This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Morphology > Roots Affixes – Quiz 52 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Roots Affixes Quiz 52 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the meaning of the affix in the word teacher? A) State of being. B) Full of. C) One who. D) After. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) One who. 2. It is one of the ..... days of the year. A) Funnier. B) Happiest. C) Spies. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Happiest. 3. At the forefront of my mind I have lessons to create and papers to grade. I can't stop thinking about all the things I have to do.What does forefront mean? A) The front of my head. B) The leading place that comes before all others. C) The middle of my mind. D) The good place in my mind. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The leading place that comes before all others. 4. The suffixes-ive, -itive, and-ative mean: A) Full of/characterized by. B) Relating to/characterized by. C) Inclined/tending toward an action. D) To make/to cause to become. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inclined/tending toward an action. 5. The root word loc (as in locomotion, locate) means ..... A) Place. B) Train. C) Your house. D) To move around. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Place. 6. Which word has the root meaning "feel" ? A) Resent. B) Literature. C) Amiable. D) Thermometer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Resent. 7. What is a word element that can be ATTACHED TO THE ROOT to form a new word? A) Affix. B) Prefix. C) Suffix. D) Root. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Affix. 8. Think about what the affix "post" means. Which of the following words is not a derivative of the affix "post" ? A) Posterior. B) Poster. C) Postpone. D) Postscript. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Poster. 9. What does the prefix 'im-' mean? A) Not. B) New. C) Equal; the same. D) Across; to the other side. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not. 10. Which root/affix means:join A) Ex-, exo-. B) Ignis. C) Inter. D) Junto, junctum. E) Kinesis, cinema. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Junto, junctum. 11. Using your knowledge of roots and affixes, what does unilateral mean? A) No sides at all. B) Possessing or full of one thing. C) Characteristic of one side. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Characteristic of one side. 12. Omni A) Some. B) Few. C) None. D) All. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All. 13. Introduce A) Bring into use for the first time. B) Full of color. C) Doesn't make sense. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bring into use for the first time. 14. Cam'ron is learning about root words in his language class. His teacher explains that root words (or "roots") are parts of words that have meaning, but usually can't be used by themselves. They are often found in both Greek and Latin words. How are root words usually used? A) Alone. B) Together. C) Apart. D) Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alone. 15. Head A) Don. B) Grad. C) Imag. D) Cap. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cap. 16. What is the meaning of the suffix-ity? A) State of, quality. B) False. C) Worthy, capable of. D) Act or process. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) State of, quality. 17. The reporter insisted that the letter he used was authentic. He said that he had shown it to many experts before he used it in his story.When something is authentic, it's ..... A) Genuine, or real. B) Carefully written. C) Full of tasty worms. D) Very old. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Genuine, or real. 18. What is the meaning of the suffix '-logy' in the word 'geology'? A) Study of. B) Science of. C) Life of. D) Earth of. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Study of. 19. What is the meaning of the root 'thes'? A) It means 'put, place, set'. B) It means 'see, sight'. C) It means 'write, written'. D) It means 'think, thought'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It means 'put, place, set'. 20. What does the prefix 'com-/ con-/ co-' mean? A) Able to. B) With; together. C) One hundred. D) New. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) With; together. 21. Add the correct suffix for the root word 'fortunate' A) Ly. B) Ion. C) Ed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ly. 22. Grace visits her doctor because she has been experiencing joint pain. The doctor tells her she has arthritis. Based on the suffix-itis in her diagnosis, what does it mean? A) Inflammation, illness. B) Medicine, cure. C) Hospital, clinic. D) Bone, structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inflammation, illness. 23. In the word 'transport', what does the root 'port' mean? A) To carry. B) To see. C) To write. D) To build. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To carry. 24. The affix 'pre-' means A) After. B) Before. C) During. D) Under. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Before. 25. What is the definition of the root-CRED? A) Do. B) Believe. C) Mark. D) See. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Believe. 26. Which of the following words means a person who wants to win? A) Bitterness. B) Competitiveness. C) Wilderness. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Competitiveness. 27. What does the root "graph" in the word "biography" mean? A) Life. B) Write. C) Light. D) Far. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Write. 28. Fill in the blank:The ..... actions of the celebrity were often criticized by the media. A) Calm. B) Extraordinary. C) Extravagant. D) Natural. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Extravagant. 29. What is the root of a word? A) A word or word part to which you can add a suffix. B) A word or a word part that can form the basis of new words by adding prefixes. C) A word or a word part that can form the basis of new words by adding prefixes or suffixes. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A word or a word part that can form the basis of new words by adding prefixes or suffixes. 30. Which of the following words uses the root 'bio' to mean life? A) Biography. B) Biology. C) Bionic. D) Biweekly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biology. ← 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