This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Morphology > Roots Affixes – Quiz 58 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Roots Affixes Quiz 58 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. If "photo" means light, what does the word "photograph" mean? A) A picture made by sound. B) A picture made by light. C) A picture made by writing. D) A picture made by drawing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A picture made by light. 2. Match the root/affix with its meaningluna A) Time. B) Lunch. C) Moon. D) Crazy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Moon. 3. Which suffix means "capable of" or "able to be" ? A) Ible/able. B) Ful. C) Less. D) Im/in/il. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ible/able. 4. Name the meaning of the root word "geo" A) Ground. B) Air. C) Water. D) Life. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ground. 5. Which word has a root word that means "life" in the following sentence? "The teacher was so vivacious she made every child want to come to her class." A) Teacher. B) Vivacious. C) Child. D) Class. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vivacious. 6. Which root/affix means:movement A) Ex-, exo-. B) Ignis. C) Inter. D) Junto, junctum. E) Kinesis, cinema. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Kinesis, cinema. 7. Which word has the root meaning "letters" ? A) Amiable. B) Resent. C) Thermometer. D) Literature. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Literature. 8. Select the meaning of the root or affix:pre A) After. B) Before. C) More. D) Also. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Before. 9. The word "thermometer" is used in a science experiment. Use your understanding of Greek roots to reason out its meaning and choose the best definition. A) A device for measuring time. B) A device for measuring temperature. C) A device for measuring speed. D) A device for measuring distance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A device for measuring temperature. 10. The escaped fugitive was found hiding in an old, abandoned gas station. What is the meaning of the root word fug-as it is used in the word fugitive? A) Flee. B) Against. C) Father. D) Female. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flee. 11. What root means to break? A) Ject. B) Mit. C) Veri. D) Rupt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rupt. 12. The prefixes ex-and e-mean A) No longer. B) Terrible. C) Out of, from, or away. D) After. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Out of, from, or away. 13. What does cred mean? A) To think. B) To study. C) To seek. D) To believe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To believe. 14. What is the meaning of the prefix in the word conviction? A) With. B) Before. C) Jail. D) Because of. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) With. 15. The patient had a seizure. The root "seize" means: A) To cancel. B) To take possession of. C) To save. D) To see. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To take possession of. 16. What does sub mean? A) Surface. B) Near. C) Above. D) Below. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Below. 17. Use the root phon to infer how studying phonics helps with reading. A) Learning letters and their sounds. B) Memorizing what words look like. C) Spelling words correctly. D) Understanding entire sentences. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Learning letters and their sounds. 18. The affix "luc" means- A) Air or another gas; the atmosphere. B) Light, brightness, clarity. C) Alive; living. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Light, brightness, clarity. 19. Which root means "to judge" or "to make decisions" ? A) Graph. B) Jud. C) Auto. D) Pre. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jud. 20. Which demonstrate the correct spelling A) Used. B) Eused. C) Using. D) Usd. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Used. 21. Study A) Studing. B) Studying. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Studying. 22. The word "biology" appears in your science textbook. Using your understanding of Greek roots, reason out its meaning and choose the best definition. A) The study of rocks. B) The study of life. C) The study of weather. D) The study of numbers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The study of life. 23. If you surmount something, you defeat it. What does the root of surmount mean? A) In addition. B) Over. C) Not. D) Together. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Over. 24. Which root word means air? A) Biblio. B) Bio. C) Aero. D) Aqua. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aero. 25. You will get in trouble for interrupting the tacher when she is talking. A) Prefix. B) Root. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Root. ← 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