This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Vocabulary > Word Formation Academic Writing – Quiz 29 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Word Formation Academic Writing Quiz 29 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. FBI A) Compounding. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Initialism. D) Clipping. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Initialism. 2. Fill in the gap:In spite of the divorce, there was no ..... between them-in fact they seemed very much at ease. A) Awkwardness. B) Awkward. C) Awkwardment. D) Awkwardity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Awkwardness. 3. I am so ..... that we are going to New York tomorrow. A) Excited. B) Exciting. C) Excite. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Excited. 4. Use your ..... to think of a solution that will work for everyone. A) Imaginative. B) Imagine. C) Imaginary. D) Imagination. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagination. 5. Smoking is likely to ..... your health permanently. A) Damage. B) Damaged. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Damage. 6. ..... of speech and belief is extremely important for the health of an individual. A) Free. B) Freely. C) Freedom. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Freedom. 7. The name of the virus for the common cold is ..... A) Sneeze. B) Flu. C) Phlegm. D) Headache. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flu. 8. In Thai culture, one cannot ..... his feeling when he is not satisfied with others as man is required by society to hide a large proportion of his feelings. A) Express. B) Impress. C) Repress. D) Suppress. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Express. 9. Emma is feeling so ..... with her fashionable new hairstyle. A) Confide. B) Confident. C) Confidently. D) Confidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Confident. 10. Tiktok has ..... many songs (popular) A) Popularly. B) Popularity. C) Popularized. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Popularized. 11. Find correct suffix to form new word:to Depart A) -age. B) -al. C) -ery. D) -ure, -ture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) -ure, -ture. 12. Chris accepted the doctor's news although it was very ..... to hear. A) Painful. B) Painless. C) Pained. D) Painfully. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Painful. 13. Adjective for HUNGER A) Hungry. B) Hungrily. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hungry. 14. "Excuse me? Can I have a pen, please?"The word in red color is ..... A) A noun. B) An adjective. C) An adverb. D) A verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A verb. 15. The process of reducing a word such as a noun to a shorter version and using it as a new word such as a verb. A) Clipping. B) Blending. C) Compounding. D) Backformation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Backformation. 16. He has a lot of praises because of his (a) ..... action. He is seen as a (b) ..... A) Heroistic (b) heroism. B) Heroic (b) heroism. C) Heroic (b) hero. D) Heroistic (b) hero. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heroic (b) hero. 17. I couldn't believe the ..... he gave me A) EXPLANATION. B) EXPLICABLE. C) EXPLICATION. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) EXPLANATION. 18. I spent most of my ..... on a farm in Wales before the family moved to America.(CHILD) A) Childish. B) Childhood. C) Children. D) Childcare. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Childhood. 19. SENSEShe is a very ..... person. She gets easily upset by the things people say or do. A) Senseful. B) Sensible. C) Sensitive. D) Sensorial. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sensitive. 20. Identify the word-formation process for each highlighted word.DEMO A) Compound word. B) Affixed word. C) Clipped word. D) Blended word. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clipped word. 21. The answer is ..... You must have made a mistake somewhere. A) Correction. B) Incorrect. C) Correctness. D) Incorrectly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 22. What verb goes with the ending-son and turns into a noun? A) Compile. B) Compare. C) Inform. D) Amuse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compare. 23. Treat-noun A) Treatable. B) Entreat. C) Treatment. D) Treatition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Treatment. 24. She has always been ..... towards her parents and they don't want her at home anymore. A) Respected. B) Respectful. C) Irrespectful. D) Disrespectful. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Disrespectful. 25. The adjective form of danger is ..... A) Not danger. B) Dangerously. C) Dangerous. D) Danger. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dangerous. ← 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