This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Morphology > Roots Affixes – Quiz 65 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Roots Affixes Quiz 65 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The book store will be ..... our new books soon. A) Shipping. B) Shiping. C) Shippeng. D) Shipening. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shipping. 2. Root word and base word are synonyms. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 3. What does ology mean in the word mythology? A) Earth. B) Water. C) Life. D) Study of. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Study of. 4. Use your knowledge of root words to infer who is most likely to perform a symphony. A) A violinist. B) A drummer. C) A conductor. D) 80 people in an orchestra. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 80 people in an orchestra. 5. The root word cent means: A) Part. B) Many. C) Ten. D) One hundred. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) One hundred. 6. Linguistics is the science of ..... A) Sound. B) Language. C) Shape. D) Communication. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Language. 7. Based on your knowledge of roots and affixes, what might the word "aspectous" mean? A) A person who can't see. B) The act of not seeing. C) A tendency to look at or see things. D) The quality of not watching or looking at things. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The quality of not watching or looking at things. 8. When you are a spectator at a soccer game, you watch people run and kick the ball. What does "spec" mean in spectator? A) To see. B) To hear. C) To pay. D) To sleep. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To see. 9. Use the root photo to infer what photoengraving is. A) Taking a picture of an engraving. B) Engraving someone's name. C) Engraving the picture of a person. D) An engraving process using light. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An engraving process using light. 10. What does the word "underpaid" mean? A) Paid too much. B) Paid before the regular pay day. C) Paid too little. D) Paid again. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paid too little. 11. Is it a good idea to intervene when someone is bullying your friend? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 12. What is the meaning of ant-/anti-? A) Mis. B) Cause to. C) Before. D) Against. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Against. 13. Nym A) Wonder. B) Hand. C) Right. D) Name. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Name. 14. You see the word "telephone" in a story. Using your understanding of Greek roots, reason out its meaning and choose the best definition. A) A device for writing at a distance. B) A device for hearing at a distance. C) A device for seeing at a distance. D) A device for measuring at a distance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A device for hearing at a distance. 15. Which of the following best describes the meaning of the word "centennial" ? A) Happening every ten years. B) Happening every hundred years. C) Happening every year. D) Happening every month. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Happening every hundred years. 16. A word that means the action of throwing forward. A) Projection. B) Injection. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Projection. 17. If his handwriting was eligible, it was ..... A) Neatly written. B) Written in English. C) Not able to be read. D) Illegal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not able to be read. 18. Don't be careless when you carry something hot. You might just get burned.What does careless mean? A) Able to care. B) Having care. C) Full of care. D) Without care. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Without care. 19. Which word means "a place where people hear and see a show or a presentation" ? A) Suburb. B) Ecosystem. C) Auditorium. D) Hospital. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Auditorium. 20. Auto-means: A) Self. B) Life. C) Back. D) Love. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Self. 21. The crops did not seem to grow after the farmer an experimental ..... on them to kill the weeds. A) Plantitis. B) Floward. C) Herbicide. D) Centripetal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Herbicide. 22. The suffix '-ful' means full of. What does the word 'joyful' mean? A) Full of joy. B) Without joy. C) Less joy. D) More joy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Full of joy. 23. Word origins is another way to say A) Roots. B) Affixes. C) Suffixes. D) Common words. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Roots. 24. The prefix semi-(as in semicircle, semifinal) means ..... A) Half, partially. B) A round object. C) A game before the final. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Half, partially. 25. A machine for producing power in which a wheel is made to revolve by a fast-moving flow of water, steam, gas, or air A) Turbine. B) Exasperation. C) Turbulence. D) Asperity. 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