This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Morphology > Roots Affixes – Quiz 42 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Roots Affixes Quiz 42 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Related to right now; done or existing currently. A) Activate. B) Degrade. C) Gradual. D) Actual. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Actual. 2. If a selection has a list of characters, stage directions, and dialogue, it is most likely a A) Poetry. B) Drama. C) Fiction. D) Nonfiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Drama. 3. What does the root scop mean? A) To hear. B) To see/look. C) To have. D) To listen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To see/look. 4. -ous A) Skilled. B) Have qualities of. C) Beyond. D) Strength. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have qualities of. 5. Kensley is learning new words in her English class. Her teacher explains that a base word is important because it is a word that can stand alone and communicate its complete ..... What does Kensley learn? A) Meaning. B) Color. C) Size. D) Sound. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meaning. 6. What's the meaning of the Latin root "vers" ?Example:reverse A) Write. B) Turn. C) Carry. D) Send. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Turn. 7. To describe the character or special qualities of someone or something. A) Alternate. B) Downtime. C) Characterized. D) Sheepishly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Characterized. 8. What do the suffixes "-ion" and "-al" mean? A) Action or process. B) Three. C) To play. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Action or process. 9. What is the meaning of the root bio? A) Fear. B) Life. C) Time. D) Carry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Life. 10. Many Americans are uncomfortable with ..... , and they tend to avoid it in a conversation. A) Silence. B) Silent. C) Silences. D) Silently. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Silence. 11. Use context clues to determine the meaning of the word "misplace" in the sentence: "I often misplace my keys, leaving them in unusual spots." A) To place correctly. B) To place in the usual spot. C) To place incorrectly. D) To place quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To place incorrectly. 12. Archie was infamous in the principal's office for his many ..... and failure to do as he was instructed. A) Postludes. B) Misdeeds. C) Contacts. D) Interjections. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Misdeeds. 13. Graphophobia A) Fear of graphs. B) Fear of writing. C) Fear of art. D) Fear of maps. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fear of writing. 14. Arjun is reading a book and comes across a word that means "new" and is derived from the Latin root "novus." Which word is it? A) Novel. B) Manual. C) Natural. D) Dormant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Novel. 15. Apart, opposite of A) Dis-. B) Ex-. C) Per-. D) Asper. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dis-. 16. Which of the following words contains a root meaning 'write'? A) Biography. B) Telephone. C) Photograph. D) Telescope. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biography. 17. Roar + ing A) Roaring. B) Roarring. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Roaring. 18. The cleaning lady was happy about helping the family upstairs. She worked to clean their apartment in a cheerful, pleasant way. She worked ..... A) Cheerfully. B) Loudly. C) Softly. D) Greedily. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cheerfully. 19. Select the meaning of the root or affix:bi A) Three. B) One. C) Many. D) Two. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Two. 20. What is the meaning of trans-? A) Across; change; through. B) To carry. C) Above; beyond. D) How something is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Across; change; through. 21. The suffix ..... means one who, that which; like, related to. A) (u)al. B) (u)ate. C) (u)ation. D) (i)ent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) (i)ent. 22. What is the prefix in disagree A) Disagree. B) Agree. C) Dis. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dis. 23. Identify the prefix in the word 'misunderstand'. A) Mis. B) Under. C) Stand. D) Understand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mis. 24. The root pens means weigh out or distribute. What does the word recompense mean? A) To contribute to a person's well being. B) To give money to a person for a service or loss. C) To sue a person for injury or harm. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To give money to a person for a service or loss. 25. What is the definition of a suffix? A) A set of letters attached 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: C) A set of letters added to the end of a root word. 26. Affixes are both prefixes and suffixes. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 27. What does the root sens/sent mean? A) To feel. B) Equal. C) To know. D) Ring. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To feel. 28. The root puls means drive or push. What does the word compulsory mean? A) Required or forced. B) Kind and generous. C) Hostile or inclined to argue. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Required or forced. 29. $_{Use your knowledge of roots/prefixes to determine the meaning of the word}$malaria A) Helpful, useful, or valuable in some way. B) A disease originally thought to be caused by "bad air". C) To play with no time to have prepared a piece of music. D) To delay in order to gain more time to do something. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A disease originally thought to be caused by "bad air". 30. Identify the prefix in the word below.ungrateful A) Un. B) Grate. C) Ful. D) None of the above. 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