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Use of English Word Transformations

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Several large tech companies have made huge __________ to finance driver-less car projects. (INVEST)

a)

invested

b)

investigations

c)

investments

d)

investations

2.

The fieldfare bird is known for its ___________ patterns from north to south. (MIGRATE)

a)

migration

b)

migrating

c)

migrant

d)

immigration

3.

_______________ has become a controversial topic in many countries (MIGRATE)

a)

migration

b)

immigration

c)

immigrate

d)

emigration

4.

The land behind the school has been purchased for a new building ___________ (DEVELOP)

a)

developing

b)

developed

c)

developtition

d)

development

5.

Casual dress is __________ in this high class restaurant. (ACCEPT)

a)

unaccepting

b)

unacceptable

c)

accepted

d)

acceptability

6.

His aims were completely ____________ but he was hindered by his own laziness. (ACHIEVE)

a)

achieved

b)

achieiving

c)

achievable

d)

achievement

7.

After running 4 laps, she was completely out of ___________ (BREATHE)

a)

breathing

b)

breath

c)

breathment

d)

breathery

8.

After several years, his ____________ of toy cars numbers in the thousands (COLLECT)

a)

collection

b)

collecting

c)

collector

d)

collected

9.

There was ____________ in her eyes when she saw the exam questions. (CONFUSE)

a)

confused

b)

confusing

c)

confusion

d)

confusication

10.

It was very­­­­­­ _______ of my friend to get me a birthday present. (THINK)

a)

thought

b)

thinking

c)

thinkful

d)

thoughtful

11.

I see a strong ________ between Jessica and her mother.

(RESEMBLE)

a)

resemblement

b)

resemblance

c)

resembling

d)

resembleness

12.

The menu includes items such as cheesecake, cannoli and ______ other deserts. (COUNT)

a)

counted

b)

countless

c)

uncountable

d)

uncounted

13.

Recent __________ in technology have changed our world comlpetely. (ADVANCE)

a)

advancement

b)

advances

c)

advancing

d)

advancingness

14.

Around 350,000 _________ people were forcibly transported into the Thirteen Colonies and the U.S. during the 17th and 18th centuries. (SLAVE)

a)

slavery

b)

slaved

c)

enslavery

d)

enslaved

15.

The workers of the Soviet Union during 1917 planned a

great _________ to overthrow the autocracy. (REVOLT)

a)

revolting

b)

revolution

c)

revoluted

d)

revolver

16.

Before declaring war, the generals ordered the ___________ of the troops. (MOBILE)

a)

mobility

b)

mobilise

c)

mobilisation

d)

mobile phone

17.

My exams were absolutlely _________. I'm sure I've failed them all. (DISASTER)

a)

disastrous

b)

disastering

c)

disasterly

d)

disasterition

18.

I couldn't finish one paper because my friend was constantly __________ me. (DISTRACT)

a)

distraction

b)

distracted

c)

distracting

d)

distractor

19.

The noise from the building works outside made me lose my __________ (concentrate)

a)

concentration

b)

concentrated

c)

concentrating

d)

construction

20.

She looked at the gem she had found __________. (CURIOUS)

a)

curiosity

b)

curiously

c)

curious

d)

curiousably

21.

Sleeping in a sitting position is ____________ (COMFORT)

a)

comforting

b)

comfortable

c)

uncomfortable

d)

discomfort

22.

Thanks to this test, my vocabulary is really __________ (EXPAND)

a)

expansion

b)

expands

c)

expanding

d)

expansiveness

23.

I will not let him take care of this task. He is simply too _______ (RELY)

a)

reliant

b)

reliable

c)

unrelying

d)

unreliable

24.

Disease runs rampant in many countries due to the ________ of healthcare and education systems.

a)

underdevelopment

b)

underdeveloped

c)

underdeveloped

d)

undevelopment

25.

In case of emergency, push the red button - it will ______ the entire system (ABLE)

a)

disbale

b)

enable

c)

unable

d)

inable