Root Words Quiz 26 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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📝 Root Words – Quiz 26
1. When interviewing for the 7th grade English position at Moody Middle School, Madeline had to show proof of her Virginia teaching credential to the administration panel. What does the root word "cred" mean in the word "credential?".
A) Drive or push.
B) Believe or trust.
C) Hang or weigh.
D) Lead.
2. Port is a Latin root word that means-.
A) To say.
B) Written.
C) Light.
D) To Carry.
3. Duct.
A) Paint / show.
B) To lead.
C) See / watch.
D) To hear / listen.
4. Which of the following words contains the Greek root "geo"?.
A) Phonology.
B) Biography.
C) Antibiotic.
D) Geography.
5. EXTRA QUESTION! Graph means _____ .
A) Record.
B) Line.
C) Light.
D) Both.
6. Hosp.
A) Host.
B) Heart.
C) Step.
D) City.
7. This root word means to carry.
A) Cred.
B) Hydr.
C) Port.
D) Phon.
8. What is this.
A) Jud.
B) Ject.
C) Bene.
9. What does the root word "log or logue" mean?Example:dialogue.
A) Word.
B) Light.
C) To build.
D) Star.
10. The word automobile contains the root auto. What does the root auto mean?.
A) Own or self.
B) Pull or drag.
C) Carry.
D) None of above.
11. What is the root word for performance?.
A) Perform.
B) Per.
C) For.
D) Form.
12. What is the root word for faithful?.
A) Ful.
B) Fa.
C) Fulness.
D) Faith.
13. Which word has the SAME root word as talking?.
A) Talked.
B) Taking.
C) Take.
D) None of above.
14. Torn.
A) Broken.
B) Break.
C) Cut.
D) Join.
15. Fugett Middle School might be the _____ of skate park out back if a generous benefactor decided that it would make our school a better place.
A) Bookish.
B) Bona fide.
C) Beneficiary.
D) Benevolent.
16. Given this word family, what do you think the root port means?TransportExportPorter.
A) Three.
B) Carry.
C) Less.
D) Under.
17. Sent.
A) To send.
B) One hundred.
C) To throw.
D) None of above.
18. "tele" means _____ .
A) See/watch.
B) To move.
C) Far.
D) Self.
19. What does cap mean?.
A) Center.
B) Head.
C) Shout.
D) Part.
20. Meaning of Meter.
A) Measure.
B) Look.
C) Write.
D) None of above.
21. Light.
A) Light.
B) Hand.
C) Earth or ground.
D) Star.
22. Dynamite.
A) Measure.
B) Shape.
C) Sound.
D) Send.
23. BROKEN.
A) To fix.
B) To go.
C) To break.
D) To send.
24. What is the root word of looked?.
A) Look .
B) Ed.
C) Looking.
D) None of above.
25. Hydr.
A) Water .
B) Ocean.
C) Sea.
D) None of above.