Word formation exercises: MCQs

WORD FORMATION EXERCISES: MCQs
NOUN
ADJECTIVE
ADVERB
Subject
(possessive) adjective + noun
enough + noun
a/an/the + adjective + noun
Preposition + noun
quantifiers + noun
adjective + noun
Be/ Linking verbs + adjective
Be + too + adjective + to-v
Be + adjective + enough
Be + so + adjective + that
How + adjective + S + be!
Verb + Object + adverb
Verb + too + adverb + to-v
Verb + adverb + enough
Verb + so + adverb + that
How + adverb + S + verb!
Aux + Adverb + Verb
Be + Adverb + adjective
Her .was so great that she broke a glass.
a. anxious (a)	b. anxiously (adv)	c. anxiety (n)	d. anxieties
The audience burst into .at the end of the play.
a. applaud (v)	b. applause (n)	c. applaudable (a)	d. applaudably (adv)
He felt very when he saw he had failed the exam again.
a. courage (n)	b. discouraged (a)	c. encouragement (n)	d. encourage (v)
The work is still at a very level.
a. experiment (n)	b. experimental (a)	c. experimentally (adv)	d. experimentalize
It is the most film I have ever seen.
a. fright (n)	b. frighten (v)	c. frightened (a)	d. frightening (a)
It is veryto live in a damp room.
a. health (n)	b. healthy (a)	c. healthily (adv)	d. unhealthy (a)
He promised to come but he’s very 
a. rely (v)	b. reliable (a)	c. reliably (adv)	d. unreliable (a)
How much do you 
a. weight (n)	b. weigh (v)	c. weightless (a)	d. weightlessness (n)
Since has been so poor the class is being closed.
a. attend (v)	b. attention (n)	c. attendance (n)	d. attentive (a)
Magnets will most metals.
a. attraction (n)	b. attract (v)	c. attractive (a)	d. attractively (adv)
His has not improved much.
a. behave (v)	b. behavior (n)	c. behaved (p.p.)	d. behaving 
She is extremely about the history of art.
a. know (v)	b. knowledge (n)	c. knowledgeable (a)	d. knowledgeably (adv)
The plane had to make a crash (land)in a field.
a. landing	b. land	c. landed	d. to land
He owes his largely to his sense of humor.
a. popular (a)	b. popularity (n)	c. popularly (adv)	d. popularize (v)	
As she is so with her present job, she’s decided to leave.
a. satisfaction (n)	b. satisfactory (a)	c. satisfactorily (adv)	d. dissatisfied (a)
What a very old man he is!
a. learn (v)	b. learning	c. learned (a)	d, to learn
Traveling in big city is becoming more  everyday.
a. trouble (n)	b. troublesome (a)	c. troubling 	d. troubler (n)
Less public transport is now available because of the of staff.
a. short (a)	b. shortly (adv)	c. shorten (v)	d. shortage (n)
Because of the volume of traffic local councils are forced to give  for more roads to be constructed.
a. permit (v)	b. permission (n)	c. permissive (a)	d. permissively (adv)
, many houses have to be demolished to make ways for the roads.
a. Fortune (n)	b. Fortunate (a)	c. fortunately (adv)	d. unfortunately (adv)
But traveling by public transport is very (attract)as there are long delays.
a. attract (v)	b. attractively (adv)	c. unattractive (a)	d. attraction (n)
The new film is  good.
a. exception/n	b. exceptional/a	c. exceptionally/adv	d. except/v/preps
She felt a sense of when her friend went to live abroad.
a. lose	b. loss	c. loser	d. losing
You need a lot of to be a teacher.
a. patient	b. patience	c. impatience	d. impatient
I’m afraid you aren’t suitably for the job.
a. qualification	b. qualified	c. qualify	d. qualifying	
The weather will be bright with showers.
a. occasion	b. occasional	c. occasionally	d. occasions
Most birds in the winter.
a. migratory	b. migrate	c. migration	d. migrator
He draws cartoon for a magazine.
a. humor	b. humorous	c. humorously	d. humorless
Do you have a costume in your country?
a. nation	b. national	c. nationally	d. international
What is the (long)of the runway at this airport?
a. long	b. lengthen	c. length	d. longer
He was too (shame)to tell his teacher about the stupid mistake.
a. ashamed	b. shame	c. shamefully	d. shamelessly
The police are interested in the sudden of the valuable painting.
a. appear	b. disappear	c. disappearance	d. appearance
I believe you because I know you are 
a. true	b. truth	c. truthful	d. truthfully	
The cost of must be paid by the buyers.
a. carry	b. carriage	c. carried	d. carrying
They are going to announce the of the President.
a. arrival	b. arrive	c. arrived	d. arriving
She made noto our conversation of the night before.
a. reference	b. referentially	c. referential	d. refer
She is one of the greatestto appear in this theater.
a. perform	b. performers	c. performance	d. performing
The which she gave last night was marvelous.
a. perform	b. performers	c. performance	d. performing
She received a lot of from her mother.
a. courage	b. encourage	c. encouragement	d. encouraged
Does this suit you?
a. arrange	b. arrangement	c. rearrange	d. arranged
Conversation is one of the most enjoyable forms of 
a. entertain	b. entertainment	c. entertainer	d. entertainingly
 is such a competitive profession.
a. Advertise	b. Advertisement	c. to advertise	d. Advertising 
Have you seen the latest  for Pepsi?
a. Advertise	b. Advertisement	c. to advertise	d. Advertising 
The judge told him it was  to drink and drive and banned him for a year.
a. responsible	b. irresponsible	c. responsibility	d. irresponsibility
She divorced him because of his to the children.
a. kind	b. kindness	c. unkindness	d. unkind
The evening was spent playing cards and talking.
a. enjoy	b. enjoyable	c. enjoyably	d. enjoying
The keys were locked inside the car. , a side window was open.
a. Luckily	b. Luck	c. Lucky	d. unluckily
Due to the clerk’s  , we missed the train.
a. stubbornness	b. stubborn	c. stubbornly	d. unstubborn
Thousands of people are living in  after the earthquake.
a. miserable	b. miserably	c. misery	d. miser 
The thing I hate about Jim is his  
a. reliable	b. unreliability	c. reliably	d. unreliable
It was a complete  due to poor planning.
a. fail	b. failure	c. failures	d. failing
 Their has lasted a lifetime.
a. friendship	b. friend	c. friendly	d. friends
The world of computers is extremely 
a. compete	b. competition	c. competitive	d. competitively
She left school with good 
a. qualify	b. qualified	c. qualifications	d. qualifying
My car isn’t very . It is always letting me down.
a. reliable	b. unreliability	c. reliably	d. unreliable
Burning coal is an/a way of heating a house. Gas is much cheaper.
a. economy	b. economical	c. uneconomical	d. economically
I’ve just been told some news.
a. astonish	b. astonishment	c. astonishing	d. astonished
In with mot other countries, Britain has a very high rate of heart attacks.
a. compare	b. comparison	c. comparative	d. comparatively
It is usually forbidden to destroy buildings.
a. history	b. historical	c. historically	d. historian
The old couples have saved a lot of money for their 
a. retire	b. retired	c. retiring	d. retirement
The old fishing village is very 
a. picture	b. picturesque	c. picturesquely	d. pictures
is a very serious problem in many countries.
a. Employ	b. Employers	c. Employment	d. unemployment
The area of the city is not very attractive.
a. industrial	b. industrially	c. industrialize	d. industry
Many families have to live in hostels.
a. homeless	b. home	c. house	d. homesick
Have you got any ?
a. suggestion	b. suggest	c. suggested	d. suggesting
I had to check the wages in to my normal work.
a. add	b. addition	c. additionally	d. additional
 Exercises
 Choose the best answer a,b,c or d
1.John is out of work . He is...........
 A.employ	B.unemployed	C.employment	D.unemployment
2.We were.............because the film was very...............
 A.boring_boring	B.bored_boring	C.boring_bored 	D.bored_bored
3.They like Mr.David because he always has..............lessons.
 A.interested	B.uninterested	C.interesting	D.uninteresting
4.English and Vietnamese have many.................They are very difficult.
 A.differences	B.different	C.difference	D.differ
5.We will have a very...............exam next year .
 A.import	B.important	C.importance	D.unimportant
6.He is unhappy because he is............in his life .
 A.success	B.unsuccess	C.successful	D.unsuccessful
7.Peter is a...............driver . He always has dangerous accidents .
 A.careless	B.careful	C.carefully	D.crelessly
8.The old man has saved a lot of money for his.................
 A.retire	B.retied	C.retirement	D.retiring
9.I hates my motorbicycle so much. It is always................
 A.rely	B.reliable	C.reliability	D.unreliable
10.Halong is one of the most famous tourist................ in Vietnam 
 A.attract	B.attractions	C.attractive	D.attracted
11.The man looks very handsome in the..............clothes 
 A.northern	B.north	C.northwards	D.northbound
12.There are a lot of good............... in the factory 
 A.scientst	B.scientific	C.science	D.scientists
13.Uncle Ho said , “ There’s nothing more precious than freedom ,............. and happiness .
 A.dependence	B.dependent	C.independence	D.independent
14.The exercises are too difficult for him. He is................ to do them .
 A.ability	B.unable	C.able	D.unability
15.Smoking is........... to your health so don’t smoke .
 A.harm	B.harmful	C.harmless	D.harmfully
16.Mr.John is very rich but he hasn’t got his..............
 A.possess	B.possessive	C.possession	D.possessor
17.The police is now investigating the............. of the child .
 A.appear	B.appearance	C.disappear	D.disappearance
18.Our envirnment is................. seriously. The government should do something to protect it.
 A.pollute	B.polluting	C.polluted	D.pollution
19.David Backam is getting fatter because he is.............
 A.act	B.action	C.active	D.inactive