This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Nouns > Compound Nouns – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Compound Nouns Quiz 9 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Complete the compound noun:Girl A) Ball. B) Friend. C) House. D) Ground. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Friend. 2. Reduction in something (e.g. reduction in the amount of money to spend A) Cutback. B) Crackdown. C) Drawback. D) Feedback. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cutback. 3. Complete the sentence:The ..... were designed to last for years. A) Greenhouses. B) Green houses. C) Greenshouse. D) Green's house. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Greenhouses. 4. Complete the sentence:The ..... are meeting to discuss the new policy. A) Attorney generals. B) Attorneys general. C) Attorneys generals. D) Attorney's general. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Attorneys general. 5. There is no quick fix to the breakdown in negotiations between the two companies.What does "breakdown" mean? A) Success. B) Failure. C) Hatred. D) Mistake. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Failure. 6. Eye A) Ball. B) Week. C) Man. D) Week. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ball. 7. The ..... time is 12 noon at this hotel. A) Check out. B) Check-out. C) Checkout. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Checkout. 8. True or False:'Editors-in-chief' is the correct plural form of 'editor-in-chief'. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. The headmaster reminded us to keep the ..... clean and tidy. A) Grasshopper. B) Classroom. C) Sandpaper. D) Blackout. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Classroom. 10. Which plural form is correct for 'runner-up'? A) Runner-ups. B) Runners-up. C) Runner's-up. D) Runners-ups. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Runners-up. 11. Which of the following is the correct plural form of 'passerby'? A) Passerbyes. B) Passersby. C) Passerbys. D) Passersbys. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Passersby. 12. Choose the best answer for the correct plural form:'Chief-of-staff'. A) Chiefs-of-staff. B) Chief-of-staffs. C) Chiefs-of-staffs. D) Chiefs-of-staff's. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chiefs-of-staff. 13. Camp A) Site. B) Paper. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Site. 14. Lee Ann's father loves to eat ..... while watching television. A) Eggplant. B) Catfish. C) Groundnuts. D) Buttercup. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Groundnuts. 15. Dogs ..... bugs. A) Aren't eating. B) Don't eat. C) Doesn't eat. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Don't eat. 16. The plural of 'mother-in-law' is 'mothers-in-law'. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. Using compound nouns, can you shorten the following phrases?a tape for measuring up to 300 cm A) A 300-cm tape measure. B) A 300-cm measure tape. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A 300-cm tape measure. 18. Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence:The ..... were all glowing in the dark. A) Fireflies. B) Fire-fly. C) Fireflys. D) Fires-fly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fireflies. 19. Complete the sentence:The ..... were quite high this year. A) Tax-form. B) Tax-forms. C) Taxs-form. D) Tax-formes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tax-forms. 20. Which option correctly completes this sentence:The ..... have been updated recently. A) Websites. B) Web's site. C) Website's. D) Websites'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Websites. 21. Complete the sentence using the correct plural form:The ..... were filled with beautiful flowers. A) Basketful. B) Basketsful. C) Basketfuls. D) Basketful's. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Basketfuls. 22. Shakira was waiting outside, bouncing a ..... up and down. A) Seafood. B) Footpath. C) Basketball. D) Classroom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Basketball. 23. Choose the correct plural form:editor-in-chief. A) Editors-in-chief. B) Editor-in-chiefs. C) Editors-in-chiefs. D) Editor-in-chief. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Editors-in-chief. 24. It is irritating that some movie stars wear their ..... even in church. A) Sun glasses. B) Sun-glasses. C) Sunglasses. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sunglasses. 25. True or False:The plural of 'brother-in-law' is 'brother-in-laws'. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesParts Of Speech QuizzesGrammar QuizzesCompound Nouns Quiz 1Compound Nouns Quiz 2Compound Nouns Quiz 3Compound Nouns Quiz 4Compound Nouns Quiz 5Compound Nouns Quiz 6Compound Nouns Quiz 7Compound Nouns Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books