This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Vocabulary > Root Words Roots And Affixes – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Root Words Roots And Affixes Quiz 8 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which suffix means "having the quality of" ? A) Able. B) Dis. C) Ity. D) Photo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ity. 2. Which of the following word roots means "light?" A) Phon. B) Opt. C) Geo. D) Photo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Photo. 3. The ....., or base, is the word you can add a prefix or suffix onto. A) Coffee. B) Root. C) Affix. D) Stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Root. 4. What is the root word of irregularly? A) Regular. B) Confident. C) Respect. D) Comfort. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Regular. 5. What is a letter or a group of letters that is added at the beginning of a word to change it's meaning? A) Prefix. B) Affix. C) Suffix. D) Root. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prefix. 6. A person walking on a road/in a city. A) Pediatrist. B) Pedagogue. C) Pedestrian. D) Peddler. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pedestrian. 7. The final section after the main part of a book, play, or movie. A) Prologue. B) Dialogue. C) Monologue. D) Epilogue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epilogue. 8. What does the suffix ess mean? A) One who. B) One who practices. C) One who (female). D) Doctrine of/principle of. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) One who (female). 9. It was completely ..... for Sam to steal the baseball glove. A) Illiterate. B) Illogical. C) Imbalance. D) Omniscient. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Illogical. 10. To take something away from someone, to keep them from getting something. A) Decline. B) Deprive. C) Destroy. D) Desire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deprive. 11. What does the root "hemi" mean? A) Five. B) Half. C) Breathe. D) Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Half. 12. What does the root dem mean? A) Write. B) People. C) Sound. D) Believe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) People. 13. Nonstop means ..... A) Constantly. B) Never. C) Rarely. D) For a while. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Constantly. 14. The word root 'rupt, ' found in words such as 'erupt, ' 'disrupt, ' 'rupture, ' etc, means: A) Write. B) Life. C) Self. D) Break. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Break. 15. A speech made to honor the dead at a funeral. A) Dialogue. B) Monologue. C) Epilogue. D) Eulogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eulogy. 16. What does the root test mean? A) To write. B) To change. C) To witness. D) To measure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To witness. 17. Based on the definition of corporal punishment (physical punishment), what does the the root word corp mean? A) Pain. B) Weapon. C) Body. D) Life. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Body. 18. These form the base of other words which are created after affixes (prefixes & suffixes) are added: A) Prefix. B) Suffix. C) Affix. D) Root. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Root. 19. The ..... mother was so kind to her children that they decided never to move out even though they were thirty years old. A) Benevolent. B) Benediction. C) Euphoria. D) Ambivalent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Benevolent. 20. What is the meaning of the root word in the word dictation? A) Time. B) Having the quality of. C) Say or speak. D) Break. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Say or speak. 21. What does PSEUDO mean? A) False. B) Crazy. C) True. D) Calm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 22. The prefix sub means ..... ; submarine A) Move from one to the next. B) Over. C) Under. D) In between. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Under. 23. Define tri A) 9. B) 4. C) 3. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 24. To move someone or something from its original position. Usually forcefully like taking a job or kicking someone out. A) Displace. B) Distract. C) Destroy. D) Detour. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Displace. 25. A ..... is an affix, or word part, that is added to the beginning of a root word. A) Suffix. B) Root word. C) Prefix. D) Coffee. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prefix. 26. In the word unstoppable, the prefix is ..... A) Un-. B) -stop-. C) -able. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Un-. 27. What does the root word 'flex' mean? A) Bend. B) Heat. C) Half. D) Cut or separate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bend. 28. Motionless means ..... A) Not stopping. B) Gone. C) Hidden. D) Not moving. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not moving. 29. The prefix post-means; postseason A) Before. B) After. C) Within. D) Mailbox. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After. 30. What is the definition of the highlighted word?, or disgusted, by the honey-covered homework the student turned in. A) Pleased. B) Surprised. C) Frustrated. D) Disgusted. 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