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Part of Speech/ Stems and Affixes

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"People can communicate by speaking, writing, making signs, or using pictures. The most common forms of.........................are speaking and writing"

Which is the suitable word to complete in the blank?

a)

communicate

b)

communication

c)

communicative

d)

communicatively

2.

"Nont Tanont is probably the most.....................singer of this time." Which is the suitable word to complete the blank?

a)

success

b)

successful

c)

successfully

d)

succeed

3.

"You shouldn't have mentioned death. You know how.................... Charles is about that sort of thing."

Which is the suitable word to complete the blank?

a)

sense

b)

sensible

c)

sensibly

d)

sensitive

4.

"While Money can't exactly buy you.........................at least it helps you suffer in comfort."

Which is the suitable word to complete the blank?

a)

happy

b)

happily

c)

happiness

d)

happier

5.

"it was extremely...........................of you to leave your library books on the bus."

Which is the suitable word to complete the blank?

a)

careless

b)

carelessly

c)

careful

d)

carefully

6.

"I hope there won't be too much....................in getting COVID-19 Vaccine"

Which is the suitable word to complete the blank?

a)

difficult

b)

difficulty

c)

difference

d)

differ

7.

"My friend wasn't strong enough to lift his heavy rucksack."

Which parts of speech are the underlined words?

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

8.

"She has acquired a working knowledge of French. "

Identify the verb.

a)

acquired

b)

working

c)

knowledge

d)

French

9.

Which part of speech that modifies nouns?

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

10.

Which part of speech that modifies verb, adjective or adverb?

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

11.

" When our English teacher discovered we had no done our exercise, we all made to do more additional exercises"

Identify the adjective.

a)

discovered

b)

exercise

c)

teacher

d)

additional

12.

"That seems to be the right way, but it is advisable checking the traffic news first."

Which underlined word is incorrect?

a)

seems to be

b)

advisable

c)

traffic

d)

first

13.

"We should make these problems simpler. That means we need to simple them."

Which underlined word is incorrect?

a)

problems

b)

simpler

c)

means

d)

simple

14.

"David is a very ................................. boy. He's always nice and wants to help people"

Choose the most appropriate word to complete the blank.

a)

thoughtful

b)

thoughtfully

c)

thought

d)

thoughtfulness

15.

"The hurricane caused terrible .......................... in the area."

Choose the suitable word to complete the blanket.

a)

destroy

b)

destructive

c)

destruction

d)

destructively

16.

The affixes that are attached to the beginning of stems and change the meaning of the word are called........... .

a)

stems

b)

prefixes

c)

suffixes

d)

affixes

17.

The affixes that are attached to the end of stems and change part of speech of the word are called........... .

a)

stems

b)

prefixes

c)

suffixes

d)

affixes

18.

"Three newspaper reporters collaborate in writing this series of articles." What does "collaborate" mean?

a)

work together

b)

together

c)

call

d)

call together

19.

"That university has a very good microbiology department." What does "microbiology" mean?

a)

the study about bibiography

b)

the study about microphone

c)

the study about lives

d)

the study about small lives

20.

"Sailors transmit storm warning by radio." What does "transmit" mean?

a)

send

b)

hand on

c)

inform

d)

across

21.

"Traditionally, the women held a subservient position in the marriage partnership. While her husband went his way, she had to wash, cook, and sew ." What does "subservient" mean?

a)

unimportant

b)

superior

c)

equal

d)

inferior

22.

Who is higher in rank between a sub-principal or a principle?

a)

a principal

b)

a sup-principal

23.

Intracollegiate sport are sport activities that take place..................colleges.

a)

between

b)

within

c)

above

d)

out

24.

The suffix "ist" refers to a person; that 's why who works on your teeth is called a..................... .

a)

Typist

b)

Chemist

c)

Dentist

d)

Pharmacist

25.

If something is audible, you can..........................it.

a)

write

b)

see

c)

say

d)

hear

26.

The study of speech sounds is................... .

a)

graphology

b)

phonology

c)

biology

d)

geology

27.

A historian; one who record events in the order in which they occur is called............................... .

a)

chronicler

b)

chronology

c)

chronological

28.

It is _________________ to drive without a driving license.

a)

legal

b)

illegal

29.

It was difficult to_________________ the house after the earthquake.

a)

rebuild

b)

reload

c)

reuse

d)

redo

30.

He added a _________________ at the end of the letter.

a)

inscription

b)

subscription

c)

postscript

d)

transcript