This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Vocabulary > Word Formation – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Word Formation Quiz 9 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The correspondent noun to the verb BORE is A) Boredom. B) Bored. C) Boring. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Boredom. 2. Hey there! Can you tell me which word formation process turns a noun into a verb? A) Derivation by base modification. B) Affixation. C) Back-formation. D) Clipping. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Back-formation. 3. I was fined because I was driving ..... A) Carefully. B) Caring. C) Carelessly. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carelessly. 4. What does the prefix hypo-refer to? A) "Over". B) "Between". C) "Under". D) "Equal". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "Under". 5. Give an example of a word formed through the process of suffixation. A) Quickly. B) Happily. C) Angrily. D) Sadly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Happily. 6. Derm-(a, at, o) means A) Pertaining to skin. B) Inflammation of skin. C) Pertaining of the skull. D) To the right. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pertaining to skin. 7. The more ..... and positive you look, the better you will feel. A) Confidence. B) Confident. C) Confidently. D) Confide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Confident. 8. The birds ..... from the North Pole every year. A) Immigrate. B) Immigration. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Immigrate. 9. Drop the Final vowel and add eroLa carta A) EL Cartero. B) LA carta. C) El carto. D) Carta. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) EL Cartero. 10. David's compositions are full of mistakes but they are very ..... A) Imaginary. B) Imaginative. C) Imaginable. D) Imagination. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imaginative. 11. When you get here, the (RECEPTION) ..... will show you the way to my office. A) Receptive. B) Receptionist. C) Receipt. D) Receive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Receptionist. 12. Do you feel any ..... before the test A) Anxious. B) Enxcious. C) Anxiety. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anxiety. 13. We bottled the home-brew last night.What word formation process was used? A) Acronym. B) Derivation. C) Blending. D) Conversion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conversion. 14. The verb of publication A) Public. B) Publish. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Publish. 15. We will have to adopt a more ..... approach in the future. A) Science. B) Scientific. C) Scientifically. D) Scientist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scientific. 16. Michael promised he'd help with my homework, but henever did! He's quite ..... (RELIABILITY) A) Unreliable. B) Reliable. C) Responsible. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unreliable. 17. He is dead because of the ..... food. A) Poison. B) Poisonous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Poisonous. 18. Find false one:to produce A) -tion. B) -ment. C) -er. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) -ment. 19. Also, they talk about serious problems. They are great ..... of Amnesty International and Greenpeace. A) Supporter. B) Supporters. C) Support. D) Supporting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Supporters. 20. The test instructions were so ..... that I didn't understand what to do. A) Annoying. B) Harmless. C) Confusing. D) Confused. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Confusing. 21. Which of the following words is an example of semantic narrowing? A) Meat (originally meant any kind of food now). B) Holiday (originally meant a holy day). C) Girl (originally meant a young person). D) Deer (originally meant any animal). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meat (originally meant any kind of food now). 22. Janet gave all her ..... to her mother so that she could pay for her fathers burial. A) Savings. B) Save. C) Saved. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Savings. 23. My father attended an ..... conference in Lisbon A) International. B) Inaccessible. C) Improblable. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) International. 24. Make a noun from:prepare A) Preparation. B) Preparament. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Preparation. 25. Over 2000 ..... took part in a traditional Christmas race. A) Contest. B) Contests. C) Contestants. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Contestants. 26. Nocturnal animals are (ACTIVE) ..... during the daytime. A) Acting. B) React. C) Actor. D) Inactive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inactive. 27. Change the O in the past partisimple to ABeber A) Bebida. B) Drink. C) Be. D) BeBe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bebida. 28. Hey there! Can you tell me what the word formation process is called when we create bases from the initial letters of a sequence of words? A) Affixation. B) Clipping. C) Conversion. D) Initialism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Initialism. 29. In retrospect, she had an ..... expression on her face at that time. A) Amused. B) Amusement. C) Amusedly. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amused. 30. Find false one:to use A) -ful. B) -y. C) -less. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) -y. 31. Teachers should ..... students to think critically about environmental issues so they can become responsible citizens. A) Encouraging. B) Encouragement. C) Encourage. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Encourage. 32. The ..... of forests for agriculture not only releases carbon dioxide but also eliminates the homes of countless species. A) Destroy. B) Destruction. C) Destructive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Destruction. 33. Could you refer me to the same salon? I liked her perm. What word formation was used? A) Clipping. B) Derivation. C) Conversion. D) Blending. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clipping. 34. Bromance is an example of word formation using ..... A) Conversion. B) Affixation. C) Compunding. D) Blending. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Blending. 35. In the word 'disagree', what type of word formation process is at play? A) Circumfixation. B) Prefixation. C) Infixation. D) Suffixation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prefixation. 36. Gregory was one of the founders of the Royal ..... Society. A) Astronomer. B) Astronomy. C) Astronomical. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Astronomical. 37. Amy Winehouse's latest CD has become so ..... that she has sold millions of copies after being dead. A) Successors. B) Success. C) Successful. D) Succeed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Successful. 38. The rhinoceros, whose numbers have dropped alarmingly recently, has been declared a/an ..... species. A) Danger. B) Endangered. C) Endanger. D) Dangerous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Endangered. 39. She waters her plants cares/ careful/ carefully every day. A) Cares. B) Careful. C) Carefully. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carefully. 40. It's an ..... and dangerous policy. A) Illogical. B) Logical. C) Logic. D) Logically. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Illogical. 41. When planning meals, you need to think about ..... and taste as well as nutritional value. A) Variance. B) Variously. C) Variety. D) Various. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Variety. 42. We saw a gradual ..... in his writing. A) Improve. B) Improvement. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Improvement. 43. Choose the correct form of the word "sweet" - "Jenny prefers honey in her tea; it has the ..... of sugar, but it's healthier" A) Sweetence. B) Sweetness. C) Sweetity. D) Sweetcy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sweetness. 44. One day, young Faraday attended a lecture given by a ..... scientist, Sir Humphry Davy. A) Fame. B) Infamous. C) Famous. D) Famously. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Famous. 45. Fill in with the correct verb, ending AREl juego A) Jugar. B) Jugo. C) To play. D) Juego. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jugar. 46. IN THE INTERESTS OF SAFETY, A NUMBER OF STANDARD ..... NEED TO BE FOLLOWED. A) PROCEDEES. B) PROCEDURES. C) PROCEDURING. D) PROCEDURE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PROCEDURES. 47. ENVIRONMENTALIST A) ADJ. B) ADV. C) VERB. D) NOUN. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) NOUN. 48. Her ..... from school without any excuse made the teacher angry. A) Absences. B) Absence. C) Absent. D) Absently. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Absence. 49. You should make up your ..... or else you miss the great chance. A) Dicisiveness. B) Decider. C) Dicidedly. D) Decision. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Decision. 50. Allan appeared to be insterested in ..... topics and can talk about them for hours. A) Political. B) Politician. C) Politically. D) Politics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Political. 51. The community decided ..... money for a project that would provide clean drinking water to rural villages. A) To raise. B) Raising. C) Raised. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To raise. 52. The ..... of tropical foests is of crucial importance A) Conservation. B) Conservational. C) Conservatory. D) Conserved. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conservation. 53. The ..... was so loud that it was heard a few blocks away. A) Explosive. B) Explosion. C) Explode. D) Explotion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Explosion. 54. Your new dress makes you more ..... A) Beauty. B) Beautifully. C) Beautiful. D) Beautify. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beautiful. 55. The section under the sea is 38km long and the entire ..... is 50.5km. A) Length. B) Longer. C) Longinity. D) Long. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Length. 56. The butter ..... when it is hot. A) Soft. B) Softens. C) Softable. D) Softed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Softens. 57. Hey there! Let's play a game of stress placement in compound words! Where do you think the stress is typically placed in compound words? A) On the first syllable. B) On the last syllable. C) On the second syllable. D) On every syllable equally. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On the first syllable. 58. On the ISS, ..... have to attach themselves so they don't float around. A) Astronomy. B) Astronomers. C) Astronauts. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Astronauts. 59. Favier's plan ..... (adopt) by French leader Napoleon Bonaparte. A) Was adopted. B) Has been adopted. C) Adopted. D) Has adopted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was adopted. 60. In the early 1990s they made a series of interesting and original CDs ..... Zooropa and Achtung Baby-and continued to sell millions of copies. A) Include. B) Have included. C) Including. D) Included. 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