This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Vocabulary > Word Formation – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Word Formation Quiz 19 (17 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The community decided ..... money for a project that would provide clean drinking water to rural villages. A) To raise. B) Raising. C) Raised. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To raise. 2. The ..... of tropical foests is of crucial importance A) Conservatory. B) Conserved. C) Conservation. D) Conservational. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conservation. 3. The ..... was so loud that it was heard a few blocks away. A) Explode. B) Explosion. C) Explosive. D) Explotion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Explosion. 4. Your new dress makes you more ..... A) Beautifully. B) Beauty. C) Beautiful. D) Beautify. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beautiful. 5. The section under the sea is 38km long and the entire ..... is 50.5km. A) Length. B) Longinity. C) Longer. D) Long. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Length. 6. The butter ..... when it is hot. A) Softens. B) Softable. C) Soft. D) Softed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Softens. 7. Hey there! Let's play a game of stress placement in compound words! Where do you think the stress is typically placed in compound words? A) On the first syllable. B) On the last syllable. C) On the second syllable. D) On every syllable equally. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On the first syllable. 8. On the ISS, ..... have to attach themselves so they don't float around. A) Astronomy. B) Astronomers. C) Astronauts. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Astronauts. 9. Favier's plan ..... (adopt) by French leader Napoleon Bonaparte. A) Was adopted. B) Has adopted. C) Has been adopted. D) Adopted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was adopted. 10. In the early 1990s they made a series of interesting and original CDs ..... Zooropa and Achtung Baby-and continued to sell millions of copies. A) Have included. B) Included. C) Include. D) Including. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Including. 11. The ..... account given by the witness convinced the jury of the plaintiff's right to a settlement. A) Description. B) Descriptive. C) Describe. D) Describing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Descriptive. 12. Avoid eating chips if you want lose weight; they're very ..... A) Fattest. B) Fatten. C) Fattening. D) Fatter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fattening. 13. His arguments were ..... resistible. A) Un-. B) In-. C) Dis-. D) Ir-. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ir-. 14. The scientists' ..... is amazing. A) Discover. B) Discovery. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Discovery. 15. Hey there! Can you tell me what happens when you combine words or morphemes to create new ones? A) Compounding. B) Clipping. C) Affixation. D) Conversion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compounding. 16. Students can gain ..... benefits from learning to work together. A) Considering. B) Consideration. C) Considerable. D) Considerate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Considerable. 17. Which method of word formation involves changing the grammatical category of a word without adding affixes? A) Conversion. B) Affixation. C) Borrowing. D) Derivation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conversion. ← PreviousRelated 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