This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Vocabulary > Word Formation – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Word Formation Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Fill in the following with the correct verbs, endings ArEl comienzo A) To start. B) Comenzar. C) :). D) Comenzo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comenzar. 2. The ..... should be done. A) Reserve. B) Reservation. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reservation. 3. The Pikes live in a four-bedroomed bungalow in a very nice ..... area. A) Residing. B) Residence. C) Resident. D) Residential. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Residential. 4. British weather is perhaps at its most ..... in the spring. A) Various. B) Varied. C) Variable. D) Variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Variable. 5. Choose the correct form of the word "frequent" -"More and more people are starting to complain about the ..... of the local bus service." A) Frequently. B) Frequentness. C) Frequency. D) Frequentcy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Frequency. 6. I freely admit I absolutely cannot write ..... passages. A) Descriptive. B) Descripted. C) Description. D) Describing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Descriptive. 7. Are there any ..... between Vietnamese and American culture? A) Differences. B) Differently. C) Differential. D) Different. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Differences. 8. Don't worry, Peter, it isn't your fault. Dave is so ..... that he sometimes becomes ..... A) Irritating/unbearable. B) Irritable/ unbearful. C) Irritable/unbearable. D) Irritate/unbear. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irritable/unbearable. 9. I had an ..... at the dentist' so I had to call off everything else. (APPOINT) A) Appointed. B) Appointment. C) Appoints. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appointment. 10. Please keep your conversation ..... I don't want to know your secrets. A) Privacy (n.). B) Private (adj.). C) Privately (adv.). D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Private (adj.). 11. Add to correct word:un- A) Pleasant. B) Eat. C) Formal. D) Doubt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Doubt. 12. She made an amazing ..... that everyone in the lecture hall stood up and applauded ..... A) Introductive/ heartfully. B) Introduce/ heartily. C) Introductor/ heartly. D) Introduction/ heartily. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Introduction/ heartily. 13. Do you think the ..... the Prime Minister has given is true? A) Informant. B) Information. C) Informed. D) Inform. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Information. 14. Acroding to linguistic expert David Crystal, the only language that does not change is a ..... langauge A) Dead. B) French. C) Foreign. D) Latin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dead. 15. He ..... participates in community clean-up projects because he believes small efforts can create big change. A) Regularly. B) Regular. C) Irregular. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Regularly. 16. This was really an ..... forgettable experience! A) Inforgettable. B) Non-forgettable. C) Unforgettable. D) Disforgettable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unforgettable. 17. Which of these prefixes indicates against? A) "ad-". B) "ab-". C) "ana-". D) "anti-". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "anti-". 18. The word linguistic has: A) A prefix. B) A prefix and a suffix. C) A suffix. D) A root. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A suffix. 19. Which suffix do we need to form noun of these words?insure/guide/attend A) -tion. B) -y. C) -ance. D) -ness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) -ance. 20. It took the team of scientists at a university in Holland over two months ..... the meat. A) Growing. B) To grow. C) Grow. D) Grew. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To grow. 21. Hey there! Can you tell me, which word formation process creates bases from the initial letters of a sequence of words? A) Initialism. B) Conversion. C) Affixation. D) Clipping. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Initialism. 22. He had a ..... of a world in which there would be no wars. A) Visibility. B) Vision. C) Visual. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vision. 23. The generator is one of Faraday's most important ..... A) Achieving. B) Achievement. C) Achieve. D) Achievements. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Achievements. 24. This is a ..... smoking area. You can't smoke in here. A) Not-smoking. B) Unsmoking. C) Dis-smoking. D) Non-smoking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Non-smoking. 25. IN HER ..... TO ANSWER THE PHONE, SHE ALMOST FELL DOWN THE STAIRS. A) EAGERFUL. B) EAGERLY. C) EAGER. D) EAGERNESS. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) EAGERNESS. 26. The medicine made the procedure completely ..... I didn't feel anything! A) Meaningul. B) Painless. C) Thoughtless. D) Discouraging. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Painless. 27. She's getting very ..... in her old age. A) Forgettable. B) Forget. C) Forgetfully. D) Forgetful. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Forgetful. 28. The correspondent noun to the verb ENCOURAGE is A) Encouraging. B) Encouragement. C) Encouraged. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Encouragement. 29. Choose the correct form of the word "patient" -"You need a lot of ..... to work with children." A) Patientce. B) Patiency. C) Patience. D) Patienity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Patience. 30. Find FALSE one:to count A) -able. B) Un-. C) Over-. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Over-. 31. The tickets are ..... valid. You have to stamp it. A) Ir-. B) Un-. C) In-. D) Dis-. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In-. 32. I'm sure I put my wallet in my bag but now it's gone. How ..... ! A) Stranger (n.). B) Strange (adj.). C) Strangely (adv.). D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Strange (adj.). 33. CHOOSE THE CORRECT DEFINITION.WITHOUT THE DESIRE TO SUCCED. A) DISLOYAL. B) DISORGANIZED. C) UNAMBITIOUS. D) UNRELIBLE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) UNAMBITIOUS. 34. An appointment in the afternoon is quite ..... for me. A) Inconvenient. B) Disconvenient. C) Misconvenient. D) Unconvenient. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inconvenient. 35. A workman, 1) ..... wood by the side of a river, let his axe drop by accident into a deep lake. A) Cut. B) Cutting. C) Is cutting. D) Cutted. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cutting. 36. If you aren't ..... you will make a mistake. A) Caring. B) Careful. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Careful. 37. The correspondent noun to the verb IMAGINE is A) Imaginating. B) Imaginative. C) Imagination. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagination. 38. The correspondent noun to the verb KNOW is A) Knowledgeable. B) Knowing. C) Knowledge. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Knowledge. 39. It is ..... to ignore scientific warnings about rising sea levels, as entire coastal cities could disappear. A) Endanger. B) Danger. C) Dangerous. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dangerous. 40. What is the process of inventing a new word in a language called? A) Acronyms. B) Coinage. C) Borrowing. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coinage. 41. DOUBLE POINT:The governor tried to raise some financial ..... for his humanitarian project. (BACK) A) Backed. B) Backup. C) Backing. D) Unback. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Backing. 42. I should list down all of my PIN since I keep on forgetting them. What word formation was used? A) Eponym. B) Blending. C) Acronym. D) Clipping. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Acronym. 43. Such ..... noise prevented us from concentrating on the discussion. A) Continuing. B) Continued. C) Continue. D) Continuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Continuous. 44. They are quite an ..... bunch of students. A) Intelligence. B) Intelligents. C) Intelligent. D) Intelligious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Intelligent. 45. We are encouraged by our professors to ..... and express our own opinions. A) Formulate. B) Formula. C) Formulaic. D) Formulae. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Formulate. 46. There was a strong ..... with the proposals presented by the students. A) DISAGREEMENT. B) AGREEMENT. C) AGREED. D) DISAGREED. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) DISAGREEMENT. 47. Which process involves shortening a word without altering its meaning? A) Conversion. B) Clipping. C) Affixation. D) Derivation by base modification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clipping. 48. Describe your ..... please. A) Personality. B) Person. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personality. 49. A portion called the Darien Gap, mostly jungle about 100 miles (160 km) long located in Panama and Colombia, remains ..... A) Uncomplete. B) Uncompleted. C) No complete. D) Uncompleting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Uncompleted. 50. Make a noun from:inform A) Information. B) Informent. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Information. 51. I think my sister is still very ..... She is 11 years old and still enjoys playing with dolls. A) Inconvenient. B) Immature. C) Impolite. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Immature. 52. The horror movie was too ..... for me-I had nightmares all night! A) Helpless. B) Frightened. C) Frightening. D) Thoughtless. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Frightening. 53. His ..... may sometimes be impolite. A) Straighten. B) Straightforwardness. C) Straight. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Straightforwardness. 54. An unmanned Chinese ..... has returned safely to Earth. A) Spacecraft. B) Space. C) Spacesuit. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spacecraft. 55. I think one of my ..... as a writer is ..... character. A) Strong / portraying. B) Strengths / portraying. C) Strengths / portrayals. D) Strengths / portraits. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Strengths / portraying. 56. The adjective for ASSISTANT is ..... A) Assistant. B) Assist. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assistant. 57. For their own ..... the visitors of zoos are kept at a distance. (SAFE) A) Safely. B) Safety. C) Saving. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Safety. 58. In the word "singer, " the suffix-er is used to: A) Makes it a verb. B) Makes it a noun. C) Makes it smaller. D) Adds no meaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Makes it a noun. 59. Our football team won the ..... and received the ..... from a large company. A) Champion/sponsorship. B) Championship/sponsorship. C) Championship/sponsor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Championship/sponsorship. 60. The piglets ..... themselves to their mother, trying to get as much milk as they can. A) Attach (v.). B) Attachment (n.). C) Attached (adj.). D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Attach (v.). ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesWord Formation Quiz 1Word Formation Quiz 2Word Formation Quiz 4Word Formation Quiz 5Word Formation Quiz 6Word Formation Quiz 7Word Formation Quiz 8Word Formation Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books