This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Vocabulary > Word Formation – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Word Formation Quiz 18 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following words is an example of semantic narrowing? A) Meat (originally meant any kind of food now). B) Holiday (originally meant a holy day). C) Girl (originally meant a young person). D) Deer (originally meant any animal). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meat (originally meant any kind of food now). 2. Janet gave all her ..... to her mother so that she could pay for her fathers burial. A) Savings. B) Save. C) Saved. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Savings. 3. My father attended an ..... conference in Lisbon A) International. B) Inaccessible. C) Improblable. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) International. 4. Make a noun from:prepare A) Preparation. B) Preparament. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Preparation. 5. Over 2000 ..... took part in a traditional Christmas race. A) Contest. B) Contests. C) Contestants. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Contestants. 6. Nocturnal animals are (ACTIVE) ..... during the daytime. A) React. B) Acting. C) Inactive. D) Actor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inactive. 7. Change the O in the past partisimple to ABeber A) BeBe. B) Be. C) Drink. D) Bebida. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bebida. 8. Hey there! Can you tell me what the word formation process is called when we create bases from the initial letters of a sequence of words? A) Clipping. B) Conversion. C) Affixation. D) Initialism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Initialism. 9. In retrospect, she had an ..... expression on her face at that time. A) Amused. B) Amusement. C) Amusedly. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amused. 10. Find false one:to use A) -ful. B) -y. C) -less. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) -y. 11. Teachers should ..... students to think critically about environmental issues so they can become responsible citizens. A) Encouraging. B) Encouragement. C) Encourage. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Encourage. 12. The ..... of forests for agriculture not only releases carbon dioxide but also eliminates the homes of countless species. A) Destroy. B) Destruction. C) Destructive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Destruction. 13. Could you refer me to the same salon? I liked her perm. What word formation was used? A) Conversion. B) Blending. C) Clipping. D) Derivation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clipping. 14. Bromance is an example of word formation using ..... A) Affixation. B) Blending. C) Conversion. D) Compunding. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Blending. 15. In the word 'disagree', what type of word formation process is at play? A) Infixation. B) Circumfixation. C) Prefixation. D) Suffixation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prefixation. 16. Gregory was one of the founders of the Royal ..... Society. A) Astronomer. B) Astronomy. C) Astronomical. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Astronomical. 17. Amy Winehouse's latest CD has become so ..... that she has sold millions of copies after being dead. A) Succeed. B) Success. C) Successful. D) Successors. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Successful. 18. The rhinoceros, whose numbers have dropped alarmingly recently, has been declared a/an ..... species. A) Dangerous. B) Endangered. C) Endanger. D) Danger. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Endangered. 19. She waters her plants cares/ careful/ carefully every day. A) Cares. B) Careful. C) Carefully. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carefully. 20. It's an ..... and dangerous policy. A) Illogical. B) Logical. C) Logic. D) Logically. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Illogical. 21. When planning meals, you need to think about ..... and taste as well as nutritional value. A) Variance. B) Variety. C) Various. D) Variously. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Variety. 22. We saw a gradual ..... in his writing. A) Improve. B) Improvement. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Improvement. 23. Choose the correct form of the word "sweet" - "Jenny prefers honey in her tea; it has the ..... of sugar, but it's healthier" A) Sweetence. B) Sweetity. C) Sweetcy. D) Sweetness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sweetness. 24. One day, young Faraday attended a lecture given by a ..... scientist, Sir Humphry Davy. A) Famous. B) Famously. C) Infamous. D) Fame. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Famous. 25. Fill in with the correct verb, ending AREl juego A) To play. B) Jugar. C) Juego. D) Jugo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jugar. 26. IN THE INTERESTS OF SAFETY, A NUMBER OF STANDARD ..... NEED TO BE FOLLOWED. A) PROCEDURES. B) PROCEDURING. C) PROCEDEES. D) PROCEDURE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) PROCEDURES. 27. ENVIRONMENTALIST A) NOUN. B) ADJ. C) ADV. D) VERB. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NOUN. 28. Her ..... from school without any excuse made the teacher angry. A) Absence. B) Absently. C) Absent. D) Absences. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Absence. 29. You should make up your ..... or else you miss the great chance. A) Dicisiveness. B) Decision. C) Dicidedly. D) Decider. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decision. 30. Allan appeared to be insterested in ..... topics and can talk about them for hours. A) Political. B) Politician. C) Politically. D) Politics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Political. ← 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