This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Morphology > Roots Affixes – Quiz 25 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Roots Affixes Quiz 25 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Pyromania is from the Greek root pyro which means ..... A) Many. B) Mind. C) Fire. D) Foot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fire. 2. Choose the word that is spelled correctly. A) Easying. B) Easing. C) Easin. D) Esing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Easing. 3. Based on the latin root substitutus, which means to put in place of, the word substitute as used in paragraph 3 means A) Continue. B) Exchange. C) Retain. D) Keep. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exchange. 4. What is the meaning of the suffixes "ence" or "ance" ? A) State of. B) To hear. C) To judge. D) Not. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) State of. 5. Able to be laughed at; amusing; funny A) Portable. B) Detachable. C) Laughable. D) Repairable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Laughable. 6. The suffix-ive (as in constructive, creative) means ..... A) Somewhat like; having the nature of. B) To build something. C) To create something. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Somewhat like; having the nature of. 7. What does the prefix vis mean?ex:visual, vision A) To hear. B) To taste. C) To see. D) To hear. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To see. 8. The root dict means say or declare. What does the word diction mean? A) The manner and style in which a product is designed or created. B) The manner and style in which members of a group support each other. C) The manner and style in which words are chose for use in speech and writing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The manner and style in which words are chose for use in speech and writing. 9. What does aud and audi mean? A) To see. B) To hide. C) To write. D) To hear. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To hear. 10. What does poly mean? A) A few. B) Many. C) To walk. D) To carry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Many. 11. Based on the suffix-ment, which changes verbs into nouns, the word government as used in paragraph 1 means A) More than one legal law. B) Political leaders. C) Without political leaders. D) The one political leader. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Political leaders. 12. The meaning of this Latin root is "both" ..... A) Ambi. B) Spect. C) Bene. D) Aud. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ambi. 13. What is the meaning of the prefix 'iso-'? A) Opposite or reverse. B) Equal or same. C) Small or tiny. D) Large or big. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Equal or same. 14. Which word contains the root meaning "to hear" ? A) Tractor. B) Credible. C) Audible. D) Submarine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Audible. 15. I was given a handful of cookies. What does "handful" mean? A) Without hands. B) With hands. C) Hands full of. D) Hands again. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hands full of. 16. If you add an affix to a root or base word, you change the meaning of the word. A) True. B) FalseTagsELAGSE8L4b. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. What are affixes? A) The smallest part in a word. B) Words without prefixes or suffixes. C) Word parts that change the meaning of a word. D) Words that have a Greek and Latin origin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Word parts that change the meaning of a word. 18. A musical instrument that has a curved metal tube and is played by blowing into a mouthpiece and pressing keys with your fingers A) Saxophone. B) Symphony. C) Homophone. D) -er, -or, -ian, -ist. E) Phon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Saxophone. 19. The root chron means time. What does the word chronological mean? A) Arranged in the order that the events occurred. B) Arranged in a fashion that is easy to understand. C) Arranged in no discernable fashion. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arranged in the order that the events occurred. 20. The root fic or fac means do or make. What does the word facilitate mean? A) Too feel small or insignificant. B) To cause something to be more efficient. C) To observe a legal proceeding. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To cause something to be more efficient. 21. Choose the correct word to fill in the blank:When I was a kid, there was no such thing as a ..... electronic device. Phones and game systems had to be plugged into the wall and you couldn't take them out of the house. A) Cellular. B) Expandable. C) Portable. D) Stationary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Portable. 22. The Latin root fer means A) Hear. B) Carry or bring. C) Out from or away. D) Soft. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carry or bring. 23. What is the meaning of the root "scop" ? A) To hear. B) To see or look. C) To have. D) To listen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To see or look. 24. What does ence/ance mean? A) State of. B) To hear. C) To judge. D) Not. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) State of. 25. Prefix:In A) Action. B) Not. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not. 26. The root greg means group. What does the word segregate mean? A) To cut down on the content of a speech or piece of writing. B) To replace something that is bad or broken. C) To separate or isolate from others. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To separate or isolate from others. 27. A podiatrist takes care of your A) Hands. B) Head. C) Feet. D) Back. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Feet. 28. Which of the following words would describe a person who studies either plant or animal life? A) Biography. B) Bioformica. C) Antibiotic. D) Biologist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biologist. 29. A basic word with no prefixes or suffixes added to it ..... A) Root. B) Syllable. C) Definition. D) Past tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Root. 30. Psych A) Soul. B) Race. 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