This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Vocabulary > Word Formation – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Word Formation Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The process of creating new words is called ..... A) Lexicograhpy. B) Coinage. C) Blending. D) Borrowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coinage. 2. They have written such ..... stories that it'll be hard to choose just one. A) Imagining. B) Imagination. C) Imagine. D) Imaginative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imaginative. 3. Our Physics teacher told us to imagine the ..... of space. A) Emptines. B) Emptiness. C) Empty. D) Emptyness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emptiness. 4. I have been concerned for some time at his general ..... in the classroom. A) Misbehaviour. B) Behave. C) Behaviour. D) Misbehave. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Misbehaviour. 5. She felt ..... when she tripped and fell in front of the whole class. A) Meaningful. B) Fascinated. C) Harmless. D) Embarrassed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Embarrassed. 6. The ..... dressed woman in the advertisement has a posed smile on her face. A) Stylish. B) Stylishly. C) Stylistic. D) Stylistically. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stylishly. 7. I felt really ..... when I started crying. A) Embarrassed. B) Embarrassing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Embarrassed. 8. Is there any ..... that you could pick me up from the station? A) Possibly. B) Impossible. C) Possibility. D) Possible. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Possibility. 9. Volunteering is doing ..... work to help other people. A) Irrelevant. B) Unpaid. C) Coproduced. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unpaid. 10. The ..... carefully wrapped the medicine and attached a detailed instruction on the pack. A) Phamarcist. B) Phamarcer. C) Phamacian. D) Phamartian. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phamarcist. 11. Which of these cavities contains the brain? A) "Thoracic". B) "Spinal". C) "Pelvic". D) "Abdominal". E) "Cranial". Show Answer Correct Answer: E) "Cranial". 12. There is a wide range of ..... in the education system of the USA. A) Selective. B) Selected. C) Select. D) Selection. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Selection. 13. In your ..... , who's going to win the big match on Sunday? A) Indication. B) Estimation. C) Appreciation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Estimation. 14. She's an actress whose inner life has remained ..... , despite the many interviews she has given. A) Mysterious. B) Mystery. C) Mysteriously. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mysterious. 15. Drop the Final vowel and add eroLa Aventura A) El Aventurero. B) Aventure. C) La aventurero. D) Aventura. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) El Aventurero. 16. You study very well. It's ..... that you will fail the exam. A) Possibility. B) Impossibility. C) Impossible. D) Possible. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Impossible. 17. What is the suffix meaning 'pertaining to the heart'? A) -hepatic. B) -cardiac. C) -renal. D) -pulmonary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) -cardiac. 18. There was once a man who wished his small, noisy house was larger and ..... A) Quiet. B) The quieter. C) More quiet. D) Quieter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Quieter. 19. Dave suffers from serious ..... after the car crash. A) Injured. B) Injure. C) Injection. D) Injury. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Injury. 20. The company was ..... and made a tremendous amount of money. A) Progression. B) Progressively. C) Progress. D) Progressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Progressive. 21. Tommy is a very energetic young boy. He sometimes ..... behaves at school. A) Unbehaves. B) Misbehaves. C) Disbehaves. D) Malbehaves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Misbehaves. 22. The verb of requirement A) Regret. B) Request. C) Require. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Require. 23. She's completely ..... to her work. A) Dedication. B) Dedicate. C) Dedicated. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dedicated. 24. Teachers must find innovative ways to ..... students, especially when the subject seems abstract or challenging. A) Motivational. B) Motivation. C) Motivate. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Motivate. 25. The bad grade was ..... , but I will study harder next time. A) Painless. B) Embarrassed. C) Fascinated. D) Discouraging. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Discouraging. 26. 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. 27. What is the word formation process where a word is shortened? A) Abridgment. B) Abbreviation. C) Abolishment. D) Contraption. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abbreviation. 28. The noun of replace A) Replacement. B) Replacing. C) Replaced. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Replacement. 29. My parents think I'm ..... because I'm always late when they arrange to meet me somewhere. A) Iresponsible. B) Responsible. C) Unresponsible. D) Irresponsible. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irresponsible. 30. It was very ..... of her to bring me a gift for no reason. A) Annoying. B) Discouraging. C) Thoughtless. D) Thoughtful. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thoughtful. 31. He is under 25, hard-working and ..... A) Energize. B) Energy. C) Energetic. D) Energizing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Energetic. 32. An ..... person always wants to move ahead to make their wishes become true. A) Ambition. B) Ambitious. C) Ambitician. D) Ambitiously. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ambitious. 33. 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) Importantence. C) Importanty. D) Importance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Importance. 34. What is the process of creating new words from existing ones through various methods called? A) Affixation. B) Word formation. C) Back-formation. D) Derivation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Word formation. 35. We're raising money to build a new fitness centre and your generous ..... will be a great help A) Sponsorship. B) Estimation. C) Contribution. D) Payment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Contribution. 36. This amendment ..... the president to declare an emergency for a wide range of reasons. A) Empowers. B) Origins. C) Generalises. D) Intends. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Empowers. 37. He was (HAPPY) ..... at being left out of the team. A) Unhappy. B) Happily. C) Happiness. D) Imhappy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unhappy. 38. The three sons were overjoyed. They went to the field and started ..... A) Search. B) To search. C) Searched. D) To searching. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To search. 39. 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.). 40. Add to correct word:over- A) Doubt. B) Cook. C) Titles. D) Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cook. 41. Why is the Channel Tunnel considered to be a great engineering (achieve)? A) Unachievable. B) Achiever. C) Achievement. D) Achievable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Achievement. 42. Which of these prefixes means to undo? A) "dis-". B) "di-". C) "contra-". D) "endo-". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "dis-". 43. 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. 44. 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. 45. Nowadays students need to learn how to ..... on projects. A) Collaboration. B) Collaborate. C) Collaborated. D) Collaborating. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Collaborate. 46. 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. 47. The verb for FREEDOM is ..... A) FREE. B) FREELY. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) FREE. 48. When a words acquires a more negative or downgraded meaning the process is called ..... A) Pejoration. B) Postive expansion. C) Lexical negativity. D) Political correctness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pejoration. 49. It is the ..... knowledge. A) Generally. B) General. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) General. 50. The little boy felt very ..... because his parents did not let him go with them. A) Disappoint. B) Disappointing. C) Disappointed. D) Disappointment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Disappointed. 51. 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. 52. We should try to ..... all of this information so that it is easier to understand. A) Synthesizing. B) Synthesis. C) Synthesize. D) Synthesized. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Synthesize. 53. 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. 54. They handled the merchandise ..... for the manufacturer. A) Exclude. B) Exclusively. C) Exclusion. D) Exclusive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exclusively. 55. Maya found a mysterious blackbird in her backyard. What is the primary phonological modification in the word "blackbird" ? A) Clipping. B) Addition of a suffix. C) Stress shift from one syllable to another. D) Addition of a prefix. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stress shift from one syllable to another. 56. The Internet provides people with ..... news. A) Up-to-date. B) Date. C) Dating. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Up-to-date. 57. The verb of preference A) Prefer. B) Preferment. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prefer. 58. There's a ..... little garden in the backyard. A) Delightful. B) Delight. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Delightful. 59. Which negative prefix can you use with these word?connected/appear/like A) Dis-. B) Un-. C) Mis-. D) Non-. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dis-. 60. When reviewing my own first drafts, I always look out for any ..... in the argument. A) Inconsistents. B) Consistents. C) Consistencies. D) Inconsistencies. 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