This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Vocabulary > Word Formation – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Word Formation Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. It's too noisy! I can't ..... on my work. A) Concentrate. B) Concentration. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Concentrate. 2. I have more ..... than you to study because I am self ..... A) Motivation, motivate. B) Motivation, motivated. C) Motivated, motivation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motivation, motivated. 3. Which method of word formation involves creating new words by adding affixes to existing ones? A) Derivation. B) Compounding. C) Clipping. D) Back-formation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Derivation. 4. The model was ..... dressed in an elegant evening gown. A) Beauty. B) Beautiful. C) Beautifully. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beautifully. 5. I was told to ..... what I was describing, rather than merely reporting it objectively. A) Impersonate. B) Personificate. C) Personalise. D) Personfiy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personalise. 6. There are many ..... employed people in Europe today. A) Unemployed. B) Iremployed. C) Disemployed. D) Misemployed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unemployed. 7. I need someone ..... to take care of the children while I'm at work. A) Independence. B) Independent. C) Dependent. D) Dependable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dependable. 8. The injured bird looked ..... , and we didn't know how to help it. A) Harmless. B) Helpless. C) Annoying. D) Painless. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Helpless. 9. I'm only a sales assistant, but I reckon that I'll be the manager this time next month.(REALITY) A) REALISTIC. B) REAL. C) RELIABLE. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) REALISTIC. 10. Drop the Final vowel and add eroEl Zapato A) La Zapata. B) Zapato. C) El Zapatero. D) Zapatti. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) El Zapatero. 11. Did you know that Tiger Woods earns huge amounts of money for every ..... he makes? A) Indication. B) Appearance. C) Estimation. D) Contribution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appearance. 12. Find ADJECTIVE made from verb A) Drinkity. B) Drinkless. C) Drinkness. D) Drinkable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Drinkable. 13. It was such a ..... couraging experience. A) In-. B) En-. C) Dis-. D) Un-. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dis-. 14. It is important to have a/an (VIRUS) ..... software installed on your device. A) Viral. B) Viruses. C) Antivirus. D) Virulent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antivirus. 15. Is there a good French ..... of Shakespeare's Play? A) Translator. B) Translation. C) Translate. D) Translater. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Translation. 16. Several hundred species of birds ..... the island. A) Inhabitable. B) Inhabitant. C) Uninhabitable. D) Inhabit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inhabit. 17. I lost my wallet! It ..... appeared without a trace! A) Reappeared. B) Misappeared. C) Disappeared. D) Unappeared. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Disappeared. 18. Such an act would have been deceitful and ..... A) Responsbility. B) Irresponsible. C) Responsible. D) Responsibly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irresponsible. 19. In spite of my challenges, I ..... myself every day so that I can be successful in the future ..... is very important for success! A) Motivation, motivate. B) Motivate, motivated. C) Motivate, motivation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Motivate, motivation. 20. She stood ..... gazing at the sun all day. A) Happily. B) Happy. C) Happied. D) Happying. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Happily. 21. Most people can ..... clearly between a real and a simulated smile. A) Different. B) Differentiate. C) Difference. D) Differ. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Differentiate. 22. The word 'nice' used to mean clumsy or careless, later foolish but now means agreeable or pleasant, the process whereby a words acquires a more positve meaning is called A) Amelioration. B) Pejorative. C) Lexical shift. D) Semntic niceities. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amelioration. 23. The footprints at the crime scene caused ..... among the investigators. A) Suspicion (n.). B) Suspiciously (adv.). C) Suspicious (adj.). D) Suspect (v.). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Suspicion (n.). 24. Which word doesn't have negative prefix IM-? A) Mortal. B) Possible. C) Popular. D) Patient. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Popular. 25. Find NOUN made from verb A) Winter. B) Kingdom. C) Agreement. D) Friendship. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Agreement. 26. I'm ..... (hunger). Let's go to the cafe A) Hungry. B) Hundred. C) Hungrful. D) Hungric. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hungry. 27. The Channel Tunnel is the ..... undersea tunnel in the world. A) Longest. B) Long. C) Longly. D) Longer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Longest. 28. He was ..... by the magician's amazing tricks. A) Harmless. B) Fascinating. C) Fascinated. D) Thoughtless. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fascinated. 29. I don't think this is important at all. In fact the information is quite ..... It doesn't add anything new. A) Irregular. B) Irrelevant. C) Inaccurate. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irrelevant. 30. You'd ..... too many people off with that speech. A) Frightened. B) Fright. C) Frightening. D) Frighten. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Frighten. 31. (care) drivers cause accidents. A) Careful. B) Careless. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Careless. 32. Which suffix do we need to form nouns of these words?embarrass/develop/manage A) -ment. B) -ness. C) -tion. D) -iour. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -ment. 33. Although many ..... claim to support environmental causes, only a few take meaningful action. A) Organize. B) Organizations. C) Organizational. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Organizations. 34. It's ..... to wait the whole day for a repairman who doesn't show up. A) Frustrated. B) Frustration. C) Frustrating. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Frustrating. 35. Julia is being kept in an isolation ward because she is highly ..... A) Infected. B) Infecting. C) Infection. D) Infectious. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Infectious. 36. She noticed a huge ..... in people's attitudes when the government started enforcing strict environmental laws. A) Different. B) Difference. C) Differently. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Difference. 37. I was delighted to be told that my sub-plot was woven ..... into my main story. A) Seamingly. B) Seamlessly. C) Seaming. D) Seamly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Seamlessly. 38. The verb for DEPTH is ..... A) DEEPLY. B) DEEP. C) DEEPEN. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) DEEPEN. 39. She did ..... well in her exams. A) Astonish. B) Astonishingly. C) Astonishing. D) Astonished. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Astonishingly. 40. Describe the process of conversion in word formation. A) Conversion involves changing the meaning of a word without altering its form. B) The process of conversion in word formation involves changing the form of a word to create a new word. C) Conversion is a process that only occurs in written language. D) Conversion is the process of creating new words by combining two existing words. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The process of conversion in word formation involves changing the form of a word to create a new word. 41. The ..... of most newspapers has gone down since you can read them online. A) Reads. B) Reading. C) Read. D) Readers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Readers. 42. The candidate meets the company's ..... A) Required. B) Requirements. C) Require. D) Requiring. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Requirements. 43. The ..... of living in the suburb is considered. A) Difficult. B) Difficulty. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Difficulty. 44. Water ..... is important for life. A) Conservation. B) Conserve. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conservation. 45. Which of these cavities contains the parts that form the nose? A) "Septum". B) "Oral". C) "Orbital". D) "Nasal". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "Nasal". 46. The main function of the terminal buildings is to handle the departing and arriving passengers and their ..... A) Trip. B) Tickets. C) Food. D) Baggage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Baggage. 47. Most men are to blame for women's ..... at work. A) Discriminated. B) Discrimination. C) Discriminating. D) Discriminate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Discrimination. 48. Edison replied very ..... , "Oh, we have come a long way and we have learned a lot. We know that there are two thousand elements which we cannot use to make a good light bulb. A) Confide. B) Confidence. C) Confident. D) Confidently. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Confidently. 49. The number of COVID-19 patients has ..... increased during the last two weeks A) CONSIDERABLY. B) CONSIDERABLE. C) CONSIDER. D) UNCONSIDERABLE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CONSIDERABLY. 50. The dog looks scary, but it's actually ..... and won't hurt you. A) Harmful. B) Confusing. C) Harmless. D) Meaningful. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Harmless. 51. Add to correct word:-ion A) Simple. B) Cook. C) Connect. D) Formal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Connect. 52. He confessed ..... into the house and ..... the jewels A) To break, steal. B) To break, to steal. C) To breaking, stealing. D) Break, steal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To breaking, stealing. 53. The reason you don't understand what he's saying is that he is talking a lot of ..... . A) Sense. B) Unsense. C) Nonsense. D) Nonsenses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nonsense. 54. They were ..... of the new rules. They were caught by surprise when they were asked to wear mask in the gym. A) Aware. B) Unware. C) Intolerant. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unware. 55. Don't swim in the ..... sea. A) Deep. B) Deepth. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deep. 56. Paula made a living as a ..... A) Writer. B) Writing. C) Written. D) Write. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Writer. 57. He was accused of the (USE) ..... of company funds. A) User. B) Misuse. C) Using. D) Reuse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Misuse. 58. Good students aren't ..... intelligent students. A) Necessity. B) Necessary. C) Unnecessary. D) Necessarily. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Necessarily. 59. You can click the button ..... to correct what you did wrong. A) Inaccurate. B) Undo. C) Disconnect. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Undo. 60. A ..... of disagreements has led to war between those nations. A) Progression. B) Progress. C) Progressive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Progression. ← 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 7Word Formation Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books