Word Forms Worksheet: Noun, Verb, Adjective

Vocabulary lesson 26: Word families · Set 227 · 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 an adjective? (a) destructively (b) destruction (c) destructive (d) destroy
2. 2.Choose the right form: Let us ___ a poster for Earth Day. (a) creative (b) creation (c) create (d) creatively
3. 3.Which word is an adverb? (a) decisively (b) decision (c) decisive (d) decide
4. 4.Choose the right form: Can you ___ Dad to buy a puppy? (a) persuasive (b) persuasion (c) persuasively (d) persuade
5. 5.Which word is an adjective? (a) protective (b) protection (c) protect (d) protectively
6. 6.Choose the right form: My sister and I like ___ games. (a) differ (b) difference (c) differently (d) different
7. 7.Which word is a verb? (a) differently (b) differ (c) difference (d) different
8. 8.Which word is an adjective? (a) differently (b) differ (c) different (d) difference
9. 9.Which word is a noun? (a) protectively (b) protect (c) protective (d) protection
10. 10.Which word is a noun? (a) creative (b) creatively (c) creation (d) create
11. 11.Which word is an adjective? (a) purity (b) pure (c) purify (d) purely
12. 12.Choose the right form: Trees ___ the soil from washing away. (a) protection (b) protectively (c) protective (d) protect
13. 13.Which word is a noun? (a) simplicity (b) simplify (c) simply (d) simple
14. 14.Which word is a noun? (a) describe (b) descriptively (c) descriptive (d) description
15. 15.Which word is a verb? (a) imagination (b) imaginative (c) imagine (d) imaginatively
16. 16.Choose the right form: The Taj Mahal is a famous tourist ___. (a) attraction (b) attractively (c) attract (d) attractive
17. 17.Which word is a verb? (a) creation (b) create (c) creatively (d) creative
18. 18.Which word is an adjective? (a) danger (b) dangerously (c) endanger (d) dangerous
19. 19.Which word is an adjective? (a) successful (b) successfully (c) succeed (d) success
20. 20.Which word is a verb? (a) decisively (b) decisive (c) decide (d) decision
21. 21.Choose the right form: Can you ___ the picture in five sentences? (a) description (b) descriptive (c) describe (d) descriptively
22. 22.Which word is a noun? (a) decide (b) decisively (c) decisive (d) decision
23. 23.Choose the right form: If you practise daily, you will ___. (a) successful (b) succeed (c) successfully (d) success
24. 24.Which word is a verb? (a) simplify (b) simplicity (c) simple (d) simply
25. 25.Which word is an adjective? (a) invention (b) invent (c) inventive (d) inventively
26. 26.Choose the right form: Hard work is the key to ___. (a) succeed (b) successful (c) success (d) successfully
27. 27.Which word is an adjective? (a) beautifully (b) beautiful (c) beauty (d) beautify
28. 28.Choose the right form: You must ___ which book to read first. (a) decisively (b) decisive (c) decide (d) decision
29. 29.Which word is a noun? (a) purify (b) purity (c) pure (d) purely
30. 30.Choose the right form: The telephone was a great ___. (a) inventively (b) invent (c) invention (d) inventive
31. 31.Choose the right form: The storm caused great ___ in the village. (a) destructively (b) destroy (c) destruction (d) destructive
32. 32.Which word is an adjective? (a) imagine (b) imaginative (c) imaginatively (d) imagination
33. 33.Which word is an adverb? (a) simple (b) simply (c) simplify (d) simplicity
34. 34.Which word is a verb? (a) inventive (b) invent (c) inventively (d) invention
35. 35.Choose the right form: Tara spoke ___ and won the debate. (a) persuade (b) persuasion (c) persuasive (d) persuasively
36. 36.Choose the right form: It was a hard ___ to make. (a) decide (b) decisive (c) decision (d) decisively
37. 37.Choose the right form: Everyone looked at the dancer with ___. (a) admirable (b) admirably (c) admiration (d) admire
38. 38.Choose the right form: Termites can ___ wooden furniture. (a) destructive (b) destroy (c) destruction (d) destructively
39. 39.Choose the right form: Do not play near the railway track; it is ___. (a) danger (b) dangerously (c) dangerous (d) endanger
40. 40.Choose the right form: Plastic waste can ___ sea animals. (a) dangerous (b) danger (c) dangerously (d) endanger

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