Root Words And Affixes Quiz 3 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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📝 Root Words And Affixes – Quiz 3
1. He was involved in an accident; luckily, he was unharmed. The word unharmed means _____ .
A) Loved.
B) Unsafe.
C) Critical.
D) Uninjured.
2. Which suffixes mean "having qualities of?.
A) -ion-tion-ation-ition.
B) -able-ible.
C) -ous-eous-ious.
D) -ive-ative-itive.
3. 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) Audio.
C) Spoken.
D) Able to be heard.
4. What does the prefix semi-mean? As used in such words as:semicircle or semifinal?.
A) Around.
B) Half.
C) Over.
D) Finished.
5. What is the meaning of re-?.
A) Again.
B) New.
C) Create.
D) None of above.
6. Use what you know about root words meaning to match the words with the correct definition. Refer to the root word. Dental.
A) A speech delivered by one person.
B) Relating to teeth.
C) Last in a series.
D) Doctor.
7. What does the root word chron mean? As used in such words as:chronological or chronic?.
A) Time.
B) Sick.
C) Over and over.
D) Power.
8. What is the meaning of dis-?.
A) Apart/away.
B) Before.
9. Choose the root words that can connect with the suffix:less.
A) Fear.
B) Wonder.
10. At the restaurant we were offered a variety of beverages, like milk and ice tea.
A) Bread.
B) Milk.
C) Silverware.
D) Drinks.
11. What is the meaning of-ship?.
A) Position held.
B) Apart/away.
C) All.
D) None of above.
12. What is the meaning of-dom?.
A) One who.
B) Place or state of being.
13. What is the prefix in the word 'preheat'?.
A) Preheat.
B) Heat.
C) Pre.
D) Re.
14. What is the meaning of the root dem(o)?.
A) "ten".
B) "people".
C) "skin".
D) "tooth".
15. Anti-means _____ .
A) Hundred.
B) War.
C) Year.
D) Against.
16. What does the suffix re mean?.
A) Able to.
B) Full of.
C) Again.
D) Not.
17. 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.
18. Anti means.
A) Against.
B) Both.
C) Bad.
D) Good.
19. What is the meaning geo?.
A) Star.
B) Earth or ground.
20. Define the prefix "un".
A) Not.
B) AgIn.
C) Across.
D) None of above.
21. What is the meaning of-ish?.
A) To some degree.
B) Possessing.
22. \#2 Part A:The root word sane comes from a Latin word that can mean healthy or reasonable. Knowing this, what is the best meaning for the word insane in paragraph 2?.
A) Able to be reasonable or healthy.
B) The state of being reasonable or healthy.
C) Not reasonable or healthy.
D) Very reasonable or healthy.
23. This word means to cook in advance.
A) Precook.
B) Recook.
C) Miscook.
D) None of above.
24. Choose another word from paragraph 1 that has the same suffix as colorful.
A) Different.
B) Visible.
C) Helpful.
D) Beautiful.
25. Define this root word "loc".
A) Place.
B) Throw.
C) Yield or go.
D) None of above.