Word Forms Worksheet: Noun, Verb, Adjective

Vocabulary lesson 26: Word families · Set 3 · 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 noun? (a) admirable (b) admire (c) admirably (d) admiration
2. 2.Choose the right form: Trees ___ the soil from washing away. (a) protective (b) protection (c) protectively (d) protect
3. 3.Choose the right form: Write a short ___ of your best friend. (a) descriptively (b) description (c) describe (d) descriptive
4. 4.Choose the right form: Termites can ___ wooden furniture. (a) destructively (b) destroy (c) destruction (d) destructive
5. 5.Choose the right form: Can you ___ the picture in five sentences? (a) descriptively (b) description (c) descriptive (d) describe
6. 6.Choose the right form: Do not play near the railway track; it is ___. (a) dangerously (b) endanger (c) dangerous (d) danger
7. 7.Choose the right form: Tara spoke ___ and won the debate. (a) persuasive (b) persuasively (c) persuasion (d) persuade
8. 8.Choose the right form: The Taj Mahal is a famous tourist ___. (a) attract (b) attractive (c) attractively (d) attraction
9. 9.Choose the right form: The telephone was a great ___. (a) invent (b) inventive (c) inventively (d) invention
10. 10.Choose the right form: You must ___ which book to read first. (a) decisive (b) decision (c) decisively (d) decide
11. 11.Which word is a verb? (a) decisive (b) decisively (c) decision (d) decide
12. 12.Choose the right form: Let us ___ a poster for Earth Day. (a) creation (b) creatively (c) creative (d) create
13. 13.Choose the right form: Hard work is the key to ___. (a) success (b) successfully (c) succeed (d) successful
14. 14.Which word is an adjective? (a) invent (b) inventive (c) invention (d) inventively
15. 15.Choose the right form: Use your ___ to write a story about a flying elephant. (a) imaginative (b) imagination (c) imagine (d) imaginatively
16. 16.Which word is a noun? (a) imaginative (b) imaginatively (c) imagination (d) imagine
17. 17.Choose the right form: The rocket was ___ launched. (a) succeed (b) successful (c) successfully (d) success
18. 18.Which word is an adjective? (a) persuasion (b) persuade (c) persuasively (d) persuasive
19. 19.Which word is a verb? (a) destructively (b) destroy (c) destruction (d) destructive
20. 20.Choose the right form: Painting helps children become more ___. (a) creatively (b) creation (c) creative (d) create
21. 21.Choose the right form: Please explain it ___; I am only seven! (a) simplify (b) simple (c) simplicity (d) simply
22. 22.Choose the right form: Bright flowers ___ bees. (a) attraction (b) attractively (c) attract (d) attractive
23. 23.Which word is a verb? (a) attraction (b) attract (c) attractively (d) attractive
24. 24.Choose the right form: She is a ___ doctor in Pune. (a) successfully (b) successful (c) success (d) succeed
25. 25.Choose the right form: Close your eyes and ___ you are on the moon. (a) imagination (b) imaginatively (c) imaginative (d) imagine
26. 26.Which word is an adverb? (a) decision (b) decide (c) decisively (d) decisive
27. 27.Choose the right form: Meera sings ___. (a) beautify (b) beautifully (c) beauty (d) beautiful
28. 28.Which word is a noun? (a) simple (b) simply (c) simplify (d) simplicity
29. 29.Which word is an adverb? (a) simplicity (b) simple (c) simply (d) simplify
30. 30.Which word is a verb? (a) purely (b) pure (c) purify (d) purity
31. 31.Choose the right form: Plastic waste can ___ sea animals. (a) dangerous (b) endanger (c) danger (d) dangerously
32. 32.Which word is an adverb? (a) protectively (b) protect (c) protection (d) protective
33. 33.Which word is a verb? (a) invention (b) inventively (c) inventive (d) invent
34. 34.Which word is a noun? (a) different (b) difference (c) differ (d) differently
35. 35.Choose the right form: The storm caused great ___ in the village. (a) destruction (b) destructively (c) destructive (d) destroy
36. 36.Which word is a noun? (a) purely (b) purify (c) pure (d) purity
37. 37.Choose the right form: It was a hard ___ to make. (a) decision (b) decisive (c) decide (d) decisively
38. 38.Which word is an adjective? (a) succeed (b) successfully (c) successful (d) success
39. 39.Choose the right form: Wear a helmet for ___ while cycling. (a) protect (b) protective (c) protectively (d) protection
40. 40.Which word is an adjective? (a) admirable (b) admire (c) admiration (d) admirably

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