This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Vocabulary > Word Formation – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Word Formation Quiz 8 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which process involves shortening a word without altering its meaning? A) Affixation. B) Clipping. C) Conversion. D) Derivation by base modification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clipping. 2. Describe your ..... please. A) Personality. B) Person. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personality. 3. A portion called the Darien Gap, mostly jungle about 100 miles (160 km) long located in Panama and Colombia, remains ..... A) Uncomplete. B) Uncompleted. C) Uncompleting. D) No complete. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Uncompleted. 4. APPROVAL A) VERB. B) ADJ. C) ADV. D) NOUN. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) NOUN. 5. Make a noun from:inform A) Information. B) Informent. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Information. 6. I think my sister is still very ..... She is 11 years old and still enjoys playing with dolls. A) Inconvenient. B) Immature. C) Impolite. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Immature. 7. The horror movie was too ..... for me-I had nightmares all night! A) Frightening. B) Frightened. C) Helpless. D) Thoughtless. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frightening. 8. The ..... used ..... to develop a ..... method of growing vegetables fast. A) Scientist, science, scientific. B) Scientist, scientific, science. C) Science, scientist, scientific. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scientist, science, scientific. 9. His ..... may sometimes be impolite. A) Straighten. B) Straightforwardness. C) Straight. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Straightforwardness. 10. Make a noun from:discuss A) Discussion. B) Discussment. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Discussion. 11. An unmanned Chinese ..... has returned safely to Earth. A) Spacecraft. B) Space. C) Spacesuit. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spacecraft. 12. I think one of my ..... as a writer is ..... character. A) Strengths / portrayals. B) Strengths / portraits. C) Strong / portraying. D) Strengths / portraying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Strengths / portraying. 13. The adjective for ASSISTANT is ..... A) Assistant. B) Assist. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assistant. 14. For their own ..... the visitors of zoos are kept at a distance. (SAFE) A) Safely. B) Safety. C) Saving. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Safety. 15. In the word "singer, " the suffix-er is used to: A) Makes it a verb. B) Makes it a noun. C) Makes it smaller. D) Adds no meaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Makes it a noun. 16. Our football team won the ..... and received the ..... from a large company. A) Champion/sponsorship. B) Championship/sponsorship. C) Championship/sponsor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Championship/sponsorship. 17. The piglets ..... themselves to their mother, trying to get as much milk as they can. A) Attach (v.). B) Attachment (n.). C) Attached (adj.). D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Attach (v.). 18. What is the word formation method where a new word is created by removing an affix from an existing word? A) Acronyms. B) Back-formation. C) Clipping. D) Compounding. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Back-formation. 19. She wasn't that ..... Just crying. ( Hysteria) A) Hysterical. B) Hysterically. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hysterical. 20. What is the process of adopting words from other languages into English called? A) Clipping. B) Coinage. C) Borrowing. D) Compounding. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Borrowing. 21. The weather is quite ..... nowadays. You never know what to wear. A) Change. B) Changing. C) Changeable. D) Changes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Changeable. 22. Hey there! Can you guess the main process used to create compound nouns? A) Affixation. B) Clipping. C) Compounding. D) Conversion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compounding. 23. Make a noun from:explain A) Explanation. B) Explainment. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Explanation. 24. Jack, who was an excellent shooter, ..... missed his target. (REPEAT) A) Repeats. B) Repeated. C) Repeatedly. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repeatedly. 25. How can you say 'think again' in one word? A) Rethink. B) Overthink. C) Thought. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rethink. ← 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 9Word Formation Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books