This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Morphology > Roots Affixes – Quiz 38 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Roots Affixes Quiz 38 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which root means to send? A) Dict. B) Rupt. C) Lum. D) Mit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mit. 2. If the root word "voc" means "call" , then what might the word "provocate" mean? A) Someone who calls something. B) To call someone or something forward; to call out, or challenge someone. C) The action of calling someone or something. D) To yell at someone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To call someone or something forward; to call out, or challenge someone. 3. What is the significance of understanding roots and affixes in vocabulary development? A) It helps in memorizing vocabulary lists. B) It allows for guessing the meanings of familiar words only. C) Understanding roots and affixes helps in decoding the meanings of unfamiliar words and enhances vocabulary. D) It is only useful for learning foreign languages. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Understanding roots and affixes helps in decoding the meanings of unfamiliar words and enhances vocabulary. 4. Thanked A) T. B) D. C) Id. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) T. 5. Prefixes are word parts (affixes) that comes at the ..... of the root word or base word. A) Beginning. B) Middle. C) EndTagsELAGSE8L4b. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beginning. 6. In "silently, " what part of speech is the root word? A) Adverb. B) Adjective. C) Verb. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verb. 7. A person's name signed by that person is a/an- A) Autograph. B) Autobiography. C) Automatic. D) Scripture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Autograph. 8. Every single day A) Daily. B) Quickly. C) Sincerely. D) Annually. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Daily. 9. The root word bi-is A) Happy. B) Two or twice. C) Both. D) ?????. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Two or twice. 10. ..... are added to the beginning of words. A) Affix. B) Prefix. C) Suffix. D) Roots. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prefix. 11. Jimmy Bob is capable of tying his shoes. The suffix-able in the word capable lets you know that Jimmy Bob is ..... to tie his shoes. A) Able. B) Not able. C) Trying. D) Scared. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Able. 12. What does the suffix "-logy" mean? example:biology A) Sound. B) Life. C) Study of. D) Small. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Study of. 13. To say or state again A) Repay. B) Rebuild. C) Recharge. D) Restate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Restate. 14. Using his powerful ..... , Ingmara was able to retrieve the remote control from the desk across the large room without having to get up off the couch. A) Parabola. B) Ventriloquism. C) Telekinesis. D) Toxicity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Telekinesis. 15. The word "downtime" means ..... A) Time when you are not working or busy. B) Other than the usual. C) Very accurate and exact. D) Showing or feeling embarrassment especially because you have done something foolish or wrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Time when you are not working or busy. 16. Prefixes:dis-, un- A) Not; without. B) Upon. C) In. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not; without. 17. Kamora is learning how to change words in her English class. She discovers that adding a group of letters to the start of a word can change its meaning. What do we call this group of letters? A) Prefix. B) Suffix. C) Infix. D) Postfix. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prefix. 18. -centesis A) Surgical removal. B) Puncture & drain. C) Deterioration/destruction. D) Breaking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Puncture & drain. 19. What is the meaning of aut/auto? A) Against; opposed to. B) To hear. C) Study of. D) Self. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Self. 20. Using the prefix of the following words, determine the common meaning:intercepted, intersection, international A) Around, about. B) Between, among. C) From, out. D) Together, with. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Between, among. 21. Add a prefix to polite to mean not polite. A) Unpolite. B) Repolite. C) Impolite. D) Dispolite. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Impolite. 22. What is the meaning of the following root/affix?meter A) From Greek, meaning far away. B) Describes an action or the result of an action. C) Describes a quality or condition. D) From Greek meaning to measure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) From Greek meaning to measure. 23. The root of temporary means: A) Brief. B) Short. C) Cold. D) Time. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Time. 24. What does the root "graph" in the word "autograph" mean? A) Light. B) Write. C) Far. D) Self. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Write. 25. The word "verify" means ..... A) To prove, show, find out, or state that something is true or correct. B) Other than the usual. C) A word from which other words are formed. D) Very accurate and exact. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To prove, show, find out, or state that something is true or correct. 26. If you added the suffix "-ness" to the adjective "happy, " what would happen? (happiness) A) It would remain an adjective. B) It would become a verb. C) It would become a noun. D) It would become an adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It would become a noun. 27. Give A) Fer. B) Pod. C) Don. D) Cardi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Don. 28. A group of letters that goes in front of a root word to alter the meaning A) Affix. B) Prefix. C) Suffix. D) Root. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prefix. 29. If I draw a line across a circle through its midpoint, I measure the ..... A) Circumference. B) Diameter. C) Diagram. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diameter. 30. You can add suffix "ed" at ..... A) The beginning of a word. B) The end of a word. C) All the above. 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