This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Vocabulary > Word Formation Academic Writing – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Word Formation Academic Writing Quiz 2 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The weatherman said there is a strong ..... of rain today. A) Possibility. B) Possible. C) Possibly. D) Impossible. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Possibility. 2. Which prefix is used to denote the antonym of the word: "polite" A) "Im". B) "Un". C) "Dis". D) "Non". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Un". 3. Noun for HEAVY A) Heavily. B) Heavyness. C) Heavity. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heavyness. 4. The ..... of free-diving is any underwater activity which people do by holding their breath for a long time A) Define. B) Definity. C) Definition. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Definition. 5. I didn't tell him the whole ..... A) TRUTH. B) TRUTHY. C) TRUTHLESS. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUTH. 6. You should consider your options ..... before making a decision A) Careless. B) Careful. C) Carefully. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carefully. 7. What is the root word in the word 'quickly'? A) Quicksand. B) Quicksilver. C) Quick. D) Quicken. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Quick. 8. The customers expressed ..... to buy that apartment (refuse) A) Refused. B) Refusal. C) Refuse. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Refusal. 9. Pick the two techniques under affixes A) Pr efix. B) Prefix, affixes. C) Prefix, suffix. D) Suffix, affix. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prefix, suffix. 10. What verb goes with the ending-ed and turns into a noun? A) Wreck. B) Arrive. C) Evident. D) Annoy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wreck. 11. Mr Gelimat has an ..... touch to the things that he does. A) Artist. B) Art. C) Artistic. D) Arting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Artistic. 12. Flour is an ..... ingredient to make a cake (essence) A) Essentially. B) Essential. C) Essence. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Essential. 13. She often ..... her children by telling them stories. A) Entertain. B) Entertains. C) Entertainment. D) Entertaining. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Entertains. 14. ..... , I was invited to watch the new film (LUCKY) A) Luck. B) Luckily. C) Lucks. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Luckily. 15. PERM A) Clipping. B) Borrowing. C) Blending. D) Conversion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clipping. 16. What is the noun from the highlighted verb?It's her problem and I'm not going to interfere. A) She seems to regard any advice or help from me as interfering. B) She seems to regard any advice or help from me as interference. C) She seems to regard any advice or help from me as interferement. D) She seems to regard any advice or help from me as interferation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She seems to regard any advice or help from me as interference. 17. The company is very interested in product design and ..... A) Innovate. B) Innovation. C) Innovating. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Innovation. 18. I thought my essay was fine, but my teacher told me I had to ..... it. A) Do. B) Re do. C) Redo. D) Overdo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Redo. 19. A verb for 'successful' is ..... A) To succeed. B) To success. C) To successing. D) To succ. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To succeed. 20. Click the clipped word of hippopotamus A) Hippopo. B) Hippo. C) Hippotamus. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hippo. 21. This new type of infection is ..... to antibiotics. A) Assistant. B) Consistent. C) Persistent. D) Resistant. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Resistant. 22. Choose the right adjective/adjectives that is/are made from the verb 'protect': A) Protective. B) Protectively. C) Protection. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Protective. 23. Look. There are no houses, no streets, no people. It is an ..... land. A) Unpopulated. B) Inpopulated. C) Populated. D) Popular. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unpopulated. 24. Smoking and drinking alcohol is very ..... for your health. (harm) A) Harm. B) Harmless. C) Harmful. D) Harmfull. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Harmful. 25. The homework was ..... done (intelligence) A) Intelligence. B) Intelligently. C) Intelligent. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Intelligently. 26. Pub A) Compounding. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Initialism. D) Clipping. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Clipping. 27. Identify the word-formation process for each highlighted word.EXAM A) Compound word. B) Affixed word. C) Clipped word. D) Blended word. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clipped word. 28. Changes in the sea temperature will increase the ..... of hurricanes. A) Frequent. B) Frequency. C) Frequently. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frequency. 29. What is the blend for Clash? A) Clap+Crash. B) Clap+Cash. C) Cash+Clash. D) Clash+Camp. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clap+Crash. 30. He moved about the house so ..... that he woke me up (NOISE) A) NOISLESSLY. B) NOISILY. C) NOISYLY. D) NOISY. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) NOISILY. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesWord Formation Academic Writing Quiz 1Word Formation Academic Writing Quiz 3Word Formation Academic Writing Quiz 4Word Formation Academic Writing Quiz 5Word Formation Academic Writing Quiz 6Word Formation Academic Writing Quiz 7Word Formation Academic Writing Quiz 8Word Formation Academic Writing Quiz 9Word Formation Academic Writing Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books