Roots and Meanings Quiz

What does the root "aud" mean?

• Voice

• Mind

• Hear

• Time

Which of the following words contains the root "aud"?

• Vocal

• Memory

• Chronic

• Audio

What does the root "voc" mean?

• Time

• Voice

• Mind

• Something written

What is the meaning of the Old Norse root "angr"?

• One

• Forward

• Painfully constricted, sorrow

• Race, family

What is a prefix?

• A word part attached to the end of a word

• A word part attached to the beginning of a word

• A word part that stands alone

• A word part that changes the tense of a word

Which of the following words is an example of the prefix "mid-"?

• Midnight

• Proceed

• Unicycle

• Anger

What does the prefix "tele-" mean?

• many, much

• view

• sound

• light

What is the purpose of a suffix?

• To change the meaning of a word

• To change the number of persons or objects

• To change the word's prefix

• To change the word's root

Which suffix is used to change the number of a noun?

• -ing

• -ed

• -s, -es

• -ly

What is an example of a word using the prefix "multi-"?

• multivitamins

• telescope

• telephone

• telegraph