A prefix is added in front of the root word which gives new meaning to the word as a whole. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 19. What is the meaning of pre-? A) Far, distant. B) Before. C) Together. D) Under. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Before. 20. What does the root port mean? A) Distance / far / across. B) For / forward. C) To carry. D) To see. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To carry. 21. Using your knowledge of roots and affixes, what does amphibious mean? A) Possessing the full abilities of both ways. B) Both are full. C) Characteristic of amplitude. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Possessing the full abilities of both ways. 22. What does un mean? A) Life. B) Star. C) Not. D) Book. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not. 23. My benefactor steals from me all of the time.Does the word benefactor make sense in this sentence? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 24. What is the meaning of the suffix '-ment'? A) The Study of. B) Action or process. C) State of Being. D) Brother. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Action or process. 25. $_{Use your knowledge of roots/prefixes to determine the meaning of the word}$malnutrition A) Having bad/poor nutrition. B) Having plenty of nutritious food. C) Having a short life. D) Writing about someone else's life. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Having bad/poor nutrition. 26. Scop A) To have. B) To write. C) To see. D) To hear. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To see. 27. A medical doctor, especially a doctor who is not a surgeon A) Physician. B) Phonics. C) Reporter. D) Homophone. E) -er, -or, -ian, -ist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Physician. 28. The student broke the rules about tucking in her shirt; eventually, she earned a detention for her many dress code ..... A) Benevolence. B) Orthographics. C) Infractions. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Infractions. 29. The root of acute means: A) Sharp. B) Hard. C) Smooth. D) Soft. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sharp. 30. A person receiving a telegraph can read the message because it is written on paper. Which part of the word telegraph is related to writing? A) Tele. B) Graph. C) Telegraph. D) None of the above. 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