This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Vocabulary > Word Formation – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Word Formation Quiz 16 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I have more ..... than you to study because I am self ..... A) Motivation, motivate. B) Motivation, motivated. C) Motivated, motivation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motivation, motivated. 2. Which method of word formation involves creating new words by adding affixes to existing ones? A) Clipping. B) Derivation. C) Compounding. D) Back-formation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Derivation. 3. The model was ..... dressed in an elegant evening gown. A) Beauty. B) Beautiful. C) Beautifully. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beautifully. 4. I was told to ..... what I was describing, rather than merely reporting it objectively. A) Personfiy. B) Personificate. C) Personalise. D) Impersonate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personalise. 5. There are many ..... employed people in Europe today. A) Misemployed. B) Disemployed. C) Iremployed. D) Unemployed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unemployed. 6. I need someone ..... to take care of the children while I'm at work. A) Independent. B) Dependent. C) Independence. D) Dependable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dependable. 7. The injured bird looked ..... , and we didn't know how to help it. A) Annoying. B) Painless. C) Harmless. D) Helpless. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Helpless. 8. I'm only a sales assistant, but I reckon that I'll be the manager this time next month.(REALITY) A) REALISTIC. B) REAL. C) RELIABLE. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) REALISTIC. 9. Drop the Final vowel and add eroEl Zapato A) La Zapata. B) El Zapatero. C) Zapatti. D) Zapato. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) El Zapatero. 10. Did you know that Tiger Woods earns huge amounts of money for every ..... he makes? A) Appearance. B) Contribution. C) Indication. D) Estimation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appearance. 11. Find ADJECTIVE made from verb A) Drinkity. B) Drinkable. C) Drinkless. D) Drinkness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Drinkable. 12. It was such a ..... couraging experience. A) Un-. B) Dis-. C) In-. D) En-. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dis-. 13. It is important to have a/an (VIRUS) ..... software installed on your device. A) Viral. B) Viruses. C) Antivirus. D) Virulent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antivirus. 14. Is there a good French ..... of Shakespeare's Play? A) Translater. B) Translation. C) Translator. D) Translate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Translation. 15. Several hundred species of birds ..... the island. A) Inhabitant. B) Inhabitable. C) Inhabit. D) Uninhabitable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inhabit. 16. I lost my wallet! It ..... appeared without a trace! A) Disappeared. B) Unappeared. C) Reappeared. D) Misappeared. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Disappeared. 17. Such an act would have been deceitful and ..... A) Responsible. B) Irresponsible. C) Responsibly. D) Responsbility. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irresponsible. 18. In spite of my challenges, I ..... myself every day so that I can be successful in the future ..... is very important for success! A) Motivation, motivate. B) Motivate, motivated. C) Motivate, motivation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Motivate, motivation. 19. She stood ..... gazing at the sun all day. A) Happy. B) Happily. C) Happying. D) Happied. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Happily. 20. Most people can ..... clearly between a real and a simulated smile. A) Differ. B) Different. C) Difference. D) Differentiate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Differentiate. 21. The word 'nice' used to mean clumsy or careless, later foolish but now means agreeable or pleasant, the process whereby a words acquires a more positve meaning is called A) Semntic niceities. B) Amelioration. C) Pejorative. D) Lexical shift. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amelioration. 22. The footprints at the crime scene caused ..... among the investigators. A) Suspicion (n.). B) Suspect (v.). C) Suspicious (adj.). D) Suspiciously (adv.). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Suspicion (n.). 23. The film was quite ..... A) Bored. B) Boring. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Boring. 24. Which word doesn't have negative prefix IM-? A) Patient. B) Mortal. C) Popular. D) Possible. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Popular. 25. Make noun:weak A) Weakment. B) Weakion. C) Weakness. D) Weaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Weakness. 26. Find NOUN made from verb A) Friendship. B) Agreement. C) Winter. D) Kingdom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Agreement. 27. I'm ..... (hunger). Let's go to the cafe A) Hungry. B) Hundred. C) Hungric. D) Hungrful. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hungry. 28. The Channel Tunnel is the ..... undersea tunnel in the world. A) Longer. B) Long. C) Longest. D) Longly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Longest. 29. He was ..... by the magician's amazing tricks. A) Fascinated. B) Thoughtless. C) Fascinating. D) Harmless. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fascinated. 30. I don't think this is important at all. In fact the information is quite ..... It doesn't add anything new. A) Irregular. B) Irrelevant. C) Inaccurate. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irrelevant. ← 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