This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Morphology > Roots Affixes – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Roots Affixes Quiz 8 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the meaning of the prefix "anti-" ? A) Against, opposite of. B) Again. C) Above, over. D) Full of. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Against, opposite of. 2. What does the prefix 'mis' mean when added to a word? A) Correctly. B) Wrongly. C) Partially. D) Excessively. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wrongly. 3. What is an affix? A) A repair for something. B) A prefix or suffix attached to a root to form a new word. C) A sound made by blends of letters. D) The phonetic understanding of words. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A prefix or suffix attached to a root to form a new word. 4. A word part added to the end of a word is? A) Root. B) Prefix. C) Suffix. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Suffix. 5. In-/Im- A) Measure. B) Against. C) In, not. D) Hear; listen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In, not. 6. The root word gen means: A) Free. B) Thanks/pleasing. C) Law. D) Race, kind or species/birth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Race, kind or species/birth. 7. Epidemic, democracy A) Inter-. B) -vac-. C) -chron-. D) -dem-. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) -dem-. 8. Which root means 'to look'? A) Scrib. B) Act. C) Mit. D) Spect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spect. 9. "The soil of England is fertile." How would you rewrite "fertile" so that the meaning is not able to produce? A) Infertile. B) Disfertile. C) Antifertile. D) Overfertile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Infertile. 10. The Greek root photo means A) Picture. B) Light. C) Dark. D) See. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Light. 11. Mid-means: A) Can be done. B) Middle. C) Measure. D) Between. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Middle. 12. What does the root auto mean in the sentence below?Once the plane reached 30, 000 feet, the captain put it on autopilot. A) Self. B) Plane. C) Captain. D) Feet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Self. 13. The suffix in the word "berries" indicates that- A) There is only one. B) There are more than one. C) They are sour. D) They are fruits. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) There are more than one. 14. Johnny's art skills are laughable. He can barely draw a stick figure and has no idea how to paint or draw. He hates going to art and rarely completes a project. What does the affix-able mean in this sentence? A) Capable of. B) Full of. C) Without. D) Against. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Capable of. 15. How do you spell the word that means "something is able to be moved" ? A) Moveable. B) Movible. C) Movaeble. D) Movable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Movable. 16. -onym- A) Build. B) Hundred. C) Name. D) Break. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Name. 17. Which suffix is used to pluralize a word? A) -ed. B) -ing. C) -s. D) Pre-. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) -s. 18. "Pro" when added to the beginning of a word means what? A) Against. B) In favor of. C) Under. D) To see. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In favor of. 19. Ced /ceed /cede /cess A) Come. B) From. C) Go. D) Down. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Go. 20. Amendments are adopted after approval by a majority vote of the lower house of the general assembly, a two-thirds majority of both houses of the next general assembly, and ratification by the townships.Which word from the sentence contains a suffix that means "pertaining to/belonging to?" A) Adopted. B) Assembly. C) Approval. D) Ratification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Approval. 21. What does the prefix 'pre' mean when added to a word? A) After. B) During. C) Before. D) Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Before. 22. A word part added to the beginning of a root or base word A) Suffix. B) Root. C) Prefix. D) Base. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prefix. 23. A root word and a base word are synonyms. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 24. Cred (incredible, credit, credible) A) Believe. B) Write. C) Study of. D) Lead. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Believe. 25. Terra A) Area. B) Circle. C) Earth / land. D) Flat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Earth / land. 26. If a substance is "decipherable, " what can be inferred about its complexity? A) It is simple. B) It is complex. C) It is colorful. D) It is small. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is complex. 27. When "Anti" is added to the beginning of a word, what does it mean? A) Many. B) To throw. C) To cause to be. D) Against. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Against. 28. Does the following word have a prefix, Greek root, or suffix?Unthinkable A) Prefix only. B) Greek Root only. C) Suffix only. D) Prefix and Greek Root. E) Prefix and suffix. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Prefix and suffix. 29. If a shape has six sides, which Greek prefix would be used to describe it? A) Hexa-. B) Penta-. C) Dec-. D) Mono-. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hexa-. 30. Read the sentence."Now gas masks are standard equipment for soldiers, firefighters, and police officers.In which word does ment means the same as it does in the word equipment? A) Mental. B) Cement. C) Refreshment. D) Mentholated. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Refreshment. ← 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 9Roots Affixes Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books