This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Vocabulary > Word Formation Academic Writing – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Word Formation Academic Writing Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does the prefix POLY mean in the context of chemistry? A) Small. B) Many. C) A few. D) Some. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Many. 2. Mom opened the door and ..... crept into the room. (CAUTION) A) Cautionary. B) Cautious. C) Precaution. D) Cautiously. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cautiously. 3. Choose the correct order NOUN, VERB, ADJECTIVE A) Concentrated, concentration, concentrate. B) Concentration, concentrate, concentrated. C) Concentrate, concentration, concentrated. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Concentration, concentrate, concentrated. 4. Identify the word-formation process for each highlighted word.SMOG A) Compound word. B) Blended word. C) Clipped word. D) Affixed word. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Blended word. 5. Fill in the gap:The story is set in an ..... world. A) Imagery. B) Imagination. C) Imaginary. D) Imaginating. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imaginary. 6. He felt ..... in his new job, so he left it. (ADEQUACY) A) INADEQUATE. B) UNADEQUATE. C) ADEQUATE. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) INADEQUATE. 7. A Cakes that has various shapes and can be eaten is called an ..... cake. A) Editor. B) Edible. C) Editable. D) Edit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Edible. 8. Gigil is actually found in the Oxford English Dictionary. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 9. The farmer was accused of his ..... to animals. A) Cruel. B) Cruelty. C) Cruelly. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cruelty. 10. Choose the adjective that is formed from the word 'misery': A) Joyful. B) Miserable. C) Exciting. D) Happy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Miserable. 11. Which prefix is used to denote the antonym of the word: "fortunate" A) "Mis". B) "Un". C) "In". D) "Dis". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Un". 12. The school offers free after-school ..... for its students to participate. A) Act. B) Activity. C) Action. D) Active. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Activity. 13. There was a huge ..... at the concert. A) Crowd. B) Crowded. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crowd. 14. Divers went down to a ..... of over 30 metres. A) Deep. B) Depth. C) Deeper. D) Deepest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Depth. 15. The ..... effects of losing a job can be very serious. (PSYCHOLOGY) A) Psychological. B) Psycho. C) Psychologist. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Psychological. 16. Has anybody seen my bag? It totally ..... ( to appear) A) Appearless. B) Unappear. C) Appear. D) Disappear. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Disappear. 17. What verb goes with the ending-ment and turns into a noun? A) Consider. B) Friend. C) Achieve. D) Leader. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Achieve. 18. That was a ..... story (hate) A) Hated. B) Hater. C) Hateful. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hateful. 19. I don't want to be fired . Being ..... is the worst thing that can happen to me now. A) Unemployment. B) Employed. C) Unemployed. D) Employer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unemployed. 20. I've never had ..... problems. (medicine) A) Medicine. B) Medical. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Medical. 21. We're amateurs and they're professionals, so we're not ..... A) COMPARABLE. B) COMPARATIVE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) COMPARABLE. 22. Which prefix is used to denote the antonym of the word: "happy" A) "In". B) "Un". C) "Mis". D) "Dis". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Un". 23. What verb goes with the ending-cy and turns into a noun? A) Resist. B) Bankrupt. C) Revive. D) Exist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bankrupt. 24. If you plan your journey carefully you will have an ..... time in India. (FORGET) A) Unforget. B) Unforgettable. C) Forget. D) Forgetting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unforgettable. 25. Verb for INFORMATION A) Inform. B) Informative. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inform. 26. Athens is FAMOUS for its ancient buildings A) Verb. B) Adjective. C) Noun. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adjective. 27. The weatherman said there is a strong ..... of rain today. A) Possibility. B) Impossible. C) Possibly. D) Possible. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Possibility. 28. Which prefix is used to denote the antonym of the word: "polite" A) "Im". B) "Un". C) "Non". D) "Dis". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Un". 29. The ..... of free-diving is any underwater activity which people do by holding their breath for a long time A) Define. B) Definity. C) Definition. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Definition. 30. I didn't tell him the whole ..... A) TRUTH. B) TRUTHY. C) TRUTHLESS. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUTH. 31. You should consider your options ..... before making a decision A) Careless. B) Careful. C) Carefully. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carefully. 32. What is the root word in the word 'quickly'? A) Quicksand. B) Quicksilver. C) Quick. D) Quicken. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Quick. 33. The customers expressed ..... to buy that apartment (refuse) A) Refused. B) Refusal. C) Refuse. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Refusal. 34. Pick the two techniques under affixes A) Suffix, affix. B) Prefix, affixes. C) Pr efix. D) Prefix, suffix. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prefix, suffix. 35. What verb goes with the ending-ed and turns into a noun? A) Evident. B) Arrive. C) Wreck. D) Annoy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wreck. 36. Mr Gelimat has an ..... touch to the things that he does. A) Art. B) Artist. C) Artistic. D) Arting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Artistic. 37. Flour is an ..... ingredient to make a cake (essence) A) Essentially. B) Essential. C) Essence. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Essential. 38. She often ..... her children by telling them stories. A) Entertain. B) Entertains. C) Entertaining. D) Entertainment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Entertains. 39. ..... , I was invited to watch the new film (LUCKY) A) Luck. B) Luckily. C) Lucks. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Luckily. 40. What is the noun from the highlighted verb?It's her problem and I'm not going to interfere. A) She seems to regard any advice or help from me as interfering. B) She seems to regard any advice or help from me as interferement. C) She seems to regard any advice or help from me as interference. D) She seems to regard any advice or help from me as interferation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She seems to regard any advice or help from me as interference. 41. The company is very interested in product design and ..... A) Innovate. B) Innovation. C) Innovating. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Innovation. 42. I thought my essay was fine, but my teacher told me I had to ..... it. A) Overdo. B) Do. C) Redo. D) Re do. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Redo. 43. A verb for 'successful' is ..... A) To successing. B) To success. C) To succ. D) To succeed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To succeed. 44. Click the clipped word of hippopotamus A) Hippopo. B) Hippo. C) Hippotamus. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hippo. 45. This new type of infection is ..... to antibiotics. A) Resistant. B) Consistent. C) Persistent. D) Assistant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Resistant. 46. Choose the right adjective/adjectives that is/are made from the verb 'protect': A) Protective. B) Protectively. C) Protection. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Protective. 47. Look. There are no houses, no streets, no people. It is an ..... land. A) Populated. B) Unpopulated. C) Inpopulated. D) Popular. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unpopulated. 48. Smoking and drinking alcohol is very ..... for your health. (harm) A) Harmfull. B) Harm. C) Harmful. D) Harmless. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Harmful. 49. The homework was ..... done (intelligence) A) Intelligence. B) Intelligently. C) Intelligent. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Intelligently. 50. Identify the word-formation process for each highlighted word.EXAM A) Clipped word. B) Blended word. C) Affixed word. D) Compound word. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clipped word. 51. Changes in the sea temperature will increase the ..... of hurricanes. A) Frequent. B) Frequency. C) Frequently. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frequency. 52. What is the blend for Clash? A) Clap+Cash. B) Cash+Clash. C) Clap+Crash. D) Clash+Camp. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clap+Crash. 53. He moved about the house so ..... that he woke me up (NOISE) A) NOISLESSLY. B) NOISYLY. C) NOISY. D) NOISILY. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) NOISILY. 54. That book was a good read. A) Conversion. B) Acronym. C) Derivation. D) Clipping. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conversion. 55. I happen to know a lot of ..... people. A) Faming. B) Famous. C) Famed. D) Fame. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Famous. 56. What is the noun from the given adjective?be fascinated-the ..... of her story A) Fascination. B) Fascinating. C) Fascinate. D) Fascinatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fascination. 57. The injection is quite ..... It doesn't hurt A) Painfully. B) Painful. C) Painless. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Painless. 58. The hotel offers a ..... view of the sea. (SPECTACLE) A) Spectacle. B) Spectator. C) Spectacular. D) Spectacles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spectacular. 59. The ..... of the painting was breathtaking. (beautiful) A) Beauty. B) Beautify. C) Beautiful. D) Beautifully. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beauty. 60. We are sisters but we have ..... personalities (to differ) A) Difference. B) More different. C) Different. D) Differently. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Different. Next →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesWord Formation Academic Writing Quiz 2Word Formation Academic Writing Quiz 3Word Formation Academic Writing Quiz 4Word Formation Academic Writing Quiz 5Word Formation Academic Writing Quiz 6Word Formation Academic Writing Quiz 7Word Formation Academic Writing Quiz 8Word Formation Academic Writing Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books