Test on Word Formation ( Part 3 )
Exercise 1.
1. We had a very ___________ evening in London last week ENJOY
2. He fell off his motobike, but his _________ were not serious. INJURE
3. The family managed to get out of the burning house , but they lost nearly their ______
POSSESS
4. He says he has no ____________ of resigning INTEND
5. The crowd showed it __________ by shouting insults at the players APPROVE
6. Dozens of ________ are injured on the city roads every year CYCLE
7. The company is not taking any new _________ this year EMPLOY
8. Kate is studying to become a __________ . LAW
9. Motor – racing is an extremely____________sport. RISK
10. The duty of the police is the _________ of law and order. MAINTAIN
Exercise 2.
1. We have to keep our costs as small as possible. We have so many _________ trying to
take our customers away COMPETE
2. Our tomatoes are ____nicely: they will be ready to eat in about a week RIPE
3. He is very anxious about the ___________ of his passport. LOSE
4. This organization is concerned about the _________ of the rain forest. DESTROY
5. Television is one the cheapest forms of _______________ . ENTERTAIN
6. I was annoyed at his ___________ to co – operate . REFUSE
7. Look at this picture of Bill and his father : you can see the __________ clearly, can’t
you LIKE
8. Switzerland and Australia are both ____________ countries MOUTAIN
9. My brother lives in an attractive ___________ part of Paris RESIDE
10. He said good morning in a most __________ way. FRIEND
Exercise 3.
1.We bought back several carved ____ statues from our holiday in Africa. WOOD
2. Our journey took nearly five hours. It was much ____ than I’d thought. FAR
3. John has just got _________ to a girl he has known since he was a boy. ENGAGE
4. “ This is not a good essay”, said the lecturer, “ I find your arguments ___________”
CONVINCE
5. More and more young people want to get a university ___________ EDUCATE
6. Sue went red with ____________
EMBARRASS
7. Don’t believe a word Tom says. He’s a terrible ___________ LIE
8. It’s a lovely house, I agree, but can we afford to ___________ it ? MODERN
9. Brown is very warm and _________ person CARE
10. The man spoke with a ___________ accent. SOUTH
Exercise 4.
1. Bill and I have been friends since _______ : he used to live next door. CHILD
2. The woman has a blonde shoulder - ______________ hair . LONG
3. Applicants must be under 25, hard – working and __________ . ENERGY
4. Many modern refridgerators never need to be ___________ . FROST
5. When Bill and Jane retire, they’re planning to spend all their _____ on a Mediterrance
holiday. SAVE
6. Third time lucky! After two __________ attemps, Mark’s finally passed his driving
test. SUCCESS
7. They’re an incrediby _________ family! You should see how much food they throw
away. WASTE
8. You shouldn’t leave ________ things on car seats in full view of people walking past
VALUE
9. I’ve never had the same opinions as my father. When I was younger, we were always
having _____________ . AGREE
10. Jeremy Hopkins’s performance in King Lear was the most _________. IMPRESS
Exercise 5
1. Drug _______ is a growing problem particularly among young people. ADDICT
2. Most banks have installed video cameras as part of their ______ systems. SECURE
3. Elsa is being kept in an isolation ward because she’s highly _________. INFECT
4. My brother and I was sent to _______ school when we were seven. BOARD
5. Phil was sentenced to seven years’________ for his part in the arm robbery. PRISON
6. There is no ________ to the problem of the beginning of the universe. SOLVE
7. The chairman expressed doubts about the __________of showing the film on children
TV. SUIT
8. O’Hara wanted a divorce because his wife had been ________ FAITH
9. To be successful, an artist must show great ____________. ORIGIN
10. ___________ is not enough by itself: you must work hard too. INSPIRE
Exercise 6.
1. I didn’t know who it was – with a mask on, she was completely _____. RECOGNISE
2. Telling lies is ____________. MORAL
3. I have no excuses. My actions were ___________. EXPLAIN
4. The hero had a __________ love affair with the actress. PASSION
5. I’ll resign if you continue to _________ everything I say. REGARD
6. _________ to the university is by examination only. ADMIT
7. He was turned down for the job because he is _________. QUALIFY
8. It was _________ of Tom to accuse Bill of having told him a lie.
JUSTICE
9. He has been constant in his _________ to scientific studies. DEVOTE
10. I understand __________ what you are saying . PERFECT
Exercise 7.
1. Jane’s __________ as a director came as no surprise. APPOINT
2. My colleagues are very pleasant , but the manager is a little _______ FRIEND
3. 7.30 A.M on a Saturday is rather ________ time for an appoinment. CONVENIENT
4. Please don’t be so _________, I can’t do all the work by myself. REASON
5. Many people still refuse to think that smoking is __________ HARM
6. I was kept ________ last night by the noise from a party in the flat above WAKE
7. An aeroplane has to overcome the __________ air . RESIST
8. She always listens ___________ to what she is told. ATTENTION
9. He regularly writes _________ for our newspaper. POET
10. The _________ of the new guests caused trouble to my aunt. ARRIVE
Word formation ( 4 )
Exercise 1.
1. One aspirin should be ( 1 – suffice ) _________ to relieve the pain.
2. There are some stars that are ( 2 – vision ) ________ to all but the most powerful telescope
3. Einstein was one of the greatest ( 3 – think ) _______ of the 20th century.
4. Managers should be more ( 4 – respond ) ________ to their staff.
5. The ( 5 – important ) _____ of these ( 6 – find ) ______ cannot be ( 7 – estimate ) ______.
6. Heavy smoking made him ( 8 – breathe ) ___________.
7. Goods bought in the sale are not ( 9 – exchange ) __________.
8. He showed a riskless ( 10 – regard ) _______ for his own ( 11 – safe ) _________.
9. The play was given an ( 12 – enthuse ) _____ ( 13 – receive ) _____ by the ( 14 – criticism) ___
10. There’s no ( 15 – deny ) ____ that he’s qualified and ( 16 – experience ) ____ ( 17 – technical ) ___
Exercise 2.
1. ( 1 – Low ) _____ interest rates could have ( 2 – disaster ) ______ consequences for the economy
2. ( 3 – Succeed ) _______ government has failed to tackle the problem of drug trafficking
3. All the ( 4 – participate ) _________ in the debate had an opportunity to speak
4. Childen are so ( 5 – demand ) ________ : they need constant ( 6 – attend ) ________.
5. He showed ( 7 – remark ) _______ ( 8 – endure ) ________ through his illness
6. Smoking ( 9 – danger ) ________ yourself and those around you
7. The movie had us all ( 10 – sit ) ___ on the edges of our (11 – sit ) ___ with ( 12 – excite ) ___
8. Police are holding two men in ( 13 – connect ) ________ with last Sunday ( 14 – rob ) ______.
9. The United Nation’s trying its best to tackle the problem of ( 15 – wide ) ___ ( 16 – literate)___
10. The ( 17 – work ) _______ accused the company of ( 18 – fair ) _______ ( 19 – dismiss ) ______.
They began shouting and the ( 20 – meet ) ________ broke out in ( 21 – order ) _________.
Exercise 3.
Throughout history, women have had ( 1 – responsible ) ___ for healing the sick. However, it is only in
(2– compare ) __ recent times that they have been allowed to train as doctors at ( 3– medicine ) __ schools
in Britain. Yet in that short time, they’ve made an enormous ( 4 – contribute ) ____ to modern medicine.
The first female doctors were priestesses who gave ( 5 – advise ) _______ about diseases and ( 6 – injure
) _____ and prepared medicines. In ancient Rome, women ( 7 – heal ) _____ were considered ( 8 – skill )
_______ and respected. In Britain, for centuries male doctors were ( 9 – suspect ) _____ of women who
practised medicine ( 10 – profession ) ________ and in 1512 a law was passed making it ( 11 – legal )
____ for them to do so. Women couldn’t study medicine at universities until the 19th century and they only
began to gain ( 12 – equal ) ______ with male doctors in the 20th century.
Exercise 4.
1. Gentle ( 1 – persuade ) ________ is more ( 2 – effect ) ________ than force
2. On the way to the country we sometimes stopped to admire the ( 3 – picture ) _____ scenery
3. His ( 4 – analyze ) ________ showed great of ( 5 – perceive ) __________.
4. The ( 6 – emphasize ) _________ is on hard work, not ( 7 – joy ) _________.
5* Constant ( 8 – critic ) _______ has ( 9 – death ) ________ their ( 10 – enthuse ) _________.
6. I want no ( 11 – repeat ) ________ of such ( 12 – behave ) ________ from you
7. He felt ashamed of his ( 13 – corward ) ________ in not coming forward to support his friends
8. Fresh air and exercise are ( 14 – benefit ) ________ to one’s health
9. There was a note of ( 15 – urge ) _________ in her voice.
10. He will not benefit ( 16 – finance ) ________ from the deal
Exercise 5.
1. It was ( 1 – think ) ________ of you to send me the flowers when I was in hospital.
2. Vietnam has no longer been a ( 2 – depend ) ________ of the US since 1975.
3. The previous ( 3 – occupy ) ________ of the house have left it in a terrible mess.
4. Doctors stress that this type of ( 4 – treat ) _______ is still ( 5 – experiment ) ________.
5. The ( 6 – loud ) _______ of the music was makinh my ear hurt.
6. Many people do not understand the importance of the habitats to wild animals and plants so they
spoil them ( 7 – conscious )_________.
7. The posse rode several days in ( 8 – pursue ) _________ of the robbers..
8. The weak and the poor are ( 9 – power ) ________ and need people to represent them.
9. The fireman’s daring rescue of those trapped in the burning building was ( 10 – credit ) ____.
10. The government want to ( 11 – military ) ________ this region.
Exercise 6.
The Costwolds is an area of great ( 1 – beautiful ) ________ in England. It has a number of ( 2 –
delight ) _______ villages and small towns with lovely old buildings that have remained ( 3 – change)
_______ since the area was a major ( 4 – commerce ) _______ centre several centuries ago. The
countryside in the area is ( 5 – charm ) ________ and most of the buildings there are made from an ( 6 –
attract ) ______ type of light stone that is particular to the Costwolds.
In the summer, the Costwolds can get rather ( 7 – crowd ) ________ but it is always possible to find
pretty places that do not have the ( 8 – famous ) _________ of the more well – known villages and towns.
There is no ( 9 – short ) _____ of ( 10 – please ) _____ hotels and ( 11 – tradition ) ______ inns for visitors
to stay in and the Costwolds area is an excellent place for an ( 12 – enjoy ) _______ weeken or longer trip.
Exercise 7.
1. You must be careful picking mushrooms as some varieties are ( 1 – poison ) ________.
2. We must make ( 2 – provide ) _________ for our old age by saving money.
3. She was so surprised that she was unable to speak. She was ( 3 – speech ) _____ with surprise.
4. He is ( 4 – doubt ) _______ about whether he has the time to take on more work
5. There is a ( 5 – block ) ________ in the pipes and I’ve had to call the plumber.
6. My sister can be so ( 6 – irritate ) __________ at times.
7. There was ice on the pavement, which made it very difficult to walk as it was so ( 7 – slip ) __.
8. Two young children were arguing over the ( 8 – own ) ________ of the doll.
9. I’m sorry I knocked your cup over. It wasn’t ( 9 – intention ) _________.
10. My grandmother is getting ( 10 – forget ) ________ : now that she’s older
Exercise 8.
1. India is a ( 1 – linguistics ) __________ country
2. The first year provides students with a sound ( 2 – theory ) ________ basic or later study.
3. Justice is often ( 3 – person ) _______ as a blindfolded woman holding a pair of scales.
4. Over two thousand students apply ( 4 – year ) _________.
5. The singer won a lot of ( 5 – admire ) __________ from the audience.
6. Don’t be deluded by her crocodile tears : there’s ( 6 – sincere ) __________ in her eyes.
7. We can take 10 ( 7 – train ) __________ on the course this September.
8. The cash and carry price is only 50$ but they charge extra for ( 8 – deliver ) ________.
9. These shoes look quite smart but they’re terribly ( 9 – comfort ) _________.
10. I don’t want my money back. I want a ( 10 – replace ) _________.
Exercise 9.
A recent ( 1- investigate ) __________ by scientists at the US Geological survey shows that strange
animal behaviour might help predict future earthquake. ( 2 – Investigate ) ________ found that such ( 3 –
occur ) ________ in a ten kilometer radius of the epicenter of a fairly recent quake. Some birds screeched
and flew about ( 4 – wild ) ________, dogs yelps and ran around ( 5 – control ) ________.
Scientists believe that animal can ( 6 – perception ) _________ these environmental changes as early as
several days before the mishap. In 1976, after observing animal behaviour, the Chinese were able to predict
a ( 7 - devastate ) ________ quake. Although hundreds of thousands of people were killed, the government
was able to evacuate millions of other people and thus keep the death toll at a ( 8 – low ) ________ rate.
Exercise 10.
1. His boss told him off because he had behaved ( 1 – responsible ) __________.
2. This knife is very blunt. It needs ( 2 – sharp ) __________.
3. I would like to book a ( 3 – fly ) _________ to Hongkong.
4. I’m afraid this iron you sold me is ( 4 – fault ) _____________.
5. We’ve had a lot of ( 5 – complain ) __________ from customers today.
6. Unless something is done about unemployment, the ( 6 – look ) _______ for the future is not good.
7. The ( 7 – conclude ) ______ about that plane crash is wrong.
8. In some areas, water has to be boiled to ( 8 – pure ) _________ it.
9. Although her visit was ( 9 – expect ) _________, we made her welcome just the same.
10. He examined the parcel ( 10 – suspect ) _________ as he had no idea what it could be.
11. A letter should always end with the ( 11 – sign ) _______ of the writer.
12. There is a great ( 12 – similar ) _______ between Harry and his twin brother.
13. With a good ( 13 – describe ) _____ of the criminal from a witness, the police could find him easily
14. Whether the rule should be abandoned remains ( 14 – controversy ) _________.