Word formation exercises

Exercise 1 19. The hospital has the best medical……………. and

1. Detroit is renowned for the………….. of cars. fast ambulances. EQUIP
PRODUCE 20. You can relax in the
2. If you make a good……………… at the interview, comfortable………………….. of the hotel.
you will get the job. IMPRESS SURROUND
3. Teaching and medicine are more 21. The…………………….. looked dark and there
than…………………., they're professions. OCCUPY were hardly any other guests. ENTER
4. My history teacher has a vast…………………. of 22. Artists must be…………………., otherwise they
past events. KNOW just repeat what they see or hear. CREATE
5. You are never too old to go to college and gain 23. Why are you so……………… of his work? He's
some……………. QUALIFY just doing his best. CRITIC
6. My greatest…………….. was graduating from the 24. Have you made up your mind? We need to know
university. ACHIEVE your ……………as soon as possible. DECIDE
7. The weatherman said there is a strong…………… 25. He's too shy to look people ……………………
of rain today. POSSIBLE when he talks to them. DIRECT
8. Some old laws are no longer……………….. 26. Have they put the Christmas…………………..
EFFECT yet? DECORATE
9. Athens is…………………. for its ancient buildings. 27. They put too many
FAME unnecesary ……………………… in food. ADD
10. He was caught shoplifting so now he has 28. I ……………… think that there's no point in
a……………….. record. CRIME arguing with him. Just ignore him. HONEST
11. Despite her severe………….., she fulfilled her 29. Extraterrestrial life has not
goals in life. DISABLE been…………………. proved yet. SCIENCE
12. Being……………. is the worst thing that can 30. Why don't you call the …………………. if the
happen to someone. EMPLOY lights don't work? ELECTRIC
13. If you buy presents in the summer 31. Music and television are forms of…………………
your…………………… can be very high. SAVE ENTERTAIN
14. Due to the pilot's…………………, the copilot 32. The concert didn't live up to our…………………
managed to land safely. GUIDE EXPECT
15. It's important to also see the less………………… 33. The electric company admitted
sides of the job. DESIRE their ………………… for the blackout. RESPOND
16. I was surprised at his………………… to give up. 34. Did you use to have …………………… as a
REFUSE child? ALLOW
17. Children are by nature………………….. of 35. I don't like those trousers, no matter
danger. AWARE how …………………….. they are. FASHION
18. She is always……………. towards her parents. 36. Life ……………….. varies according to country
RESPECT and gender. EXPECT
 8) In __________ with Tokyo, London and Paris are
Exercise 2 relatively cheap. (compare)
1) We need to find a __________ to the problem as 9) The police were unable to __________ that she had
soon as possible. (solve) committed the crime. (proof)
2) Juan speaks English fluently and makes very few 10) The president's speech went on for so long that I
__________ mistakes. (grammar) almost died of __________ ! (bore)
3) The teacher keeps a record of every student's
__________ . (attend) Exercise 4
4) Air-conditioning is a ___________ if you live 1) Naomi and Kurt have three children. Naomi also
somewhere like the south of Spain. (necessary) has a daughter from a previous ________ . (marry)
5) Don't be afraid of the dog. He's absolutely 2) The film was so ________ . You knew exactly
__________ . (harm) how it was going to end. (predict)
6) The company is trying hard to improve customer 3) The goverment is concerned about the significant
__________ . (satisfy) rise in ________ . (homeless)
7) Measures were taken around the world to 4) It has been ________ proven that stroking a cat can
__________ airport security after the 11 September lower your blood pressure. (scientific)
attacks. (tight) 5) Thanks to the large ________ from her
8) We're going to change our suppliers as they have grandmother Paula was able to buy a villa in the south
become very __________ in the last year. (rely) of France. (inherit)
9) Patricia's very __________ . She writes short 6) In the UK it is ________ to sell cigarettes to
stories, paints and makes mosaics. (create) children under 16. (legal)
10) We need your __________ at the bottom of the 7) You can ________ your tea with honey instead of
page. (sign) sugar. (sweet)
Exercise 3 8) You need to _______ the final point of the
1) The index at the back of the book is in __________ presentation. It's rather confusing. (clear)
order. (alphabet) 9) The film turned out to be a big ________ . It was
2) The fans waved __________ as the film star really quite boring. (disappoint)
stepped out of the limousine. (excite) 10) The ________ between the city's two football
3) Chickenpox is a highly __________ disease which teams is often quite fierce. (rival)
many people catch as a child. (infect) Exercise 5
4) Matt is very __________ . He wants to be number 1) Lizzy has just won a ________ to a world-
one at everything. (compete) renowned university. (scholar)
5) Harry loves cars and he's so __________ about 2) It's ________ arguing with them. They are not
them. (knowledge) going to change their mind. (point)
6) There is little __________ of the president being 3) You will need your parents' _______ if you want to
re-elected. (likely) go on the school trip. (permit)
7) The prime minister thinks there may be a 4) It's a wonderful restaurant. Great food and
__________ to overthrow him. (conspire) excellent service. We _______ recommend it! (high)
5) Thank you so much for the flowers. It's very threatens to _____ (BANK) our enterprises, great and
________ of you. (thought) small, when the fear of crime robs law abiding citizens
6) Sarah speaks perfect French as she spent much of of their _____ (FREE), and when millions of poor
her __________ in Canada. (child) children cannot even imagine the lives we are calling
7) I've ________ my wallet. Have you seen it them to lead, we have not made change our friend.
anywhere? (place) Exercise 8
8) Don't forget to ________ the modem when you `It is simply this. That Space, as our _____ (MATH)
have finished using it. (connect) have it, is spoken of as having three dimensions, which
9) Ben sulks like a child when he doesn't get his own one may call _____ (LONG), Breadth, and _____
way. He's so ________ . (mature) (THICK), and is always definable by _____ (REFER)
10) Oliver's CV is truly _______ . He's bound to get to three planes, each at right angles to the others. But
the job. (impress) some philosophical people have been asking why
Exercise 7 THREE dimensions _____ (PARTICULAR) - why not
We earn our _____ (LIVE) in America today in another direction at right angles to the other three?--
peaceful ______ (COMPETE) with people all across and have even tried to construct a Four-Dimension
the Earth. Profound and _____ (POWER) forces are geometry. Professor Simon Newcomb was expounding
shaking and _____ (MAKE) our world, and the urgent this to the New York Mathematical Society only a
question of our time is whether we can make change month or so ago. You know how on a flat surface,
our friend and not our enemy. This new world has which has only two dimensions, we can represent a
already _____ (RICH) the lives of millions of figure of a three _____ (DIMENSION) solid, and
Americans who are able to _____ (COMPETITION) _____ (SIMILAR) they think that by models of thee
and win in it. But when most people are working dimensions they could represent one of four--if they
harder for less, when others cannot work at all, when could master the _____ (PERCEIVE) of the thing.
the cost of health care devastates families and See?'
Key to exercise 1 1) alphabetical 6) likelihood
1. production 2. impression 25. directly 2) excitedly 7) conspiracy
3. occupations 4. knowledge 26. decorations 3) infectious 8) comparison
5. qualification 6. achievement 27. additives 4) competitive 9) prove
7. possibility 8. effective 28. honestly 5) knowledgeable 10) boredom
9. famous 10. criminal 29. scientifically Key to exercise 4
11. disability 12. unemployed 30. electrician 1) marriage 6) illegal
13. savings 14. guidance 31. entertainment 2) predictable 7) sweeten
15. desirable 16. refusal 32. expectation 3) homelessness 8) clarify
17. unaware 18.Respectful 33. responsibility 4) scientifically 9) disappointment
19. equipment 20. surroundings 34. allowance 5) inheritance 10) rivalry
21. entrance 22. Creative 35. fashionable Key to exercise 5
23. critical 24. Decision 36. expectancy 1) scholarship 6) childhood
Key to exercise 2 2) pointless 7) misplaced
1) solution 6) satisfaction 3) permission 8) disconnect
2) grammatical 7) tighten 4) highly 9) immature
3) attendance 8) unreliable 5) thoughtful 10) impressive
4) necessity 9) creative Key to exercise 7
5) harmless 10) signature 1. livelihood 2. competition 3. powerful 4. making 5.
Key to exercise 3 enriched 6. compete 7. bankrupt 8. freedom
Key EX 8 : 1. mathematicians 2. length 3. thickness 4.
reference 5. particularly 6. dimensional 7. similarly 8
perspective