This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Morphology > Roots Affixes – Quiz 43 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Roots Affixes Quiz 43 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. As I walked in the door, I was amazed at the beautiful colors and smells. I knew it would be hard to decide what I would buy with my $ 3. The chocolate truffles looked delicious, but they were expensive. The jelly beans were not only cheaper, but so colorful! With so much to choose from, I knew I would be here a long time. Where am I? A) Gas station. B) Candy store. C) Grocery store. D) Shoe store. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Candy store. 2. Match the root/affix with its meaningship A) Put in motion. B) To throw. C) Condition of, skill. D) Within. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Condition of, skill. 3. The affix "gen" means- A) Speech or language. B) Generation or creation; kind or type. C) Long; large. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Generation or creation; kind or type. 4. If I exclude someone from my team, would they play in the final game with me? A) No because they are shut out. B) Yes because they are part of the team. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No because they are shut out. 5. A bibliography is: A) A list of books. B) A person's own signature. C) The science of life. D) Involving two sides. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A list of books. 6. What does the suffix '-ology' mean in the word 'geology'? A) The study of. B) The art of. C) The science of. D) The history of. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The study of. 7. Which word comes from a root that means "see" ? A) Helpful. B) Looks. C) Vise. D) Visible. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Visible. 8. If the prefix "a-" is added to the word "moral, " its new meaning is "not moral" A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. What does the prefix 'equa-/ equi-' mean? A) Equal; the same. B) One hundred. C) Into or not. D) The study of. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Equal; the same. 10. The prefix a-means: A) On/in/to. B) Together/with. C) In front of/before. D) From/away. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On/in/to. 11. Which root word means life? A) Bio. B) Port. C) Graph. D) Ped. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bio. 12. A passage uses the word "export." Using your knowledge of Latin roots and affixes, explain how you would figure out its meaning and select the correct definition. A) To bring in from another country. B) To send out to another country. C) To write down. D) To build up. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To send out to another country. 13. Since post means after/following, which word means to put off until later? A) Phonics. B) Ponder. C) Postpone. D) PodiumTagsELAGSE8L4b. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Postpone. 14. A state of confusion and disorder A) Turbulence. B) Asperity. C) Disturbance. D) Perturbation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Turbulence. 15. A root word is where the core meaning comes from. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 16. The Latin root aud means A) Hear. B) Sound. C) See. D) Before. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hear. 17. The root cred means trust or believe. What does the word credibility mean? A) The quality of being convincing. B) The quality of being timely and precise. C) The quality of being well-spoken. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The quality of being convincing. 18. Which letter would you double in the word "chat" before adding-ed? A) C. B) H. C) A. D) T. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) T. 19. What is the meaning of the Latin root tempo? A) Sound. B) Time. C) Believe. D) Brother. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Time. 20. $_{Use your knowledge of roots/prefixes to determine the meaning of the word}$autograph A) A person who helps people or institutions. B) Bad medical practice. C) Self written. D) Worker hired for a short period of "time". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Self written. 21. Word-parts that change the meaning of the words they attach to A) Affix. B) Prefix. C) Suffix. D) Root. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Affix. 22. What is the suffix in the word" happiness" ? A) Happy. B) Ness. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ness. 23. Match the root/affix with its meaningbell A) War. B) Land. C) Sound. D) Other. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) War. 24. What is the meaning of the root "photo" ? A) Above. B) The study of. C) Light. D) Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Light. 25. Are etymologies of words the same as definitions of words? A) Yes, etymology is the same as the definition of a word. B) No, they're explanations of what our words meant and how they sounded 600 or 2, 000 years ago. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No, they're explanations of what our words meant and how they sounded 600 or 2, 000 years ago. 26. Dr. Flametooth has been studying fire-eaters since 1981, when he started the now-famous Human Inferno Laboratory out of his one-car garage. A) NO CHANGE. B) More-then-famous. C) Now famously. D) Famously. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 27. The suffix ..... means an action or process. A) (u)al. B) (u)ate. C) (u)ation. D) (i)ent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) (u)ation. 28. Please follow the instructions written on the back of the product so that the results will be ..... A) Optimizing. B) Optimize. C) Optimal. D) Optimally. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Optimal. 29. Which word means "a place that contains information about planets" ? A) Factory. B) Planetarium. C) Lavatory. D) Playhouse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Planetarium. 30. Which root means 'speed, swift'? A) Fid. B) Form. C) Celer. D) Cult. 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