This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Vocabulary > Root Words Roots And Affixes – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Root Words Roots And Affixes Quiz 9 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The prefix non-means A) Word. B) End. C) Not. D) Opposite from. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not. 2. Which of the following words has a root that means "middle" ? A) Mystify. B) Median. C) Maladjusted. D) Midichlorian. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Median. 3. The prefix mis-means ..... Examples:misused, misunderstood A) Wrong. B) Yes. C) Again. D) Not. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wrong. 4. Which of the following words contains an affix meaning "after" ? A) Postpone. B) Ensuing. C) Subsequently. D) Prefabricated. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Postpone. 5. How many points do a trident have? A) None. B) Ten. C) Three. D) One. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Three. 6. What means write A) Min. B) Graph. C) Port. D) Phon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Graph. 7. Which is an example of a greek or latin root? A) Kind. B) Comfort. C) Mean. D) Chron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chron. 8. To act against something to limit or stop its effects is to ..... A) Counterattack. B) Counter. C) Counteract. D) Contradict. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Counteract. 9. The word littering means As I walked to the park, I never saw so much littering in my life. I felt a sense of duty to do my part to make it right. A) Decorating. B) Trashing. C) Collecting. D) Cleaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trashing. 10. Ir-and non-are considered ..... A) Root words. B) Prefixes. C) Suffixes. D) Affixes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prefixes. 11. Living or found in or near water A) Aquatic. B) Aquarium. C) Hydrokinetic. D) Hydroplane. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aquatic. 12. Adding a suffix can change a word's ..... A) Part of speech. B) Meaning. C) Prefix. D) Definition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Part of speech. 13. What TWO root words mean time? A) Neo; paleo. B) Helio; sol. C) Chron; temp/tempo. D) Bene; mal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chron; temp/tempo. 14. Scrib, Script, Gram, and Graph are all root words that mean ..... A) Sound. B) Measure. C) One. D) Write. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Write. 15. A set of papers with writing that is hard to read. A) Scribble. B) Script. C) Perscription. D) Manuscript. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scribble. 16. Which root word means move? A) Mort. B) Magn. C) Mob/mot. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mob/mot. 17. In the word rewrite, re-is what part of the word? A) Prefix. B) Suffix. C) Root Word. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prefix. 18. A person who sings A) Vocalist. B) Vocal. C) Vocation. D) Evoke. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vocalist. 19. A convincing fake made to seem like the real thing is a ..... A) Fraud. B) Phony. C) Deception. D) Counterfeit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Counterfeit. 20. What is the prefix of disorganized? A) Dis-. B) Ir-. C) Mis-. D) En-. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dis-. 21. The word wreck is a verb (to wreck). What ending would you add to make it a noun? A) -s. B) -able. C) -age. D) -ing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) -age. 22. The prefix in the word 'polygon' tells us that: A) It has two sides. B) It has three sides. C) It has many sides. D) It has no sides. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It has many sides. 23. Which root means good; well; or happy? A) Cide/cise. B) Flex. C) Astro. D) Eu. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eu. 24. What suffix means possessing the qualities of? A) Ous. B) Eous. C) Ious. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 25. She dreaded entering, wanting a moment of peace before being ..... within the sparsely furnished room. A) Finished. B) Irregular. C) Confined. D) Nonverbal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Confined. 26. What is the prefix for interacted? A) Acted. B) Inter. C) Act. D) In. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inter. 27. Choose the suffix of the word that is underlined.When a pen runs out of ink, it becomes instantly worthless. A) Worth. B) Less. C) Worthless. D) Les. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Less. 28. Misunderstanding What is the root? A) Mis. B) Un. C) Ing. D) Understand. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Understand. 29. To publicly to speak for and support A) Vociferous. B) Revoke. C) Advocate. D) Vocalize. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Advocate. 30. REVIEW:What does the root word "cred" mean? A) Faith. B) To build. C) Together. D) Foot. 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