This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Morphology > Roots Affixes – Quiz 28 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Roots Affixes Quiz 28 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which word means to "do again'? A) Request. B) Redo. C) Remind. D) Relive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Redo. 2. What is the meaning of the prefix in the word decamp? A) Off, from. B) Heat. C) Love. D) Inside. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Off, from. 3. $_{Use your knowledge of roots/prefixes to determine the meaning of the word}$malign A) Speaking badly about someone. B) Speaking kindly about someone. C) Making a friend. D) Writing about someone's life. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Speaking badly about someone. 4. What is the meaning of the affix in the word unicorn? A) Two. B) Not. C) One. D) Many. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) One. 5. What is the meaning of the following root/affix?sub A) From Greek meaning to write. B) Adds a sense of wrong to meaning. C) Describes an action or a result of an action. D) Adds a sense of under to meaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adds a sense of under to meaning. 6. The prefixes pre-and fore-mean A) Again. B) Last. C) After. D) Before. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Before. 7. Affixes come A) Beginning. B) End. C) Middle. D) No clue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) End. 8. What does the root 'lect' (lec, leg, lig) mean? A) Care, cult. B) Throw, lie. C) Move. D) Choose, pick, read. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Choose, pick, read. 9. A student encounters the word "autograph" in a text. Using your knowledge of Greek roots, explain how you would determine the meaning of the word and select the most accurate definition. A) A type of graph used in math. B) A person's own signature or handwriting. C) A photograph taken automatically. D) A written biography about someone else. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A person's own signature or handwriting. 10. What is the meaning of the word 'unhappiness' based on the prefix 'un-'? A) The state or condition of being unhappy. B) The state or condition of being happy. C) The state or condition of being angry. D) The state or condition of being sad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The state or condition of being unhappy. 11. Chrom is a root that means ..... A) Color. B) Citizen. C) Walk. D) Hear. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Color. 12. What is the meaning of the root ex-/ec-? A) In/into. B) Under/below. C) With/to. D) Out. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Out. 13. If the root word "form" means "shape" , then what might the verb "perform" mean? A) To give each thing a shape. B) To do or make something through one's shape. C) To shape something. D) Before something is shaped. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To do or make something through one's shape. 14. Which prefix means "after" or "behind" ? A) Pre. B) Post. C) Fore. D) Tele. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Post. 15. What does the prefix 'un-' in the word 'unhappy' mean? A) Not. B) Very. C) Again. D) With. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not. 16. Which word does NOT have the same prefix as synopsis? A) Synagogue. B) Synthesis. C) Systematic. D) Synonymous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Systematic. 17. A motion picture photographer would be known as a ..... A) Cinematographer. B) Heliotographer. C) Factographer. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cinematographer. 18. What is a letter or group of letters that is added AT THE BEGINNING of a word to change its meaning A) Affix. B) Prefix. C) Suffix. D) Root. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prefix. 19. Maya is learning about different sources of energy. She wonders which of the following is an example of geothermal energy. A) Oven. B) Campfire. C) Hairdryer. D) Lava. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lava. 20. What are Roots A) Root words. B) Suffixes. C) Prefixes. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Root words. 21. $_{Use your knowledge of roots/prefixes to determine the meaning of the word}$cinematography A) A person who helps people or institutions. B) Etymologically of an 'evil' day. C) Writing of film scenes. D) Latin for "time" flies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Writing of film scenes. 22. The suffix "-dom" in "freedom" represents: A) Time. B) Quality. C) State or condition. D) Movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) State or condition. 23. What is the meaning of the word 'happiness' based on the suffix '-ness'? A) The state or condition of being happy. B) The state or condition of being tired. C) The state or condition of being angry. D) The state or condition of being sad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The state or condition of being happy. 24. The suffix ant/ent means: A) One who. B) Doctrine of, principle of. C) Water. D) Life. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) One who. 25. The suffix-able in the word capable lets you know that Jimmy Bob is ..... to tie his shoes. A) Able. B) Not able. C) Trying. D) Scared. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Able. ← 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