This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Morphology > Roots Affixes – Quiz 61 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Roots Affixes Quiz 61 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does the prefix 'mini-' in 'minimize' imply? A) To make something larger or increase it. B) To make something smaller or reduce it. C) To make something more complex or complicated. D) To make something more colorful or vibrant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To make something smaller or reduce it. 2. When a word uses the suffix "-ness" it means ..... A) On this day. B) In this way. C) State of. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) State of. 3. Ablutophobia is from the Greek root phobos which means ..... A) Fear. B) Fence. C) Bath. D) Visible. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fear. 4. Which word in the sentence below has a sentence that means "full of" ?The overweight kitty was courageous when she decided to attempt at jumping onto the table. A) Overweight. B) Decided. C) Courageous. D) Attempt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Courageous. 5. What type of word is created when adding "-ly" to "quick" ? A) Noun. B) Verb. C) Adjective. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adverb. 6. Prefix:Pro A) Between. B) Forward. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Forward. 7. The root word photo means: A) Process. B) Light. C) Art. D) Camera. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Light. 8. A word that means the action or process of going between. A) Receding. B) Interceding. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interceding. 9. What is the meaning of the prefix con-? A) With. B) Fear. C) Place where. D) State, condition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) With. 10. What does the root 'solv' mean? A) Write; draw. B) One hundred. C) Loosen; free. D) The study of. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Loosen; free. 11. The prefix extra means: A) Outside/beyond. B) Contain/capture. C) Additional/more. D) Expensive/cost. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Outside/beyond. 12. Which root/affix means:to make, to form into A) Di-. B) -ify. C) Dia. D) Fac/fact/fect/fic. E) Helios. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) -ify. 13. The word "decipher" means ..... A) To find the meaning of (something that is difficult to read or understand). B) A word from which other words are formed. C) A letter or group of letters added to the beginning or end of a word to change its meaning (e.g. prefix or suffix). D) A portion or section taken from a book, article, etc. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To find the meaning of (something that is difficult to read or understand). 14. Select the meaning of the root or affix:re A) Again. B) After. C) Before. D) One. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Again. 15. Prefixes A) Beginning. B) End. C) Middle. D) No clue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beginning. 16. A word that means not able to accept as true. A) Rebelievable. B) Unbelievable. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unbelievable. 17. A person who lives in a colony; a person who helps to create a colony A) Colonist. B) Reporter. C) Predecessor. D) Physician. E) Pianist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Colonist. 18. What is the meaning of-ly A) Science of; study of. B) Having characteristics of. C) How something is. D) Characterized by. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) How something is. 19. What is the meaning of the suffix-phobe? A) Person who studies. B) State, condition. C) Someone who fears. D) Place. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Someone who fears. 20. The root ..... means step. A) Act. B) Medi. C) Grad(e). D) Form. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Grad(e). 21. What root word means "measure" A) Therm. B) Meter. C) Rupt. D) Grad, gres. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meter. 22. In the word "credible, " what does the root "cred" mean? A) To hear. B) To move. C) To believe. D) To write. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To believe. 23. Change hungry to its adverb form. A) Hunger. B) Hungrily. C) Hungry. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hungrily. 24. This root means "lead." A) Cap/capt. B) Mand/mend. C) Therm. D) Duc/duct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Duc/duct. 25. The prefix post-means A) Letter. B) After. C) New. D) Before. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After. ← 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