Word Forms Worksheet: Noun, Verb, Adjective

Vocabulary lesson 26: Word families · Set 477 · 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) differ (b) differently (c) different (d) difference
2. 2.Choose the right form: The storm caused great ___ in the village. (a) destruction (b) destructive (c) destructively (d) destroy
3. 3.Choose the right form: Trees ___ the soil from washing away. (a) protective (b) protection (c) protect (d) protectively
4. 4.Which word is a noun? (a) pure (b) purify (c) purely (d) purity
5. 5.Which word is an adjective? (a) persuasive (b) persuade (c) persuasively (d) persuasion
6. 6.Choose the right form: Meera sings ___. (a) beauty (b) beautify (c) beautifully (d) beautiful
7. 7.Which word is a verb? (a) creation (b) create (c) creative (d) creatively
8. 8.Choose the right form: Painting helps children become more ___. (a) creation (b) creatively (c) create (d) creative
9. 9.Choose the right form: Write a short ___ of your best friend. (a) description (b) descriptive (c) descriptively (d) describe
10. 10.Choose the right form: The Taj Mahal is a famous tourist ___. (a) attractively (b) attractive (c) attraction (d) attract
11. 11.Which word is an adjective? (a) invention (b) inventive (c) invent (d) inventively
12. 12.Choose the right form: Let us ___ a poster for Earth Day. (a) creation (b) create (c) creatively (d) creative
13. 13.Choose the right form: Everyone looked at the dancer with ___. (a) admire (b) admirable (c) admirably (d) admiration
14. 14.Which word is an adverb? (a) destructive (b) destructively (c) destroy (d) destruction
15. 15.Choose the right form: She is a ___ doctor in Pune. (a) success (b) successfully (c) succeed (d) successful
16. 16.Choose the right form: Kashmir is famous for its natural ___. (a) beautiful (b) beautifully (c) beauty (d) beautify
17. 17.Choose the right form: There is a big ___ between a frog and a toad. (a) difference (b) differ (c) differently (d) different
18. 18.Which word is an adjective? (a) purity (b) pure (c) purify (d) purely
19. 19.Which word is a noun? (a) destructively (b) destroy (c) destruction (d) destructive
20. 20.Choose the right form: Plastic waste can ___ sea animals. (a) endanger (b) danger (c) dangerous (d) dangerously
21. 21.Which word is an adjective? (a) decision (b) decide (c) decisive (d) decisively
22. 22.Choose the right form: The rocket was ___ launched. (a) succeed (b) successfully (c) success (d) successful
23. 23.Which word is an adjective? (a) dangerously (b) danger (c) endanger (d) dangerous
24. 24.Which word is an adverb? (a) simply (b) simplicity (c) simplify (d) simple
25. 25.Choose the right form: The telephone was a great ___. (a) inventive (b) invent (c) inventively (d) invention
26. 26.Choose the right form: Termites can ___ wooden furniture. (a) destruction (b) destroy (c) destructive (d) destructively
27. 27.Which word is a noun? (a) decide (b) decision (c) decisively (d) decisive
28. 28.Which word is an adverb? (a) create (b) creative (c) creatively (d) creation
29. 29.Choose the right form: Can you ___ Dad to buy a puppy? (a) persuasively (b) persuasive (c) persuasion (d) persuade
30. 30.Which word is a noun? (a) beauty (b) beautiful (c) beautify (d) beautifully
31. 31.Choose the right form: Hard work is the key to ___. (a) success (b) successful (c) succeed (d) successfully
32. 32.Which word is a verb? (a) purity (b) purely (c) purify (d) pure
33. 33.Choose the right form: You must ___ which book to read first. (a) decisively (b) decision (c) decide (d) decisive
34. 34.Choose the right form: My sister and I like ___ games. (a) different (b) differ (c) difference (d) differently
35. 35.Choose the right form: Please explain it ___; I am only seven! (a) simplify (b) simple (c) simply (d) simplicity
36. 36.Which word is a verb? (a) invention (b) inventively (c) inventive (d) invent
37. 37.Which word is an adjective? (a) imaginatively (b) imagine (c) imaginative (d) imagination
38. 38.Which word is a noun? (a) admirably (b) admire (c) admirable (d) admiration
39. 39.Which word is an adjective? (a) protect (b) protectively (c) protective (d) protection
40. 40.Choose the right form: If you practise daily, you will ___. (a) successfully (b) successful (c) success (d) succeed

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