This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Morphology > Roots Affixes – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Roots Affixes Quiz 18 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A person who writes news stories for a newspaper, magazine, etc. or who tells people the news on radio or television A) Reporter. B) -er, -or, -ian, -ist. C) Pianist. D) Physician. E) Homophone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reporter. 2. The auditorium is where people A) Hear sounds or music. B) Write music. C) Play music. D) Go to hang out. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hear sounds or music. 3. What does the prefix a mean? A) The prefix 'a' means 'above' or 'over'. B) The prefix 'a' means 'not' or 'without' or 'on/in'. C) The prefix 'a' means 'before' or 'in front of'. D) The prefix 'a' means 'with' or 'together'. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The prefix 'a' means 'not' or 'without' or 'on/in'. 4. Which of the following words best fits this sentence:The child was very ..... when she gave up her lunch to share with the little lost kitten. A) Selfish. B) Selfless. C) Selfscope. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Selfless. 5. The suffix goes: A) Before the root word. B) After the root word. C) It does not belong with the root word. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After the root word. 6. Inter-means A) At the other end. B) Around. C) Between or among. D) ????. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Between or among. 7. Bene- A) Circle. B) Good. C) Life. D) Time. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Good. 8. What is a synonym for withdrawn? A) Skip. B) Dismal. C) Assemble. D) Unsociable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unsociable. 9. The family experienced a dilemma about going to Grandma's for dinner or going to the hockey game. This means they were: A) All in agreement. B) Split between two choices. C) Arguing for two days. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Split between two choices. 10. What does the root ast(e)r mean? A) Time. B) Result. C) Five. D) Star. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Star. 11. What does mis mean? A) Wrong. B) Around. C) Madness. D) Time. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wrong. 12. You see the word "polygon" in a math lesson. Using your understanding of Greek roots, reason out its meaning and choose the best definition. A) A shape with one side. B) A shape with many sides. C) A shape with no sides. D) A shape with three sides. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A shape with many sides. 13. Which prefix can be added to the root word "form" ? A) Trans-. B) Pre-. C) Con-. D) Re-. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Re-. 14. The suffix in "boredom" creates what type of word? A) Verb. B) Adjective. C) Adverb. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Noun. 15. Annoyance and frustration A) Expasperation. B) Turbulence. C) Asperity. D) Disturbance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Expasperation. 16. What root word means "heat" A) Therm. B) Meter. C) Rupt. D) Grad, gres. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Therm. 17. Use context clues to determine the meaning of the word "misunderstand" in the sentence: "He tends to misunderstand instructions, often doing the opposite of what is asked." A) To understand well. B) To understand partially. C) To not understand correctly. D) To understand quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To not understand correctly. 18. What is the meaning of the suffix-ment? A) With. B) Result. C) State, condition. D) Study of. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Result. 19. Related to steps of change in something like color (rainbow), temperature, or when a road goes higher or lower. A) Actual. B) Gradient. C) Actually. D) Graduation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gradient. 20. Which of the following statements about SUMMARIZING is true? A) The Summary is a thought that is true but is not in the passage. B) The Summary is what the passage is mostly about. C) The Summary is specific, detailed information contained in the passage. D) The Summary is always found in the first sentence of the passage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Summary is what the passage is mostly about. 21. To come before or ahead of- A) Scribble. B) Inviable. C) Precede. D) Autocrat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Precede. 22. Which of the following words contains a root meaning 'life'? A) Biology. B) Geography. C) Autograph. D) Photograph. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biology. 23. What is the meaning of the root non-? A) Not or without. B) Against. C) Opposite. D) In favor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not or without. 24. The word "excerpt" means ..... A) To find the meaning of (something that is difficult to read or understand). B) A word from which other words are formed. C) A letter or group of letters added to the beginning or end of a word to change its meaning (e.g. prefix or suffix). D) A portion or section taken from a book, article, etc. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A portion or section taken from a book, article, etc. 25. "Some languages use a circumflex accent above a letter for pronunciation." The word circumflex in the previous sentence comes from a root meaning ..... A) Good, well. B) Bad, worse. C) Bend. D) Break; shatter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bend. ← 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