This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Morphology > Roots Affixes – Quiz 56 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Roots Affixes Quiz 56 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Use your knowledge of roots and affixes to determine the best definition for the word contradict. A) To lead an orchestra. B) To say something that goes against what someone else said. C) To say something goes around. D) To go against roundness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To say something that goes against what someone else said. 2. What is the base word of helpful? A) -ful. B) Help. C) Dis-. D) Bio. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Help. 3. The prefix de-(as in decrease, deconstruct) means ..... A) Not, opposite of. B) To go down. C) To destroy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not, opposite of. 4. What is the impact of the prefix "mis-" in the word "mislead" ? 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. 5. Identify the root word in the word below.ungrateful A) Un. B) Grate. C) Ful. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grate. 6. The Greek roots graph means A) Written, drawn, or recorded. B) Data. C) Carry or bring. D) Break or burst. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Written, drawn, or recorded. 7. What is the meaning of the root word "port" A) Sound. B) Carry. C) Time. D) Word. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carry. 8. The fortress was surrounded by a steel gate. A) Root. B) Suffix. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Root. 9. Monica is very tired. She wants to rest! Trina can't stay still. She always wants to move! She is rest ..... A) Ful. B) Less. C) Able. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Less. 10. The prefix pro-means: A) Forward/before. B) After. C) Within. D) Positive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Forward/before. 11. Which SUFFIX means the state of? A) -ing. B) -ion, -tion. C) -ity, -ty. D) -ly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) -ity, -ty. 12. The root "aud" means ..... A) See. B) Hear. C) Smell. D) Think. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hear. 13. What does the root chrono mean? A) Sound. B) Many. C) Time. D) Ship. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Time. 14. To bring someone or something a step down; to treat someone with disrespect. A) Activate. B) Degrade. C) Gradual. D) Actual. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Degrade. 15. Which of the following is a synonym of the prefix 'syn-'? A) Un-. B) Anti-. C) Co-. D) Dis-. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Co-. 16. Match the root/affix with its meaningped A) Child or foot. B) Small. C) Full of. D) Great. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Child or foot. 17. In which word does pre-have the same meaning as it does in predicting? A) Pretty. B) Predator. C) Prefer. D) Prestige. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prefer. 18. If you add the suffix "-able/-ible" to a word, what is the new meaning that is given to the word?Example:read+able=readable A) One who. B) Full of. C) Can be done. D) Carry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Can be done. 19. What does inter mean? A) Between. B) After. C) To break. D) To speak. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Between. 20. What is the meaning of the Greek root meter? A) Body. B) Great, large. C) Measure. D) All. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Measure. 21. Di- A) Two. B) Before. C) Beside. D) To look. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Two. 22. A photograph uses what to take a picture? A) Light. B) Dark. C) Shades. D) To write. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Light. 23. What does the word "darkness" mean?The lamp suddenly went out, leaving us in darkness. A) Not fed enough. B) Absence of light. C) Doesn't make sense. D) Having varied colors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Absence of light. 24. Which root means to carry? A) Cred. B) Mit. C) Ject. D) Port. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Port. 25. What is the meaning of the following root/affix?graph A) From Greek, meaning to write. B) From Latin, meaning field. C) From Latin, meaning to carry. D) From Greek, meaning to measure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) From Greek, meaning to write. 26. The root jur means law. What does the word jurisprudence mean? A) The study of military strategy. B) The study of human behavior and interaction. C) The study of legal principals. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The study of legal principals. 27. Match the word "impossible" with its definition. A) Capable of being done. B) Not able to occur. C) Likely to happen. D) Easy to achieve. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not able to occur. 28. The word "interrupt" appears in your reading. Using your knowledge of Latin roots and affixes, explain how you would determine its meaning and select the correct definition. A) To continue smoothly. B) To break into or stop the flow. C) To build up. D) To write down. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To break into or stop the flow. 29. What does the suffix "-tion" mean? A) State of. B) Not. C) Toward. D) Away from. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) State of. 30. What does the suffix ation mean? A) The suffix 'ation' means act of or state of. B) The suffix 'ation' refers to a person who performs an action. C) The suffix 'ation' indicates a location or place. D) The suffix 'ation' means a type of measurement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The suffix 'ation' means act of or state of. ← 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