This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Morphology > Roots Affixes – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Roots Affixes Quiz 4 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Brevity:The quality of lasting for a short time A) -fer-. B) -dict-. C) -brev-. D) -port-. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) -brev-. 2. Bi (bicycle, bilingual) A) Two. B) Opposite. C) Heat. D) See. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Two. 3. Learning just one root can help you understand several words in English. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. EndangeredWhat is the prefix in the word above? A) Endanger. B) Danger. C) Ed. D) En. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) En. 5. Kathy's socks were so smelly. She wore the same pair of socks for an entire week of track practice. By the end of the week, the stench was so strong, no one wanted to get near her. What does the affix-ly mean in this sentence? A) It means 'in a certain manner'. B) It means 'not'. C) It means 'more than'. D) It means 'without'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It means 'in a certain manner'. 6. When you get a pedicure, what is being worked on? A) Hands. B) Arms. C) Feet. D) Head. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Feet. 7. Fracture, fragment, fraction A) -frag-/-fract-. B) -est. C) -er. D) -cent-. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -frag-/-fract-. 8. If antifreeze is used in cars to prevent freezing in very cold temperatures, what does the prefix anti mean? A) Freezing something. B) Going against freezing. C) Warming things up. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Going against freezing. 9. All of the following words include a suffix as it is used in the word swimming EXCEPT ..... A) Skipping. B) Ring. C) Hoping. D) Crying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ring. 10. What is the meaning of the root word clud/clude? A) With. B) To write. C) Sea or ocean. D) Shut or close. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shut or close. 11. What is the definition of tele-? A) Fly. B) Carry. C) Far, distant. D) Move. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Far, distant. 12. The meaning of the prefix "un-" helps us understand that the meaning of "unwrap" is- A) To cover. B) To destroy. C) To remove. D) To hide. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To remove. 13. Using the clues below, what does the prefix "locus" mean"LocalityLocationLocomotion A) Place. B) Move. C) Discover. D) Find. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Place. 14. A suffix is a word part added to the ..... of a word. A) Beginning. B) Middle. C) End. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) End. 15. The Greek root for "light" is: A) Sonar. B) Tele. C) Photo. D) Krypto. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Photo. 16. Which made up word would most likely mean someone who does not like the study of humans? A) Submicropology. B) Antiambiance. C) Antianthropoligic. D) Submalessence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antianthropoligic. 17. Trans (transcontinental, transport) A) Across, beyond. B) Greater. C) Forward. D) In front of. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Across, beyond. 18. There cannot be more than one root in a word. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 19. Hypo (hypothermia, hypodermic) A) Under, beneath. B) Wrong. C) Forward. D) Together, with. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Under, beneath. 20. Which made up word would most likely mean able to be changed at the smallest level? A) Anthropovolvement. B) Antiambiable. C) Malsensible. D) Micromorphable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Micromorphable. 21. Which of the following words most likely means an act that is taken to overthrow or undermine a government or institution? A) Adjournment. B) Imitable. C) Antipathy. D) Subversive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subversive. 22. The root word of the word extracted means A) Out of, from, or not. B) Forms the past tense of a word. C) Drag or pull. D) To write. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Drag or pull. 23. All of the following terms include a root that means "people" EXCEPT ..... A) Automatic. B) Demographic. C) Population. D) Demon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Automatic. 24. What is a syllable? A) The sound of a vowel when pronouncing a word. B) What a teacher gives students that outlines what will be studied in class. C) The sound of a consonant when pronouncing a word. D) A prefix or suffix attached to a root to form a new word. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The sound of a vowel when pronouncing a word. 25. Which suffix means 'the act of'? A) -er. B) -tion. C) -est. D) -ity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) -tion. 26. What is a root? A) Comes before the root. B) The most basic part of a word. C) Comes after the root. D) The most complicated part. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The most basic part of a word. 27. Dynamic means physical force or energy. What does the root word "dyna" mean? A) To be weak. B) Power. C) To be little. D) To be tired. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Power. 28. The root word, cede means, "to go" . With this knowledge, determine the meaning of the word, "precede" . A) To go after. B) To go away. C) To go before. D) To go never. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To go before. 29. The root scrib means A) To write. B) To scrape. C) To scream. D) To wait. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To write. 30. -dem- A) Empty. B) Time. C) Many. D) People. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) People. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesRoots Affixes Quiz 1Roots Affixes Quiz 2Roots Affixes Quiz 3Roots 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