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 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. 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. 3. Marathon A) EPONYMS. B) COMPOUNDING. C) BLENDING. D) CLIPPING. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) EPONYMS. 4. He doesn't have a job. He is ..... A) Employed. B) Unemployed. C) Employer. D) Employee. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unemployed. 5. 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. 6. 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. 7. I have never felt so ..... in my entire life. A) SICKNESS. B) UNSICK. C) SICKFULL. D) SICK. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) SICK. 8. 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. 9. The verb of reception A) Recipient. B) Receive. C) Recess. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Receive. 10. Pure A) Purise. B) Purate. C) Purify. D) Puren. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Purify. 11. 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. 12. 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. 13. 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. 14. 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. 15. 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. 16. Don't plug in an electrical ..... with wet hands-you could get an electric shock. A) Application. B) Applicant. C) Appliance. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Appliance. 17. It's just a ..... dog. There is no need to panic. A) Harmful. B) Harm. C) Harmless. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Harmless. 18. So ..... unhappy and depressed, he started crying for his hard fate. A) Felt. B) To feel. C) Feeling. D) Feels. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Feeling. 19. The ..... halls of major airports are always full during the holiday season. (DEPART) A) Departure. B) Departed. C) Departs. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Departure. 20. Some comments can be ..... , so we should always think before we speak. A) Confused. B) Meaningful. C) Thoughtless. D) Thoughtful. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thoughtless. 21. Drop the-r from the verb and add-adorExplorar A) Explorador. B) Expo. C) Explora. D) Explorer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Explorador. 22. Arjun, Nora, and Mason are playing a word game! What is the process of creating new words by picking initials letters that spell out a pronounceable word? A) Clipping. B) Back-formation. C) Acronym. D) Compounding. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Acronym. 23. When I told Alice my pet rabbit was ill, she just laughed. (SYMPATHY) A) Sympathetic. B) Unsympathetic. C) Sympathetical. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unsympathetic. 24. The exercise was so difficult that we were ..... able to finish it! A) Inable. B) Unable. C) Misable. D) Non-able. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unable. 25. CHOOSE THE CORRECT DEFINITION.NOT-WELL PLANNED OR SYTEMATIZED. A) DISLOYAL. B) DISORGANIZED. C) UNRELIBLE. D) UNAMBITIOUS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) DISORGANIZED. ← 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