WORD FORMATION EXERCISES: MCQs potx

WORD FORMATION EXERCISES: MCQs
NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB
1. Subject
2. (possessive) adjective + noun
3. enough + noun
4. a/an/the + adjective + noun
5. Preposition + noun
6. quantifiers + noun
1. adjective + noun
2. Be/ Linking verbs + adjective
3. Be + too + adjective + to-v
4. Be + adjective + enough
5. Be + so + adjective + that
6. How + adjective + S + be!
1. Verb + Object + adverb
2. Verb + too + adverb + to-v
3. Verb + adverb + enough
4. Verb + so + adverb + that
5. How + adverb + S + verb!
6. Aux + Adverb + Verb
7. Be + Adverb + adjective
1. Her …………….was so great that she broke a glass.
a. anxious (a) b. anxiously (adv) c. anxiety (n) d. anxieties
2. The audience burst into …………….at the end of the play.
a. applaud (v) b. applause (n) c. applaudable (a) d. applaudably (adv)
3. He felt very …………when he saw he had failed the exam again.
a. courage (n) b. discouraged (a) c. encouragement (n) d. encourage (v)
4. The work is still at a very …………level.
a. experiment (n) b. experimental (a) c. experimentally (adv) d. experimentalize
5. It is the most …………film I have ever seen.
a. fright (n) b. frighten (v) c. frightened (a) d. frightening (a)

6. It is very…………to live in a damp room.
a. health (n) b. healthy (a) c. healthily (adv) d. unhealthy (a)
7. He promised to come but he’s very …………
a. rely (v) b. reliable (a) c. reliably (adv) d. unreliable (a)
8. How much do you …………
a. weight (n) b. weigh (v) c. weightless (a) d. weightlessness (n)
9. Since …………has been so poor the class is being closed.
a. attend (v) b. attention (n) c. attendance (n) d. attentive (a)
10. Magnets will …………most metals.
a. attraction (n) b. attract (v) c. attractive (a) d. attractively (adv)
11. His …………has not improved much.
a. behave (v) b. behavior (n) c. behaved (p.p.) d. behaving
12. She is extremely …………about the history of art.
a. know (v) b. knowledge (n) c. knowledgeable (a) d. knowledgeably (adv)
13. The plane had to make a crash (land)…………in a field.
a. landing b. land c. landed d. to land
14. He owes his …………largely to his sense of humor.
a. popular (a) b. popularity (n) c. popularly (adv) d. popularize (v)
15. 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)
16. What a very …………old man he is!
a. learn (v) b. learning c. learned (a) d, to learn
17. Traveling in big city is becoming more ………… everyday.
a. trouble (n) b. troublesome (a) c. troubling d. troubler (n)
18. Less public transport is now available because of the …………of staff.
a. short (a) b. shortly (adv) c. shorten (v) d. shortage (n)
19. 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)
20. …………, many houses have to be demolished to make ways for the roads.
a. Fortune (n) b. Fortunate (a) c. fortunately (adv) d. unfortunately (adv)

21. 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)
22. The new film is ………… good.
a. exception/n b. exceptional/a c. exceptionally/adv d. except/v/preps
23. She felt a sense of …………when her friend went to live abroad.
a. lose b. loss c. loser d. losing
24. You need a lot of …………to be a teacher.
a. patient b. patience c. impatience d. impatient
25. I’m afraid you aren’t suitably …………for the job.
a. qualification b. qualified c. qualify d. qualifying
26. The weather will be bright with …………showers.
a. occasion b. occasional c. occasionally d. occasions
27. Most birds …………in the winter.
a. migratory b. migrate c. migration d. migrator
28. He draws cartoon for a …………magazine.
a. humor b. humorous c. humorously d. humorless
29. Do you have a …………costume in your country?
a. nation b. national c. nationally d. international
30. What is the (long)…………of the runway at this airport?
a. long b. lengthen c. length d. longer
31. He was too (shame)…………to tell his teacher about the stupid mistake.
a. ashamed b. shame c. shamefully d. shamelessly
32. The police are interested in the sudden …………of the valuable painting.
a. appear b. disappear c. disappearance d. appearance
33. I believe you because I know you are …………
a. true b. truth c. truthful d. truthfully
34. The cost of …………must be paid by the buyers.
a. carry b. carriage c. carried d. carrying
35. They are going to announce the …………of the President.
a. arrival b. arrive c. arrived d. arriving

36. She made no…………to our conversation of the night before.
a. reference b. referentially c. referential d. refer
37. She is one of the greatest…………to appear in this theater.
a. perform b. performers c. performance d. performing
38. The …………which she gave last night was marvelous.
a. perform b. performers c. performance d. performing
39. She received a lot of …………from her mother.
a. courage b. encourage c. encouragement d. encouraged
40. Does this …………suit you?
a. arrange b. arrangement c. rearrange d. arranged
41. Conversation is one of the most enjoyable forms of …………
a. entertain b. entertainment c. entertainer d. entertainingly
42. ………… is such a competitive profession.
a. Advertise b. Advertisement c. to advertise d. Advertising
43. Have you seen the latest ………… for Pepsi?
a. Advertise b. Advertisement c. to advertise d. Advertising
44. The judge told him it was ………… to drink and drive and banned him for a year.
a. responsible b. irresponsible c. responsibility d. irresponsibility
45. She divorced him because of his …………to the children.
a. kind b. kindness c. unkindness d. unkind
46. The evening was …………spent playing cards and talking.
a. enjoy b. enjoyable c. enjoyably d. enjoying
47. The keys were locked inside the car. …………, a side window was open.
a. Luckily b. Luck c. Lucky d. unluckily
48. Due to the clerk’s ………… , we missed the train.
a. stubbornness b. stubborn c. stubbornly d. unstubborn
49. Thousands of people are living in ………… after the earthquake.
a. miserable b. miserably c. misery d. miser
50. The thing I hate about Jim is his …………
a. reliable b. unreliability c. reliably d. unreliable

51. It was a complete ………… due to poor planning.
a. fail b. failure c. failures d. failing
52. Their …………has lasted a lifetime.
a. friendship b. friend c. friendly d. friends
53. The world of computers is extremely …………
a. compete b. competition c. competitive d. competitively
54. She left school with good …………
a. qualify b. qualified c. qualifications d. qualifying
55. My car isn’t very …………. It is always letting me down.
a. reliable b. unreliability c. reliably d. unreliable
56. Burning coal is an/a …………way of heating a house. Gas is much cheaper.
a. economy b. economical c. uneconomical d. economically
57. I’ve just been told some …………news.
a. astonish b. astonishment c. astonishing d. astonished
58. In …………with mot other countries, Britain has a very high rate of heart attacks.
a. compare b. comparison c. comparative d. comparatively
59. It is usually forbidden to destroy …………buildings.
a. history b. historical c. historically d. historian
60. The old couples have saved a lot of money for their …………
a. retire b. retired c. retiring d. retirement
61. The old fishing village is very …………
a. picture b. picturesque c. picturesquely d. pictures
62. …………is a very serious problem in many countries.
a. Employ b. Employers c. Employment d. unemployment
63. The …………area of the city is not very attractive.
a. industrial b. industrially c. industrialize d. industry
64. Many …………families have to live in hostels.
a. homeless b. home c. house d. homesick
65. Have you got any …………?
a. suggestion b. suggest c. suggested d. suggesting

66. 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