This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Vocabulary > Word Formation Academic Writing – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Word Formation Academic Writing Quiz 21 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What verb goes with the ending-sion and turns into a noun? A) Convert. B) Simple. C) Care. D) Owner. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Convert. 2. The Red Cross organizes and leads relief assistance missions after ..... , such as natural disasters, man-made disasters, and epidemics. A) Emergent. B) Emergencies. C) Emergently. D) Emergence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emergencies. 3. A new word formed from the initial letters of other words. A) Clipping. B) Acronym. C) Compounding. D) Calque. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Acronym. 4. Fax machines were a wonderful ..... at the time. A) Invent. B) Inventive. C) Invention. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Invention. 5. Sorapong needs to have a ..... from his former employer if he wants to applyfor the job here. A) Preference. B) Transference. C) Interference. D) Reference. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reference. 6. This pattern creates a hologram that you can see by illuminating the plate with a laser. A) Acronym. B) Conversion. C) Clipping. D) Derivation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Acronym. 7. Lots of people move to cities in ..... of career options (PURSUE) A) PURSUIT. B) PURSUING. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) PURSUIT. 8. What verb goes with the ending-ness and turns into a noun? A) Amuse. B) Adapt. C) Deaf. D) Evade. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deaf. 9. ..... is a characteristic that many politicians lack. A) HONESTY. B) HONEST. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) HONESTY. 10. Choose the correct suffix to form new words:quick A) Ly. B) Able. C) Er. D) Ful. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ly. 11. Noun for EDUCATE A) Educational. B) Educative. C) Education. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Education. 12. She has received three marriage ..... this year. (PROPOSE) A) Proposal. B) Proposals. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Proposals. 13. As I was watching the beauty pageant in television, I saw an ..... for Jollibee which made me feel so hungry. A) Show. B) Clip. C) Movie. D) Ad. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ad. 14. AMUCK came from the Malay word "amok" which means frenzied or out of control. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 15. Some online games are totally ..... for children. They mustn't play them. A) Unsuitable. B) Suited. C) Unsuiting. D) Suitable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unsuitable. 16. I ..... eating alone. I always have to have someone to talk to A) ALIKE. B) DISLIKE. C) LIKABLE. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) DISLIKE. 17. It is an ADJECTIVE A) Paint. B) Painless. C) Pain. D) Painting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Painless. 18. This painting is ..... A) Beautiful. B) Beautifull. C) Beauty. D) Beautifying. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beautiful. 19. Many families lost their homes and all of their ..... (POSSESS) A) Possessive. B) Possessed. C) Possessions. D) Possess. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Possessions. 20. It is an ..... sound that comes from the forest. I have never heard anything like it before. A) Family. B) Unfamiliar. C) Familiar. D) Familarity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unfamiliar. 21. Fill in the gap:The fact that he's eating with a good appetite is a ..... sign. A) Hopingly. B) Hopeful. C) Hoping. D) Hopeless. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hopeful. 22. Jack, who was an excellent shooter, ..... missed his target. A) Repertoire. B) Repeatedly. C) Repetitive. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repeatedly. 23. You need to read more to ..... your mind. A) Widen. B) Broaden. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Broaden. 24. In spite of all their effort, their results were considered ..... A) Unsatisfactory. B) Insatisfactory. C) Dissatisfied. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unsatisfactory. 25. He saw her in the crowd but suddenly she ..... (APPEAR) A) Appeared. B) Disappear. C) Appear. D) Disappeared. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Disappeared. 26. Identify the word-formation process for each highlighted word.GYM A) Affixed word. B) Clipped word. C) Compound word. D) Blended word. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clipped word. 27. The Italian restaurant at the end of my road is really ..... A) Trendful. B) Trend. C) Trendy. D) Trendiness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trendy. 28. Identify the word-formation process for each highlighted word.SPORK A) Clipped word. B) Compound word. C) Affixed word. D) Blended word. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Blended word. 29. It's been two decades since that volcano became inactive. A) Conversion. B) Acronym. C) Clipping. D) Derivation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Derivation. 30. Luke's little brother can be a real ..... (annoy) at times. A) Annoyed. B) Annoying. C) Annoyance. D) Annoyence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Annoyance. ← 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