This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Vocabulary > Word Formation – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Word Formation Quiz 6 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Salem belongs to a ..... party. They have made a lot of ..... on their proposed projects. A) Progression, progress. B) Progress, progression. C) Progressive, progress. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Progressive, progress. 2. Ian is a golfer. He's looking for ..... from a sportswear company to help with his expenses. A) Payment. B) Appearance. C) Sponsorship. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sponsorship. 3. The noun for CONCENTRATE is ..... A) CONCENTRATION. B) CONCENTRATED. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CONCENTRATION. 4. How many ..... were there in all? A) Compete. B) Competition. C) Competitive. D) Competitors. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Competitors. 5. Spiral staircases in castles ran clockwise to allow knights-all right-handed ..... anemies effectively. A) To battle. B) Battled. C) Battle. D) Battling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To battle. 6. There is a ..... of carrots because of the bad weather. A) Shortly. B) Shorten. C) Shortage. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shortage. 7. It is way more ..... to have at least one shot of a vaccine than non at all. A) UNPREFERABLE. B) PREFER. C) PREFERABLE. D) PREFERABLY. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) PREFERABLE. 8. Choose the correct form of the word "secret" -"There is no need for ..... between best friends." A) Secretance. B) Secretence. C) Secretcy. D) Secretness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Secretcy. 9. Please don't forget to add your ..... to your email. A) Attachment (n.). B) Attach (v.). C) Attached (adj.). D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Attachment (n.). 10. We drove at five miles an hour because the ..... was so poor. A) Visibility. B) View. C) Visual. D) Visible. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Visibility. 11. Which of the following is an example of a word formed by affixation? A) Toothbrush. B) Grandmother. C) High school. D) Unhappy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unhappy. 12. What's the opposite of 'like'? A) Unlike. B) Dislike. C) Likeless. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dislike. 13. It's a ..... to meet you, Dr. Green. A) Pleased. B) Pleasing. C) Please. D) Pleasure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pleasure. 14. What is the role of a suffix in word formation? A) To indicate the tense of a verb. B) To form a synonym. C) To change the meaning of the base word. D) To create a compound word. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To change the meaning of the base word. 15. Identify the word formation type in the word 'unhappiness'. A) Infixation. B) Suffixation. C) Prefixation. D) Circumfixation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prefixation. 16. Pains in your feet and legs could be a(n) ..... that you aren't wearing the right shoes when you train. A) Appearance. B) Indication. C) Estimation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indication. 17. The use of lazers makes it possible to give pilots all the ..... information. A) Necessary. B) Dependent. C) Unreliable. D) Independent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Necessary. 18. His ..... was so impolite that some guests left the party. A) Mockery. B) Mock. C) Mocker. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mockery. 19. Huson would like to study ..... at university so that he can work as a feelance ..... in the future. A) Photography/ photographer. B) Photographer/ photograph. C) Photograph/ photography. D) Photograph/ photographer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Photography/ photographer. 20. An ..... known visitor left the bag. A) Non-. B) Mis-. C) Dis-. D) Un-. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Un-. 21. The witness' statement didn't help the police in the investigation, so it proved to be ..... A) Valuable. B) Valueless. C) Value. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Valueless. 22. An automatic driving assistant can be ..... in certain situations. (USE) A) Using. B) Useless. C) Useful. D) Uses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Useful. 23. The correspondent noun to the verb CLARIFY is A) Clarifying. B) Clarified. C) Clarification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clarification. 24. He wasn't accustomed ..... so early and dozed all day long! A) To walk. B) To walking. C) Walk. D) Walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To walking. 25. Approximately how many words did Shakepseare contribute to the English language? A) 1700. B) 5000. C) 1200. D) 700. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1700. 26. Thanks, Mr Jones. We got you this gift to show our ..... for everything you've done. A) Indication. B) Appreciation. C) Payment. D) Contribution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appreciation. 27. There are more and more ..... who want to participate each year in the 42k marathon. A) RUNNER. B) RUNNING. C) RUN. D) RUNNERS. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) RUNNERS. 28. What is the word formation method where a word imitates the sound it represents? A) Borrowing. B) Conversion. C) Acronyms. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 29. Can you ..... the twin. A) Identify. B) Identification. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Identify. 30. SCUBA stands for self-contaminated underwater breathing apparatus. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 31. What does re-mean? A) Again. B) Never. C) Sometimes. D) Always. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Again. 32. The police have ..... their efforts in finding the suspect. A) Intensified. B) Intense. C) Intensive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Intensified. 33. ..... I don't have any plans for the evening so we may go out. A) Actual. B) Actuality. C) Actually. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Actually. 34. I've never seen two people so ..... to each other. A) Attached. B) Attach. C) Attchment. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Attached. 35. If people continue to use ..... chemicals in farming, the soil will eventually lose its fertility and threaten food security. A) Harmless. B) Harm. C) Harmful. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Harmful. 36. I think ..... is the best medicine. A) Laugh. B) Laughed. C) Laughing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Laughing. 37. Which of these word roots indicates lungs? A) "laryng". B) "pharyng". C) "pneum". D) "sinus". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "pneum". 38. Doctors performed an emergency ..... for appendicitis last night. A) Operate. B) Operation. C) Operational. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Operation. 39. The verb of vacation A) Vacate. B) Cation. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vacate. 40. Which prefix do you need to add to these words?fortune/lead/interpret A) Dis-. B) Mis-. C) Non-. D) Un-. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mis-. 41. Hey there! Can you help Emma understand what an acronym is? A) A word formed by removing affixes. B) A word formed from the initial letters of a sequence of words. C) A word formed by blending two words together. D) A word formed by adding a prefix or suffix. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A word formed from the initial letters of a sequence of words. 42. His medical condition is highly ..... stable. A) Un-. B) In-. C) Dis-. D) Im-. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Un-. 43. Make a noun from:rude A) Rudeness. B) Rudiment. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rudeness. 44. I've no ..... of changing my plans just to fit in with his. A) Intention. B) Intended. C) Unintentionally. D) Intentionally. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Intention. 45. When a word acquires a new or different meaning this is called ..... ..... A) Lexical expansion. B) Semnatic borrowing. C) Sematic shift. D) Narrowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sematic shift. 46. You should apologise for your bad ..... A) Behave. B) Behaviour. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Behaviour. 47. He is confident enough to express his opinion ..... A) Comfortable. B) Comfort. C) Comfortably. D) Uncomfortable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comfortably. 48. Before leaders make ..... about economic development, they should consider the long-term consequences for the environment. A) Decisions. B) Decide. C) Decisive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decisions. 49. To form some nouns, drop the-ar and add-amiento, Casar A) Casamiento. B) Caso. C) Casa. D) Nop. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Casamiento. 50. What is the word formation method where a new word is formed from the initial letters of a phrase or series of words? A) Acronyms. B) Back-formation. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Compounding. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Acronyms. 51. She felt ..... out after the marathon. A) Exhausted. B) Worn. C) Tired. D) Put. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Worn. 52. What type of compound does the word "stir fry" belong to? A) Endocentric. B) Exocentric. C) Copulative. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Copulative. 53. We need to get away from ..... and focus on the issues. A) Generalisations. B) Generalise. C) Generalities. D) Generally. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Generalities. 54. He doesn't have a job. He is ..... A) Employed. B) Employer. C) Unemployed. D) Employee. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unemployed. 55. Although the plan you submit seems to be very good, it's not ..... A) Flawless. B) Flaws. C) Flaw. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flawless. 56. Hey there! Can you tell me what happens when we jazz up a base by throwing in a prefix or suffix? A) Back-formation. B) Blending. C) Affixation. D) Clipping. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Affixation. 57. I have never felt so ..... in my entire life. A) UNSICK. B) SICK. C) SICKFULL. D) SICKNESS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) SICK. 58. A traveller who stopped to rest under a nut tree noticed a huge pumpkin ..... on a thin vine. A) Grow. B) Growing. C) Grows. D) Grown. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Growing. 59. The verb of reception A) Recipient. B) Receive. C) Recess. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Receive. 60. He was full of ..... after he lost his father. A) Bitter. B) Bitterness. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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