This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Morphology > Root Words – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Root Words Quiz 18 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does the root word astr mean? A) Write. B) Hear. C) Star. D) Life. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Star. 2. What is the base word in the word unhelpful? A) Un. B) Help. C) Helped. D) Ful. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Help. 3. What do the suffixes ence, ent, ance and ant mean?As in arrogant, avoidance, independence, patient. A) The act of doing something. B) To bring together. C) The move forward. D) The act of escaping. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The act of doing something. 4. I pushed too hard on the pedal of my bike and my foot slipped off of it. A) Part of the bike that helps you steer. B) Part of the bike that rolls along the ground. C) Part of the bike that you put your foot on. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Part of the bike that you put your foot on. 5. An adjective meaning "able to be heard" A) Audible. B) Auditorium. C) Cacophony. D) Phonograph. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Audible. 6. What does the root word "poly" mean? A) Water. B) Star. C) Mind. D) Many. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Many. 7. What word means a trusted person? A) Diffident. B) Confident. C) Infidel. D) Confidant. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Confidant. 8. What do all of the roots mean in set 3? A) Time. B) Place. C) Against. D) In support of. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Against. 9. What does the prefix "de" mean?As in dejected, deficient, deficit, deduce. A) Away/ from. B) Sharing. C) Strong. D) Having, giving. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Away/ from. 10. My stay at summer camp was temporary and lasted two months. The word "temporary" contains the root ....., which means time. A) Graph. B) Tempo. C) Dict. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tempo. 11. The prefix in the word 'undeniable' is ..... A) Un. B) Deny. C) Deniable. D) Able. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Un. 12. Side by side comparison and contrast A) Post. B) Juxtapose. C) Proposal. D) Depose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Juxtapose. 13. If the word "dict" means speak, what does the word dictate mean?The teacher will dictate the words out loud. A) Listen. B) Speak. C) Shape. D) Sound. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Speak. 14. The root-tra-/-tran-means A) Way. B) Turn. C) Across. D) End. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Across. 15. Which words use the suffix-ed in the same way as walked? A) Talked and bleed. B) Lied and yelled. C) Yelled and talked. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yelled and talked. 16. What is the meaning of the root word-kine-? A) Move. B) Sports. C) Watch. D) Declare. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Move. 17. The word downward contains the root word down. The word downward means ..... A) Around. B) In the air. C) Sideways. D) Toward the ground. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Toward the ground. 18. Name the root word in jumping . A) Ing. B) Jump. C) Sad. D) Ump. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jump. 19. The suffix-able means "can be" or "is able." An enjoyable walk is one that is ..... A) Avoided. B) Pleasant. C) Planned. D) Exhausting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pleasant. 20. What does the root word gress-mean? A) Born, produced. B) Step. C) Flow, stream, guide. D) Write. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Step. 21. A vehicle that can be operated by oneself A) Automobile. B) Automatic. C) Self-sufficient. D) Autograph. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Automobile. 22. What do the prefixes "mono" and "uni" mean?As in monotone, monogamy, unison, unique. A) One. B) Two. C) Three. D) Four. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) One. 23. Which root word means 'love'? A) Chron. B) Luc. C) Phil. D) Vac. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phil. 24. Which word has the same prefix as misread? A) Misuse. B) Read. C) Reread. D) Thread. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Misuse. 25. What does the root word "phil" mean A) Hate. B) Many. C) Eye. D) Love. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Love. 26. Which root word means 'small'? A) Mar. B) Min. C) Mal. D) Chron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Min. 27. What does the root word "path" mean as in the word thermal?My friend showed me sympathy when my dog died.. A) Feelings/emotions. B) Life. C) Heat. D) Good. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Feelings/emotions. 28. Although Marissa walked with a limp, she didn't let this ..... get in her way. A) Impediment. B) Pedestrian. C) Peddler. D) Pedicure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Impediment. 29. Hydroelectric power is made from rivers, lakes, and ocean currents.What does the root word hydro mean? A) Power. B) Water. C) Rain. D) Wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water. 30. To put something out for others to see A) Expose. B) Imposition. C) Apposition. D) Compose. 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