
University Admission: English; MCQ Questions & Answer; Parts of Speech
University Admission: English; MCQ Questions & Answer; Parts of Speech

1. The noun of `excite’ is-
(A) excitable (B) exciting
(C) excited texcitement
2. The word category of Foment’ is-
(A) adjective tverb
(C) noun (D) adverb
3. The verb form of the noun `Humanity’ is-
(A) Human (B) Humane
(C) Humanitarian tHumanize
4. Which word is not used as a verb?
(A) Lose (B) Rise
t Loose (D) Flood
5. The word ‘tormentor’ is-
t a noun (B) an adjective
(C) a verb (D) an adverb
6. The verb form of the noun “Origin” is-
(A) Original (B) Originated
(C) Origination t Originate
7. What is the noun form of the word ‘pronounce’?
t pronunciation (B) pronounciation
(C) pronountiation (D) pronounciasion
8. The noun of ‘ deter’ is-
t deterrence (B) deterrential
(C) detention (D) detour
9. The noun form of ‘arrive’ is-
t arrival (B) arriving
(C) arrived (D) arrives
10. What is the Verb form of the word ‘acquisition’?
t acquiesce (B) acquisite
(C) acquire (D) acquirement
11. What is the Noun of the word ‘defer’?
(A) deference t deferment
(C) difference (D) deferrant
12. The word ‘Reminisec’ is -
t a verb (B) an adjective
(C) a noun (D) an adverb
13. The noun of ‘predict’ is -
(A) predictable (B) predicting
t prediction (D) predicted
14. The noun form of ‘grand’ is-
(A) grandless (B) grandsome
t grandeur (D) grand
15. The word ‘ reproduction’ is -
(A) an adjective (B) a verb
(C) an adverb t a noun
16. What is the noun of the verb ‘ Depart’?
(A) Departed (B) Department
(C) Departing t Departure
17. What is the noun form of the word ‘coward’?
t cowardice (B) cowardness
(C) cowardy (D) cowardful
18. The word ‘productivity’ is a/an-
(A) adjective (B) adverb
(C) verb t noun
19. The word `idolize` is -
(A) a noun t a verb
(C) an adverb (D) an adjective
20. The word ‘proportionate’ is -
(A) a noun (B) an adverb
t an adjective (D) a verb
21. The word ‘unparalleled’ is -
(A) a noun t an adverb
(C) a verb (D) an adverb
22. The verb of the word ‘response’ is-
(A) responsible (B) responsibility
t respond (D) respondent
23. The word ‘ neutral’ is-
(A) an adverb (B) a noun
t an adjective (D) a verb
24. What is the adjective of ‘information’?
(A) informal t informative
(C) informed (D) information
25. What is the noun of `do’?
(A) did t deed
(C) day (D) died
26. The adjective is-
(A) catenulate t calculative
(C) calculation (D) calculus
27. Verb of ‘Number’ is -
(A) numbering (B) numeric
t number (D) numberate
28. Verb of ‘Mind’ is -
t Mind (B) Mindly
(C) Mindset (D) Mindwash
29. Verb of ‘Honour’ is
t Honour (B) Honouray
(C) Honourable (D) Honourably
30. “The noun for the word appreciative” is-
(A) appreciate (B) appreciable
t appreciation (D) appreciatively
31. The noun form of `universal’ is:
(A) universalty (B) university
(C) unversiality t universality
32. What is the adjective form of `money’?
(A) moneytary t monetary
(C) economical (D) financial
33. The verb form of ‘education’ is-
(A) Educator t Educate
(C) Educative (D) Educating
34. What part of speech is ‘readiness’?
(A) Verb (B) Adjective
(C) Adverb t Noun
35. The essential part of sentence is -
(A) noun t verb
(C) head words (D) object
36. Verb of the word ‘full’ is-
(A) filled (B) fulfillment
t fill (D) full
37. The adjective form of `cow’ is-
t bovine (B) equine
(C) oxen (D) vixen
38. The noun of `imagine’ is-
t imagination (B) imaginary
(C) imaginable (D) image
39. The verb of ‘hard’ is -
(A) harder (B) hardy
(C) hardly t harden
40. Change the word ‘LITTLE’ into verb.
(A) enlittle t belittle
(C)littening (D) enlitten
41. What is the noun form of the word ‘urgent’?
(A) urgence (B) urgentness
(C) urination t urgency
42. What is the noun form of the word ‘assemble’?
t assembly (B) assemblaze
(C) assemblage (D) assemblockage
43. The noun form of ‘usually’ is -
(A) useful t usualness
(C) usualful (D) as usual
44. Which part of speech is ‘magnificent’?
(A) Adverb t Adjective
(C) Preposition (D) Noun
45. The adjective form of ‘reluctance’ is-
(A) reluct (B) reluctive
t reluctant (D) relucted
46. What part of speech is ‘rare’-
(A) adverb t adjective
(C) preposition (D) noun
47. The correct adjective form of ‘adjective’ is-
(A) adjective t adjectival
(C) adjectiving (D) adject
48. The noun of the word ‘Transcend’ is-
(A) Transcendent (B) Transcending
t Transcendence (D) Transcendental
49. ‘please, come again’, Here please is-
(A) Verb t Adverb
(C) Conjunction (D) Pronoun
50. Which one is an adverb?
(A) good t well
(C) bad (D) wrong
51. The adjective of ‘time’ is -
(A) temporal (B) timous
t timely (D) temperamental
52. The correct derivative of ‘strike’ is-
(A) striking t struck
(C) stroke (D) strook
53. The correct derivative of ‘thief’ is-
t thieving (B) thieves
(C) thieft (D) thove
54. The word “propel” is a /an-
(A) noun t verb
(C) adjective (D) adverb
55. What is the adjective of ‘break’?
(A) Breaker (B) Breaking
(C) Breach t Breakable
56. The correct verb form of the word ‘valid’ is-
(A) validify (B) validize
t validate (D) envalidate
57. ‘Popular’ ward is verb form-
(A) Popularity (B) Population
t Popularise (D) People
58. The adjective form of the word ‘moon’ is-
(A) Iinear (B) Ioner
t Iunar (D) Iunatic
59. The word ‘accessory’ is -
t a noun (B) an adverb
(C) a preposition (D) a verb
60. The noun of the word ‘virtuous’ is-
(A) virtual (B) virtuosity
t virtue (D) virtuoso
61. The verb of ‘lingth’ is -
(A) lengthwise t lengthen
(C) long (D) longitude
62. Adjective of ‘width’ is-
(A) widen (B) wider
t wide (D) none of this
63. What kind of part of speech is ‘extraordinary’?
(A) Noun (B) Pronoun
(C) Varb t Adjective
64. The verb form of the word ‘social’ is-
(A) society t socialize
(C) sociology (D) societal
65. The verb ‘saturation’ is -
(A) satyr t saturate
(C) saturn (D) saturnine
66. Noun of the word ‘remove’ is-
(A) removing t removal
(C) remover (D) removement
67. The word ‘manly’ is-
(A) a noun (B) a verb
t an adjective (D) an adverb
68. The ‘adjective’ form of the word `sustain` is-
(A) sustained (B) sustainer
t sustainable (D) sustaining
69. The word ‘enlarge’ is-
(A) Noun (B) Adjective
(C) Adverb t Verb
70. Choose the noun form of the verb `combine` from the given options.
(A) combined (B) combining
t combination (D) combinate
71. The word `Democracy` is a -
t Noun (B) Adverb
(C) Verb (D) Adjective
72. ‘The post must be manned immediately.’ Here the underlined word is-
(A) a noun t a verb
(C) an adverb (D) an adjective
73. Unless you work hard, you will not succeed. Here ‘unless’ is used as-
t conjunction (B) Noun
(C) Pronoun (D) Adjective
74. Adjective form of ‘Mess’ is-
(A) Messful (B) Mess
t Messy (D) Messi
75. Which one of the following is the correct noun form of ‘sure’?
(A) Surety (B) Sure
(C) Surely t Sureness
76. The noun form of the word ‘dismiss’ is -
(A) dismisseness t dismissal
(C) dismissing (D) dismissary
77. The noun of the word ‘pursur’ is-
(A) pursueness (B) pursuation
t pursuit (D) none of them
78. ‘Oval’ is an adjective of -
(A) over (B) eye
t egg (D) lip
79. The adjective of ‘rigidity’ is-
(A) rigor t rigid
(C) rigorous (D) rigidness
80. What part of speech is `extraordinary`?
(A) Noun t Adjective
(C) Verb (D) Adverb
81. What is the verb of “bath”?
t bathe (B) bathen
(C) bathed (D) bathing
82. What is the noun of `terminate`?
(A) terminal (B) terminus
t termination (D) none of the above
83. Human brain is the most sophisticated machine. Here ‘sophisticated’ is a/an-
(A) noun (B) verb
t adjective (D) adverb
84. ‘Wind the watch’ – the underlined is an example of:
t verb (B) Noun
(C)Adjective (D) Interjection
85. What is the adjective of the word `Tax`?
t Taxable (B) Taxation
(C) Taxability (D) Taxing
86. We want more men like him. Here ‘more’ is-
t Adjective (B) Adverb
(C) Preposition (D) Conjunction
87. Tagore belongs to-Nazrul on the shelf.
(A) to (B) in
(C) with t above
88. What is the noun of ‘Vary’?
(A) Varriance t Variety
(C) Very (D) Variable
89. Adjective form of ‘Charity’ is-
(A) Charity (B) Charitably
(C) Charitify t Charitable
90. The word ‘Gravity’ is-
(A) A gerund t A noun
(C) A verb (D) An adjective
91. The noun of the word ‘laugh’ is-
(A) laugh (B) laughing
(C) laughable t laughter
92. What is the verb of ‘Error’?
(A) Errand (B) Errant
t Err (D) Erratic
93.The verb form of ‘necessity’ is-
(A) Necessarily t Necessitate
(C) Necessary (D) Necessities
94. What is the noun form of the word “retard”?
(A) retarded (B) retardition
t retardation (D) retired
95. What is the noun of the word “extreme”?
t extremity (B) extremely
(C) extremeness (D) extremise
96. The word “adjective” is a / an-
(A) Pronoun t Noun
(C)Adjective (D) Verb
97. Which is the adjcetive form of the word “restrict”?
(A) restriction (B) restricted
(C) restrictive t Both B & C
98. Which one is the adjective of the word `tax`?
t taxable (B) taxation
(C) taxability (D) taxi
99. The word `tolerant’ is-
(A) noun t adjective
(C) verb (D) adverb
100.Noun of the word ‘sell’ is-
(A) sold t sale
(C) sell (D) none of them
101. What is the verb form of ‘person’?
(A) personed (B) emperson
t personify (D) none
102. The noun form of `evident’ is-
(A) evidentness (B) evidency
t evidence (D) evidenture
103. What is the verb form of ‘bath’?
t bathe (B) baethe
(C)bethe (D) none
104. which one is noun?
(A) Dimly t Fellowship
(C) Horticultural (D) None
105. Noun of the word ‘poor’ is-
(A) poorify (B) poority
(C) poorness t poverty
106. The term ‘Alas’ is-
(A) preposition (B) interjection
(C) conjunction t adverb
107. Which one is an adverb?
(A) Economy (B) Economical
(C) Economics t Economically
108. The adjective of the word ‘sea’ is-
t Marine (B) Navy
(C) Ocean (D) Shipping
109. What is the noun of ‘dense’?
t density (B) densitiness
(C) depth (D) densness
110. Adjective of the word ‘Joy’ is-
(A) Joyous t Joyful
(C) Jolly (D) Enjoy
111. Choose the correct noun of the word ‘baffling’:
(A) baffle t bafflement
(C) baffliment (D) embaffle
112. Choose the correct adjective of ‘sweat’.
(A) sweaty (B) sweated
(C) sweater t Both A & B
113. I will not be able to accept a no. The nuderlined word is a-
(A) pronoun t noun
(C) adverb (D) adjective
114. They wandered about the town. The underlined word is used as a/an-
(A) pronoun t preposition
(C) adverb (D) adjective
115. He is very generous. Here ‘generous’ is-
(A) noun (B) verb
t adjective (D) adverb
116. What is the verb-form of ‘poverty’?
(A) povert (B) povertive
(C) poverty stricken t impoverish
117. What will be ‘adjective’ of the word ‘penalty’?
(A) penalable (B) penalize
t penal (D) none
118. Grammar is needed to -
(A) correct the pronunciation
t correct the language
(C) encourage speaking ability
(D) learn a language
119. Which of the following is a noun?
(A) practise (B) advise
t guise (D) auspicious
120. Which one is a verb?
(A) advise (B) dream
(C) beautify t all of these
121. Which is the noun of the word ‘brief’?
(A) briefly (B) short
t brevity (D) briefing
122. Adjective of the word ‘envy’ is-
t envious (B) envity
(C) jealous (D) enviable
123. Which is the verb of the word ‘public’?
(A) publicity t publish
(C) press (D) publicly
124. The adverb of ‘legibla’ is-
(A) legibility (B) relevant
t legibly (D) cryptic
125. The word ‘intolerable’ is -
(A) verb (B) conjunction
t adjective (D) adverb
126. What is the adjective of the word ‘Noise’?
(A) Noisiness (B) Noisily
(C) Noiseless t Noisy
127. Identify the correct compound word –Noun+Adjective.
(A) Lock-up t Snow-white
(C) left-over (D) sweet-heart
128. Identify the correct compound word: Preposition+verb
(A) Tax-payer t Over-flow
(C) Best-seller (D) self-help
129. Adjective of the word ‘corruption’ is-
(A) Corrupted t Corrupt
(C) Corrupty (D) Corrupting
130. What is the noun form of the word ‘Cover’?
(A) covering t coverage
(C) covered (D) coversion
131. The noun form of the word “Hate” is-
t Hatred (B) Hateful
(C) Hated (D) Hatefully
132. ``Mobile” is a -
(A) Verb t Adverb
(C) Noun (D) Adjection
133. What part of speech is the word ‘close’?
(A) verb (B) noun
(C) adjective t verb, noun and adjective
134. What is the noun of the word ‘Repeat’?
(A) Repeated (B) Repetitive
t Repetition (D) Repetitious
135. Which is the verb of the word ‘Bitter’?
(A) Bitterity (B) Bitterify
(C) Bitterness t Embitter
136. The Adjective of the word ‘Village’ is-
(A) Villager t Pastoral
t Rural (D) Urban
137. Which is the adjective of the word ‘marriage’?
(A) Marry (B) Married
t Nuptial (D) Marriageable
138. Indentify the parts of speech of the italic word-Let us winter in Malaysia.
(A) Noun (B) Pronoun
t Verb (D) Adverb
139. Which one of the following is not a noun?
(A) Childhood (B) Purity
(C) Loneliness t Fairly
140. What is the adjective form of the word home?
(A) Homelike (B) homeful
t homely (D) homage
141. Correct adjective of the word ‘Contempt’ is-
(A) Contemptation t Contemptible
(C)Contemptable (D) Contempting
142. All spoke in his favour . Here the word ‘All’ is a/an-
(A) noun (B) adverb
t Pronoun (D) adjective
143. The doctor took the ‘round’ in the hospital. Here ‘round’ is a /an-
(A) adjective t noun
(C) verb (D) adverb
144. What part of speech is the word “extraordinary”?
(A) Noun (B) Verb
t Adjective (D) Adverb
145. Which one of the following pairs is not correct?
(A) False-Falsify t Weak-Weakly
(C) Sure -Ensure (D) Able-Enable
146. What is the noun form of the word ‘know’?
(A) Knowing t knowledge
(C) knowledgeable (D) Known
147. ‘ I shall help you provided you obey me.’ Here the underlined word is a /an-
(A) adverb (B) adjective
t conjunction (D) verb
148. The warning of the authority falls on deaf ears. Here ‘warning’ does the function of-
(A) adverb (B) adjective
(C) verb t noun
149. Which of the following words has been formed with a prefix?
t amoral (B) authentic
(C) amnesia (D) aspersions
150. The sun went down. The underlined word is used here as a /an-
(A) Preposition t Adverb
(C)Noun (D) Conjunction
151. Frailty, thy name is women, Here ‘Frailty’ is -
t a noun (B) an adjective
(C) an adverb (D) a verb
152. The mother sat vigilantly beside the sick baby. Here ‘vigilangly’ is-
(A) a noun t an adverb
(C) an adjective (D) none of the three
153.Very of ‘Number’ is-
t number (B) enumerate
(C) numbering (D) numerical
154. The verb of the word ‘short’ is-
(A) enshort t shorten
(C) shorted (D) shorting
155. Which is the noun of the word ‘beautiful’?
t Beauty (B) Beautify
(C) Beauteous (D) Beautifully
156. ‘The day of my sister’s marriage is drawing near.’ The underlined word is a /an-
(A) adjective (B) verb
(C) preposition t adverb
157. What is the verb of the word ‘Ability’?
(A) Ableness t Enable
(C) Ably (D) Able

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