This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Morphology > Roots Affixes – Quiz 39 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Roots Affixes Quiz 39 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. They ..... to ..... a movie but the TV was broken A) Tried / watch. B) Tries / watches. C) Tried / watched. D) Try / watches. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tried / watch. 2. Which word has the prefix meaning "good" ? A) Retrofit. B) Pandemic. C) Malicious. D) Benefit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Benefit. 3. Fill in the blank:Jackson's garden seeds remained ..... until the spring rains arrived. A) Novel. B) Dormant. C) Manual. D) Natural. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dormant. 4. What do the suffixes "ance" or "ence" mean? A) State of. B) Two. C) Measure. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) State of. 5. Select the meaning of the root or affix:micro A) Large. B) Near. C) Small. D) Apart. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Small. 6. The root "pathos" means- A) Feeling or disease. B) Light, bright, clear. C) Rock, paper, scissors, shoot. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Feeling or disease. 7. Which word includes the Latin root for "sea" ? A) Hydrate. B) Mariner. C) Conscience. D) Memoir. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mariner. 8. What does the suffix "-ment" mean in the word "enjoyment" ? A) State of. B) Act of. C) Capable of. D) Full of. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) State of. 9. Since mono-means one and log-/logy means speech; study, which word means a long speech from one person? A) Dialogue. B) Epilogue. C) Monologue. D) Text EvidenceTagsELAGSE8L4b. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Monologue. 10. I preview the read aloud everyday before I read it aloud.What does preview mean? A) View without you. B) Not view. C) Mostly view. D) View before. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) View before. 11. Suffixes are word parts (affixes) that come at the ..... of the root word or base word. A) Beginning. B) Middle. C) EndTagsELAGSE8L4b. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) EndTagsELAGSE8L4b. 12. A passage uses the word "submarine." Using your knowledge of Latin roots and affixes, explain how you would figure out its meaning and select the correct definition. A) A vehicle that flies in the air. B) A vehicle that travels under the sea. C) A vehicle that travels on land. D) A vehicle that travels in space. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A vehicle that travels under the sea. 13. Fill in the Blank:The root "mar/i" means ..... A) Sea. B) Air. C) Swamp. D) Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sea. 14. Cookies compliment milk. Compliment means ..... A) Does not go together. B) I'm not sure. C) None of the above. D) Goes well with. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Goes well with. 15. The student typed their homework but then could not find it to turn it in, so she had to ..... it so that it would not be late. A) Repair. B) Read. C) Review. D) Retype. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Retype. 16. Meta A) Rock. B) Wonder. C) Change. D) Hand. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Change. 17. Choose the correct spelling for the root word:stretch A) Schretced. B) Streched. C) Stretched. D) Chreched. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stretched. 18. The root temp means A) Bad, evil. B) Good, well. C) Write. D) Time. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Time. 19. Ad-is prefix that means A) To Toward. B) Against. C) Color. D) Walk. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To Toward. 20. Remember bi= two, so bifocals mean ..... Choose the BEST answer ..... A) Something old people wear. B) Glasses for eyes. C) Glasses with two different different lenses, to focus with eyes. D) ????. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Glasses with two different different lenses, to focus with eyes. 21. In the word "decomposition, " what is the root word? A) De. B) Compos. C) Position. D) Tion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compos. 22. What does the affix found in the word "graduation" mean? A) Move. B) Change. C) Succeed. D) Step. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Step. 23. The root puls means drive or push. What does the word propulsion mean? A) The state of being moved forward. B) The state of being too small to function properly. C) The state of being under construction. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The state of being moved forward. 24. Believe A) Ible. B) Cred. C) Photo. D) Bio. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cred. 25. After giving birth, the lioness will protect her cubs while the lion hunts. What is the meaning of the suffix-ess and it is used in the word lioness? A) Mael. B) Female. C) King. D) Queen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Female. 26. Which of the following mean "to see a doctor from far away" ? A) Megaphone. B) Telegram. C) Teledoc. D) Reaction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Teledoc. 27. Suffix:Ible A) Relating To. B) Possible To. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Possible To. 28. Running a marathon is difficult, but after practicing every day for months I am ..... making progress. A) Graduate. B) Graduation. C) Sensitive. D) Gradually. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gradually. 29. Choose the word below that is past tense. A) Bed. B) Solved. C) Seed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Solved. 30. Some stars don't want paparazzi to invade their ..... A) Privacy. B) Private. C) Privative. D) Prize. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Privacy. ← 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