Word Forms Worksheet: Noun, Verb, Adjective

Vocabulary lesson 26: Word families · Set 19 · 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) destruction (b) destructive (c) destroy (d) destructively
2. 2.Which word is an adjective? (a) decisive (b) decisively (c) decision (d) decide
3. 3.Choose the right form: There is a big ___ between a frog and a toad. (a) difference (b) different (c) differ (d) differently
4. 4.Choose the right form: Tara spoke ___ and won the debate. (a) persuade (b) persuasively (c) persuasion (d) persuasive
5. 5.Which word is an adverb? (a) descriptive (b) description (c) descriptively (d) describe
6. 6.Choose the right form: Your honesty is ___. (a) admire (b) admirable (c) admiration (d) admirably
7. 7.Which word is a noun? (a) persuasion (b) persuasively (c) persuasive (d) persuade
8. 8.Choose the right form: Wear a helmet for ___ while cycling. (a) protect (b) protectively (c) protection (d) protective
9. 9.Which word is a noun? (a) imagine (b) imaginative (c) imagination (d) imaginatively
10. 10.Which word is a verb? (a) decide (b) decisively (c) decisive (d) decision
11. 11.Choose the right form: Kashmir is famous for its natural ___. (a) beauty (b) beautiful (c) beautifully (d) beautify
12. 12.Choose the right form: You must ___ which book to read first. (a) decision (b) decisive (c) decide (d) decisively
13. 13.Which word is a noun? (a) simply (b) simplify (c) simple (d) simplicity
14. 14.Choose the right form: Trees ___ the soil from washing away. (a) protective (b) protection (c) protect (d) protectively
15. 15.Which word is an adverb? (a) difference (b) differ (c) different (d) differently
16. 16.Which word is an adjective? (a) persuasion (b) persuasive (c) persuade (d) persuasively
17. 17.Which word is a noun? (a) successful (b) successfully (c) success (d) succeed
18. 18.Choose the right form: Write a short ___ of your best friend. (a) descriptively (b) descriptive (c) describe (d) description
19. 19.Choose the right form: If you practise daily, you will ___. (a) success (b) succeed (c) successfully (d) successful
20. 20.Choose the right form: Use your ___ to write a story about a flying elephant. (a) imagination (b) imaginative (c) imaginatively (d) imagine
21. 21.Which word is an adjective? (a) admire (b) admirable (c) admirably (d) admiration
22. 22.Which word is an adjective? (a) destruction (b) destructive (c) destructively (d) destroy
23. 23.Which word is an adverb? (a) protection (b) protective (c) protectively (d) protect
24. 24.Choose the right form: The telephone was a great ___. (a) invent (b) inventive (c) invention (d) inventively
25. 25.Which word is an adverb? (a) dangerous (b) dangerously (c) danger (d) endanger
26. 26.Which word is an adjective? (a) attractively (b) attractive (c) attraction (d) attract
27. 27.Choose the right form: Painting helps children become more ___. (a) creative (b) creation (c) creatively (d) create
28. 28.Choose the right form: The Taj Mahal is a famous tourist ___. (a) attractively (b) attract (c) attraction (d) attractive
29. 29.Which word is a verb? (a) protectively (b) protect (c) protection (d) protective
30. 30.Choose the right form: Meera sings ___. (a) beauty (b) beautifully (c) beautify (d) beautiful
31. 31.Which word is an adjective? (a) protect (b) protectively (c) protection (d) protective
32. 32.Choose the right form: Plastic waste can ___ sea animals. (a) dangerously (b) endanger (c) danger (d) dangerous
33. 33.Which word is a noun? (a) differ (b) differently (c) difference (d) different
34. 34.Which word is an adverb? (a) purify (b) pure (c) purity (d) purely
35. 35.Choose the right form: Do not play near the railway track; it is ___. (a) dangerously (b) danger (c) endanger (d) dangerous
36. 36.Which word is a noun? (a) dangerously (b) endanger (c) danger (d) dangerous
37. 37.Which word is a verb? (a) admirable (b) admire (c) admirably (d) admiration
38. 38.Which word is an adverb? (a) admiration (b) admire (c) admirably (d) admirable
39. 39.Which word is an adjective? (a) simple (b) simplify (c) simply (d) simplicity
40. 40.Choose the right form: Termites can ___ wooden furniture. (a) destructive (b) destroy (c) destruction (d) destructively

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