This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Morphology > Roots Affixes – Quiz 47 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Roots Affixes Quiz 47 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the definition of root word? A) The most basic part of a word. B) A word that has multiple meanings. C) The beginning of a word. D) Set of letters attached to the end of a word. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The most basic part of a word. 2. Synonym for the word resign is? A) Stay. B) Buy. C) Leave. D) Listen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Leave. 3. What is the meaning of the suffix-ic? A) Act or process. B) Relating to. C) Out. D) Single, one. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Relating to. 4. Divide/Part A) Div. B) Mob. C) Urb. D) Hosp. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Div. 5. In the sentence what does 'aquarium' mean. Sara's aquarium tank held several little fish and plants from the ocean. A) A tank of water that holds fish. B) A tank that holds plants and animals. C) A tank that holds rocks and lizards. D) A bottle of great smelling perfume. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A tank of water that holds fish. 6. What is the meaning of the suffix-ence? A) Person who. B) Study of. C) State, quality. D) Place where. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) State, quality. 7. From what Latin root is the word illumination? A) Lud. B) Lun. C) Lumin. D) Lysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lumin. 8. Geology is the study of rocks. A) Prefix. B) Root. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Root. 9. The Greek root geo means A) Round. B) Life. C) Earth. D) Sound. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Earth. 10. In the word 'predict', what does the prefix 'pre-' mean? A) After. B) Before. C) During. D) Against. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Before. 11. A dormitory is a place where people" A) Eat. B) Dance. C) Sleep. D) Wait. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sleep. 12. The root word mit means: A) With. B) Send. C) Hand. D) Ms. Schmitt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Send. 13. The meaning of the suffix "-ty" and "-ity" is: A) Full of. B) Having qualities of. C) State of. D) Plural of a noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Having qualities of. 14. Since acr-means height/top and phob-means fear, which word means fear of heights? A) Acrophobia. B) Monophobia. C) Necrophobia. D) MonologueTagsELAGSE8L4b. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Acrophobia. 15. What does-ness mean? A) State, quality. B) State, condition. C) Water. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) State, condition. 16. Choose the correct word to fill in the blank:You can tell a lot about the history of Earth from its ..... Many hints are hidden within those rocks and layers. A) Geography. B) Biology. C) Geology. D) Ornithology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Geology. 17. Which of the following words contains a Latin root meaning 'light'? A) Illuminate. B) Audible. C) Construct. D) Transport. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Illuminate. 18. What is a metric unit of measurement? A) Aquarimarine. B) Centimeter. C) Aquifer. D) Centipede. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Centimeter. 19. Petr A) Wonder. B) Rock. C) Hand. D) Roll. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rock. 20. Choose the correct prefix that should be used to fill in the blank.He's so ..... fed, his weight is thirty kilograms below normal. A) Mis. B) Non. C) Under. D) Ful. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Under. 21. What is the meaning of the suffix '-ology' as in the word 'biology'? A) The study of. B) The art of. C) The act of. D) The science of. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The study of. 22. Add-ed to the root word:FASCINATE A) Fascinated. B) Fasinated. C) Facinated. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fascinated. 23. Think of the derivatives:creativity, disability, and eternity. What does the affix "ity" mean? A) Owning something. B) Life. C) State of being. D) Experiencing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) State of being. 24. Use + ing A) Useing. B) Using. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Using. 25. Root words come from the Greek and Spanish languages. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 26. Based on the suffix-est, added to the word rich in paragraph 1, richest means A) Having the most in amount. B) Having some amount. C) Needing some amount. D) Giving away an amount. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Having the most in amount. 27. I was served a delightful confection at the restaurant last night. Confection means ..... A) A sweet dessert thoroughly done. B) Eating sugar. C) Something you put on top. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A sweet dessert thoroughly done. 28. Fill in the blank with the correct adverb.Dr. Jones answered each question ..... A) Honestly. B) Smart. C) Intelligently. D) Truthfully. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Intelligently. 29. Which word means "to make a small sound large" ? A) Phonics. B) Phoneme. C) Telephone. D) Microphone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Microphone. 30. The root word scribe or script (as in describe, transcript) means A) To write, or writer. B) To show characteristics. C) A piece of paper. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To write, or writer. ← 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