This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Morphology > Roots Affixes – Quiz 50 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Roots Affixes Quiz 50 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Operated by pressure of a fluid A) Dehydrated. B) Hydrant. C) Hydrate. D) Hydraulic. E) Hydroplane. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hydraulic. 2. What word means accomplishing an aim or goal? A) Doubtfully. B) Grateful. C) Uneventful. D) Successful. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Successful. 3. What does the root 'aud' mean? A) Hear. B) Small. C) Write; draw. D) Across. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hear. 4. Oliver is learning new words in his language class. He comes across the word 'audio' and his teacher tells him it comes from the Latin root 'aud'. What does the Latin root 'aud' mean? A) Hear. B) See. C) Write. D) Run. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hear. 5. Which of the following words contains a prefix meaning 'against'? A) Proactive. B) Antibiotic. C) Submarine. D) Unhappy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antibiotic. 6. Related to right now; done or existing currently. A) Activate. B) Degrade. C) Gradual. D) Actual. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Actual. 7. If a selection has a list of characters, stage directions, and dialogue, it is most likely a A) Poetry. B) Drama. C) Fiction. D) Nonfiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Drama. 8. What does the root scop mean? A) To hear. B) To see/look. C) To have. D) To listen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To see/look. 9. -ous A) Skilled. B) Have qualities of. C) Beyond. D) Strength. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have qualities of. 10. Kensley is learning new words in her English class. Her teacher explains that a base word is important because it is a word that can stand alone and communicate its complete ..... What does Kensley learn? A) Meaning. B) Color. C) Size. D) Sound. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meaning. 11. What's the meaning of the Latin root "vers" ?Example:reverse A) Write. B) Turn. C) Carry. D) Send. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Turn. 12. To describe the character or special qualities of someone or something. A) Alternate. B) Downtime. C) Characterized. D) Sheepishly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Characterized. 13. What do the suffixes "-ion" and "-al" mean? A) Action or process. B) Three. C) To play. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Action or process. 14. What is the meaning of the root bio? A) Fear. B) Life. C) Time. D) Carry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Life. 15. Many Americans are uncomfortable with ..... , and they tend to avoid it in a conversation. A) Silence. B) Silent. C) Silences. D) Silently. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Silence. 16. Use context clues to determine the meaning of the word "misplace" in the sentence: "I often misplace my keys, leaving them in unusual spots." A) To place correctly. B) To place in the usual spot. C) To place incorrectly. D) To place quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To place incorrectly. 17. Archie was infamous in the principal's office for his many ..... and failure to do as he was instructed. A) Postludes. B) Misdeeds. C) Contacts. D) Interjections. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Misdeeds. 18. Graphophobia A) Fear of graphs. B) Fear of writing. C) Fear of art. D) Fear of maps. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fear of writing. 19. Arjun is reading a book and comes across a word that means "new" and is derived from the Latin root "novus." Which word is it? A) Novel. B) Manual. C) Natural. D) Dormant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Novel. 20. Apart, opposite of A) Dis-. B) Ex-. C) Per-. D) Asper. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dis-. 21. Which of the following words contains a root meaning 'write'? A) Biography. B) Telephone. C) Photograph. D) Telescope. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biography. 22. Roar + ing A) Roaring. B) Roarring. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Roaring. 23. The cleaning lady was happy about helping the family upstairs. She worked to clean their apartment in a cheerful, pleasant way. She worked ..... A) Cheerfully. B) Loudly. C) Softly. D) Greedily. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cheerfully. 24. Select the meaning of the root or affix:bi A) Three. B) One. C) Many. D) Two. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Two. 25. What is the meaning of trans-? A) Across; change; through. B) To carry. C) Above; beyond. D) How something is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Across; change; through. ← 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