Root Words Quiz 19 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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📝 Root Words – Quiz 19
1. If the word base means "the bottom of something" what does the word basement mean?.
A) The lowest part of a house.
B) The roof of a house.
C) The chimney of a house.
D) The part of the house above the street.
2. Auto-.
A) Car.
B) Across.
C) Away.
D) Self, same.
3. GRAPH.
A) Picture.
B) Writing.
C) To send.
D) To make.
4. Bio.
A) To study.
B) Water.
C) One.
D) Life.
5. If the word energy means "strength or power" what does the word energetic mean?.
A) Smoothly.
B) Without power.
C) In a slow way.
D) With lots of strength.
6. Path.
A) Happy, sad.
B) Down.
C) Heart.
D) Feeling, disease.
7. Abhorrent.
A) Over-priced.
B) Very fast flowing.
C) Bad smelling.
D) Causing disgust or dread.
8. What is the root word of played?.
A) Play.
B) Playing.
C) Ed.
D) None of above.
9. Spect.
A) Against or opposite.
B) Carry.
C) To look.
D) Death.
10. If something is audible, it is able to be _____ .
A) Heard.
B) Touched.
C) Smelled.
D) Seen.
11. Hand.
A) Man.
B) Alter.
C) Bio.
D) Aqua.
12. A hemisphere is.
A) A little bit of a sphere.
B) Not a sphere.
C) Half a sphere.
D) Most of a sphere.
13. Life.
A) Hydr.
B) Bio.
14. Dia means.
A) Science.
B) Across.
15. Aqua.
A) Soil.
B) Air.
C) Water.
D) Fire.
16. Geo means _____ .
A) Earth or rock.
B) All science.
C) Life.
D) None of above.
17. Which words does not belong?.
A) Moving.
B) Addition.
C) Add.
D) Additional.
E) Forgotten.
18. Perspective.
A) Look .
B) Feeling.
C) Rules.
D) None of above.
19. I came to school overdressed. What does overdressed mean?.
A) Dress to formally.
B) Embarrassed.
C) Wearing a sweater over your dress.
D) None of above.
20. Which word belongs to the root:work.
A) Moving.
B) Working.
C) Adding.
D) Movers.
21. Shape.
A) Form.
B) Port.
C) Graph.
D) Grad.
22. Far or distant.
A) Tele.
B) Liter.
C) Type.
D) Circum.
23. Contradict.
A) To Speak.
B) To Dance.
C) To Sing.
D) None of above.
24. Which word correctly completes the sentence below?The cat _____ jumped up on the boy's lap.
A) Quicklier.
B) Quick.
C) Quicker.
D) Quickly.
25. The Latin root word "luc, " found in words like lucid and translucent, means _____ .
A) Bright light.
B) All.
C) See.
D) Feel.