This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Morphology > Roots Affixes – Quiz 60 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Roots Affixes Quiz 60 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Read the following.The parking meter and the shopping cart were invented in Oklahoma.Which verb tense is used in the above sentence? A) Present tense. B) Perfect present tense. C) Past tense. D) Future tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Past tense. 2. Which word has the root word meaning "child?" A) Pediatrician. B) Pedicure. C) Penalty. D) Punishment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pediatrician. 3. Being good is the ..... of being evil. A) Dependent. B) Equivalent. C) Genesis. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antithesis. 4. Using your knowledge of prefixes, suffixes, and word roots, answer the question. Phillip was surprised that the driver's name was audible over the train's noise. What does the word audible mean in the sentence above? A) Able to be heard. B) Unable to be heard. C) To be heard twice. D) To be heard again. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Able to be heard. 5. Which word below contains the root word that means HAND? A) Handle. B) Manual. C) Manes. D) Hanker. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Manual. 6. What does the root-inter-mean? A) Between. B) Eject. C) Effort. D) Vivid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Between. 7. Which word has a root word meaning "air" ? A) Resent. B) Amiable. C) Aeronautics. D) Gravity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aeronautics. 8. What does the root 'nov' mean? A) New. B) With; together. C) Hear. D) State of being. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) New. 9. If "graph" means to write, a heliograph could be ..... A) Using the sun's rays for telgraphing a message. B) Working on a graph about the sun. C) Someone with a sunburn. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Using the sun's rays for telgraphing a message. 10. If "auto" means self and "biography" means a written account of someone's life, what does "autobiography" mean? A) A written account of someone else's life. B) A written account of one's own life. C) A written account of a fictional life. D) A written account of a historical event. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A written account of one's own life. 11. What is the meaning of the prefix 'Neo-'? A) Life. B) New. C) All. D) Middle/Between. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) New. 12. The suffix-ic means: A) To make/to cause to become. B) Condition/ state of. C) One who/ that which. D) Relating to/ characterized by. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Relating to/ characterized by. 13. Which word contains a Latin root? A) Biology. B) Transport. C) Happiness. D) Joyful. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transport. 14. What does the term 'optimal' mean in the context of results? A) A condition that is acceptable but not ideal. B) The best or most favorable condition or outcome. C) A situation that is worse than expected. D) A random selection of results. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The best or most favorable condition or outcome. 15. Choose all answers that apply.A prefix ..... A) Is a word part that goes before the verb. B) Is a word part that goes behind the root. C) Changes the meaning of the word. D) Changes the part of speech of the word. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Changes the meaning of the word. 16. Use the prefix ant-to infer the role of an antagonist in a story. A) The main character. B) Someone fighting against the main character. C) Someone in the story only briefly. D) An animal in the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Someone fighting against the main character. 17. In a science class, Henry asked, "What does the prefix 'extra-' mean in the word 'extraterrestrial'?" A) Below. B) Beyond. C) Within. D) Against. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beyond. 18. ASTR A) Star. B) Space. C) Believe. D) Not. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Star. 19. Which word has the meaning of "people" ? A) Amiable. B) Democracy. C) Aeronautics. D) Gravity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Democracy. 20. What is the meaning of the root-ism? A) A type of food. B) Action or practice. C) A type of flower. D) A type of animal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Action or practice. 21. Astrology does what with stars? A) To study it. B) To write it. C) To hear it. D) To see it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To study it. 22. Belligerent A) Hostile and aggressive. B) Good behavior. C) Nice. D) Kind. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hostile and aggressive. 23. This word means "very accurate and exact." A) Decipher. B) Verify. C) Precise. D) Alternate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Precise. 24. Which suffix can be added to the root word 'act' to form a noun? A) -ive. B) -ing. C) -ion. D) -ed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) -ion. 25. What does the prefix pro-mean? A) Full of / having. B) Eye. C) For / forward. D) Hand. 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