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2.2 / 1.1 A2 EXAM - GRAMMAR & WORD FORMATION

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A _________ to begin with, are words that name a person, a place, a thing or even an idea. Examples of which are person, place, thing, idea and many more.

a)

noun

b)

adjective

c)

verb

2.

An ___________ is a word basically used to describe or modify the noun.

a)

adjective

b)

verb

c)

noun

3.

This group of words are adjectives:

a)

beauty, force, intelligence

b)

beautiful, intelligent, clever

4.

This is a group of nouns:

a)

darkness, height, fence, storm.

b)

tall, fancy, stormy, dark

5.

the adjective for history is:

a)

historan

b)

historical

6.

The noun of beautiful is:

a)

beauty

b)

beast

7.

The noun for culture is:

a)

cultural

b)

culturally

8.

The adjective of friend is:

a)

friendship

b)

friendly

9.

The correct adjective for a situation is:

a)

interested

b)

interesting

c)

interest

10.

The correct adjective for people is:

a)

boring

b)

bored

11.

There are four main kinds of word formation:

a)

prefixes, suffixes, conversion and compounds.

b)

prefixes, suffixes, convention and combined.

12.

We add _________before the base or stem of a word.

a)

suffixes

b)

prefixes

c)

conversion

d)

compounds

13.

We add _________ after the base or stem of a word. Their main purpose is to show what class of word it is (e.g. noun or adjective).

a)

compounds

b)

suffixes

c)

conversion

d)

prefixes

14.

Some prefixes are commonly used to create _______________. In modern English the prefix e- is used to create new words that are connected with the Internet and the use of the Internet:

e-bank, e-cards, e-commerce, e-learning

Almost any noun may potentially combine with any other noun to form new noun compounds (e.g. computer virus, carbon footprint, quality time).

a)

new words

b)

compound words

c)

back-formation

d)

loan words

15.

A word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word group, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc. (e.g., gently, quite, then, there

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

16.

A word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence, such as hear, become, happen.

a)

adverb

b)

adjective

c)

verb

d)

noun

17.

What _____________________ did Anna give you for not finishing her report? (explain)

a)

expalin

b)

explanation

18.

Nick's ______________ in love. His partners always leave him! (luck)

a)

unlucky

b)

luck

19.

PayPal is a safe way of making a _______________ online. (pay)

a)

payment

b)

pay

20.

The house next door is for __________________. I'd love to buy it! (sell)

a)

sold

b)

sale

21.

Paolo won't pass the written part of the FCE exam. He writes very _______________ and doesn't check for mistakes. (careless)

a)

care

b)

carelessly

22.

Be _______________ not to break your leg on the first day of your skiing holiday! (care)

a)

careless

b)

careful

23.

____________________, it rained on our wedding day, but we had a great day anyway. (fortune)

a)

Unfortunately

b)

Fortunately

24.

If you buy the washing machine today, we can guarantee next-day ________________ (deliver)

a)

delivering

b)

delivery

25.

These sandals are so ____________________ (comfort). It feels as if I'm not wearing anything on my feet.

a)

comfortableness

b)

comfortable