This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Vocabulary > Word Formation – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Word Formation Quiz 13 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Doctors performed an emergency ..... for appendicitis last night. A) Operate. B) Operation. C) Operational. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Operation. 2. The verb of vacation A) Vacate. B) Cation. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vacate. 3. Which prefix do you need to add to these words?fortune/lead/interpret A) Un-. B) Non-. C) Dis-. D) Mis-. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mis-. 4. Hey there! Can you help Emma understand what an acronym is? A) A word formed by removing affixes. B) A word formed by blending two words together. C) A word formed from the initial letters of a sequence of words. D) A word formed by adding a prefix or suffix. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A word formed from the initial letters of a sequence of words. 5. His medical condition is highly ..... stable. A) In-. B) Un-. C) Im-. D) Dis-. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Un-. 6. Make a noun from:rude A) Rudeness. B) Rudiment. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rudeness. 7. I've no ..... of changing my plans just to fit in with his. A) Intention. B) Intended. C) Unintentionally. D) Intentionally. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Intention. 8. When a word acquires a new or different meaning this is called ..... ..... A) Lexical expansion. B) Narrowing. C) Semnatic borrowing. D) Sematic shift. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sematic shift. 9. You should apologise for your bad ..... A) Behave. B) Behaviour. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Behaviour. 10. Decorate A) -ness. B) -tion. C) -ment. D) -ing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) -tion. 11. He is confident enough to express his opinion ..... A) Comfortable. B) Comfort. C) Comfortably. D) Uncomfortable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comfortably. 12. Before leaders make ..... about economic development, they should consider the long-term consequences for the environment. A) Decisions. B) Decide. C) Decisive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decisions. 13. To form some nouns, drop the-ar and add-amiento, Casar A) Casa. B) Caso. C) Nop. D) Casamiento. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Casamiento. 14. What is the word formation method where a new word is formed from the initial letters of a phrase or series of words? A) Onomatopoeia. B) Back-formation. C) Compounding. D) Acronyms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Acronyms. 15. She felt ..... out after the marathon. A) Tired. B) Exhausted. C) Put. D) Worn. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Worn. 16. What type of compound does the word "stir fry" belong to? A) Endocentric. B) Exocentric. C) Copulative. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Copulative. 17. We need to get away from ..... and focus on the issues. A) Generalisations. B) Generalise. C) Generalities. D) Generally. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Generalities. 18. Marathon A) EPONYMS. B) COMPOUNDING. C) BLENDING. D) CLIPPING. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) EPONYMS. 19. He doesn't have a job. He is ..... A) Employed. B) Unemployed. C) Employer. D) Employee. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unemployed. 20. Although the plan you submit seems to be very good, it's not ..... A) Flawless. B) Flaws. C) Flaw. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flawless. 21. Hey there! Can you tell me what happens when we jazz up a base by throwing in a prefix or suffix? A) Affixation. B) Back-formation. C) Clipping. D) Blending. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Affixation. 22. I have never felt so ..... in my entire life. A) SICKNESS. B) UNSICK. C) SICKFULL. D) SICK. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) SICK. 23. A traveller who stopped to rest under a nut tree noticed a huge pumpkin ..... on a thin vine. A) Grow. B) Grows. C) Grown. D) Growing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Growing. 24. The verb of reception A) Recipient. B) Receive. C) Recess. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Receive. 25. Pure A) Purise. B) Purate. C) Purify. D) Puren. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Purify. 26. He was full of ..... after he lost his father. A) Bitter. B) Bitterness. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bitterness. 27. The word dehumanizing has: A) A prefix. B) A prefix and a suffix. C) A suffix. D) A root. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A prefix and a suffix. 28. He owed his success not to privilege but to self-education and a driving desire for ..... . A) Achieve. B) Achievable. C) Achiever. D) Achievement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Achievement. 29. Hospitals always seem so ..... rows of identical beds in dull grey rooms. A) Impersonal. B) Personal. C) Personality. D) Personalize. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Impersonal. 30. The mosquito buzzing in my ear was so ..... that I couldn't sleep. A) Meaningful. B) Confused. C) Annoying. D) Harmless. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Annoying. ← 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