This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Morphology > Root Words – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Root Words Quiz 17 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Root word that means sound A) Vis. B) Vid. C) Aud. D) Phon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Phon. 2. What does the root word "chron" mean?As in chronicle, chronological, chronic. A) Color. B) Time. C) People. D) Self. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Time. 3. Which suffix means past? A) -ful. B) -able. C) -less. D) -ed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) -ed. 4. This type of art is usually so unique that only the artist really knows what she painted.A) attractive B) distracting C) abstract D) contract A) Attractive. B) Distracting. C) Abstract. D) Contract. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abstract. 5. The root word vid means to see. What word does not have the root word vid in it? A) Individual. B) Evidence. C) Videotape. D) Video. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Individual. 6. Which term means "being against society or unfriendly" ? A) Antidote. B) Opponent. C) Contradict. D) Antisocial. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antisocial. 7. What is the meaning of the root word-auto-? A) Self. B) Car. C) Book. D) Time. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Self. 8. A dictionary shows you the meaning of words.What does the root word dic mean? A) Say or tell. B) Write. C) Find. D) Know. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Say or tell. 9. What does the root word cycl-mean? A) Life. B) Write. C) Self. D) Circle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Circle. 10. What is the meaning of " Therm" ? A) Bad, wrong, badly. wrongly. B) Heat. C) Five. D) Fire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heat. 11. Which word contains a root word that means 'nature' or having a body or a form? A) Physical. B) Fertilize. C) Drainage. D) Solitary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Physical. 12. What is the root word of unaware? A) Unaware. B) Aware. C) Are. D) Unawa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aware. 13. What are prefixes? A) A group of letters at the beginning of words. B) A group of letters in the middle of words. C) A group of letters at the end of words. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A group of letters at the beginning of words. 14. What is the root word of careful? A) Car. B) Ful. C) Care. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Care. 15. They are installing ..... panels on their home to generate electricity from the sun. A) Solar. B) Unicorn. C) Solitude. D) Unison. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Solar. 16. The root word 'bene' means ..... A) Large. B) Voice. C) Sound. D) Good. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Good. 17. The prefix dis-, like in the word dishonest means A) Not or away. B) Half. C) Before. D) One. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not or away. 18. Identify the suffix in the word:smarter A) Ter. B) Smart. C) Er. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Er. 19. A microscope is a lens that magnifies things we cannot see with our own eyes.What does the root word micro mean? A) See. B) Huge. C) Small. D) Magnify. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Small. 20. What is the meaning of the root word-contra-? A) Say. B) Opposite/against. C) Hearing/listening. D) Star. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Opposite/against. 21. If you have to reconstruct something, you ..... A) Have to read again. B) Build something again. C) Build something. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Build something again. 22. What is the definition of the root word ambi A) Both. B) Water. C) Strength. D) To make. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Both. 23. Which word has a base (root) word that means "to bring happiness to others" ? A) Unkind. B) Uncomfortable. C) Unfortunate. D) Unless. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unkind. 24. ARCHENEMYARCHDUKEWhat is the shared root word in these words? A) Ar. B) Arc. C) Arch. D) Rch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ar. 25. What is the meaning of "Phon/ phono" ? A) One who studies. B) Foot. C) Sound. D) Nature, body, natural science. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sound. 26. The Latin root trib-like in the word contribution means A) Soda. B) Give. C) Body. D) Art. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Give. 27. The prefix super-like in the word supermarket means A) Not. B) Half. C) One. D) More than. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) More than. 28. Arranged in order of time A) Chronograph. B) Synchronize. C) Chronicle. D) Chronological. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chronological. 29. What is the root word that means "in the shape or form of" ? A) Meter. B) Graph. C) Form. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Form. 30. The natural heat produced inside the earth A) Geography. B) Geoponics. C) Chronological. D) Geothermal. 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