Question

1. The rain poured into the river and flooded the nearby community.
-simple sentence

2. Some indefinite pronouns are always plural and require plural verbs. select these pronouns.
A. both, many, several
B. everyone, everybody, any, several
C. somebody, someone, both, most
D. anybody, nobody, many, most

A

3. ruler
rule-root
er-suffix

4. scribble?
scrib-root
le-suffix

5. despise
de-prefix
spise-root

Answer 1

1 - 3 = correct

4 = unsure; prefixes and suffixes should have meanings of their own, which expand the meaning of the root word. This is not so with this word.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/scribble
and
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=scribble&searchmode=none

5 = correct
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=despise&searchmode=none

Answer 2

Confused? So there is a root word for this word? It actually comes from the word scribe?

Answer 3

Yes, it comes from "scribe" -- and I suppose your answer in your first post is correct. But I would never list -le as a suffix!