This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Morphology > Roots Affixes – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Roots Affixes Quiz 19 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Based on the Latin root scrib, which means to write, the word prescribed as used in paragraph 2 means A) A verbal order. B) A written letter. C) A written suggestion. D) A verbal suggestion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A written suggestion. 2. Select the root word that means "to hear" A) Aud, audi. B) Cred. C) Graph. D) Ped, pod. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aud, audi. 3. Apply your understanding of roots, prefixes, and suffixes to decode the word 'disbelief'. A) Not believing. B) Fully believing. C) Partially believing. D) Completely believing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not believing. 4. What is the meaning of the latin root "partire" ? A) To part. B) To combine or merge. C) To multiply or increase. D) To understand or comprehend. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To part. 5. Prefix:dys- A) Between; through. B) Not; without. C) Difficulty with. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Difficulty with. 6. What is the meaning of the Latin root mater/matri? A) Brother. B) Believe. C) Great, large. D) Mother. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mother. 7. Which words have a prefix? A) Sign. B) Unclear. C) Reader. D) Flame. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unclear. 8. Match the word "misjudge" with its definition. A) To judge correctly. B) To judge too late. C) To judge wrongly. D) To judge quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To judge wrongly. 9. What is the meaning of the root 'omni'? A) Earth. B) Break. C) Both. D) All. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All. 10. Which two roots mean the same thing? A) "pathos" and "chronos". B) "lum" and "luc". C) "vid" and "lum". D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "lum" and "luc". 11. What is the meaning of happily? A) In the manner of being happy. B) Before happy. C) Being happy twice. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the manner of being happy. 12. Which sentence uses the word "dampness" correctly? A) Dampness rags can help clean the mess. B) The dampness in her hair dried up after using the blow dryer. C) All the dampness got drier and drier until everything was completely wet. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The dampness in her hair dried up after using the blow dryer. 13. What does the PREFIX-re mean? A) Un. B) Not. C) Again. D) Re. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Again. 14. What is the best definition for the affix "pan" ? A) People. B) Many. C) All. D) Also. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All. 15. Unable to hear- A) Unspeakable. B) Incredible. C) Undeniable. D) Inaudible. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inaudible. 16. The bookstore has many used books that you can buy ..... A) Carefully. B) Slowly. C) Cheaply. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cheaply. 17. The root bel means war. What does the word rebellion mean? A) The act of enforcing the law and punishing criminals. B) The act of working together to achieve a common goal. C) The act of rising up in armed opposition of the government. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The act of rising up in armed opposition of the government. 18. $_{Use your knowledge of roots/prefixes to determine the meaning of the word}$beneficence A) Doing good. B) Doing evil. C) Speaking a long life to someone. D) Writing about your own life. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Doing good. 19. Which of the following words contains the prefix 'pre-'? A) Postpone. B) Preview. C) Replay. D) Uncover. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Preview. 20. Which of the following words is based on the Latin root that means "to hear" ? A) Sensory. B) Audible. C) Deafening. D) Attention. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Audible. 21. Ortho is a root that means ..... A) Straight, Correct. B) Separate, Choose. C) Hear. D) Citizen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Straight, Correct. 22. Fill in the blank:Her intense fear of spiders, known as ..... , kept her from going into the basement. A) Arachnophobia. B) Extravagance. C) Novelty. D) Dormancy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arachnophobia. 23. There were fragments of glass on the floor. In the sentence, fragments contains the root frag which means: A) Break. B) Sharp. C) Hard. D) Clear. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Break. 24. What does the root "tele" in the word "telegraph" mean? A) Light. B) Far. C) Sound. D) Write. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Far. 25. What does the Greek Root AGRI mean A) Sand. B) Farming. C) Outside. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Farming. ← 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