This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Vocabulary > Word Formation – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Word Formation Quiz 15 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. Can you ..... the twin. A) Identify. B) Identification. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Identify. 3. 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. 4. What does re-mean? A) Always. B) Sometimes. C) Again. D) Never. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Again. 5. 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. 6. ..... 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. 7. 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. 8. 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. 9. I think ..... is the best medicine. A) Laugh. B) Laughed. C) Laughing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Laughing. 10. Which of these word roots indicates lungs? A) "laryng". B) "pharyng". C) "sinus". D) "pneum". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "pneum". 11. 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. 12. The verb of vacation A) Vacate. B) Cation. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vacate. 13. 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-. 14. 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. 15. His medical condition is highly ..... stable. A) In-. B) Un-. C) Im-. D) Dis-. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Un-. 16. Make a noun from:rude A) Rudeness. B) Rudiment. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rudeness. 17. 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. 18. 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. 19. 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. 20. Decorate A) -ness. B) -tion. C) -ment. D) -ing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) -tion. 21. He is confident enough to express his opinion ..... A) Comfortable. B) Comfort. C) Comfortably. D) Uncomfortable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comfortably. 22. 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. 23. 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. 24. 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. 25. She felt ..... out after the marathon. A) Tired. B) Exhausted. C) Put. D) Worn. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Worn. ← 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