This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Morphology > Roots Affixes – Quiz 45 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Roots Affixes Quiz 45 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Basic part of a word that gives the word meaning. A) Root. B) Affix. C) Suffix. D) Prefix. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Root. 2. Base words that were borrowed or adopted into the English language over many hundreds of years are called: A) Root Words. B) Adverbs. C) Synonyms. D) Loan words. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Root Words. 3. An action that happens when steps of study, such as high school or college, are successfully finished. A) Actual. B) Gradient. C) Actually. D) Graduation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Graduation. 4. The puppy is untrainable. He'll never learn to sit.What does untrainable mean? A) Easily trained. B) Not able to be trained. C) Trained before. D) Having training. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not able to be trained. 5. Pretty + ly =? A) Prettyly. B) Prettyley. C) Prettily. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prettily. 6. What is the meaning of the Latin root frater? A) Mother. B) Brother. C) Single, one. D) Birth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brother. 7. What does the suffix "ish" mean? A) Funny. B) Like. C) Self. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Like. 8. What is the meaning of the suffix-ology? A) Study of. B) Someone who fears. C) Place where. D) State, quality. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Study of. 9. This affix is found at the end of a word. A) Suffix. B) Prefix. C) Root. D) Syllable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Suffix. 10. The young man always drives ..... on the road. A) Careful. B) Carefully. C) Care. D) Caring. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carefully. 11. Which root means to send? A) Dict. B) Rupt. C) Lum. D) Mit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mit. 12. If the root word "voc" means "call" , then what might the word "provocate" mean? A) Someone who calls something. B) To call someone or something forward; to call out, or challenge someone. C) The action of calling someone or something. D) To yell at someone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To call someone or something forward; to call out, or challenge someone. 13. What is the significance of understanding roots and affixes in vocabulary development? A) It helps in memorizing vocabulary lists. B) It allows for guessing the meanings of familiar words only. C) Understanding roots and affixes helps in decoding the meanings of unfamiliar words and enhances vocabulary. D) It is only useful for learning foreign languages. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Understanding roots and affixes helps in decoding the meanings of unfamiliar words and enhances vocabulary. 14. Thanked A) T. B) D. C) Id. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) T. 15. Prefixes are word parts (affixes) that comes at the ..... of the root word or base word. A) Beginning. B) Middle. C) EndTagsELAGSE8L4b. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beginning. 16. In "silently, " what part of speech is the root word? A) Adverb. B) Adjective. C) Verb. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verb. 17. A person's name signed by that person is a/an- A) Autograph. B) Autobiography. C) Automatic. D) Scripture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Autograph. 18. Every single day A) Daily. B) Quickly. C) Sincerely. D) Annually. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Daily. 19. The root word bi-is A) Happy. B) Two or twice. C) Both. D) ?????. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Two or twice. 20. ..... are added to the beginning of words. A) Affix. B) Prefix. C) Suffix. D) Roots. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prefix. 21. Jimmy Bob is capable of tying his shoes. 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. 22. What does the suffix "-logy" mean? example:biology A) Sound. B) Life. C) Study of. D) Small. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Study of. 23. To say or state again A) Repay. B) Rebuild. C) Recharge. D) Restate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Restate. 24. Using his powerful ..... , Ingmara was able to retrieve the remote control from the desk across the large room without having to get up off the couch. A) Parabola. B) Ventriloquism. C) Telekinesis. D) Toxicity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Telekinesis. 25. The word "downtime" means ..... A) Time when you are not working or busy. B) Other than the usual. C) Very accurate and exact. D) Showing or feeling embarrassment especially because you have done something foolish or wrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Time when you are not working or busy. ← 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