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Vocab Affixes and Roots

Total questions: 63

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the root therm mean?

a)

heat

b)

sound

c)

hear

d)

believe

2.

What does the root aud/audi mean?

a)

heat

b)

sound

c)

hear

d)

believe

3.

What does the root phon mean?

a)

life

b)

sound

c)

hear

d)

believe

4.

What does the root cred mean?

a)

life

b)

sound

c)

hear

d)

believe

5.

What does the root bio mean?

a)

life

b)

step

c)

water

d)

throw

6.

What does the root grad.gres mean?

a)

build

b)

step

c)

water

d)

throw

7.

What does the root hydr mean?

a)

build

b)

step

c)

water

d)

throw

8.

What does the root ject mean?

a)

build

b)

step

c)

water

d)

throw

9.

What does the root struct mean?

a)

build

b)

step

c)

write

d)

bad

10.

What does the root graph mean?

a)

build

b)

step

c)

write

d)

bad

11.

What does the root mal mean?

a)

build

b)

step

c)

write

d)

bad

12.

What does the root jur/jud mean?

a)

law, judge

b)

word

c)

draw, pull

d)

look, see

13.

What does the root log/logue mean?

a)

law, judge

b)

word

c)

draw, pull

d)

look, see

14.

What does the root tract mean?

a)

law, judge

b)

word

c)

draw, pull

d)

look, see

15.

What does the root spec mean?

a)

law, judge

b)

word

c)

draw, pull

d)

look, see

16.

What does the root scrib/script mean?

a)

write

b)

carry

c)

foot, feet

d)

empty

17.

What does the root port mean?

a)

write

b)

carry

c)

foot, feet

d)

empty

18.

What does the root ped/pod mean?

a)

write

b)

carry

c)

foot, feet

d)

empty

19.

What does the root vac mean?

a)

write

b)

carry

c)

foot, feet

d)

empty

20.

What does the root geo mean?

a)

earth, ground

b)

send

c)

measure

d)

break, burst

21.

What does the root mit/mis mean?

a)

earth, ground

b)

send

c)

measure

d)

break, burst

22.

What does the root meter/metr mean?

a)

earth, ground

b)

send

c)

measure

d)

break, burst

23.

What does the root rupt mean?

a)

earth, ground

b)

send

c)

measure

d)

break, burst

24.

What does the root viv/vit mean?

a)

life, alive

b)

see

c)

good, well

d)

say, tell

25.

What does the root vis/vid mean?

a)

life, alive

b)

see

c)

good, well

d)

say, tell

26.

What does the root bene/bon mean?

a)

life, alive

b)

see

c)

good, well

d)

say, tell

27.

What does the root dict- mean?

a)

life, alive

b)

see

c)

good, well

d)

say, tell

28.

What does the root photo mean?

a)

light

b)

inside, within

c)

self, same

d)

between, among

29.

What does the root intra mean?

a)

light

b)

inside, within

c)

self, same

d)

between, among

30.

What does the root auto mean?

a)

light

b)

inside, within

c)

self, same

d)

between, among

31.

What does the root inter mean?

a)

light

b)

inside, within

c)

self, same

d)

between, among

32.

What does the root tele mean?

a)

far

b)

new

c)

across, towards, change

d)

around

33.

What does the root neo mean?

a)

far

b)

new

c)

across, towards, change

d)

around

34.

What does the root trans mean?

a)

far

b)

new

c)

across, towards, change

d)

around

35.

What does the root peri mean?

a)

far

b)

new

c)

across, towards, change

d)

around

36.

What does the affix hyper/super mean?

a)

above

b)

below

c)

before

d)

after

37.

What does the affix under/hypo/sub mean?

a)

above

b)

below

c)

before

d)

after

38.

What does the affix pre/ante/fore mean?

a)

above

b)

below

c)

before

d)

after

39.

What does the affix post mean?

a)

above

b)

below

c)

before

d)

after

40.

What does the affix non/ir/in/im/il mean?

a)

not

b)

to, towards

c)

both, two

d)

away from

41.

What does the affix ad mean?

a)

not

b)

to, towards

c)

both, two

d)

away from

42.

What does the affix ambi mean?

a)

not

b)

to, towards

c)

both, two

d)

away from

43.

What does the affix ab mean?

a)

not

b)

to, towards

c)

both, two

d)

away from

44.

What does the affix dys mean?

a)

bad, abnormal

b)

opposite, against

c)

with

d)

cause to

45.

What does the affix de/dis/anti/counter/contra mean?

a)

bad, abnormal

b)

opposite, against

c)

with

d)

cause to

46.

What does the affix com, con, co mean?

a)

bad, abnormal

b)

opposite, against

c)

with

d)

cause to

47.

What does the affix en mean?

a)

bad, abnormal

b)

opposite, against

c)

with

d)

cause to

48.

What does the affix ex mean?

a)

out

b)

away from

c)

with, together

d)

in the direction or manner of

49.

What does the affix ef mean?

a)

out

b)

away from

c)

with, together

d)

in the direction or manner of

50.

What does the affix sym/syn mean?

a)

out

b)

away from

c)

with, together

d)

in the direction or manner of

51.

What does the affix ward/wise/ly mean?

a)

out

b)

away from

c)

with, together

d)

in the direction or manner of

52.

What does the affix er/ar/ian/ist mean?

a)

person who

b)

state (quality)

c)

state (condition)

d)

having characters, nature of

53.

What does the affix ance/ence mean?

a)

person who

b)

state (quality)

c)

state (condition)

d)

having characters, nature of

54.

What does the affix ness mean?

a)

person who

b)

state (quality)

c)

state (condition)

d)

having characters, nature of

55.

What does the affix ish/ive mean?

a)

person who

b)

state (quality)

c)

state (condition)

d)

having characters, nature of

56.

What does the affix ment mean?

a)

result

b)

place where

c)

having quality of, like

d)

study of

57.

What does the affix arium/orium mean?

a)

result

b)

place where

c)

having quality of, like

d)

study of

58.

What does the affix ic/ous/ly mean?

a)

result

b)

place where

c)

having quality of, like

d)

study of

59.

What does the affix ology mean?

a)

result

b)

place where

c)

having quality of, like

d)

study of

60.

What does the affix ologist mean?

a)

person who studies

b)

can be (done)

c)

cause (to be)

d)

cause (to become)

61.

What does the affix able/ible mean?

a)

person who studies

b)

can be (done)

c)

cause (to be)

d)

cause (to become)

62.

What does the affix ate/ify mean?

a)

person who studies

b)

can be (done)

c)

cause (to be)

d)

cause (to become)

63.

What does the affix en/ize mean?

a)

person who studies

b)

can be (done)

c)

cause (to be)

d)

cause (to become)