This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Morphology > Root Words – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Root Words Quiz 19 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How do you split the following word up into prefix / base / suffix? (unthinkable) A) Unthink / able. B) Un / think / able. C) Un / thinka / ble. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Un / think / able. 2. Which word has the same root as likeness? A) Happiness. B) Likely. C) Sadness. D) Spike. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Likely. 3. Meaning of suffixward A) In the direction of. B) Like having charaerized. C) Again. D) Not. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the direction of. 4. In the word, review, what does the prefix re-mean? A) Under. B) Not able to. C) Before. D) Do over. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Do over. 5. How do you split the following word up into prefix / base / suffix? (prewriting) A) Pre / writ / ing. B) Prewrit / ing. C) Prewrite / ing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pre / writ / ing. 6. What is the root in the word cyclone? A) Cycl. B) Clo. C) One. D) Ycl. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cycl. 7. Let's put the camera on this so that it won't wiggle as much. A) Quadruped. B) Peddler. C) Impediments. D) Tripod. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tripod. 8. What do the root word in-, I'm-, il-, ir-mean? A) Not. B) Before. C) Wrongly. D) In. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not. 9. The prefix micro means A) Huge. B) Bright. C) Small. D) Instrument. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Small. 10. In the word, misunderstood, what does the prefix mis-mean? A) Wrongly. B) Before. C) Against. D) Middle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wrongly. 11. The word "telephone" contains the affix ..... A) Tele. B) Aut. C) Dict. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tele. 12. Identify the suffix in the word:hugged A) Ed. B) Hug. C) Gged. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ed. 13. The Greek word part pel like in the word compel means A) Drive. B) Image. C) Self. D) Day. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drive. 14. Choose the root word for the following word:Misbehave A) Mis. B) Be. C) Have. D) Behave. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Behave. 15. What does the root word "therm" mean as in the word thermal?I always wear a thermal shirt when I go snow skiing. A) Good. B) Heat. C) Far. D) Bad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heat. 16. What is the root word for "small?" A) Grat. B) Pac. C) Arch. D) Micro. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Micro. 17. What is the base word in, "dissatisfied" ?" A) Dis. B) Satisfy. C) Fy. D) Ed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Satisfy. 18. What is the base word in the word:Premade A) Made. B) Pre. C) De. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Made. 19. If you take away the prefix and suffix, what is left of the word unemployed? A) Unemploy. B) Employed. C) Employ. D) Emploi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Employ. 20. Which word describes a group of people gathered in one place to see or hear something? A) Videocassette. B) Visible. C) Audience. D) Evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Audience. 21. What is the definition of the root word duc/duct A) To lead. B) To do. C) Shape. D) Strength. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To lead. 22. Because of his ..... to do well on the test, Robert studied for many hours. A) Determination. B) Diversity. C) Deviate. D) Tradition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Determination. 23. The word "airport" contains the root ....., which means carry. A) Spec. B) Tempo. C) Port. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Port. 24. What is the prefix in untidy? A) Tidy. B) Un. C) Y. D) Untid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Un. 25. Tel A) Far off, distant. B) Skill, art. C) To see. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Far off, distant. 26. What does the root word cred mean? A) Time. B) Star. C) Life. D) Believe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Believe. 27. What is the prefix of impossible A) Tant. B) Ant. C) Im. D) Possible. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Im. 28. Which word uses the suffix-able the same way as it's used in the word miserable? A) Cable. B) Gable. C) Fable. D) Doable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Doable. 29. A metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters A) Millimeter. B) Centimeter. C) Decimeter. D) Kilometer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kilometer. 30. The Greek word part auto, like in the word autobiography means A) Car. B) Light. C) Self. D) Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Self. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesRoot Words Quiz 1Root 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 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books