This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Morphology > Roots Affixes – Quiz 45 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Roots Affixes Quiz 45 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the meaning of the root chron? A) Result. B) Time. C) With. D) Life. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Time. 2. What does-ance and-ence mean? A) State, quality. B) State, condition. C) Water. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) State, quality. 3. If the problem with the train track lies midway between Lynchburg and Roanoke, the problem ..... A) Is at the beginning of the tracks near Lynchburg. B) Is in the middle, between the two cities. C) Is near the end of tracks near Roanoke. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is in the middle, between the two cities. 4. $_{Use your knowledge of roots/prefixes to determine the meaning of the word}$benevolent A) Kind, good, full of charity. B) Evil, full of malice. C) Immortal. D) Beautiful writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kind, good, full of charity. 5. Which root means "to write" or "written" ? A) Scrib/script. B) Spect. C) Jud. D) Graph. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scrib/script. 6. Pick the correct word when the suffix-ful is added? A) Friend. B) Cheer. C) Hard. D) Fast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cheer. 7. What is the impact of the prefix "il-" in the word "illegal" ? A) Makes the word positive. B) Makes the word negative. C) Indicates a location. D) Indicates time. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Makes the word negative. 8. The affixes:ir, im, il, in all mean not? A) I don't know. B) False. C) True. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) True. 9. Suffix:Ulous A) Possible To. B) Tending To. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tending To. 10. Mandy did not want to displease her mom. What does the word "displease" mean? A) Make happy. B) Make afraid. C) Make angry. D) Make funny. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Make angry. 11. What does the root word 'struct' mean, as in the word 'construct'? A) To build. B) To see. C) To hear. D) To throw. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To build. 12. Fill in the blank:The ..... of the book was praised for its originality and creativity. A) Novel. B) Manual. C) Natural. D) Dormant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Novel. 13. What does the root word man/manu mean? A) Hand. B) Large. C) Weight. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hand. 14. A-ab-abs-are prefixes that mean ..... A) From, Away. B) Against. C) Hear. D) Walk. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) From, Away. 15. -sion A) Citizen of. B) Toward. C) Believe. D) State of being. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) State of being. 16. Select the root word that means "write" A) Aud, audi. B) Cred. C) Graph. D) Ped, pod. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Graph. 17. Which word has a suffix meaning "state or quality" ? A) Mythic. B) Terrify. C) Privacy. D) Modesty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Privacy. 18. What is the meaning of the suffix '-ology'? A) State of Being. B) Become. C) The Study Of. D) Middle/Between. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Study Of. 19. The root bel means war. What does the word antebellum mean? A) Relating to the time before a period of armed fighting. B) Relating to the period before a drought or famine. C) Relating to the time before a period of peace. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Relating to the time before a period of armed fighting. 20. Which word is the synonym for GAUNT? A) Option. B) Wear. C) Weak. D) Dismal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dismal. 21. What is the meaning of the root word "log" or "logue" A) Sound. B) Carry. C) Time. D) Word. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Word. 22. Semi- A) Full. B) Complete. C) Half, partly, not fully. D) Entire. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Half, partly, not fully. 23. Which of the following words using the root "scope" would best describe a tool that allows us to look at tiny things? A) Stethoscope. B) Microscope. C) Nightscope. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Microscope. 24. The root cede means go or yield. What does the word recede mean? A) To start or stop repeatedly. B) To move back. C) To look backward. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To move back. 25. An interruption of a state of peace or quiet A) Disturbance. B) Perturbation. C) Turbidity. D) Turbine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Disturbance. 26. Which root means "to write" ? A) Graph. B) Jud. C) Auto. D) Scrib/script. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scrib/script. 27. Sys- A) Together. B) Life. C) Earth. D) First. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Together. 28. What does the root word graph mean?ex:photograph, graphic organizer A) Write. B) Read. C) Chart. D) Mathmatics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Write. 29. A letter, or group of letters, that is added to the end of a root (base) word A) Affix. B) Prefix. C) Suffix. D) Root. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Suffix. 30. What is the meaning of the root word "phon" A) Sound. B) Carry. C) Time. D) Word. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sound. ← 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