Grammar Quiz

Synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, homophones, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, interjections, nouns, pronouns, and verbs

Synonym

Has the same meaning as another word'

Ex: Large, big

Antonym

The opposite meaning of another word

Ex: Scared, brave

Homophone

Two words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings

Ex: ate, eight

Homonym

A word that sounds/spelled the same as another word but has a different meaning

Ex: To lie down, to lie to someone

Noun

A person, place, thing, or idea

Pronoun

A word that replaces a noun

Ex: She, they, he, them

Verb

Shows action or state of being

Ex: Is, are, was, run, jump, read

Adjective

Describes a noun or pronoun

Adverb

Describes a verb, adjective, or other verb

Preposition

Shows the relationship between a noun(or pronoun) and another word in the sentence

Ex; in, on, at, over, between

Conjunction

Connects words, phrases, or clauses

Ex: and, but, because, neither, both

Interjection

Shows emotion or sudden feeling

Ex; Wow! Ouch!

Root

The basic part of a word that carries meaning.

Ex: mal, bio, auto, graph

Prefix

A group of letters added to the beginning of a root to change its meaning

Suffix

A group of letters added to the end of a root to change its meaning

Multiple Roots in a Word

A word can have more than one root, placed at the beginning, middle, or end

Ex: autobiography; ato, bio, graph

Why do some roots have more than one definition?

A root can have more than one definition because overtime, the meanings change. They can be applied to different situations.

How do prefixes or suffixes affect the spelling of roots? Give an ex

In order to add suffixes or prefixes, you sometimes need to drop a letter or so in order to make the word make sense.

Ex: Superhydrophobic

antropo

humanity/ human

archy/arch

gov.

aster/astro

star

auto

self

bio

life

chron

time

dyna

power

dys

bad

gram

thing written

graph

writing

hetero

different

homo

same

hydro

water

hyper

above; beyond

hyp/hypo

below; beneath

logy/ ology

study of

meter/ metr

measure

micro

small

mis/miso

hate

mono

one

morph

form/ shape

nym

name

phil(e)

love

phobia

fear

photo/phos

light

phon/phone

sound

pseudo

false

psycho

mind;mental

scope

sym; syn

techno

art; science; skill

tele

far off

ambi

both

aqua/aque

water

aud/audi(o)

to hear

bell

war; fight

bene

good

cent

100

cide

to kill

circum

around

contro/ counter

against

dic/duct

to lead

fac/fec

to do; to make

form

shape

fort

strength

fract

break

ject

throw

jud

judge

mal/male

bad

mater/matri

mother

mit/miss

to send

mort

death

multi

many

pater/patri

father

port

to carry

rupt

to break

scrib/script

to write

sect/sec/seg

to cut

sent

to feel; to send

spect

to look

struct

to build

tract

to pull

vac

empty

vid/vis

too see

voc

voice; to call