This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Morphology > Roots Affixes – Quiz 63 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Roots Affixes Quiz 63 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Add the correct suffix for the root word 'fortunate' A) Ly. B) Ion. C) Ed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ly. 2. Grace visits her doctor because she has been experiencing joint pain. The doctor tells her she has arthritis. Based on the suffix-itis in her diagnosis, what does it mean? A) Inflammation, illness. B) Medicine, cure. C) Hospital, clinic. D) Bone, structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inflammation, illness. 3. In the word 'transport', what does the root 'port' mean? A) To carry. B) To see. C) To write. D) To build. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To carry. 4. The affix 'pre-' means A) After. B) Before. C) During. D) Under. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Before. 5. What is the definition of the root-CRED? A) Do. B) Believe. C) Mark. D) See. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Believe. 6. Which of the following words means a person who wants to win? A) Bitterness. B) Competitiveness. C) Wilderness. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Competitiveness. 7. What does the root "graph" in the word "biography" mean? A) Life. B) Write. C) Light. D) Far. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Write. 8. Fill in the blank:The ..... actions of the celebrity were often criticized by the media. A) Calm. B) Extraordinary. C) Extravagant. D) Natural. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Extravagant. 9. What is the root of a word? A) A word or word part to which you can add a suffix. B) A word or a word part that can form the basis of new words by adding prefixes. C) A word or a word part that can form the basis of new words by adding prefixes or suffixes. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A word or a word part that can form the basis of new words by adding prefixes or suffixes. 10. Which of the following words uses the root 'bio' to mean life? A) Biography. B) Biology. C) Bionic. D) Biweekly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biology. 11. Which definition matches "informant" ? A) Someone who observes. B) The process of giving information to others. C) A person who gives information. D) Someone who studies living organisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A person who gives information. 12. Synonym for dignity is? A) Stride. B) Pride. C) Option. D) Turth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pride. 13. What is the meaning of the suffix-phobia? A) Time. B) Carry. C) Life. D) Fear. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fear. 14. David walks into a room that hasn't been used for months. He notices there's nothing inside-no furniture, no decorations, just empty space. Based on this, what does the Latin root 'vac' mean? Here are some example words:vacuum, vacate, vacant. A) Empty. B) Full. C) Strong. D) Move. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Empty. 15. Which of the following words contain a root word that means cut? A) Carnivore. B) Biped. C) Conclude. D) Precise. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Precise. 16. Match the root/affix with its meaninganti A) Before. B) Between. C) Science of or study of. D) Against or opposite. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Against or opposite. 17. Is the basic part of a word that gives the word meaning. A) Root. B) Affix. C) Suffix. D) Prefix. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Root. 18. Use the prefix syn-to infer the meaning of synchronized. A) Looking different from each other. B) Acting against each other. C) Happening at the same time. D) Occurring in the correct order. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Happening at the same time. 19. What is the meaning of preview? A) View again. B) Before viewing. C) Never view. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Before viewing. 20. Choose the correct word to fill in the blank:When I found out it was supposed to rain on the day of the outdoor graduation, I was worried that my family would get soaked. Luckily, the rain was only ..... , so no one got very wet. A) Transparent. B) Persistent. C) Permanent. D) Intermittent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Intermittent. 21. Able to be carried from one place to another A) Portable. B) Detachable. C) Repairable. D) Imaginable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Portable. 22. A feeling or showing of love or friendship; strongly felt; having a liking for or love of someone or something A) Maintenance. B) Consequence. C) Ambivalence. D) Consciousness. E) Fondness. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Fondness. 23. The suffixes-ic and-ical mean: A) Not. B) Relating to. C) Making into. D) Good. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Relating to. 24. What does audio mean? A) Break. B) Hear. C) Go. D) Break. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hear. 25. The word "precise" means ..... A) To prove, show, find out, or state that something is true or correct. B) Other than the usual. C) Very accurate and exact. D) A portion or section taken from a book, article, etc. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Very accurate and exact. ← 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