Word Formation Test Exercises - Multiple Choice Questions With Answers - Advanced Level 40

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This exercise is an advanced level multiple choice test with multiple choice questions on process of word formation including the topics below.

Process of Word Formation

Invention
Echoism
Clipping
Acronymy
Blending
Back-Formation
Folk Etymology
Antonomasia
Reduplication

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Question 1

He has been living ____ since he left Turkey.

A	foreigner
B	out
C	abroad
D	patriot
E	adventure

Question 2

The members have been ____ the subject for six hours but they haven't come to an ____ yet.

A	discussing / accepting
B	discussing / common point
C	debating / common point
D	argueing / acceptance
E	debating / agreement

Question 3

A good dictionary is an important ____ in learning a new language.

A	supporter
B	helper
C	material
D	aid
E	aim

Question 4

The tourists were very much ____ when they saw the magnificient mosques in Istanbul.

A	surprising
B	amazed
C	ashamed
D	accepted
E	accustomed

Question 5

He became a rich man after he was ____ a great deal of money by his aunt whom he had never seen before.

A	inherited
B	willed
C	inhabited
D	inquired
E	bequeathed

Question 6

The secretary has become quite ____ to the company because no one knows the filing system except for her.

A	indiscernible
B	influential
C	indispensable
D	indefinite
E	indeterminable

Question 7

No one can say that he is trying to deceive us. I've known him since he was a child, and he has always been quite ____ about things.

A	straight-forward
B	truth
C	absolute
D	double-shooting
E	sentimental

Question 8

We stopped to let each other talk, then we started talking ____ , and laughed at each other.

A	same time
B	simultaneously
C	punctually
D	meantime
E	meanwhile

Question 9

The bus is not ____ to come so we'd better go on foot as it is not very far.

A	maybe
B	completely
C	probably
D	likely
E	alike

Question 10

In a democracy, if there is a ____ decision, anything can be done even if the decision is not reasonable.

A	minority
B	rare
C	absolute
D	unvoted
E	majority

Question 11

If necessary ____ are not taken immediately, there will be more teenagers smoking in the near future.

A	causes
B	decisions
C	prevents
D	measures
E	bans

Question 12

His confidence is just a way of hiding his ____ .

A	safety
B	security
C	pride
D	happiness
E	insecurity

Question 13

The father of the boy who was killed tried not to cry, but he was grieving ____ .

A	eternally
B	inwardly
C	mindly
D	sincerely
E	consciously

Question 14

I think there is no ____ for his vulgar behaviour because it is completely his own fault.

A	justification
B	justice
C	sincerity
D	time
E	right

Question 15

He is 18 years old so he is too old to be tried as a ____ delinquent.

A	youth
B	child
C	teenager
D	juvenile
E	young

Question 16

In big supermarkets one can find a good ____ of goods.

A	distinguished
B	selection
C	alternatives
D	case
E	timetable

Question 17

Investigation ____ that long separation of a child from his mother can lead to psychological problems.

A	takes
B	entails
C	indicates
D	requires
E	presents

Question 18

What can be more beautiful than walking slowly along a beach on a ____ summer night.

A	unpredictable
B	windy
C	sensitive
D	serene
E	tremendously

Question 19

The first ____ of Parliament will begin in March.

A	session
B	strike
C	meeting
D	arrangement
E	arguments

Question 20

The earliest ____ of America as far as we know were the Indians.

A	inhabitants
B	immigrants
C	governments
D	visitors
E	settlements

Question 21

Some fruit such as oranges are ____ in spring and cost a lot.

A	rarely
B	hard
C	bare
D	shallow
E	scarce

Question 22

Coffee and tea include caffeine which is a ____ .

A	influence
B	stimulant
C	couraging
D	movement
E	studious

Question 23

Most paragraphs have one sentence which expresses the general idea or ____ of the paragraph.

A	headline
B	title
C	topic
D	theme
E	rhythm

Question 24

It is said that there is a big ____ between brown and white rice.

A	difficulty
B	process
C	distinguished
D	separation
E	difference

Question 25

____ think that there are thirteen vitamins that our body need.

A	People
B	Novelists
C	Journalists
D	Nutritionists
E	Authorities

Question 26

According to the ____ of advertising, consumers can shop more intelligently as a result of advertising.

A	supporters
B	advertisers
C	critiques
D	advocates
E	components

Question 27

____ pulls down the top of a dome, and the dome tends to move outward.

A	Acceleration
B	Gravity
C	Curving
D	Base
E	Columns

Question 28

Scientists have found a direct ____ between smoking and lung cancer.

A	link
B	interaction
C	correlative
D	corporation
E	corresponding

Question 29

The Grand ____ in istanbul is one of the oldest shopping centres in the world.

A	Centre
B	Bazaar
C	Campus
D	Bookstore
E	Grocery

Question 30

He is like a satanic figure because he aproaches people and argues, ____ like a snake.

A	roaring
B	hissing
C	shouting
D	whispering
E	thunder

Question 31

John is very shy. That's why he has great difficulties in oral ____ , although he is a very hardworking student.

A	organizations
B	meetings
C	exams
D	discourses
E	speech

Question 32

The guests saluted each other, touched glasses with a ____ , and clapped.

A	quack
B	lisp
C	whisper
D	crack
E	clink

Question 33

When we first came to this university they gave us a ____ room that was so small that we decided to rent a small house instead.

A	gymnasium
B	psychics
C	caravan
D	dormitory
E	palace

Question 34

Dr. Alban recall all the ____ people to come to get up for their sake of future to attain their absolute liberty in U.S.A.

A	Indian
B	Hindus
C	Arabian
D	Nazi
E	Afro - American

Question 35

Countries like Turkey are members of ____ and send soldiers when necessary, but on the other hand they have no direct say in decision making like the U.S.A.

A	UNESCO
B	OPEC
C	OK
D	NATO
E	D8.

Question 36

We rented ____ which could carry 60 passengers and went on a picnic in Abant last week.

A	an automobile
B	a plane
C	a train
D	a ship
E	an autobus

Question 37

The ____ of this book made some unforgivable mistakes, because he didn't take into consideration the differences between the source text and the target text.

A	author
B	Journalist
C	narrator
D	poet
E	translator

Question 38

When Alaaddin's genie said ____ the Statue of Liberty disappeared at the same time.

A	hotsy - totsy
B	rowdy - dowdy
C	hocus - pocus
D	teeny - weeny
E	roly - poly

Question 39

The ____ is the main food of the fast food culture and is nowadays very popular throughout the world.

A	sandwich
B	lahmacun
C	meatball
D	hamburger
E	coke

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7 thoughts on “Word Formation Test Exercises – Multiple Choice Questions With Answers – Advanced Level 40”

Anand prakash dixit

May 7, 2019 at 10:51 am

Very nice
Veselina

May 14, 2019 at 6:30 pm

Hello:)
Thank you for the good work!
I’d appreciate if you explain the choice in Q 6 ,Word Formation Test Exercises – Multiple Choice Questions With Answers – Advanced Level 40: Why ” influential” but not ” indispensable” ?
Please:)
And one more thing …the same test, Q 8 , in the example sentence, don’t we say “laugh AT each other”
Thank you very much!
Regards!
- ETO
  
  May 20, 2019 at 11:27 pm
  
  “indispensable” is the correct answer for the 6th question. Thanks.
Eduards

August 10, 2019 at 3:32 pm

I wonder if 36th – “we rented a autobus…” may be the right answer?
- ETO
  
  August 17, 2019 at 2:25 pm
  
  It is already the correct answer.
Arti Dobhal

January 26, 2020 at 5:03 pm

Hello in question 2 why it is debating and agreement as answer.
- ETO
  
  January 27, 2020 at 3:11 pm
  
  debate: to discuss a subject formally when you are trying to make a decision or find a solution
  – The issue will be debated on Tuesday.
  
  reach/come to an agreement (also conclude an agreement formal)
  – It took the two sides several weeks to reach an agreement.
  – The two sides failed to come to an agreement.