Word Forms Worksheet: Noun, Verb, Adjective

Vocabulary lesson 26: Word families · Set 401 · 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.Choose the right form: Trees ___ the soil from washing away. (a) protection (b) protective (c) protectively (d) protect
2. 2.Which word is an adjective? (a) decisive (b) decide (c) decisively (d) decision
3. 3.Choose the right form: Do not play near the railway track; it is ___. (a) endanger (b) dangerously (c) dangerous (d) danger
4. 4.Choose the right form: Use your ___ to write a story about a flying elephant. (a) imaginatively (b) imaginative (c) imagination (d) imagine
5. 5.Which word is a noun? (a) inventive (b) inventively (c) invention (d) invent
6. 6.Choose the right form: Can you ___ the picture in five sentences? (a) description (b) descriptively (c) describe (d) descriptive
7. 7.Choose the right form: Tara spoke ___ and won the debate. (a) persuasion (b) persuasive (c) persuade (d) persuasively
8. 8.Which word is a verb? (a) simplicity (b) simply (c) simplify (d) simple
9. 9.Choose the right form: She is a ___ doctor in Pune. (a) succeed (b) successfully (c) successful (d) success
10. 10.Which word is an adjective? (a) description (b) describe (c) descriptively (d) descriptive
11. 11.Which word is a noun? (a) protect (b) protective (c) protectively (d) protection
12. 12.Which word is an adjective? (a) creation (b) creatively (c) creative (d) create
13. 13.Choose the right form: Close your eyes and ___ you are on the moon. (a) imagine (b) imagination (c) imaginative (d) imaginatively
14. 14.Choose the right form: Your honesty is ___. (a) admiration (b) admirable (c) admirably (d) admire
15. 15.Which word is an adverb? (a) admire (b) admirably (c) admirable (d) admiration
16. 16.Which word is an adverb? (a) simplicity (b) simple (c) simply (d) simplify
17. 17.Choose the right form: Can you ___ Dad to buy a puppy? (a) persuade (b) persuasion (c) persuasive (d) persuasively
18. 18.Which word is an adjective? (a) dangerously (b) dangerous (c) endanger (d) danger
19. 19.Choose the right form: The telephone was a great ___. (a) invent (b) invention (c) inventive (d) inventively
20. 20.Choose the right form: Wear a helmet for ___ while cycling. (a) protect (b) protective (c) protection (d) protectively
21. 21.Choose the right form: Please explain it ___; I am only seven! (a) simple (b) simply (c) simplify (d) simplicity
22. 22.Which word is a noun? (a) persuasively (b) persuasion (c) persuasive (d) persuade
23. 23.Choose the right form: My sister and I like ___ games. (a) differ (b) difference (c) differently (d) different
24. 24.Which word is a noun? (a) admirable (b) admire (c) admirably (d) admiration
25. 25.Choose the right form: It was a hard ___ to make. (a) decisive (b) decisively (c) decision (d) decide
26. 26.Which word is an adverb? (a) decide (b) decisively (c) decision (d) decisive
27. 27.Which word is an adverb? (a) create (b) creatively (c) creative (d) creation
28. 28.Choose the right form: If you practise daily, you will ___. (a) success (b) succeed (c) successfully (d) successful
29. 29.Which word is an adverb? (a) attract (b) attraction (c) attractive (d) attractively
30. 30.Which word is a noun? (a) description (b) descriptively (c) descriptive (d) describe
31. 31.Choose the right form: Kashmir is famous for its natural ___. (a) beauty (b) beautiful (c) beautify (d) beautifully
32. 32.Choose the right form: There is a big ___ between a frog and a toad. (a) different (b) difference (c) differ (d) differently
33. 33.Which word is a verb? (a) beautifully (b) beautify (c) beauty (d) beautiful
34. 34.Which word is an adjective? (a) succeed (b) success (c) successfully (d) successful
35. 35.Which word is an adverb? (a) persuasive (b) persuade (c) persuasively (d) persuasion
36. 36.Choose the right form: Everyone looked at the dancer with ___. (a) admiration (b) admirably (c) admirable (d) admire
37. 37.Which word is an adverb? (a) describe (b) description (c) descriptively (d) descriptive
38. 38.Which word is a noun? (a) decisively (b) decision (c) decide (d) decisive
39. 39.Which word is an adjective? (a) simply (b) simplicity (c) simple (d) simplify
40. 40.Choose the right form: The storm caused great ___ in the village. (a) destructively (b) destruction (c) destructive (d) destroy

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