WORD FORMATION EXERCISES

Exercise 1
1. Detroit is renowned for the.. of cars. PRODUCE
2. If you make a good at the interview, you will get the job. IMPRESS
3. Teaching and medicine are more than., they're professions. OCCUPY
4. My history teacher has a vast. of past events. KNOW
5. You are never too old to go to college and gain some. QUALIFY
6. My greatest.. was graduating from the university. ACHIEVE
7. The weatherman said there is a strong of rain today. POSSIBLE
8. Some old laws are no longer.. EFFECT
9. Athens is. for its ancient buildings. FAME
10. He was caught shoplifting so now he has a.. record. CRIME
11. Despite her severe.., she fulfilled her goals in life. DISABLE
12. Being. is the worst thing that can happen to someone. EMPLOY
13. If you buy presents in the summer your can be very high. SAVE
14. Due to the pilot's, the copilot managed to land safely. GUIDE
15. It's important to also see the less sides of the job. DESIRE
16. I was surprised at his to give up. REFUSE
17. Children are by nature.. of danger. AWARE
18. She is always. towards her parents. RESPECT
19. The hospital has the best medical. and fast ambulances. EQUIP
20. You can relax in the comfortable.. of the hotel. SURROUND
21. The.. looked dark and there were hardly any other guests. ENTER
22. Artists must be., otherwise they just repeat what they see or hear. CREATE
23. Why are you so of his work? He's just doing his best. CRITIC
24. Have you made up your mind? We need to know your as soon as possible. DECIDE
25. He's too shy to look people when he talks to them. DIRECT
26. Have they put the Christmas.. yet? DECORATE
27. They put too many unnecesary in food. ADD
28. I think that there's no point in arguing with him. Just ignore him. HONEST
29. Extraterrestrial life has not been. proved yet. SCIENCE
30. Why don't you call the . if the lights don't work? ELECTRIC
31. Music and television are forms of ENTERTAIN
32. The concert didn't live up to our EXPECT
33. The electric company admitted their for the blackout. RESPOND
34. Did you use to have as a child? ALLOW
35. I don't like those trousers, no matter how .. they are. FASHION
36. Life .. varies according to country and gender. EXPECT
Exercise 2
1) We need to find a __________ to the problem as soon as possible. (solve)
2) Juan speaks English fluently and makes very few __________ mistakes. (grammar)
3) The teacher keeps a record of every student's __________ . (attend)
4) Air-conditioning is a ___________ if you live somewhere like the south of Spain. (necessary)
5) Don't be afraid of the dog. He's absolutely __________ . (harm)
6) The company is trying hard to improve customer __________ . (satisfy)
7) Measures were taken around the world to __________ airport security after the 11 September attacks. (tight)
8) We're going to change our suppliers as they have become very __________ in the last year. (rely)
9) Patricia's very __________ . She writes short stories, paints and makes mosaics. (create)
10) We need your __________ at the bottom of the page. (sign)
Exercise 3
1) The index at the back of the book is in __________ order. (alphabet)
2) The fans waved __________ as the film star stepped out of the limousine. (excite)
3) Chickenpox is a highly __________ disease which many people catch as a child. (infect)
4) Matt is very __________ . He wants to be number one at everything. (compete)
5) Harry loves cars and he's so __________ about them. (knowledge)
6) There is little __________ of the president being re-elected. (likely)
7) The prime minister thinks there may be a __________ to overthrow him. (conspire)
8) In __________ with Tokyo, London and Paris are relatively cheap. (compare)
9) The police were unable to __________ that she had committed the crime. (proof)
10) The president's speech went on for so long that I almost died of __________ ! (bore)
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Key to exercise 1
1. production 2. impression 25. directly
3. occupations 4. knowledge 26. decorations
5. qualification 6. achievement 27. additives
7. possibility 8. effective 28. honestly
9. famous 10. criminal 29. scientifically
11. disability 12. unemployed 30. electrician
13. savings 14. guidance 31. entertainment
15. desirable 16. refusal 32. expectation
17. unaware 18. Respectful 33. responsibility
19. equipment 20. surroundings 34. allowance
21. entrance 22. Creative 35. fashionable
23. critical 24. Decision 36. expectancy
Key to exercise 2
1) solution 6) satisfaction
2) grammatical 7) tighten
3) attendance 8) unreliable
4) necessity 9) creative
5) harmless 10) signature
Key to exercise 3
1) alphabetical 6) likelihood
2)2) excitedly 7) conspiracy
3) infectious 8) comparison
4) competitive 9) prove
5) knowledgeable 10) boredom
Key to exercise 4
1) marriage 6) illegal
2)2) predictable 7) sweeten
3) homelessness 8) clarify
3)4) scientifically 9) disappointment
5) inheritance 10) rivalry
Key to exercise 5
1) scholarship 6) childhood
2) pointless 7) misplaced
3) permission 8) disconnect
4) highly 9) immature
5) thoughtful 10) impressive
Key to exercise 6
1. understandable 11. risky
2. 2. encourage 12. emptiness
3. slippery 13. liberate
3. 4. citizenship 14. freedom
5. befriend 15. careful
4. 6. sharpen 16. outdo
7. unfriendly 17. understanding
5. 8. penniless 18. uncork
9. oversleep 19. misspell
6. 10. unveil 20. forecast!
Key to exercise 7
1. livelihood 2. competition 3. powerful 4. making
5. enriched 6. compete 7. bankrupt 8. freedom
Key to exercise 8
1. mathematicians 2. length 3. thickness 4. reference
5. particularly 6. dimensional 7. similarly 8. Perspective
Key to exercise 9
1. extraordinary 2. distance 3. disappearance 4. excitement
5. gracious 6. skillfully 7. pleasure 8. suddenly
9. imprisoned 10. Awake
Key to exercise 11
1. luxurious 5. helpful
2. uncovered 6. overcharged
3. supposedly 7. surprisingly
4. disbelief 8. Different
Key to exercise 12
1. impatient 5. unpleasant
2. homeless 6. likely
3. astonishingly 7. spoonfuls
4. protective 8. Medical
Key to exercise 13
1. profitable 5. unfairly
2. underestimated 6. disappeared
3. crossly 7. fashionable
4. wonderfully 8. Scientifically
Key to exercise 14
1. likely 5. disagreement
2. dangerously 6. revolutionized
3. variety 7. characterized
4. childhood 8. Computerized
Key to exercise 15
1. friendly 5. tendency
2. sunny 6. misfortune
3. hostility 7. researchers
4. abusive 8. Adoption
Key to exercise 16
1. indispensable 5. considerably
2. variety 6. invention
3. production 7. journalism
4. promising 8. Misfortune
Key to exercise 17
1. safety 5. additives
2. doubled 6. preferably
3. optional 7. entertaining
4. unemployment 8. third
Key to exercise 18
1. uneasy 5. easily
2. conclusion 6. hesitation
3. unavailable 7. unenthusiastic
4. disabilities 8. housing