Word Forms Worksheet: Noun, Verb, Adjective

Vocabulary lesson 26: Word families · Set 13 · 40 questions

Word tip (The gap decides the form): Endings help: -tion, -sion, -ness, -ity, -ence → noun; -ful, -ive, -ous, -able, -ent → adjective; -ly → adverb; -ify, en- → verb. Look at the gap: after a, the, your → noun; after will, can, to → verb; before a noun or after is → adjective; telling how something is done → adverb. Read the sentence with your word in it to check.

1. 1.Which word is a verb? (a) descriptively (b) description (c) describe (d) descriptive
2. 2.Which word is a verb? (a) attraction (b) attractive (c) attract (d) attractively
3. 3.Choose the right form: Hard work is the key to ___. (a) successfully (b) succeed (c) successful (d) success
4. 4.Which word is a noun? (a) destructive (b) destructively (c) destroy (d) destruction
5. 5.Which word is an adjective? (a) decision (b) decide (c) decisive (d) decisively
6. 6.Which word is an adjective? (a) persuasion (b) persuade (c) persuasively (d) persuasive
7. 7.Choose the right form: Plastic waste can ___ sea animals. (a) dangerously (b) danger (c) dangerous (d) endanger
8. 8.Which word is a noun? (a) imaginative (b) imaginatively (c) imagination (d) imagine
9. 9.Which word is a verb? (a) decisive (b) decide (c) decisively (d) decision
10. 10.Which word is a noun? (a) decisively (b) decision (c) decisive (d) decide
11. 11.Which word is an adverb? (a) attract (b) attractive (c) attraction (d) attractively
12. 12.Choose the right form: Trees ___ the soil from washing away. (a) protective (b) protect (c) protection (d) protectively
13. 13.Choose the right form: Close your eyes and ___ you are on the moon. (a) imagination (b) imaginatively (c) imagine (d) imaginative
14. 14.Choose the right form: Do not play near the railway track; it is ___. (a) dangerous (b) dangerously (c) danger (d) endanger
15. 15.Which word is a noun? (a) invention (b) inventive (c) invent (d) inventively
16. 16.Choose the right form: Please explain it ___; I am only seven! (a) simplify (b) simple (c) simplicity (d) simply
17. 17.Which word is an adverb? (a) admiration (b) admirably (c) admirable (d) admire
18. 18.Choose the right form: Termites can ___ wooden furniture. (a) destroy (b) destructive (c) destructively (d) destruction
19. 19.Choose the right form: Tara spoke ___ and won the debate. (a) persuasive (b) persuade (c) persuasively (d) persuasion
20. 20.Choose the right form: Can you ___ Dad to buy a puppy? (a) persuasive (b) persuasively (c) persuade (d) persuasion
21. 21.Choose the right form: The storm caused great ___ in the village. (a) destructive (b) destructively (c) destruction (d) destroy
22. 22.Which word is an adjective? (a) imagine (b) imagination (c) imaginatively (d) imaginative
23. 23.Choose the right form: Use your ___ to write a story about a flying elephant. (a) imaginatively (b) imagination (c) imaginative (d) imagine
24. 24.Choose the right form: Can you ___ the picture in five sentences? (a) description (b) describe (c) descriptively (d) descriptive
25. 25.Which word is a verb? (a) admirable (b) admirably (c) admiration (d) admire
26. 26.Choose the right form: If you practise daily, you will ___. (a) successful (b) succeed (c) success (d) successfully
27. 27.Which word is an adverb? (a) beautify (b) beautiful (c) beautifully (d) beauty
28. 28.Choose the right form: Let us ___ a poster for Earth Day. (a) create (b) creatively (c) creative (d) creation
29. 29.Which word is an adverb? (a) protectively (b) protective (c) protect (d) protection
30. 30.Which word is a verb? (a) simplify (b) simply (c) simplicity (d) simple
31. 31.Which word is a noun? (a) success (b) succeed (c) successfully (d) successful
32. 32.Which word is an adverb? (a) persuade (b) persuasion (c) persuasive (d) persuasively
33. 33.Choose the right form: The telephone was a great ___. (a) invention (b) inventively (c) inventive (d) invent
34. 34.Choose the right form: Your honesty is ___. (a) admire (b) admiration (c) admirably (d) admirable
35. 35.Which word is a verb? (a) differently (b) difference (c) different (d) differ
36. 36.Which word is a noun? (a) creative (b) creatively (c) creation (d) create
37. 37.Choose the right form: Write a short ___ of your best friend. (a) describe (b) description (c) descriptive (d) descriptively
38. 38.Which word is a noun? (a) admirably (b) admire (c) admiration (d) admirable
39. 39.Which word is an adverb? (a) destructive (b) destroy (c) destructively (d) destruction
40. 40.Choose the right form: There is a big ___ between a frog and a toad. (a) difference (b) differ (c) differently (d) different

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