This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Vocabulary > Word Formation – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Word Formation Quiz 10 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the correct form of the word "intelligent" -"John says that dogs have a high level of ..... which is why they learn tricks so easily." A) Intelligence. B) Intelligency. C) Intelligentness. D) Intelligencity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Intelligence. 2. What is the word formation process where a word is shortened? A) Abolishment. B) Abbreviation. C) Contraption. D) Abridgment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abbreviation. 3. The noun of replace A) Replacement. B) Replacing. C) Replaced. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Replacement. 4. My parents think I'm ..... because I'm always late when they arrange to meet me somewhere. A) Irresponsible. B) Iresponsible. C) Unresponsible. D) Responsible. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irresponsible. 5. It was very ..... of her to bring me a gift for no reason. A) Thoughtless. B) Discouraging. C) Thoughtful. D) Annoying. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thoughtful. 6. He is under 25, hard-working and ..... A) Energy. B) Energize. C) Energizing. D) Energetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Energetic. 7. An ..... person always wants to move ahead to make their wishes become true. A) Ambition. B) Ambitician. C) Ambitiously. D) Ambitious. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ambitious. 8. Choose the correct form of the word "important" - "When it comes to choosing an area to live in, safety is of great ..... " A) Importantness. B) Importanty. C) Importance. D) Importantence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Importance. 9. What is the process of creating new words from existing ones through various methods called? A) Affixation. B) Word formation. C) Derivation. D) Back-formation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Word formation. 10. We're raising money to build a new fitness centre and your generous ..... will be a great help A) Payment. B) Sponsorship. C) Estimation. D) Contribution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Contribution. 11. This amendment ..... the president to declare an emergency for a wide range of reasons. A) Empowers. B) Generalises. C) Origins. D) Intends. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Empowers. 12. He was (HAPPY) ..... at being left out of the team. A) Happiness. B) Happily. C) Imhappy. D) Unhappy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unhappy. 13. The three sons were overjoyed. They went to the field and started ..... A) To search. B) Searched. C) Search. D) To searching. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To search. 14. I've ..... your email by accident. Can you send it to me again? A) Deleted (v.). B) Deleted (adj.). C) Deletion (n.). D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deleted (v.). 15. Add to correct word:over- A) Doubt. B) Cook. C) Simple. D) Titles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cook. 16. Why is the Channel Tunnel considered to be a great engineering (achieve)? A) Unachievable. B) Achievable. C) Achiever. D) Achievement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Achievement. 17. Which of these prefixes means to undo? A) "contra-". B) "dis-". C) "di-". D) "endo-". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "dis-". 18. Salem has made a lot of ..... on his project. A) Progression. B) Progress. C) Progressive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Progress. 19. The correspondent noun to the verb CLEAR is A) Clearing. B) Clean. C) Clearance. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clearance. 20. Nowadays students need to learn how to ..... on projects. A) Collaborating. B) Collaboration. C) Collaborate. D) Collaborated. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Collaborate. 21. The first settlers came from ..... islands of the Pacific. (DISTANCE) A) Distancing. B) Distant. C) Distanced. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Distant. 22. The verb for FREEDOM is ..... A) FREE. B) FREELY. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) FREE. 23. When a words acquires a more negative or downgraded meaning the process is called ..... A) Pejoration. B) Political correctness. C) Lexical negativity. D) Postive expansion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pejoration. 24. It is the ..... knowledge. A) Generally. B) General. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) General. 25. The little boy felt very ..... because his parents did not let him go with them. A) Disappointing. B) Disappointed. C) Disappointment. D) Disappoint. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Disappointed. 26. What ..... you to be an architechture. A) Inspires. B) Inspiration. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inspires. 27. We should try to ..... all of this information so that it is easier to understand. A) Synthesizing. B) Synthesized. C) Synthesize. D) Synthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Synthesize. 28. The correspondent noun to the verb INSPIRE is A) Inspiration. B) Inspired. C) Inspiring. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inspiration. 29. They handled the merchandise ..... for the manufacturer. A) Exclusive. B) Exclusion. C) Exclusively. D) Exclude. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exclusively. 30. Maya found a mysterious blackbird in her backyard. What is the primary phonological modification in the word "blackbird" ? A) Clipping. B) Stress shift from one syllable to another. C) Addition of a prefix. D) Addition of a suffix. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stress shift from one syllable to another. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesWord Formation Quiz 1Word Formation Quiz 2Word Formation Quiz 3Word Formation Quiz 4Word Formation Quiz 5Word Formation Quiz 6Word Formation Quiz 7Word Formation Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books