This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Vocabulary > Root Words Roots And Affixes – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Root Words Roots And Affixes Quiz 18 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In which word does the suffix mean the same as it does in "teacher" ? A) Answer. B) Astronomer. C) Outer. D) Universe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Astronomer. 2. Which affix means to/towards? A) A-. B) Bin-. C) Mis-. D) De-. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A-. 3. An octopus have ..... less. I know the prefix octa means ..... A) 4. B) 8. C) Lots of. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 8. 4. Able to speak two different languages A) Bilingual. B) Biped. C) Biennial. D) Biweekly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bilingual. 5. When you add the suffix "'less" to the word "bottom" the new word means A) Controlled. B) Upside down. C) Unlimited. D) Constrained. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unlimited. 6. Based on your knowledge of roots, the word grammar most associates with which of the following? A) Reading. B) Mathematics. C) Writing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Writing. 7. Which root word is Greek and means "far off" ? A) Tele. B) Port. C) Them. D) Spect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tele. 8. What is the name of the athletic event that includes THREE activities? A) Tripod. B) Trilingual. C) Triathlon. D) Tricycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Triathlon. 9. A passageway under the ground; an electric underground railway A) Subway. B) Subcutaneous. C) Subirrigate. D) Subordinate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subway. 10. What is the meaning of "misspeak" ? A) To forget to ask. B) To speak politely. C) To say the wrong thing. D) To make a mistake. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To say the wrong thing. 11. Which of the following suffixes means "the study of" ? A) -ology. B) -less. C) -ment. D) -acy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -ology. 12. The suffix-ist means; scientist A) To learn. B) To do or believe. C) To play. D) To hold. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To do or believe. 13. What is a word element that can be attached to a root to form a new word? A) Prefix. B) Affix. C) Suffux. D) Root. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Affix. 14. Which root word means "write" ? A) Port. B) Scrib/script. C) Spec/spect. D) Photo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scrib/script. 15. The root word in sorrowfully is A) Full. B) Ly. C) Fully. D) Sorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sorrow. 16. Which affix means all? A) Fer. B) De-. C) Onmi-. D) Mal-. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onmi-. 17. He was bummed when he realized he forgot his ..... lens on the way to the bug museum. A) Photosyntheis. B) Telephoto. C) Photograph. D) Photon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Telephoto. 18. What does the root word 'peri' mean? A) Water. B) Sun. C) Half. D) Around. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Around. 19. The inability to sleep. A) Restless. B) Insomnia. C) Omniscience. D) Omnipotence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Insomnia. 20. What does the root word ped/pod mean? A) Hand. B) Eye. C) Foot. D) Leg. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foot. 21. REVIEW:Which root word means pull? A) Tract. B) Mort. C) Mal. D) Capit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tract. 22. The car can drive auto matically . The root auto means ..... A) Two. B) Self. C) Earth. D) Across. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Self. 23. Having two different colors A) Bicolor. B) Biweekly. C) Bicuspid. D) Biped. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bicolor. 24. What does the prefix counter-mean? A) Not. B) Opposite/against. C) Able. D) Different. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Opposite/against. 25. What is the root word in the word:unopen? A) Un. B) Unopen. C) Open. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Open. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesRoot Words Roots And Affixes Quiz 1Root Words Roots And Affixes Quiz 2Root Words Roots And Affixes Quiz 3Root Words Roots And Affixes Quiz 4Root Words Roots And Affixes Quiz 5Root Words Roots And Affixes Quiz 6Root Words Roots And Affixes Quiz 7Root Words Roots And Affixes Quiz 8Root Words Roots And Affixes Quiz 9Root Words Roots And Affixes Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books