Root Words Quiz 27 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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📘 Root Words – Quiz 27
1. Con _____ rary (Latin root meaning "time").
A) Phono.
B) Tempo.
C) Spec.
D) Aster.
2. Syn.
A) Same.
B) Name.
C) Burst or break.
D) Together.
3. PORT.
A) To send.
B) To carry.
C) To write.
D) To hear.
4. ALONE, SULA.
A) Island.
B) True.
C) Age.
D) Taste.
5. What is the root word for leader.
A) The.
B) The.
C) Lead.
D) Is.
6. 'Bene" means.
A) Good.
B) Bad.
C) Hear.
D) Both.
7. Reverse.
A) Of.
B) Duct.
C) Pict.
D) Tri.
8. Can you identify the antecedent that led to Cassandra's success at the skiing championships? What does the root word "ante" mean in "antecedent?".
A) Before.
B) Both sides.
C) Opposite.
D) Water.
9. The word "sitting" is a product of the root word sit.
A) TRUE.
B) FALSE.
10. A student was not following school rules, so I had to deduct some dojo points.
A) Remove.
B) Add.
C) Above, beyond.
D) None of above.
11. What does div mean?.
A) Tightly fixed.
B) High.
C) Loosen.
D) Divide/part.
12. Under or below.
A) Port.
B) Sub.
C) Super.
D) Ex.
13. What does the root word chrom mean?.
A) New.
B) Light.
C) Time.
D) Color.
14. What does "psych" refer to.
A) Mind.
B) Cancer.
C) Poison.
D) Clot.
15. A snake is _____ since it is capable of spontaneous movement.
A) Biography.
B) Remote.
C) Benevolent.
D) To the moth.
16. Gram means:.
A) Write.
B) Sing.
C) Call.
D) Listen.
17. Which word correctly completes the sentence below?"Wow! You sure have _____ fur!" said the boy.
A) Softly.
B) Softest.
C) Softing.
D) Soft.
18. Spect.
A) To look.
B) Carry.
C) Against or opposite.
D) Death.
19. VIS.
A) To bring.
B) To hear.
C) To see.
D) To give.
20. The Greek root chron means-.
A) Light.
B) Time.
C) Look.
D) Measure.
21. Matron (noun).
A) Older woman in low society.
B) Younger woman in high society.
C) Younger woman in lower society.
D) Older women in high society.
22. The word autograph contains the root graph. What does the root graph mean?.
A) Write or draw.
B) Shapes or lines.
C) Measure.
D) None of above.
23. What word names the type of book that was written about a person's life but was written by a different person than the subject of the book?.
A) Autobiography.
B) Photography.
C) Biography.
D) Cartography.
24. Given this word family, what do you think the root aqua means?AquariumAquamarineAquatic.
A) Water.
B) Under.
C) Solid.
D) Fire.
25. The root word for "writing/drawing" is _____ .
A) Mob/against/mov.
B) Gram/graph.
C) At/show.
D) Scop/scope.