Forming new words by suffixes MCQ — 14 Practice Questions with Answers

Explanation

The item asks for the incorrectly formed word. The cue is the suffix spelling: -ful is written with one l. The adjective from beauty is beautiful, not beautifull, so C is the only incorrect form; happiness, careless, and movement are all standard spellings.

Explanation

Suffixes form different kinds of nouns from base words. The cues are the word families: 'employ' forms 'employee', 'educate' forms 'education', 'music' forms 'musician', and 'act' forms 'actor'. Since all four pairings are correct only in option A, the correct matching is 1-b, 2-c, 3-a, 4-d.

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The suffix '-ness' is added to adjectives to form abstract nouns of state or quality. The cue is 'the state or quality of being kind'. 'Kind' therefore becomes 'kindness'. The other options are non-standard or the wrong part of speech, so only 'kindness' is correct.

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The suffix -less forms adjectives meaning without or lacking. The cue is the word hopeless, which combines hope with -less. Thus hopeless means without hope, and R gives the exact rule that explains A; option A is the only correct choice.

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The suffix '-able' commonly forms adjectives meaning 'able to be' or 'capable of being'. The cue is 'readable', which is formed from the verb 'read' and means capable of being read. Therefore both statements are true, and the correct option is D.