This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Morphology > Roots Affixes – Quiz 28 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Roots Affixes Quiz 28 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Name the meaning of the root word "atmo" A) Ground. B) Air. C) Water. D) Life. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Air. 2. State, quality, act A) -idity. B) Dis-. C) Ex-. D) Per-. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -idity. 3. What is the meaning of the prefix com-? A) State, quality. B) Person who. C) Fear. D) With. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) With. 4. Forcefully A) Bitterly. B) Pleading. C) Provider. D) Blubber. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bitterly. 5. After a long and hard practice, Jackie ..... traveled back to his hotel room. A) Wearily. B) Frail. C) Fumed. D) Ominous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wearily. 6. Which word means "relating to sound" ? A) Centric. B) Phonic. C) Syntactic. D) Comical. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phonic. 7. What is the meaning of super-? A) Under. B) Before. C) Above; beyond. D) The act or process of. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Above; beyond. 8. What is the definition of a prefix? A) A set of letters added to the beginning of a root word. B) The most basic part of a word. C) A set of letters added to the end of a root word. D) A word that has a hyphen (-). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A set of letters added to the beginning of a root word. 9. What is the meaning of the Greek root gen? A) Birth. B) Measure. C) All. D) Time. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Birth. 10. "Patrick could not recall ever being so far away from home." What does the word "recall" mean? A) Remember. B) Again. C) Move. D) Sleep. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Remember. 11. Which of the following suffixes does NOT refer to "a person who" A) -ing. B) -ist. C) -arian. D) -or. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -ing. 12. Which of the following words best describesa truck that is carrying too much freight? A) Overconfident. B) Overloaded. C) Overboard. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Overloaded. 13. Suffix:Anean A) Process. B) Relating To. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Relating To. 14. Benjamin is leading a group of friends on a hike. He is the first to walk ahead on the trail, showing everyone the way. Which word best describes what Benjamin is doing? A) Precede. B) Recede. C) Concede. D) Intercede. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Precede. 15. What kind of condition could be treated with an antibiotic? A) An illness caused by bacteria. B) Exhaustion caused by lack of sleep. C) A toothache caused by a cavity. D) Nausea caused by seasickness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An illness caused by bacteria. 16. What is the meaning of the suffix-ure A) State of, quality. B) Relating to. C) Act or process. D) To make. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Act or process. 17. A doctor has to provide what, in order for patients to believe that he/she is a qualified doctor? A) Degree. B) Resume. C) Diploma. D) Credentials. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Credentials. 18. Pronunciation: A) Laughed. B) Weighed. C) Helped. D) Missed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Weighed. 19. The root ..... means to do. A) Act. B) Medi. C) Grad(e). D) Form. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Act. 20. If bi means two or twice, what does bicycle mean? Choose the BEST answer. A) A common vehicle for transportation. B) A toy kids like to play with. C) A lot of adults like to take them into the mountains. D) A common vehicle for transportation that has pedals for motion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A common vehicle for transportation that has pedals for motion. 21. The root word "cease" means to stop. If a person is "deceased, " they: A) Have stopped living. B) Are not able to stop living. C) Are full of living. D) Have stopped living badly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have stopped living. 22. What does the word slowly mean? A) To run. B) Full of slow. C) In a slow way. D) Very fast. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In a slow way. 23. What do we call the study of the history of words? A) Biology. B) Etymology. C) Theology. D) Virology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Etymology. 24. Crit A) Believe. B) Separate, choose. C) Straight, correct. D) Walk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Separate, choose. 25. Which word has the root meaning "heat" ? A) Malicious. B) Benefit. C) Thermometer. D) Pandemic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thermometer. 26. What does the root "scrib" or "script" mean? A) Hear. B) Throw. C) Write. D) Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Write. 27. Which part of the word 'millennium' means thousand? A) Mill. B) Lenniu. C) Ennium. D) Ium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mill. 28. The word "monolog" is best defined as which of the following? A) One person speaking. B) Two people speaking. C) A hand written note. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) One person speaking. 29. Ethno A) Origin. B) Born. C) Race or culture. D) Run. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Race or culture. 30. Not all root words are A) Right. B) Wrong. C) Words by themselves. D) ?????. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Words by themselves. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesRoots Affixes Quiz 1Roots Affixes Quiz 2Roots Affixes Quiz 3Roots Affixes Quiz 4Roots Affixes Quiz 5Roots Affixes Quiz 6Roots Affixes Quiz 7Roots Affixes Quiz 8Roots Affixes Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books