This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Morphology > Roots Affixes – Quiz 33 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Roots Affixes Quiz 33 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which suffix would you add to "quick" to make it mean "in a quick way" ? A) -er. B) -or. C) -ly. D) -est. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) -ly. 2. What does the Latin root 'scrib/script' mean? A) To write. B) To speak. C) To read. D) To listen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To write. 3. If the root word "gress" means "to step or move" , then what does the word "retrogressive" most likely mean? A) A person who moves forward. B) A person who moves backward. C) Having the quality of or tendency to move backward. D) The act of moving backward. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Having the quality of or tendency to move backward. 4. What is the meaning of the prefix 'Bio'? A) Life. B) Break. C) All. D) Middle/Between. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Life. 5. Select the suffix in the word followed A) Ed. B) Follow. C) Fol. D) Ow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ed. 6. Evelyn observed that her cat appeared to be in a "dormant" state during the day. She recalled learning that the word "dormant" comes from the Latin root "dormire." What does this root mean? A) To run. B) To sleep. C) To eat. D) To speak. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To sleep. 7. Center A) Centre. B) Hosp. C) Grad. D) Form. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Centre. 8. Crypt A) Hidden. B) Old. C) Save. D) Equal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hidden. 9. We had to buy the newest edition of the book. A) Suffix. B) Root. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Suffix. 10. The root word temp means: A) Time. B) Temperature. C) Light. D) To move. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Time. 11. Name the meaning of the root word "atmo" A) Ground. B) Air. C) Water. D) Life. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Air. 12. State, quality, act A) -idity. B) Dis-. C) Ex-. D) Per-. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -idity. 13. What is the meaning of the prefix com-? A) State, quality. B) Person who. C) Fear. D) With. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) With. 14. Forcefully A) Bitterly. B) Pleading. C) Provider. D) Blubber. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bitterly. 15. After a long and hard practice, Jackie ..... traveled back to his hotel room. A) Wearily. B) Frail. C) Fumed. D) Ominous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wearily. 16. Which word means "relating to sound" ? A) Centric. B) Phonic. C) Syntactic. D) Comical. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phonic. 17. What is the meaning of super-? A) Under. B) Before. C) Above; beyond. D) The act or process of. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Above; beyond. 18. What is the definition of a prefix? A) A set of letters added to the beginning of a root word. B) The most basic part of a word. C) A set of letters added to the end of a root word. D) A word that has a hyphen (-). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A set of letters added to the beginning of a root word. 19. What is the meaning of the Greek root gen? A) Birth. B) Measure. C) All. D) Time. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Birth. 20. "Patrick could not recall ever being so far away from home." What does the word "recall" mean? A) Remember. B) Again. C) Move. D) Sleep. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Remember. 21. Which of the following suffixes does NOT refer to "a person who" A) -ing. B) -ist. C) -arian. D) -or. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -ing. 22. Which of the following words best describesa truck that is carrying too much freight? A) Overconfident. B) Overloaded. C) Overboard. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Overloaded. 23. Suffix:Anean A) Process. B) Relating To. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Relating To. 24. Benjamin is leading a group of friends on a hike. He is the first to walk ahead on the trail, showing everyone the way. Which word best describes what Benjamin is doing? A) Precede. B) Recede. C) Concede. D) Intercede. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Precede. 25. What kind of condition could be treated with an antibiotic? A) An illness caused by bacteria. B) Exhaustion caused by lack of sleep. C) A toothache caused by a cavity. D) Nausea caused by seasickness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An illness caused by bacteria. ← 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