This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Morphology > Roots Affixes – Quiz 52 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Roots Affixes Quiz 52 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The Latin root aud means A) Hear. B) Sound. C) See. D) Before. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hear. 2. The root cred means trust or believe. What does the word credibility mean? A) The quality of being convincing. B) The quality of being timely and precise. C) The quality of being well-spoken. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The quality of being convincing. 3. Which letter would you double in the word "chat" before adding-ed? A) C. B) H. C) A. D) T. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) T. 4. What is the meaning of the Latin root tempo? A) Sound. B) Time. C) Believe. D) Brother. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Time. 5. $_{Use your knowledge of roots/prefixes to determine the meaning of the word}$autograph A) A person who helps people or institutions. B) Bad medical practice. C) Self written. D) Worker hired for a short period of "time". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Self written. 6. Word-parts that change the meaning of the words they attach to A) Affix. B) Prefix. C) Suffix. D) Root. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Affix. 7. What is the suffix in the word" happiness" ? A) Happy. B) Ness. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ness. 8. Match the root/affix with its meaningbell A) War. B) Land. C) Sound. D) Other. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) War. 9. What is the meaning of the root "photo" ? A) Above. B) The study of. C) Light. D) Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Light. 10. Are etymologies of words the same as definitions of words? A) Yes, etymology is the same as the definition of a word. B) No, they're explanations of what our words meant and how they sounded 600 or 2, 000 years ago. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No, they're explanations of what our words meant and how they sounded 600 or 2, 000 years ago. 11. Dr. Flametooth has been studying fire-eaters since 1981, when he started the now-famous Human Inferno Laboratory out of his one-car garage. A) NO CHANGE. B) More-then-famous. C) Now famously. D) Famously. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 12. The suffix ..... means an action or process. A) (u)al. B) (u)ate. C) (u)ation. D) (i)ent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) (u)ation. 13. Please follow the instructions written on the back of the product so that the results will be ..... A) Optimizing. B) Optimize. C) Optimal. D) Optimally. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Optimal. 14. Which word means "a place that contains information about planets" ? A) Factory. B) Planetarium. C) Lavatory. D) Playhouse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Planetarium. 15. Which root means 'speed, swift'? A) Fid. B) Form. C) Celer. D) Cult. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Celer. 16. The root word trans-means A) Across or over. B) Written. C) Below. D) Life. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Across or over. 17. Which of the following words contains a suffix that means 'the act of'? A) Happiness. B) Movement. C) Quickly. D) Beautiful. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Movement. 18. You encounter the word "hydraulic" in a science article. Using your understanding of Greek roots, reason out its meaning and choose the best definition. A) Powered by air. B) Powered by water. C) Powered by fire. D) Powered by electricity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Powered by water. 19. The word deficit comes from the Latin word deficere, meaning "to lack." Based on this etymology, what is the best definition for the word deficit as it is used in this sentence? Congress considers raising taxes when the government faces a budget deficit. A) Debt. B) Shortage. C) Discrepancy. D) Modification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shortage. 20. Choose the word below that is plural A) James. B) Foxes. C) Chess. D) Less. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foxes. 21. Using the prefix 'mis-', determine the meaning of the word 'understandable'. A) Misunderstand. B) Misunderstandment. C) Misunderstandable. D) Misunderstood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Misunderstandable. 22. The bomber pilot knew that unless his aim was ..... accurate, his whole mission would be ruined. A) Agile. B) Enact. C) Ergonomic. D) Surgically. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Surgically. 23. If you transport something, you ..... it ..... A) Hold it up. B) Carry it across. C) Carry it over. D) Lay it across. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carry it across. 24. Which word has a Greek or Latin suffix? A) Fascination. B) Observe. C) Common. D) Serving. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fascination. 25. Can anyone tell me the ..... of this picture? A) Mean. B) Meaning. C) Meaningful. D) Meaningless. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meaning. ← 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