This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Vocabulary > Word Formation Academic Writing – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Word Formation Academic Writing Quiz 13 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The ..... creature has not been sighted for over a week. A) Mystery. B) Mysteries. C) Mysterious. D) Mysteriousness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mysterious. 2. Alan wants to be an ..... (ACT) A) Actor. B) Act. C) Action. D) Active. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Actor. 3. That was an awesome ..... (speak) A) Spoke. B) Speaker. C) Spoken. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Speaker. 4. The old sofa wasn't very ..... (comfort) at all. A) Comforting. B) Comfort. C) Comfortably. D) Comfortable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Comfortable. 5. In her application she emphasized the ..... skills she had acquired over theyears. (SECRETARY) A) Secretarial. B) Secrecy. C) Secrets. D) Secretory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Secretarial. 6. He had to ..... what to do. A) Decide. B) Decision. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decide. 7. Do it, Vincent, telephone the man. A) Derivation. B) Conversion. C) Acronym. D) Clipping. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conversion. 8. The ..... was not convicted because there was no conclusive evidence. (DEFEND) A) Defend. B) Defendant. C) Defender. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Defendant. 9. The ..... of the event was a huge success. (organize) A) Organization. B) Organize. C) Organized. D) Organizing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Organization. 10. Noun for ENVIOUS A) Envier. B) Envy. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Envy. 11. Could please give me a ..... of your lost dog? A) Describe. B) Description. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Description. 12. We ..... eat out. In most cases we get some takeaway food A) RARELY. B) RARE. C) RARITY. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) RARELY. 13. TATOO A) Coinage. B) Borrowing. C) Calque. D) Clipping. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Borrowing. 14. What verb goes with the ending-dom and turns into a noun? A) Wise. B) King. C) Free. D) All the previous options. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the previous options. 15. While in the UK they benefited from the constant ..... to English (EXPOSE) A) EXPOSITION. B) EXPOSURE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) EXPOSURE. 16. The process of forming new words by adding affixes. A) Borrowing. B) Backformation. C) Compounding. D) Derivation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Derivation. 17. I have a lot of ..... on people and they often ..... me A) Influencing, look down on. B) Influence, look up to. C) Influenced, look up to. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Influence, look up to. 18. Choose the correct suffix to form new words:wonder A) Able. B) Er. C) Ful. D) Ly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ful. 19. Which prefix is used to denote the antonym of the word: "active" A) "In". B) "Un". C) "Non". D) "Dis". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Un". 20. Louisa went upstairs and changed into Jeans and a long-sleeved shirt. The word Jeans originally came from ..... A) Arabian. B) Italian. C) Latin. D) English. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Italian. 21. Please contact me ASAP to arrange a time for the two of us to meet. What does ASAP mean? A) As on as peace. B) As soon as possible. C) As sweet as pie. D) Always stay alive please. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) As soon as possible. 22. There was an ..... problem near my house (electricity) A) Electrician. B) Electricity. C) Electrical. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Electrical. 23. Choose the right word: "They built a new develop ..... in the area." A) -ment. B) -ation. C) -ness. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -ment. 24. ..... can come in many forms, including mental and emotional A) Strong. B) Strenghthen. C) Strength. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Strength. 25. What is the noun from the given verb?donate money = make a ..... A) Donation. B) Donating. C) Donatement. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Donation. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesWord Formation Academic Writing Quiz 1Word Formation Academic Writing Quiz 2Word 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 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books