Word Forms Worksheet: Noun, Verb, Adjective

Vocabulary lesson 26: Word families · Set 848 · 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: You must ___ which book to read first. (a) decision (b) decisively (c) decide (d) decisive
2. 2.Choose the right form: If you practise daily, you will ___. (a) success (b) successful (c) succeed (d) successfully
3. 3.Choose the right form: Trees ___ the soil from washing away. (a) protection (b) protective (c) protectively (d) protect
4. 4.Which word is a verb? (a) create (b) creative (c) creation (d) creatively
5. 5.Choose the right form: She is a ___ doctor in Pune. (a) successful (b) succeed (c) successfully (d) success
6. 6.Which word is an adjective? (a) danger (b) dangerous (c) dangerously (d) endanger
7. 7.Which word is a verb? (a) inventive (b) inventively (c) invention (d) invent
8. 8.Choose the right form: It was a hard ___ to make. (a) decisively (b) decide (c) decisive (d) decision
9. 9.Choose the right form: Hard work is the key to ___. (a) successfully (b) successful (c) success (d) succeed
10. 10.Which word is an adjective? (a) inventive (b) inventively (c) invent (d) invention
11. 11.Which word is a verb? (a) protect (b) protection (c) protective (d) protectively
12. 12.Which word is a noun? (a) protection (b) protect (c) protective (d) protectively
13. 13.Choose the right form: Termites can ___ wooden furniture. (a) destructive (b) destruction (c) destroy (d) destructively
14. 14.Which word is a noun? (a) beautify (b) beauty (c) beautiful (d) beautifully
15. 15.Choose the right form: Wear a helmet for ___ while cycling. (a) protective (b) protectively (c) protection (d) protect
16. 16.Which word is an adjective? (a) admirably (b) admirable (c) admire (d) admiration
17. 17.Choose the right form: Do not play near the railway track; it is ___. (a) dangerous (b) dangerously (c) danger (d) endanger
18. 18.Which word is a verb? (a) simple (b) simplicity (c) simplify (d) simply
19. 19.Which word is an adverb? (a) create (b) creatively (c) creation (d) creative
20. 20.Choose the right form: Can you ___ the picture in five sentences? (a) descriptively (b) describe (c) description (d) descriptive
21. 21.Choose the right form: The Taj Mahal is a famous tourist ___. (a) attractive (b) attract (c) attractively (d) attraction
22. 22.Choose the right form: Please explain it ___; I am only seven! (a) simplicity (b) simply (c) simple (d) simplify
23. 23.Which word is a noun? (a) imagination (b) imaginative (c) imaginatively (d) imagine
24. 24.Which word is an adjective? (a) creative (b) creation (c) creatively (d) create
25. 25.Which word is a noun? (a) dangerous (b) danger (c) dangerously (d) endanger
26. 26.Which word is an adverb? (a) beauty (b) beautiful (c) beautifully (d) beautify
27. 27.Choose the right form: The storm caused great ___ in the village. (a) destroy (b) destruction (c) destructively (d) destructive
28. 28.Choose the right form: Meera sings ___. (a) beautify (b) beautiful (c) beautifully (d) beauty
29. 29.Which word is a verb? (a) danger (b) endanger (c) dangerous (d) dangerously
30. 30.Which word is an adverb? (a) persuasive (b) persuade (c) persuasively (d) persuasion
31. 31.Choose the right form: Everyone looked at the dancer with ___. (a) admirable (b) admiration (c) admire (d) admirably
32. 32.Choose the right form: Let us ___ a poster for Earth Day. (a) creatively (b) creative (c) creation (d) create
33. 33.Which word is an adverb? (a) admirable (b) admiration (c) admirably (d) admire
34. 34.Choose the right form: Write a short ___ of your best friend. (a) describe (b) descriptively (c) descriptive (d) description
35. 35.Which word is an adjective? (a) pure (b) purify (c) purity (d) purely
36. 36.Choose the right form: Can you ___ Dad to buy a puppy? (a) persuasion (b) persuasive (c) persuasively (d) persuade
37. 37.Choose the right form: Use your ___ to write a story about a flying elephant. (a) imaginative (b) imagination (c) imaginatively (d) imagine
38. 38.Which word is a noun? (a) description (b) descriptively (c) describe (d) descriptive
39. 39.Choose the right form: My sister and I like ___ games. (a) differently (b) difference (c) different (d) differ
40. 40.Which word is a verb? (a) admiration (b) admire (c) admirable (d) admirably

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