This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Morphology > Roots Affixes – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Roots Affixes Quiz 3 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. If syn means together/with, and chron means time, what is the best definition for the word synchronize? A) To cause to occur at the same time. B) To cause to change. C) To mean the same thing. D) To put together in order. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To cause to occur at the same time. 2. Port means A) Carry. B) Love. C) Five. D) Light. E) Fold. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carry. 3. The busy ..... between the two roads was filled with traffic. A) Dejection. B) Subject. C) Spectator. D) Intersection. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Intersection. 4. A retainer A) Is a torture device. B) Hurts. C) Holds teeth in place. D) Goes into your mouth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Holds teeth in place. 5. The main part of the word that holds basic meaning. A) Root. B) Prefix. C) Suffix. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Root. 6. De- A) With; together. B) Not. C) Down; from. D) Without. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Down; from. 7. What is the meaning of:in-/ im- A) Within. B) Not. C) Undo. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Within. 8. Photo means A) Book. B) Water. C) Life. D) Star. E) Light. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Light. 9. What is the meaning of the root "cycl" ? A) Carry. B) Hear. C) Circle. D) Say or speak. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Circle. 10. Disarm must mean ..... according to the root/affix. A) Deprive of weapons. B) Thoroughly deceive. C) War time. D) Before war. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deprive of weapons. 11. What is the meaning of:re- A) To do again. B) To do before. C) Within. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To do again. 12. Infield, injustice, impossible A) Anti-. B) In-/Im-. C) -meter-. D) -aud-. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In-/Im-. 13. We can form new words by adding ..... and ..... to roots. A) Pros and cons. B) Trial and error. C) Prefixes and suffixes. D) Profexes and surfexes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prefixes and suffixes. 14. Audiology, Audio A) -aud-. B) -meter-. C) -scope-. D) Anti-. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -aud-. 15. Scribble:Write something quickly in a messy way A) -ful. B) -spec-. C) -scribe-. D) -ver-. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) -scribe-. 16. What is the meaning of:-or /-er A) Able to. B) Person who. C) Makes it an action word. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Person who. 17. Which of the following would mean a non-human thing that has the shape of or behavior of a human A) Anthropomorphic. B) Microorganism. C) Malediction. D) Ambidextrous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anthropomorphic. 18. Hybrid vehicles coexist with gas cars. Prefix co means "together" . What does coexist mean? A) Be in the same place. B) Compete against. C) Perform better. D) Control. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Be in the same place. 19. Multiple, multivitamin A) -vac-. B) -dem-. C) Multi-. D) Inter-. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Multi-. 20. What does the prefix 'poly' mean when added to a word? A) Few. B) Many. C) Some. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Many. 21. All of the following words include a suffix that means "resembling" EXCEPT ..... A) Happily. B) Likely. C) Joyfully. D) Holy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Holy. 22. What does the root bio mean in the following sentence.I love reading biographies about all the former presidents. A) Life. B) Book. C) President. D) Past. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Life. 23. Pre means A) With. B) Before. C) Under. D) After. E) Aside. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Before. 24. Luminary, Illuminate, Lucid, Illustrious, and Translucent all are derived from the root word "luc/lum" which means? A) "to throw". B) "to speak". C) "to light". D) "to take". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "to light". 25. What is the best definition of a "root" of a word? A) The beginning of a word. B) The end of a word. C) The base of a word. D) The middle of a word. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The base of a word. 26. Mom had to intervene when my sister and I started to argue over the remote. The prefix inter-in the word intervene means ..... A) Into. B) Above. C) Between. D) Over. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Between. 27. What does this made up word mean? BenegeograhicConsider these clues"Beneficial, Geography, Biography A) Useful Word Art. B) Helpful World Document. C) Happy Life Design. D) Double Global Writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Helpful World Document. 28. A word that means the same as another word is a: A) Denotation. B) Synonym. C) Antonym. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Synonym. 29. How many sides does a shape have if it is described using the prefix "penta-" ? A) Four. B) Five. C) Six. D) Ten. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Five. 30. What is the meaning of the root "aud" ? A) Carry. B) Hear. C) Circle. D) Say or speak. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hear. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesRoots Affixes Quiz 1Roots Affixes Quiz 2Roots Affixes Quiz 4Roots Affixes Quiz 5Roots Affixes Quiz 6Roots Affixes Quiz 7Roots Affixes Quiz 8Roots Affixes Quiz 9Roots Affixes Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books