This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Vocabulary > Word Formation Academic Writing – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Word Formation Academic Writing Quiz 19 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the word-formation process for each highlighted word.SUNFLOWER A) Clipped word. B) Blended word. C) Affixed word. D) Compound word. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compound word. 2. What verb goes with the ending-ance and turns into a noun? A) Bury. B) Break. C) Insist. D) Disturb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Disturb. 3. Choose the noun that is formed from the word 'active': A) Activeness. B) Activity. C) Activing. D) Activeness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Activity. 4. The land is very dry, which makes ..... difficult (FARM). A) Farming. B) Farmed. C) Farmer. D) Farms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Farming. 5. It's not Karen's ..... to give up eating meal completely. (intend) A) Intention. B) Intent. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Intention. 6. The film was less ..... than I thought. A) Fascination. B) Fascinated. C) Fascinating. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fascinating. 7. If you add a (a) to a word, it changes the meaning of the word. A) Preview. B) Predict. C) A. prefix. D) Pretest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A. prefix. 8. After August, heavy rains cause river levels to rise and make Son Doong Cave largely ..... A) Accessibly. B) Access. C) Inaccessible. D) Accessible. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inaccessible. 9. You make a cake by ..... eggs, flour, sugar and butter together. A) Mixture. B) Mixing. C) Mix. D) Mixer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mixing. 10. Credit cards are REALLY useful, but you have to be CAREFUL with them A) Adverb / adjective. B) Conjunction / preposition. C) Verb / adjective. D) Adjective / adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adverb / adjective. 11. I don't ..... him to change his mind. He's so stubborn. A) Hope. B) Expect. C) Think. D) Understand. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Expect. 12. The new law still does not offer enough ..... for many endangered species. A) Protected. B) Protection. C) Protective. D) Protect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protection. 13. English is enriched by different languages from other countries A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 14. Which prefix is used to denote the antonym of the word: "visible" A) "Dis". B) "Un". C) "Non". D) "In". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "In". 15. We used to have an electric ..... , but now we've got a gas one. (cook) A) Cooking. B) Cooker. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cooker. 16. Make sure you have something ..... to say before you stand up and speak (CONSTRUCT). A) Constructed. B) Construct. C) Constructively. D) Constructive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Constructive. 17. Sometimes it is ..... to find suitable books for our children. A) Difficulty. B) Difficult. C) Difficulties. D) Difficultly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Difficult. 18. There is no sun in the sky. It is ..... A) Cloudy. B) Cloud. C) Sun. D) Sunny. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cloudy. 19. The text is about Nephrology. What is being studied? A) Heart. B) Skin. C) Kidney. D) Arms and legs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kidney. 20. Directions:Identify the word-formation process for each highlighted word.We watched a biopic about Beethoven. A) Acronym. B) Compounding. C) Clipping. D) Borrowing. E) Blending. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Blending. 21. That's an ..... job. It requires real ..... in economy. I can't do that. A) Ordinary / engage. B) Extraordinary / disengagement. C) Extraordinary / engagement. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Extraordinary / engagement. 22. Add suffix to form new word:Crystal A) -en. B) -ish. C) -ize. D) -ate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) -ize. 23. Every child must have a happy ..... (child) A) Childish. B) Childhood. C) Children. D) Childage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Childhood. 24. There are many ..... companies that are working on new technologies. (INNOVATE) A) Innovatives. B) Innovativing. C) Innovatived. D) Innovative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Innovative. 25. Adjective for like A) Likeable. B) Liking. C) Liked. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Likeable. 26. Directions:Choose the correct answer.My students are ordering pizza. A) Spanish. B) Chinese. C) Italian. D) Japanese. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Italian. 27. ..... brought the Plague to Europe from Asia. (SAIL) A) Sailer. B) Sail. C) Sailors. D) Sailing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sailors. 28. He is a (a) ..... (b) ..... and he is proud of it. A) Patriotic (b) patriotism. B) Patriot (b) patriotism. C) Patriotic (b) patriot. D) Patriotism (b) patriotically. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Patriotic (b) patriot. 29. What is the root word in the word 'happily'? A) Happin. B) Happy. C) Happi. D) Happil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Happy. 30. I don't speak Spanish very well but I can read it quite ..... (EASY) A) Easygoing. B) Uneasy. C) Easier. D) Easily. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Easily. ← 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