This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Morphology > Roots Affixes – Quiz 29 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Roots Affixes Quiz 29 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In which word does the root "port" have the same meaning as it does in "opportunity" ? A) Portable. B) Portion. C) Portobello. D) Portrait. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Portable. 2. MJ is learning about how words are formed in his English class. He notices that sometimes a word part is added to the end of another word to change its meaning. What do you call a word part that is added to the end of another word? A) Suffix. B) Prefix. C) Root. D) Inflection. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Suffix. 3. I was sleepy, but I was able to regain my strength. What does "regain" mean? A) Gain without. B) Not gain. C) Gain again. D) Someone who gains. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gain again. 4. Who do you think would make the best frozen yogurt, Mr. Freeze, Ice Man, or Elsa? What is the meaning of the suffix-en as it is used in the word frozen? A) After. B) Not. C) Become. D) Not. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Become. 5. NEOLOGISM A) A recently created word. B) The study of slang words. C) New knowledge. D) Symbols used as words. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A recently created word. 6. To handle with skill A) Manage. B) Century. C) Centimeter. D) Manuscript. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Manage. 7. The root bene means good. What does the word beneficiary mean? A) A person who is disadvantaged or harmed. B) A person who cannot be trusted. C) A person who receives a profit or advantage. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A person who receives a profit or advantage. 8. Which word uses the root "tract" meaning "to pull" ? A) Contract. B) Audience. C) Freedom. D) Unsafe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Contract. 9. Person who A) -er, -or, -ian, -ist. B) Phon. C) Colonist. D) Predecessor. E) Predecessor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -er, -or, -ian, -ist. 10. Crat A) Brother. B) All. C) Rule. D) Life. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rule. 11. Which is the ROOT word for the word RETAKE? A) Re. B) Take. C) Etake. D) Ake. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Take. 12. The act of A) Inter. B) Therm. C) Cred. D) Tion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tion. 13. "Baby animals spend countless hours and large amounts of energy at play." Adding the suffix-less to the word count makes a word that means ..... A) Needing to be counted. B) Counted incorrectly. C) Counted often. D) Not able to be counted. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not able to be counted. 14. What does the root "Photo" mean? A) Light. B) Self. C) Far away. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Light. 15. Select the root word that means "feet" A) Aud, audi. B) Cred. C) Graph. D) Ped, pod. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ped, pod. 16. $_{Use your knowledge of roots/prefixes to determine the meaning of the word}$malefactor A) One who does evil deeds. B) One who does good deeds. C) Something that lasts a short time. D) Writing about (study of) earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) One who does evil deeds. 17. Which word contains a root that means "to hear; listen" ? A) Immigrate. B) Valuable. C) Contradict. D) Auditorium. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Auditorium. 18. What does the prefix re-means? A) Back / again. B) Against. C) Not / opposite of. D) In / to make. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Back / again. 19. If the suffix "-phobia" means "fear of, " what can you infer about the word "hydrophobia?" A) It refers to a fear of fire hydrants. B) It refers to a fear of small spaces. C) It refers to a fear of spiders. D) It refers to a fear of water. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It refers to a fear of water. 20. Which word uses the same prefix as "pretest" ? A) Unhappy. B) Highest. C) Safest. D) Preview. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Preview. 21. Pyromania is from the Greek root pyro which means ..... A) Many. B) Mind. C) Fire. D) Foot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fire. 22. Choose the word that is spelled correctly. A) Easying. B) Easing. C) Easin. D) Esing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Easing. 23. Based on the latin root substitutus, which means to put in place of, the word substitute as used in paragraph 3 means A) Continue. B) Exchange. C) Retain. D) Keep. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exchange. 24. What is the meaning of the suffixes "ence" or "ance" ? A) State of. B) To hear. C) To judge. D) Not. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) State of. 25. Able to be laughed at; amusing; funny A) Portable. B) Detachable. C) Laughable. D) Repairable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Laughable. ← 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