This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Vocabulary > Word Formation – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Word Formation Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What method of ..... (pay) do you prefer? A) Paying. B) Payment. C) Paid. D) Pay. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Payment. 2. The brilliant ..... , Richard Feynman, did poorly in some subjects A) Physics. B) Phycist. C) Physicist. D) Physic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Physicist. 3. These children have grown up to be useful and productive members of ..... A) Social. B) Society. C) Socialist. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Society. 4. During that time he became active in ..... and was elected governor of California in 1966. A) Politics. B) Political. C) Politician. D) Politic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Politics. 5. Directions:Identify the words that form the highlighted term. I am excited to wear my jeggings. A) Jogging + leg. B) Jog + earrings. C) Jeans + earrings. D) Jeans + leggings. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jeans + leggings. 6. Extreme sports cause the feeling of A) Enjoy. B) Encourage. C) Enjoyment. D) Encouragement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Enjoyment. 7. The ..... of gas is harmless due to the ..... of salt. A) Store / present. B) Storage / presence. C) Storement / present. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Storage / presence. 8. What is the noun for the word HIGH? A) Height. B) High. C) Height. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Height. 9. All animals have to eat in order to ..... A) Lived. B) Lives. C) Live. D) Life. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Live. 10. Carbon dioxide ..... are captured and stored deep underground. A) Emitions. B) Emissions. C) Emits. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emissions. 11. To exchange goods or services for money or other items of value (a) A) Seller. B) Advertiser. C) A sell. D) Advertiser. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A sell. 12. Twelve people ..... in the accident. A) Die. B) Died. C) Dies. D) Death. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Died. 13. Team sports help to develop a child's ..... skills. A) Social. B) Society. C) Socialist. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Social. 14. Lend your money and lose your ..... (friend). A) Friendly. B) Friendship. C) Unfriendly. D) Friend. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Friend. 15. I think I will ..... my holiday for another two days! A) Extend. B) Extensively. C) Extended. D) Extensive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Extend. 16. It's important for children to have a good ..... A) Educasion. B) Educate. C) Education. D) Educating. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Education. 17. ..... is the force of a magnet that pulls things toward it. A) Attraction. B) Attract. C) Attractive. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Attraction. 18. Necessitate, compel A) Introduce. B) Arrive. C) Continue. D) Necessitate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Necessitate. 19. There will be a ..... in this street. A) Meet. B) Meeting. C) With. D) Meets. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meeting. 20. 5) That simple mistake meant she managed to ..... all her good work. (DO) A) Verb. B) Adjective. C) Adverb. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verb. 21. This is such an ..... comment. You can sometimes be very hurtful. A) Unnecessary. B) Unnecessarily. C) Necessary. D) Necessity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unnecessary. 22. If you weren't so ..... of Ben, he'd be happier to spend time with you. CRITIC A) CRITICAL. B) CRITICISM. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CRITICAL. 23. 6) There has been an overwhelming response to the two job ..... that were advertised last week. (VACANT) A) Adjective. B) Verb. C) Noun. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Noun. 24. Which disaster has a cloud of ash? A) Flood. B) Earthquake. C) Volcano. D) Landslide. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Volcano. 25. A good teacher can encourage artistic ..... (create). A) Create. B) Creativity. C) Creation. D) Creative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Creativity. 26. What is the noun for the word SHORT? A) Shortacy. B) Shotage. C) Shortage. D) Shorten. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shortage. 27. In recent years, researchers have shown that ..... changes in the body can be accompanied by mental changes as well. A) Physical. B) Phycical. C) Physics. D) Physicist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Physical. 28. A special type of '' Borrowing" which is a direct translation of the elements of a word in the borrowing language A) Loan-translation or calque. B) Suffix. C) Eponyms. D) Prefix. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Loan-translation or calque. 29. 4) Apparently a ..... of all marriages in the UK end in divorce. (THREE) A) Adverb. B) Adjective. C) Noun. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Noun. 30. The mountains were ..... and the river was frozen. A) Snowy. B) Snower. C) Snow. D) Snowest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Snowy. 31. Use the word in brackets to form a new word that fits into each blank. 1. Leading ..... have warned about the danger to animal species around theworld. (ZOO) A) Zoo. B) Zoologist. C) Zoologists. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Zoologists. 32. He uses his imagination as the first ..... did when on their charts they drew the equator. A) Geographers. B) Geographs. C) Geographies. D) Geographics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Geographers. 33. What is the negative adjective for 'break' A) Nobreakous. B) Not break. C) Unbreakable. D) Unbreakful. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unbreakable. 34. We need to give our local stars a lot of ..... ( public ). A) Publics. B) Publicity. C) Publishing. D) Popularity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Publicity. 35. Money is ..... ( second ). Family comes first. A) Seconding. B) Secondary. C) Secondery. D) Seconds. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Secondary. 36. It's very ..... outside; it's going to rain. A) Cloudy. B) Cloud. C) Cloudiness. D) Cloudiest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cloudy. 37. Do you believe in life after ..... ? A) Died. B) Die. C) Dies. D) Death. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Death. 38. It doesn't do much to ..... relationships. A) Deepn. B) Deepeen. C) Depen. D) Deepen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Deepen. 39. We feel happier if we have less ..... A) Choosed. B) Choice. C) Chose. D) Choose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Choice. 40. What happens when bigger animals come into our cities? Are they welcome, or are they considered a danger or a pest? Often wild animals come into cities to look for food. In Cape Town, South Africa, baboons have started coming into (RESIDENT) areas on the edge of the city to feed. A) Residential. B) Reside. C) Residing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Residential. 41. Local government ..... will take place in May. A) Election. B) Elect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Election. 42. It has been ..... for the chair to be re-elected for a second year. A) Customary. B) Custom. C) Customization. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Customary. 43. In the south of England, it will be a ..... night. A) Frostier. B) Frosty. C) Frost. D) Frostiest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frosty. 44. An item made or produced by a company or individual for sale (a) A) Sell. B) Productive. C) A product. D) Advertiser. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A product. 45. How many ways are there to form adjectives? A) 2. B) 3. C) 4. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2. 46. To create or make something, often referring to agricultural products or goods manufactured on a large scale (a) A) Sell. B) A produce. C) Advertiser. D) Productive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A produce. 47. She's been trying to pass her driving test for six years and she's finally ..... A) Success. B) Succeeded. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Succeeded. 48. A few years ago scientists made a ..... discovery about teenagers' brain. A) Excited. B) Amazed. C) Frightened. D) Surprising. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Surprising. 49. It had developed some ..... patterns. A) Behaviour/mystery. B) Mysterious /behavioural. C) Mysterous / behavioral. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mysterious /behavioural. 50. It's easy to ..... his films, because he tends to use the same actors. A) Confusion. B) Confuse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Confuse. 51. Plans to pipe greenhouse gases off to the North Sea could be used to increase oil ..... A) Recover. B) Recoverment. C) Recovery. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Recovery. 52. 3) My friends all ..... with me when I lost my handbag on the train. (SYMPATHY) A) Noun. B) Adverb. C) Adjective. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Verb. 53. It is the process of creating new words to be similar to existing words such as the acronyms '' yuppie" was created similarly to '' hippie" and '' yippie '' A) Compounding. B) Analogy. C) Suffix. D) Infix. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Analogy. 54. This term means "insect" and it is also from Greek A) Borrowing. B) Etymology. C) Clipping. D) Entomology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Entomology. 55. They enjoy the ..... atmosphere here. A) Peace. B) Peacefulness. C) Peaceful. D) Peaceably. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peaceful. 56. We will discuss the ..... effects of plastics. A) Environment. B) Environmental. C) Environmentally. D) Environmentive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Environmental. 57. The shop assistant had acted in a rude and ..... manner and it was suggested she was given the sack. PROFESSION A) PROFESSIONAL. B) UNPROFESSIONAL. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) UNPROFESSIONAL. 58. Which word is the same as a noun and a verb? A) Success. B) Reflect. C) Luxury. D) Poison. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Poison. 59. Tomorrow, we'll have a hot ..... day. A) Sunny. B) Rainy. C) Cloudy. D) Windy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sunny. 60. The city can be a (DANGER) place for baboons too. A) Dangered. B) Dangerous. C) Dangers. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dangerous. Next →Related QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesWord Formation Quiz 2Word Formation Quiz 3Word Formation Quiz 4Advanced Vocabulary QuizAffixes QuizAnalogies QuizAntonyms QuizBasic Spanish Words QuizBusiness English Vocabulary Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books