Word Forms Worksheet: Noun, Verb, Adjective

Vocabulary lesson 26: Word families · Set 66 · 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 adverb? (a) simple (b) simply (c) simplify (d) simplicity
2. 2.Choose the right form: Termites can ___ wooden furniture. (a) destructive (b) destructively (c) destroy (d) destruction
3. 3.Which word is an adverb? (a) descriptive (b) description (c) descriptively (d) describe
4. 4.Choose the right form: Everyone looked at the dancer with ___. (a) admirable (b) admirably (c) admire (d) admiration
5. 5.Which word is an adverb? (a) successful (b) successfully (c) success (d) succeed
6. 6.Which word is an adverb? (a) imagine (b) imagination (c) imaginatively (d) imaginative
7. 7.Which word is an adjective? (a) beautifully (b) beauty (c) beautify (d) beautiful
8. 8.Which word is an adjective? (a) persuasive (b) persuasively (c) persuade (d) persuasion
9. 9.Choose the right form: Tara spoke ___ and won the debate. (a) persuasion (b) persuasive (c) persuasively (d) persuade
10. 10.Choose the right form: The rocket was ___ launched. (a) successful (b) successfully (c) succeed (d) success
11. 11.Which word is a verb? (a) invent (b) inventive (c) invention (d) inventively
12. 12.Choose the right form: You must ___ which book to read first. (a) decisive (b) decisively (c) decide (d) decision
13. 13.Which word is a verb? (a) imagine (b) imaginative (c) imagination (d) imaginatively
14. 14.Which word is an adverb? (a) decisively (b) decide (c) decisive (d) decision
15. 15.Choose the right form: Can you ___ Dad to buy a puppy? (a) persuasion (b) persuasively (c) persuade (d) persuasive
16. 16.Choose the right form: Wear a helmet for ___ while cycling. (a) protectively (b) protect (c) protection (d) protective
17. 17.Choose the right form: Please explain it ___; I am only seven! (a) simplicity (b) simplify (c) simple (d) simply
18. 18.Choose the right form: The storm caused great ___ in the village. (a) destructively (b) destruction (c) destructive (d) destroy
19. 19.Which word is a verb? (a) admirable (b) admiration (c) admirably (d) admire
20. 20.Choose the right form: Your honesty is ___. (a) admirably (b) admiration (c) admirable (d) admire
21. 21.Which word is a verb? (a) descriptively (b) descriptive (c) description (d) describe
22. 22.Choose the right form: It was a hard ___ to make. (a) decisive (b) decision (c) decide (d) decisively
23. 23.Which word is a noun? (a) invention (b) inventively (c) inventive (d) invent
24. 24.Which word is a noun? (a) dangerously (b) dangerous (c) endanger (d) danger
25. 25.Choose the right form: She is a ___ doctor in Pune. (a) success (b) successfully (c) successful (d) succeed
26. 26.Which word is an adverb? (a) persuasive (b) persuasively (c) persuasion (d) persuade
27. 27.Which word is a verb? (a) persuade (b) persuasively (c) persuasive (d) persuasion
28. 28.Which word is a noun? (a) descriptive (b) description (c) describe (d) descriptively
29. 29.Choose the right form: The telephone was a great ___. (a) inventive (b) inventively (c) invention (d) invent
30. 30.Which word is an adverb? (a) difference (b) differ (c) different (d) differently
31. 31.Choose the right form: Can you ___ the picture in five sentences? (a) describe (b) description (c) descriptive (d) descriptively
32. 32.Which word is an adjective? (a) protective (b) protection (c) protectively (d) protect
33. 33.Which word is an adjective? (a) simplify (b) simply (c) simplicity (d) simple
34. 34.Choose the right form: Kashmir is famous for its natural ___. (a) beautify (b) beautiful (c) beauty (d) beautifully
35. 35.Which word is a noun? (a) creative (b) create (c) creation (d) creatively
36. 36.Which word is a verb? (a) simplify (b) simply (c) simplicity (d) simple
37. 37.Choose the right form: Bright flowers ___ bees. (a) attractively (b) attract (c) attraction (d) attractive
38. 38.Choose the right form: If you practise daily, you will ___. (a) successfully (b) succeed (c) successful (d) success
39. 39.Choose the right form: Use your ___ to write a story about a flying elephant. (a) imaginative (b) imagine (c) imaginatively (d) imagination
40. 40.Which word is a noun? (a) success (b) succeed (c) successfully (d) successful

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