This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Morphology > Roots Affixes – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Roots Affixes Quiz 21 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Using your knowledge of roots and affixes, what does amphibious mean? A) Possessing the full abilities of both ways. B) Both are full. C) Characteristic of amplitude. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Possessing the full abilities of both ways. 2. What does un mean? A) Life. B) Star. C) Not. D) Book. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not. 3. My benefactor steals from me all of the time.Does the word benefactor make sense in this sentence? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 4. What is the meaning of the suffix '-ment'? A) The Study of. B) Action or process. C) State of Being. D) Brother. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Action or process. 5. $_{Use your knowledge of roots/prefixes to determine the meaning of the word}$malnutrition A) Having bad/poor nutrition. B) Having plenty of nutritious food. C) Having a short life. D) Writing about someone else's life. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Having bad/poor nutrition. 6. Scop A) To have. B) To write. C) To see. D) To hear. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To see. 7. A medical doctor, especially a doctor who is not a surgeon A) Physician. B) Phonics. C) Reporter. D) Homophone. E) -er, -or, -ian, -ist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Physician. 8. The student broke the rules about tucking in her shirt; eventually, she earned a detention for her many dress code ..... A) Benevolence. B) Orthographics. C) Infractions. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Infractions. 9. The root of acute means: A) Sharp. B) Hard. C) Smooth. D) Soft. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sharp. 10. A person receiving a telegraph can read the message because it is written on paper. Which part of the word telegraph is related to writing? A) Tele. B) Graph. C) Telegraph. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Graph. 11. Which word has the prefix meaning "all" ? A) Hypodermic. B) Retrofit. C) Pandemic. D) Benefit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pandemic. 12. Find the correct spelling word to complete the sentence.Donna is ..... her puppy. A) Named. B) Names. C) Naming. D) Nameing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Naming. 13. -iste/-ist A) Someone who does not. B) Someone who does. C) People who ist. D) ???. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Someone who does. 14. Which root/affix means:two A) Di-. B) -ify. C) Dia. D) Fac/fact/fect/fic. E) Helios. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Di-. 15. Which root means "to see" or "to look" ? A) Ible/able. B) Spect. C) Aud. D) Fore. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spect. 16. What does the suffix-ed mean? A) Full of. B) Present tense / happening now. C) More than one. D) Past tense / in the past. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Past tense / in the past. 17. Root words carry a universal meaning, so no matter who is using the root, the core meaning will remain the same. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 18. What is the meaning of the root pre-? A) Without or lacking. B) Before. C) After or following. D) During or while. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Before. 19. What is the meaning of the affix in the word beautiful? A) Again. B) In the manner of. C) Small. D) Full of. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Full of. 20. Choose the correct word to fill in the blank:The SETI project (or Search for Extraterrestrial Life) searches for ..... like radio signals from space that might come from alien civilizations. A) Transmissions. B) Transmutations. C) Transgressions. D) Transparencies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transmissions. 21. What is the meaning of the root multi-? A) Many or multiple. B) Solitary. C) Unique. D) Single. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Many or multiple. 22. Tightly fixed A) Don. B) Hydr. C) Firm. D) Alt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Firm. 23. Seventy-eight year old Bill Baxter has ..... completed his third marathon. A) Successfull. B) Successfuly. C) Successful. D) Successfully. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Successfully. 24. What is the definition of 'affix' in linguistics? A) A morpheme that is attached to a word to modify its meaning, including prefixes and suffixes. B) A type of word that stands alone and does not require any additional morphemes. C) A grammatical rule that dictates the order of words in a sentence. D) A sound that is added to the beginning of a word to change its pronunciation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A morpheme that is attached to a word to modify its meaning, including prefixes and suffixes. 25. The suffix-logy means A) One who does. B) One who does not. C) The study of. D) Beneath. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The study 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