This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Vocabulary > Word Formation Academic Writing – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Word Formation Academic Writing Quiz 18 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. We add the ending ..... to nouns to form verbs A) -ify. B) -ment. C) -ly. D) -ize. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) -ize. 2. Fill in the blankPlease don't ..... my clothes! A) Tear (Adv). B) Tear (Adj). C) Tear (n). D) Tear (v). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tear (v). 3. The word WIG is a nonce word. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 4. It's not ..... for you to go outside during a thunderstorm A) Saver. B) Safe. C) Save. D) Savest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Safe. 5. He was the least ..... person in the room. A) Irritating. B) Irritated. C) Irritation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irritated. 6. The film contains violent and ..... language and is unsuitable for children. A) Abused. B) Abuser. C) Abusive. D) Abuse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abusive. 7. The process where a longer word is reduced to a single syllable, the-y or-ie is added to the end. A) Calque. B) Hypocorism. C) Eponym. D) Acronym. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hypocorism. 8. Select the correct word:His ..... to the team was invaluable. (CONTRIBUTE) A) Contributive. B) Contribution. C) Contributing. D) Contributor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Contribution. 9. What is the prefix in the word 'replay'? A) Un-. B) Re-. C) Dis-. D) Pre-. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Re-. 10. ..... bowel syndrome makes people's lives much more difficult. A) Irritated. B) Irritating. C) Irritable. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irritable. 11. They have a wonderfull ..... (collect) of stamps A) Collectable. B) Collected. C) Collection. D) Collective. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Collection. 12. Mum didn't go up to the top because she is afraid of ..... A) HEIGHT. B) HIGH. C) HEIGHTS. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) HEIGHTS. 13. It was ..... four when he finally arrived with the groceries. A) Throughout. B) Passed. C) Past. D) Against. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Past. 14. Many people think that capital punishment is completely ..... ACCEPT A) ACCEPTABILITY. B) UNACCEPTABLE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) UNACCEPTABLE. 15. Find correct suffix to form new word:Accurate A) -ian. B) -th. C) -cy. D) -ness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) -cy. 16. Fill in the gap:All in all, it was an ..... evening. A) Enjoying. B) Enjoyably. C) Enjoyable. D) Enjoyment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Enjoyable. 17. My grandparents' visit was quite ..... They never come to us on weekdays. A) Expect. B) Expected. C) Unexpected. D) Unexpectedly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unexpected. 18. I do like your new friend Jasper. He tells the funniest jokes and seems to be a very ..... young man.(ENTERTAIN) A) Entertaining. B) Entertainment. C) Entertainer. D) Entertained. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Entertaining. 19. The process where syllables (rather than morphemes) is omitted. A) Clipping. B) Blending. C) Acronym. D) Compounding. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clipping. 20. Always ..... (connect) the appliance before you clean it. A) Connection. B) Connect. C) Connecting. D) Disconnect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Disconnect. 21. European ..... arrived in Asia in the 15th century. A) Sailing. B) Sailors. C) Sailed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sailors. 22. The new policy aims to ..... the process of obtaining a visa. (simple) A) Simplify. B) Simple. C) Simplicity. D) Simplification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simplify. 23. We regularly visit our grandma in another town. The ending ly can be added to most adjectives to form ..... A) Adverbs. B) Nouns. C) Verbs. D) Pronouns. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adverbs. 24. What is the noun from the given adjective?get anxious-suffer from ..... A) Anxitement. B) Anxiety. C) Anxiousness. D) Anxiousment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anxiety. 25. I think all the spiders are ..... A) Scared. B) Scaring. C) Scrare. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scaring. 26. You don't seem very ..... about the party. Don't you want to go tonight? A) Enthusiastic. B) Enthusiast. C) Enthusiasm. D) Enthusiastically. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Enthusiastic. 27. That kind of documentaries is ..... I love them (fascinate) A) Fascination. B) Fascinated. C) Fascinating. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fascinating. 28. I can't ..... between the salad and the chicken. A) Deciding. B) Decision. C) Decide. D) Decisive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Decide. 29. What is the blend for Sitcom? A) Situation comedy. B) Sitting Comedy. C) SituationCom. D) Sitcomedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Situation comedy. 30. In the word "grovelling" the ending-ing form is mistaken to be a A) Present participle. B) A gerund. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Present participle. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesWord Formation Academic Writing Quiz 1Word 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 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books