General exercises on nouns 1

Question 1: Just because you have………………… doesn’t mean you’re not beautiful. (FLAWLESS)

A

Flawlessment

B

Flawlessness

C

Flawlession

D

Flaws

Question 2: ………..makes your heart grow fonder. (ABSENT)

A

Absence

B

Absentness

C

Absentee

D

Absentment

Question 3: Life is full of surprising………….. (EVENTFUL)

A

events

B

eventfulness

C

event

D

eventfulment

Question 4: The post-war decline in beer ……………………. was practically halted last year. (CONSUME)

A

consumption

B

consumming

C

consumment

D

consummingness

Question 5: Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and ………………therewith.(HATE)

A

hating

B

hatred

C

hateful

D

hater

Question 6: In the first quarter of the 18th century people began to realise the ……………………. of hygiene to public health.(IMPORTANT)

A

importantment

B

importantness

C

importion

D

importance

Question 7: Can’t you just see that One Direction are steamingly………..? I just can’t take it anymore. (HEAT)

A

hot

B

heatedly

C

heated

D

heater

Question 8: Jamie’s ………………..of the night’s events is hazy but the tabloids will refresh his memory. (RECOLLECT)

A

Recollection

B

Collection

C

Recollecting

D

Recollectment

Question 9: We are great …………………… in fate and we believe we’re meant to be together.(BELIEVE)

A

belief

B

believers

C

believably

D

believing

Question 10: I think your stylist has taken her …………………………. from the rubbish dump.(INSPIRE)

A

inspiring

B

inspirer

C

inspiration

D

inspiratory

Question 11: The statesmen and scholars have made important ………………………….. on ways Washington could help Russia control parts of the arsenal. (SUGGEST)

A

suggestibility

B

suggestion

C

suggester

D

suggestive

Question 12: After denying the ……………………… of any recordings of the UFO abductions, Mr President went on to talk about the newest tax policy.(EXIST)

A

existance

B

existmen

C

existence

D

existent

Question 13: Your …………………….. to me really bothers me. I told you a hundred times that I’m not the guy you need.(ATTACH)

A

attachment

B

attachable

C

attaching

D

attachness

Question 14: For much of the last decade, Italy’s leaning tower of Pisa was a huge ……………………………. site.(CONSTRUCT)

A

construction

B

constructive

C

constructional

D

constructor

Question 15: hen planning began in 1989, Prof. Piero Pierotti called the rescue effort “irresponsible …………………..” that would put the tower at risk.(MAD)

A

madden

B

madsion

C

madness

D

madding

General exercises on nouns 1

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