This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Morphology > Roots Affixes – Quiz 46 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Roots Affixes Quiz 46 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Prefixes:dis-, un- A) Not; without. B) Upon. C) In. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not; without. 2. Kamora is learning how to change words in her English class. She discovers that adding a group of letters to the start of a word can change its meaning. What do we call this group of letters? A) Prefix. B) Suffix. C) Infix. D) Postfix. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prefix. 3. -centesis A) Surgical removal. B) Puncture & drain. C) Deterioration/destruction. D) Breaking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Puncture & drain. 4. What is the meaning of aut/auto? A) Against; opposed to. B) To hear. C) Study of. D) Self. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Self. 5. Using the prefix of the following words, determine the common meaning:intercepted, intersection, international A) Around, about. B) Between, among. C) From, out. D) Together, with. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Between, among. 6. Add a prefix to polite to mean not polite. A) Unpolite. B) Repolite. C) Impolite. D) Dispolite. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Impolite. 7. What is the meaning of the following root/affix?meter A) From Greek, meaning far away. B) Describes an action or the result of an action. C) Describes a quality or condition. D) From Greek meaning to measure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) From Greek meaning to measure. 8. The root of temporary means: A) Brief. B) Short. C) Cold. D) Time. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Time. 9. What does the root "graph" in the word "autograph" mean? A) Light. B) Write. C) Far. D) Self. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Write. 10. The word "verify" means ..... A) To prove, show, find out, or state that something is true or correct. B) Other than the usual. C) A word from which other words are formed. D) Very accurate and exact. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To prove, show, find out, or state that something is true or correct. 11. If you added the suffix "-ness" to the adjective "happy, " what would happen? (happiness) A) It would remain an adjective. B) It would become a verb. C) It would become a noun. D) It would become an adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It would become a noun. 12. Give A) Fer. B) Pod. C) Don. D) Cardi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Don. 13. A group of letters that goes in front of a root word to alter the meaning A) Affix. B) Prefix. C) Suffix. D) Root. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prefix. 14. If I draw a line across a circle through its midpoint, I measure the ..... A) Circumference. B) Diameter. C) Diagram. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diameter. 15. You can add suffix "ed" at ..... A) The beginning of a word. B) The end of a word. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The end of a word. 16. They ..... to ..... a movie but the TV was broken A) Tried / watch. B) Tries / watches. C) Tried / watched. D) Try / watches. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tried / watch. 17. Which word has the prefix meaning "good" ? A) Retrofit. B) Pandemic. C) Malicious. D) Benefit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Benefit. 18. Fill in the blank:Jackson's garden seeds remained ..... until the spring rains arrived. A) Novel. B) Dormant. C) Manual. D) Natural. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dormant. 19. What do the suffixes "ance" or "ence" mean? A) State of. B) Two. C) Measure. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) State of. 20. Select the meaning of the root or affix:micro A) Large. B) Near. C) Small. D) Apart. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Small. 21. The root "pathos" means- A) Feeling or disease. B) Light, bright, clear. C) Rock, paper, scissors, shoot. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Feeling or disease. 22. Which word includes the Latin root for "sea" ? A) Hydrate. B) Mariner. C) Conscience. D) Memoir. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mariner. 23. What does the suffix "-ment" mean in the word "enjoyment" ? A) State of. B) Act of. C) Capable of. D) Full of. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) State of. 24. Since mono-means one and log-/logy means speech; study, which word means a long speech from one person? A) Dialogue. B) Epilogue. C) Monologue. D) Text EvidenceTagsELAGSE8L4b. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Monologue. 25. I preview the read aloud everyday before I read it aloud.What does preview mean? A) View without you. B) Not view. C) Mostly view. D) View before. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) View before. ← 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