This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Vocabulary > Word Formation – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Word Formation Quiz 4 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the word formation method where a new word is created by removing an affix from an existing word? A) Acronyms. B) Clipping. C) Compounding. D) Back-formation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Back-formation. 2. She wasn't that ..... Just crying. ( Hysteria) A) Hysterical. B) Hysterically. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hysterical. 3. What is the process of adopting words from other languages into English called? A) Compounding. B) Coinage. C) Borrowing. D) Clipping. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Borrowing. 4. The weather is quite ..... nowadays. You never know what to wear. A) Changeable. B) Changes. C) Changing. D) Change. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Changeable. 5. Hey there! Can you guess the main process used to create compound nouns? A) Conversion. B) Clipping. C) Affixation. D) Compounding. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compounding. 6. Make a noun from:explain A) Explanation. B) Explainment. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Explanation. 7. How can you say 'think again' in one word? A) Rethink. B) Overthink. C) Thought. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rethink. 8. I can speak Spanglish. What word formation process was used? A) Eponym. B) Conversion. C) Derivation. D) Blending. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Blending. 9. The holocaust is a ..... episode of human history. A) Shameful. B) Ashamed. C) Shamefully. D) Shame. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shameful. 10. Find negative:official A) Imofficial. B) Anofficial. C) Unofficial. D) Irofficial. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unofficial. 11. You can use this kitchen. It's fully ..... A) Equipped. B) Equip. C) Equiped. D) Equipment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Equipped. 12. ..... can be dangerous. A) Generality. B) Generalization. C) Generally. D) Generalise. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Generalization. 13. This town is ..... (beauty) A) Beautiful. B) Beautyful. C) Beautifull. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beautiful. 14. This story is very peculiar. It is quite ..... usual A) Disusual. B) Ilusual. C) Unusual. D) Misusual. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unusual. 15. "Since the goal seems ..... , I believe we should begin at once, " Tom argued. A) Achievements. B) Achieve. C) Achieving. D) Achievable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Achievable. 16. Listen to me kids. I'll tell you an ..... story about love and peace. A) Endless. B) Ending. C) End. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Endless. 17. Hey there! Can you guess which process involves mashing up parts of two different words to create a brand new one? A) Blending. B) Affixation. C) Conversion. D) Clipping. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blending. 18. The word is, J E G G I N G S A) DERIAVATION. B) BLENDING. C) CLIPPING. D) EPONYM. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) BLENDING. 19. If we do not ..... balance economic growth with environmental conservation, future generations will suffer. A) Carefully. B) Careful. C) Care. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carefully. 20. I was told to make sure I aroused the ..... of the reader. A) Curiousness. B) Curiositude. C) Curiosity. D) Curiously. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Curiosity. 21. Which word formation method involves joining two or more words to form a new one? A) Clipping. B) Conversion. C) Acronyms. D) Blending. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Blending. 22. I'm feeling quite ..... as the baby was crying all the night. A) Sleep. B) Sleeping. C) Sleepy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sleepy. 23. Mr Preacher placed an ..... in the local newspaper. A) Advertise. B) Advertisement. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Advertisement. 24. Make a noun from:argue A) Argument. B) Arguement. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Argument. 25. This government department was started to deal with the ..... of health in fitness in teens. A) Promotion. B) Appearance. C) Indication. D) Appreciation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Promotion. 26. His kind words were very ..... and made me feel better. A) Meaningful. B) Fascinated. C) Meaningless. D) Confused. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meaningful. 27. The job as housing supervisor requires excellent ..... skills. A) Administratively. B) Administration. C) Administrative. D) Administer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Administrative. 28. Helen was accused of stealing money but she ..... denied. A) Flatly. B) Flat. C) Flatness. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flatly. 29. He is a talented musician/ musical/ music who plays multiple instruments. A) Musician. B) Musical. C) Music. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Musician. 30. I was hit ..... on the nose. A) Right. B) Rightly. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Right. 31. Make noun:invent A) Invention. B) Inventhood. C) Inventure. D) Inventage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Invention. 32. The information in that article is ..... inaccurate. A) Historian. B) Historical. C) History. D) Historically. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Historically. 33. There has been some unusual ..... in temperature this month. A) Variety. B) Variously. C) Varied. D) Variance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Variance. 34. Once upon a time there was a good old woman who ..... in a little house. A) Lived. B) Lives. C) Live. D) Living. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lived. 35. What does the word root gastr refer to? A) "large intestine". B) "small intestine". C) "kidneys". D) "stomach". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "stomach". 36. Provide an example of a word formed through blending. A) Smash. B) Splendiferous. C) Glitter. D) Brunch. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brunch. 37. I want to visit all ..... places in Andros A) Interesting. B) Interested. C) Interestingly. D) Interest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interesting. 38. There are ..... resources in Thailand. A) Natural. B) Nature. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Natural. 39. What word formation process what used in the word "bookcase" ? A) Acronym. B) Blending. C) Eponym. D) Compounding. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compounding. 40. At the party, Joe just sat in the corner playing games on his phone. He is ..... (SOCIABILITY) A) Sociable. B) Unsociable. C) Unsociably. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unsociable. 41. Make a noun from:advertise A) Advertisment. B) Adverticion. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Advertisment. 42. Some nouns are taken from the past participle of the verb AR becomes ado, and IR become idoPescar A) Pesca. B) El pez. C) Fish. D) Pescado. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pescado. 43. The factory manager was so ..... that the employees left in disgust. A) Dictator. B) Dictatorship. C) Dictatorial. D) Dictate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dictatorial. 44. The ..... is incredibly sneaky and intelligent. We cannot catch him. A) Hacker (n.). B) Hack (v.). C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hacker (n.). 45. Stop being so ..... and make up your mind! A) Undecisive. B) Redecisive. C) Indecisive. D) Decisive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indecisive. 46. DOUBLE POINT:You should take the offer. It's an ..... price for a two-week holiday in Spain. (BEAT) A) Unbeating. B) Unbeated. C) Unbeatable. D) Inbeatable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unbeatable. 47. The noun for FOLLOW is ..... A) FOLLOWER. B) FOLLOWING. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) FOLLOWER. 48. My mother suffers from ..... panic attacks. A) Period. B) Periodical. C) Periodic. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Periodic. 49. Give an example of a word formed through reduplication. A) Yes-yes. B) Hello-hello. C) Bye-bye. D) Goodbye-goodbye. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bye-bye. 50. O que significa "ciclo" em grego? A) Mover. B) Ciclo. C) Escrever. D) Auto. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ciclo. 51. I am more ..... than you to play the game. A) Motivate. B) Motivation. C) Motivated. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Motivated. 52. He has ..... completed his stidies. A) Successful. B) Successfully. C) Success. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Successfully. 53. Public ..... of the problem will make politicians take it seriously. A) Aware. B) Awareness. C) Unaware. D) Unawareness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Awareness. 54. Because cities are heavily ..... , many residents suffer from respiratory diseases that weaken their quality of life. A) Pollution. B) Polluted. C) Pollute. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Polluted. 55. Which of the following is an example of a calque? A) Blue blood. B) Taxi. C) Karaoke. D) Thank you. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blue blood. 56. Your ..... has always motivated students to keep on working with effort and discipline. A) UNENTHUSIASM. B) ENTHUSIAST. C) ENTHUSIASTIC. D) ENTHUSIASM. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) ENTHUSIASM. 57. The baby has an ..... smile. A) Adorable. B) Adorful. C) Adore. D) Adoring. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adorable. 58. Don't put David in charge of arranging the theatre trip; he's too ..... A) Organized. B) Disorganized. C) Organization. D) Unorganized. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Disorganized. 59. I was delighted to be told I'd created a highly ..... novel. A) Atmospheric. B) Atmosphered. C) Atmosferic. D) Atmoshperical. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Atmospheric. 60. This program will also allow Ukrainian universities to cooperate ..... with European universities. A) Closelier. B) More close. C) More closely. D) Most close. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) More closely. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesWord Formation Quiz 1Word Formation Quiz 2Word Formation Quiz 3Word Formation Quiz 5Word Formation Quiz 6Word Formation Quiz 7Word Formation Quiz 8Word Formation Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books