This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Morphology > Root Words – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Root Words Quiz 1 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the root word that means "carry" ? A) Photo. B) Port. C) Tempo. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Port. 2. The prefix semi-, like in the word semiprecious means A) One. B) Before. C) Half. D) Not or away. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Half. 3. Feeling good about oneself A) Self-sufficient. B) Autocrat. C) Self-confident. D) Automatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Self-confident. 4. What does the root word "phon" mean as in microphone?I sang in the microphone. A) Light. B) Distance. C) Sound. D) Life. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sound. 5. The prefix "un " meansex. un do, un tie A) Does not. B) Full of. C) Without. D) Not. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not. 6. A megastar is a bigger version of a star.What does the root word mega mean? A) Brighter. B) Super. C) More colorful. D) Larger. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Larger. 7. A person who fights A) Fighter. B) Fightful. C) Fightly. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fighter. 8. The Latin root pop-like in the word population means A) Soda. B) People. C) Body. D) Art. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) People. 9. The professor's ..... sounded like a robot droning on. A) Monotone. B) Monotonous. C) Solo. D) Unison. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Monotone. 10. Which word means to appear again? A) Reply. B) Resee. C) Reappear. D) Rewatch. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reappear. 11. Which word has the same root word as moving? A) Moves. B) Mowing. C) Oven. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Moves. 12. What word means odd? A) Genesis. B) Idiosyncratic. C) Grandiloquent. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Idiosyncratic. 13. Which root word means "to show how things are different from each other" ? A) Compare. B) Contradict. C) Contrast. D) Oppress. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Contrast. 14. Which word means to play again? A) Unplay. B) Replay. C) Misplay. D) Preplay. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Replay. 15. When you pull in your breath, then your stomach will ..... A) Retract. B) Contract. C) Protract. D) Extract. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Contract. 16. What does bio-mean in biology? A) Life. B) The study of. C) Animals. D) Plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Life. 17. What does the suffix "ful" mean? As in peaceful, harmful, beautiful, powerful. A) To take. B) To hide. C) To have. D) To scare. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To have. 18. What is the root word in the word "prediction" ? A) Dict. B) Pre. C) Ion. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dict. 19. What does the root word ast/astr mean? A) Air. B) Space. C) Star. D) Life. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Star. 20. Which is the root word of completed? A) Ed. B) Complet. C) Co. D) Complete. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Complete. 21. What is the root word of singer? A) Sin. B) Ing. C) Sing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sing. 22. What is the root word of brushes? A) Brushed. B) Bush. C) Brush. D) Rushes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brush. 23. A three-footed stand often used to balance a camera A) Quadruped. B) Tripod. C) Pedestrian. D) Biped. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tripod. 24. Autocracy A) Rule by one person with unlimited power. B) Ruled by one person with checks and balances. C) Ruled by a family dynasty. D) Ruled by social classes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rule by one person with unlimited power. 25. What is the root word of loudest? A) Loud. B) Dest. C) Loude. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Loud. 26. An instrument used to measure heat/temperature A) Thermometer. B) Seismometer. C) Kilometer. D) Pedometer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thermometer. 27. Working by itself A) Automobile. B) Autocorrect. C) A self propelled road vehicle. D) Automatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Automatic. 28. What is the prefix in this word?remarkable A) Re. B) Mark. C) Able. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Re. 29. It is widely thought that every person's fingerprints are ....., but that is not proven. A) Unique. B) Unify. C) Solo. D) Monotone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unique. 30. What does the word malign mean? A) To desire to cause harm to another person. B) A person who is always of often unhappy. C) To fail to function or work properly. D) To say bad things about someone publicly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To say bad things about someone publicly. Next →Related QuizzesRoot Words Quiz 2Root Words Quiz 3Root Words Quiz 4Root Words Quiz 5Root Words Quiz 6Root Words Quiz 7Root Words Quiz 8Root Words Quiz 9Root Words Quiz 10Root Words Quiz 11 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books