This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Vocabulary > Word Formation – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Word Formation Quiz 12 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Divers went down to a ..... of over 50 metres. (DEEP) A) Depth. B) Deepen. C) Deeply. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Depth. 2. Please don't forget to add your ..... to your email. A) Attachment (n.). B) Attach (v.). C) Attached (adj.). D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Attachment (n.). 3. We drove at five miles an hour because the ..... was so poor. A) Visible. B) Visual. C) View. D) Visibility. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Visibility. 4. Which of the following is an example of a word formed by affixation? A) Toothbrush. B) Grandmother. C) High school. D) Unhappy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unhappy. 5. What's the opposite of 'like'? A) Unlike. B) Dislike. C) Likeless. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dislike. 6. It's a ..... to meet you, Dr. Green. A) Pleasure. B) Pleased. C) Please. D) Pleasing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pleasure. 7. What is the role of a suffix in word formation? A) To change the meaning of the base word. B) To indicate the tense of a verb. C) To create a compound word. D) To form a synonym. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To change the meaning of the base word. 8. Identify the word formation type in the word 'unhappiness'. A) Prefixation. B) Circumfixation. C) Infixation. D) Suffixation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prefixation. 9. Pains in your feet and legs could be a(n) ..... that you aren't wearing the right shoes when you train. A) Appearance. B) Indication. C) Estimation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indication. 10. The use of lazers makes it possible to give pilots all the ..... information. A) Dependent. B) Unreliable. C) Necessary. D) Independent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Necessary. 11. His ..... was so impolite that some guests left the party. A) Mockery. B) Mock. C) Mocker. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mockery. 12. Huson would like to study ..... at university so that he can work as a feelance ..... in the future. A) Photograph/ photographer. B) Photographer/ photograph. C) Photography/ photographer. D) Photograph/ photography. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Photography/ photographer. 13. An ..... known visitor left the bag. A) Dis-. B) Mis-. C) Un-. D) Non-. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Un-. 14. The witness' statement didn't help the police in the investigation, so it proved to be ..... A) Valuable. B) Valueless. C) Value. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Valueless. 15. An automatic driving assistant can be ..... in certain situations. (USE) A) Using. B) Useless. C) Useful. D) Uses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Useful. 16. The correspondent noun to the verb CLARIFY is A) Clarifying. B) Clarified. C) Clarification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clarification. 17. He wasn't accustomed ..... so early and dozed all day long! A) To walk. B) Walk. C) Walking. D) To walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To walking. 18. Approximately how many words did Shakepseare contribute to the English language? A) 1700. B) 700. C) 5000. D) 1200. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1700. 19. Thanks, Mr Jones. We got you this gift to show our ..... for everything you've done. A) Indication. B) Appreciation. C) Contribution. D) Payment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appreciation. 20. There are more and more ..... who want to participate each year in the 42k marathon. A) RUNNING. B) RUNNERS. C) RUNNER. D) RUN. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) RUNNERS. 21. What is the word formation method where a word imitates the sound it represents? A) Borrowing. B) Conversion. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Acronyms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 22. Can you ..... the twin. A) Identify. B) Identification. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Identify. 23. SCUBA stands for self-contaminated underwater breathing apparatus. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 24. What does re-mean? A) Always. B) Sometimes. C) Again. D) Never. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Again. 25. The police have ..... their efforts in finding the suspect. A) Intensified. B) Intense. C) Intensive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Intensified. 26. ..... I don't have any plans for the evening so we may go out. A) Actual. B) Actuality. C) Actually. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Actually. 27. I've never seen two people so ..... to each other. A) Attached. B) Attach. C) Attchment. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Attached. 28. If people continue to use ..... chemicals in farming, the soil will eventually lose its fertility and threaten food security. A) Harmless. B) Harm. C) Harmful. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Harmful. 29. I think ..... is the best medicine. A) Laugh. B) Laughed. C) Laughing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Laughing. 30. Which of these word roots indicates lungs? A) "laryng". B) "pharyng". C) "sinus". D) "pneum". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "pneum". ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesWord Formation Quiz 1Word Formation Quiz 2Word Formation Quiz 3Word Formation Quiz 4Word Formation Quiz 5Word Formation Quiz 6Word Formation Quiz 7Word Formation Quiz 8Word Formation Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books