This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Vocabulary > Word Formation – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Word Formation Quiz 7 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The word dehumanizing has: A) A prefix. B) A prefix and a suffix. C) A suffix. D) A root. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A prefix and a suffix. 2. He owed his success not to privilege but to self-education and a driving desire for ..... . A) Achievement. B) Achievable. C) Achiever. D) Achieve. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Achievement. 3. Hospitals always seem so ..... rows of identical beds in dull grey rooms. A) Personal. B) Personalize. C) Impersonal. D) Personality. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Impersonal. 4. The mosquito buzzing in my ear was so ..... that I couldn't sleep. A) Confused. B) Harmless. C) Meaningful. D) Annoying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Annoying. 5. Don't plug in an electrical ..... with wet hands-you could get an electric shock. A) Application. B) Applicant. C) Appliance. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Appliance. 6. It's just a ..... dog. There is no need to panic. A) Harmful. B) Harm. C) Harmless. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Harmless. 7. So ..... unhappy and depressed, he started crying for his hard fate. A) Feels. B) To feel. C) Feeling. D) Felt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Feeling. 8. The ..... halls of major airports are always full during the holiday season. (DEPART) A) Departure. B) Departed. C) Departs. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Departure. 9. Some comments can be ..... , so we should always think before we speak. A) Thoughtful. B) Thoughtless. C) Meaningful. D) Confused. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thoughtless. 10. Drop the-r from the verb and add-adorExplorar A) Expo. B) Explorador. C) Explora. D) Explorer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Explorador. 11. Arjun, Nora, and Mason are playing a word game! What is the process of creating new words by picking initials letters that spell out a pronounceable word? A) Compounding. B) Acronym. C) Clipping. D) Back-formation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Acronym. 12. When I told Alice my pet rabbit was ill, she just laughed. (SYMPATHY) A) Sympathetic. B) Unsympathetic. C) Sympathetical. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unsympathetic. 13. The exercise was so difficult that we were ..... able to finish it! A) Unable. B) Non-able. C) Misable. D) Inable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unable. 14. CHOOSE THE CORRECT DEFINITION.NOT-WELL PLANNED OR SYTEMATIZED. A) UNAMBITIOUS. B) UNRELIBLE. C) DISORGANIZED. D) DISLOYAL. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) DISORGANIZED. 15. Honey badgers are easily ..... by the grey and white stripes. A) Recognising. B) Recognisable. C) Recognisably. D) Recognisation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Recognisable. 16. An ..... works hard in order to stop any action which harms the ecology. A) Environmentian. B) Environment. C) Environmentor. D) Environmentalist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Environmentalist. 17. Which adjective ISN'T formed with the suffix AL? A) Practice. B) Person. C) Logic. D) Meaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Meaning. 18. Change the O in the past partisimple to ANevar A) Snow. B) Nev. C) Nev. D) Nevada. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nevada. 19. Many endangered species will vanish forever unless humans drastically change how they use ..... resources. A) Naturally. B) Nature. C) Natural. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Natural. 20. Which word formation method involves creating a new word by shortening an existing one? A) Borrowing. B) Conversion. C) Clipping. D) Blending. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clipping. 21. His dad smiled, but a young couple ..... nearby looked at the 24-year-old's childish behaviour with pity. A) Sat. B) Sit. C) To sit. D) Sitting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sitting. 22. I was in hurry to find my departure ..... A) Gate. B) Duty free shop. C) Boarding pass. D) Aisle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gate. 23. The ..... of the National Bank required a capable man. A) Manager. B) Management. C) Managing. D) Managerial. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Management. 24. He has very high ..... of his only son A) Expectation. B) Expect. C) Expectedly. D) Expected. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Expectation. 25. What is the term for a word that is formed by combining parts of two different words? A) Affixation. B) Conversion. C) Compounding. D) Blending. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Blending. 26. What is Calquing? A) Using words from only one language. B) The process of randomly creating new words. C) Making up nonsense words without meaning. D) A word formation process where a borrowed word or phrase is literally translated from one language to another. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A word formation process where a borrowed word or phrase is literally translated from one language to another. 27. Green Peace is an ..... group. A) Environment. B) Environmental. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Environmental. 28. Being late for an appointment is ..... and rude. A) Inappropriate (adj.). B) Inappropriately (adv.). C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inappropriate (adj.). 29. To form some nouns, drop the-ar and add-amiento, Pensar A) Think. B) Pensamiento. C) Pensa. D) Penso. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pensamiento. 30. Mr. Brown taught me the ..... of being a good student, responsible and dedicated. A) UNIMPORTANT. B) UNIMPORTANCE. C) IMPORTANCE. D) IMPORTANT. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) IMPORTANCE. 31. I think you should ..... the printer and then reconnect it. A) Disconnection. B) Disconnecting. C) Disconnected. D) Disconnect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Disconnect. 32. Bird ..... is the regular ..... movement, often north and south along a flyway, between breeding and wintering grounds A) Migration/ seasonal. B) Migrate/ season. C) Migrant/ seasoned. D) Migrator/ seasoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Migration/ seasonal. 33. ..... is Venice's main industry. A) Tourist. B) Touristis. C) Tourism. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tourism. 34. BONUS:it is a special kind of compounding. This is a process of repeating a syllable or the word as a whole (sometimes with a vowel change) and putting it together to form a new word. A) Reduplication. B) Reiteration. C) Recreation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reduplication. 35. The musical performance was so ..... that the audience gave the orchestra a standing ovation. A) Power. B) Powerless. C) Powerful. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Powerful. 36. What is the ..... of Perm? A) Popularity. B) Population. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Population. 37. The ..... of the area is 12 meters. A) Wide. B) Width. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Width. 38. Most of us would maintain thatphysical ..... does not play a major part in how we react to the people we meet. A) Attractively. B) Attractiveness. C) Attractive. D) Attract. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Attractiveness. 39. Minh's compositions are full of mistakes but they are very ..... A) Imagination. B) Imaginable. C) Imaginary. D) Imaginative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imaginative. 40. Our professor ..... said to turn in the assignment on Friday. A) Specific. B) Specifically. C) Specifying. D) Specifyingly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Specifically. 41. The ..... in the city is good. A) Transport. B) Transportation. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transportation. 42. The essay was ..... A) Disappointed. B) Disappointing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Disappointing. 43. What is the term for creating a new word by changing the category of a base word? A) Derivation. B) Modification. C) Transformation. D) Conversion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conversion. 44. The ..... of endangered species requires not only strong laws but also public awareness campaigns that inspire collective responsibility. A) Protection. B) Protective. C) Protect. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Protection. 45. The noun of inform A) Infortainment. B) Information. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Information. 46. The kids were completely ..... by their new toys. A) Fascinated. B) Fascination. C) Fascinate. D) Fascinating. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fascinated. 47. HE VALUED HIS ..... TOO MUCH TO EVER WANT TO GET MARRIED. A) INDEPENDENCY. B) INDEPENDENT. C) INDEPENDENTLY. D) INDEPENDENCE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) INDEPENDENCE. 48. Give me some ..... please. A) Advice. B) Advise. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Advice. 49. According to experts, the way you spend your free time is vital to your general ..... A) Happy. B) Happiness. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Happiness. 50. The noun for DEFINE is ..... A) DEFINITION. B) DEFINED. C) DEFINITELY. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) DEFINITION. 51. Don't drive too ..... A) Fast. B) Fastly. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fast. 52. Hey there! Can you tell me what back-formation means? A) The process of converting a noun into a verb. B) The process of adding affixes to create new forms. C) The process of blending two words together. D) The process of creating new forms by removing affixes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The process of creating new forms by removing affixes. 53. The (MARKET) ..... chain announced that it was cutting the cost of all its fresh and frozen meat. A) Marketer. B) Marketing. C) Supermarket. D) Marketed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Supermarket. 54. The communication/ communicative/ communicate between the two teams was essential for the project's success. A) Communication. B) Communicative. C) Communicate. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Communication. 55. Which of these word roots indicates bone? A) "oste". B) "chondr". C) "ligament". D) "arthr". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "oste". 56. We need to ..... the working hours. A) Discuss. B) Discussion. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Discuss. 57. Their failure to act is ..... of their lack of interest. A) Indicative. B) Indication. C) Indicate. D) Indicator. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indicative. 58. I'm not ..... I just like to be on my own. A) Antisocial. B) Impolite. C) Immature. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antisocial. 59. I got into a business ..... with my cousin but it ended being ..... A) Partnership/successful. B) Partner/unsuccessful. C) Partnership/unsuccessful. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Partnership/unsuccessful. 60. The new lazer treatment can extract teeth ..... A) Painfully. B) Painlessly. C) Painful. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Painlessly. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesWord Formation Quiz 1Word Formation Quiz 2Word Formation Quiz 3Word Formation Quiz 4Word Formation Quiz 5Word Formation Quiz 6Word Formation Quiz 8Word Formation Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books