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Word form self-study quizzes

Word Form Quiz # 1

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  1. John is __________from other boys.
    a. difference
    b. differently
    c. differ
    d. different

     

  2. It is important to ___________ your yard during the summer.
    a. fertilize
    b. fertility
    c. fertile

     

  3. Lake Tahoe is a very___________ Lake.
    a. depth
    b. deep
    c. deeply

     

  4. You must_______________ whether or not you want to stay.
    a. decision
    b. decisive
    c. decide
    d. decisively

     

  5. The house is____________ arranged.
    a. beautiful
    b. beauty
    c. beautify
    d. beautifully

     

  6. ______________is more important than money.
    a. honest
    b. honesty
    c. honestly

     

  7. US Air________________ smoking during the flight.
    a. prohibitively
    b. prohibition
    c. prohibitive
    d. prohibits

     

  8. The________________of the virus AIDS is not certain.
    a. originate
    b. origin
    c. original
    d. originally

     

  9. I wish to_________________that it is important to study for the TOEFL.
    a. emphasis
    b. emphatically
    c. emphasize

     

  10. The__________ of coming to class cannot be emphasized enough.
    a. importance
    b. important
    c. importantly

     

  11. She carries herself very______________.
    a. grace
    b. graceful
    c. gracefully

     

  12. Poncho Villa acted_________________ as he battled for Mexican independence.
    a. glorify
    b. glory
    c. glorious
    d. gloriously

     

  13. The automobile has a_______________ frame.
    a. solidify
    b. solid
    c. solidly

     

  14. The accident was a complete_______________.
    a. mystify
    b. mystery
    c. mysterious
    d. mysteriously
    e. mystified

     

  15. My wife's food is________________as good as my mother's.
    a. equalized
    b. equality
    c. equal
    d. equally
    e. equalization
    f. equalize

     

  16. You must take a class in___________ Behavior.
    a. Organize
    b. Organization
    c. Organizational

     

  17. There are no__________________ when it comes to mental disorders. Each case must be treated according to its specific circumstances.
    a. generalize
    b. generalizations
    c. generalization
    d. general
    e. generally

     

  18. You must first___________________ your thoughts and then everything else will improve.
    a. purify
    b. purity
    c. pure
    d. purely

     

  19. All men are created equally and deserve to be_______________.
    a. freedom
    b. freely
    c. free

     

  20. Susan acted__________________ when she invested her money in the stock market.
    a. wisdom
    b. wise
    c. wisely

 

Word Form Quiz # 2

     

  1. Paul is a good_______________.
    a. music
    b. musician
    c. musical

     

  2. The_________________ procedures for operating on the heart are very complex.
    a. surgery
    b. surgeon
    c. surgical

     

  3. The_____________ outlets in my house are not functioning.
    a. electricity
    b. electrician
    c. electrical

     

  4. Linda Chafee is the program_________________ for the American Culture and Language Program.
    a. administration
    b. administrator
    c. administrative

     

  5. Accountants are good_________________ advisers.
    a. finance
    b. financier
    c. financial
    d. financing
    e. financed

     

  6. ____________is a fun and lucrative hobby.
    a. photography
    b. photographer
    c. photographic

     

  7. Albert Einstein is a_________________.
    a. theory
    b. theoritician
    c. theoretical

     

  8. Troy Aikman is a very__________person.
    a. athletes
    b. athlete
    c. athletic
    d. athletics

     

  9. Tina is the______________________of the American Culture and Language Program ESL newspaper.
    a. editing
    b. editor
    c. editorial

     

  10. Confusius was a great___________________.
    a. philosophy
    b. philosopher
    c. philosophical

     

  11. ______________is a growing problem in United States of America.
    a. crime
    b. criminal
    c. criminalize

     

  12. The_______________scene in America has shifted from moderate to conservative.
    a. politics
    b. politician
    c. political

     

  13. ________________can make a lot of money.
    a. law
    b. lawyers
    c. legal

     

  14. It is always good to have a great sense of__________________.
    a. humor
    b. humorist
    c. humorous

     

  15. He came to the______________that he would soon pass the TOEFL test.
    a. realize
    b. realization
    c. realized
    d. realizing

     

  16. Turkey will need to___________________ many buildings because of the 7.4 earthquake in August 1999.
    a. reconstructing
    b. reconstruction
    c. reconstruct

     

  17. Experts have_______________ that our natural resources are being depleted at ever alarming rate.
    a. calculation
    b. calculate
    c. calculated

     

  18. It is important to build a strong__________________ around a city during a time of war.
    a. fortify
    b. fortification
    c. fortified

     

  19. The northeast area of United States has a lot of_______________ during the summertime.
    a. humidity
    b. humidifier
    c. humid
    d. humidify

     

  20. Hard work often______________success when one is learning English as a second language.
    a. determine
    b. determines
    c. determining
    d. determinization
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