B2 English Grammar Test – Word Formation multiple-choice questions

1   Use a prefix to make a word negative: fair.

a) infair

b) unfair

c) misfair

2   Use a prefix to make a word negative: competent.

a) incompetent

b) acompetent

c) discompetent

3   Use a suffix to form an adjective from a given word: guilt.

a) guiltful

b) guiltous

c) guilty

4   Use a suffix to form a noun from a given word: recover.

a) recovered

b) recovery

c) recoverment

5   Form a compound adjective from two words: slow + move.

a) slowing-move

b) moving-slow

c) move-slowly

d) slow-moving

6   Use a suffix to form an adjective from a given word: efficiency.

a) efficient

b) efficienal

c) efficiencive

7   Find the correct word formation chain (noun-adjective-verb): analysis.

a) analysor-analytical-analyse

b) analyser-analytic-analyse

c) analyst-analytical-analyse

d) analysian-analysable-analysize

8   Find the correct word formation chain (noun-adjective-verb): assassination.

a) assassin-assassinated-assassinate

b) assassinor-assassinous-assassinate

c) assassinian-assassinated-assassinize

d) assassin-assassinative-assassinate

9   Find the correct word formation chain (noun-adjective-verb): agitation.

a) agitater-agitateful-agitate

b) agitator-agitated-agitate

c) agitatian-agitated-agitize

d) agitator-agitative-agitate

10   Use a suffix to form an adjective from a given word: baby.

a) babylous

b) babyish

c) babyly

11   Form a compounds adjective from two words: single + storey.

a) single-storey

b) single-storeyed

c) storey-single

d) single-storeying

12   Use a suffix to form a noun from a given word: refuge.

a) refugee

b) refugion

c) refugist

13   Find the correct word formation chain (noun-adjective-verb): admiration.

a) admirer-admiring-admirate

b) admirer-admirable-admiring

c) admiror-admiring-admire

d) admirer-admiring-admire

14   Find the correct word formation chain (noun-adjective-verb): addiction.

a) addict-addictive-to become addicting

b) addict-addictous-to become addicted

c) addictian-addictive-to become addicted

d) addict-addictive-to become addicted

15   Use a prefix to make a word negative: perfect.

a) unperfect

b) disperfect

c) imperfect

16   Use a suffix to form an adjective from a given word: worth.

a) worthive

b) worthless

c) worthable

17   Find the correct word formation chain (noun-adjective-verb): achievement.

a) achiever-achieved-achieve

b) achievor-achieved-achieve

c) achiever-achievent-achieve

d) achiever-achieved-achievate

18   Form a compounds adjective from two words: brand + new.

a) brand-newly

b) new-brand

c) brand-new

19   Use a suffix to form a noun from a given word: advertise.

a) advertisness

b) advertised

c) advertisement

20   Use a prefix to make a work negative: legibility.

a) illegibility

b) imlegibility

c) unlegibility

21   Use a suffix to form an adjective from a given word: accident.

a) accidentous

b) accidentent

c) accidental

22   Find the correct word formation chain (noun-adjective-verb): authorization.

a) authoritor-authoritarian-authorize

b) authority-authoritarous-authorize

c) authority-authoritarian-authorize

d) authority-authoritarian-authoritate

23   Find the correct word formation chain (noun-adjective-verb): administration.

a) administrater-administrative-administrate

b) administrator-administrative-administrate

c) administrator-administratous-adminisrate

d) administrator-administrative-administrize

24   Use a suffix to form an adjective from a given word: sympathy.

a) sympathetic

b) sympathish

c) sympathent

25   Use a prefix to make a word negative: rational.

a) disrational

b) inrational

c) irrational

26   Form a compound adjective from two words: good + look.

a) look-good

b) good-looking

c) good-lookly

27   Find the correct word formation chain (noun-adjective-verb): aggravation.

a) aggresser-aggravating-aggravate

b) aggressor-aggravating-aggravate

c) aggressor-aggravative-aggravate

d) aggressor-aggravating-aggravatize

28   Use a suffix to form a noun from a given word: disturb.

a) disturbity

b) disturbness

c) disturbance

29   Use a suffix to form an adjective from a given word: humour.

a) humouric

b) humourive

c) humorous

30   Find the correct word formation chain (noun-adjective-verb): advice.

a) advicer-advicory-advice

b) adviser-advisory-advise

c) advisor-advisoral-advise

d) adviser-advisorous-advise