This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Vocabulary > Root Words And Affixes – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Root Words And Affixes Quiz 2 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Night is the time when many animals forage, or search, for food. Which type of context clue is being used? A) Antonym. B) Synonym. C) Example. D) Definition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Definition. 2. Which of the following is a suffix that means 'one who'? A) -is. B) -or. C) -of. D) -is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -is. 3. What does the prefix inter-mean? As used in such words as:interstate or interrupt? A) Not. B) Above. C) Between. D) Opposite. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Between. 4. Iter means ..... A) Again. B) Within. C) Between. D) Against. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Again. 5. What is the meaning of impossible in paragraph 3? A) Something that cannot be done. B) Something that can be done again. C) Something that small children can do. D) Something that cannot be seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Something that cannot be done. 6. Below are descriptions about Context Clues EXCEPT: A) They provide hints/clues to define a difficult word. B) They co-exist with the unfamiliar words in the sentence. C) They are the difficult words in the sentence. D) They help readers understand word meanings without the direct help of a dictionary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They are the difficult words in the sentence. 7. What is the root word in disengage? A) Gage. B) Dis. C) Engage. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Engage. 8. What is the meaning of photo? A) Dark. B) Light. C) Image. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Light. 9. What is the meaning of log/logue? A) Thought. B) All. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thought. 10. He was involved in an accident; luckily, he was unharmed. The word unharmed means ..... A) Unsafe. B) Uninjured. C) Critical. D) Loved. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Uninjured. 11. Which suffixes mean "having qualities of? A) -ous-eous-ious. B) -able-ible. C) -ion-tion-ation-ition. D) -ive-ative-itive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -ous-eous-ious. 12. Use what you know about root words meaning to match the words with the correct definition. Refer to the root word. Audible A) Low. B) Able to be heard. C) Spoken. D) Audio. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Able to be heard. 13. What does the prefix semi-mean? As used in such words as:semicircle or semifinal? A) Finished. B) Over. C) Around. D) Half. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Half. 14. Use what you know about root words meaning to match the words with the correct definition. Refer to the root word. Dental A) Relating to teeth. B) A speech delivered by one person. C) Last in a series. D) Doctor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Relating to teeth. 15. What does the root word chron mean? As used in such words as:chronological or chronic? A) Sick. B) Time. C) Over and over. D) Power. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Time. 16. At the restaurant we were offered a variety of beverages, like milk and ice tea. A) Bread. B) Silverware. C) Drinks. D) Milk. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Drinks. 17. What is the meaning of-ship? A) Apart/away. B) Position held. C) All. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Position held. 18. What is the meaning of-dom? A) Place or state of being. B) One who. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Place or state of being. 19. What is the meaning of the root dem(o)? A) "tooth". B) "ten". C) "people". D) "skin". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "people". 20. Anti-means ..... A) Against. B) War. C) Hundred. D) Year. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Against. 21. What does the suffix re mean? A) Full of. B) Able to. C) Again. D) Not. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Again. 22. Others followed in the 1800s, living in isolation, moving into the subvalleys, along creek branches and up the steep hillsides to scrabble for a hard living. In the passage, the word subvalleys means A) In the lower part of the valleys. B) Inside the caves in the valleys. C) A valley nestled in the Smokies. D) Up the steep hillsides of the Smokies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the lower part of the valleys. 23. What is the meaning geo? A) Earth or ground. B) Star. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Earth or ground. 24. Define the prefix "un" A) AgIn. B) Not. C) Across. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not. 25. What is the meaning of-ish? A) Possessing. B) To some degree. 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