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Total questions: 206

Worksheet time: 2hrs 43mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In many countries it is ___legal to keep a gun in your house.

a)

un-

b)

il-

c)

bi-

2.

Thousands of people have taken part in a ______-democracy demonstration.

a)

fore-

b)

sub-

c)

anti-

3.

There was some _________agreement over the bill.

a)

dis-

b)

super-

c)

bi-

4.

We were upset! We were very _____satisfied with the service at the restaurant.

a)

mis-

b)

mid-

c)

un-

5.

The quality of the paper was very poor and much of it had to be ____done.

a)

mis-

b)

re-

c)

fore-

6.

She has little aware______ of the danger she will face.

a)

-ness

b)

-ly

c)

-fy

7.

He couldn't hide his disappoint________ at his low grade.

a)

-less

b)

-ment

c)

-fy

8.

Manchester United support____ were delighted with their team's 3 - 0 win at the weekend.

a)

-ers

b)

-less

c)

-est

9.

Research___ at the institute now think they have discovered a link between diet and depression.

a)

-ers

b)

-en

c)

-ty

10.

A person who acts for a living is called an (a)   .(ACT)

11.

She didn't become famous as a (a)   (NOVEL) until her 17th novel was published.

12.

The waiter asked the (a)   (WAITER) if she would help him deal with a difficult customer.

13.

My teacher says there has been a big (IMPROVE) (a)   in my English lately.

14.

Why did you do that? I thought you had more (INTELLIGENT) (a)   than that.

15.

Have you seen her magazine (COLLECT) (a)   ? She must have over 200 editions.

16.

When you take the FCE Speaking paper you will be given marks for your (ACCURATE) (a)   and also on how fluent you are.

17.

She has the (ABLE) (a)   to pass the exam first time round providing she works hard.

18.

(HOPE) (a)   we'll have enough money saved to get married next year.

19.

Although our teacher is very strict in class, she is (FRIEND) (a)   than you would expect.

20.

Use the word in brackets to form a new word that fits into each blank.


1. Leading ______________________ have warned about the danger to animal species around the

world. (ZOO)

a)

zoo

b)

zoologist

c)

zoologists

21.

In her application she emphasized the __________________ skills she had acquired over the

years. (SECRETARY)

a)

secretarial

b)

secrecy

c)

secrets

d)

secretory

22.

The ______________________ effects of losing a job can be very serious. (PSYCHOLOGY)

a)

psychological

b)

psycho

c)

psychologist

23.

She has received three marriage ______________________ this year. (PROPOSE)

a)

proposal

b)

proposals

24.

The use of dictionaries at the final exam is not (a)   . (PERMIT)

25.

We live in an ______________________ world, so people and governments make mistakes all the time. (PERFECT)

a)

unperfect

b)

imperfect

c)

perfect

26.

She is an (a)   young woman, full of life. (ENERGY)

27.

There are several ______________________ species living in the rainforest, which still need to be categorized. (KNOWN)

a)

well-known

b)

renown

c)

known

d)

unknown

28.

I am not willing to accept your (a)   all the time. You have to behave properly. (RUDE)

29.

The new travel (a)   opened for business last summer. (AGENT)

30.

The ______________________ was so beautiful that we decided to go there again sometime next year. (SCENE)

a)

scenes

b)

scene

c)

scenery

d)

scenic

31.

She made a large financial (a)   to the organisation. (CONTRIBUTE)

32.

(a)   has gone down, and the prices of raw materials have increased. (PRODUCT)

33.

The pupils' ____________ were a part of the school's art exhibition. (DRAW)

a)

drawing

b)

drawings

c)

draws

d)

drawee

34.

He felt an ______________________ to help the company he had been the CEO of for so many years. (OBLIGE)

a)

obligatory

b)

obligation

c)

oblige

35.

If you need any (a)   , please call me. (ASSIST)

36.

I am normally not ______________________, but I felt bad when we saw that our hotel room was on the 13th floor. (SUPERSTITION)

a)

superstitious

b)

superstious

c)

superstitions

37.

Mom opened the door and ______________________ crept into the room. (CAUTION)

a)

cautious

b)

precaution

c)

cautionary

d)

cautiously

38.

20.The server was offline due to ______________________ issues. (MAINTAIN)

a)

maintenance

b)

maintenence

39.

“Is it __________ to fish in this river?” “Yes, it's perfectly _________.”

a)

legal

b)

legally

c)

legalize

d)

legality

40.

She was parked______________in a handicapped parking spot.

a)

legalize

b)

illegally

c)

illegal

d)

legally

41.

It's not the heat that will get you—it's the _________________.

a)

humidify

b)

humidness

c)

humidity

d)

humid

42.

He was caught ______________ financial accounts.

a)

false

b)

falsify

c)

falsification

d)

falsifying

43.

The crowd watched in _______________ as the magician performed his tricks.

a)

unamazed

b)

amazement

c)

amaze

d)

amazes

44.

His questions brought up a lot of ___________ memories.

a)

pain

b)

painful

c)

painless

d)

painlessly

45.

We were the most ___________ group of golfers you ever saw.

a)

hopeful

b)

hopeless

c)

hopefully

d)

hope

46.

______________, we didn't finish on time.

________________for us, the car broke down.

a)

fortunate

b)

unfortunate

c)

fortunately

d)

unfortunately

47.

The delivery system was very ___________.

a)

efficient

b)

inefficient

c)

efficiently

d)

inefficiently

48.

The endings y, ic, ical, ful, and less can be added to many nouns to form ______________.

a)

prepositions

b)

adjectives

c)

verbs

d)

pronouns

49.

The endings er, ment, and ation can be added to many verbs to form _______.

a)

adverbs

b)

verbs

c)

nouns

d)

opposites

50.

Prefixes added to the front of many words can produce an opposite meaning.

a)

dis, non, in

b)

un, in, de, dis, non

c)

un, in

d)

dis, non, de

51.

The ending ly can be added to most adjectives to form _________.

a)

verbs

b)

adverbs

c)

nouns

d)

pronouns

52.

Students must ___________________their projects before 8 March.

a)

submit

b)

submission

53.

Today China is the world's largest _____________ of cotton.

a)

produce

b)

producer

c)

product

d)

production

54.

According to the weather ________________ it is going to be very hot tomorrow.

a)

prediction

b)

predictable

c)

predict

d)

unpredictable

55.

There is a _________________ of food in the cafeteria, so you can go and select the food that you want to eat.

a)

vary

b)

various

c)

variety

56.

The professors of our university completed a project in __________ with the professors in the University of Iowa.

a)

cooperation

b)

cooperative

c)

cooperate

57.

Brian always behaves like a child, he is still_______________.

a)

mature

b)

maturity

c)

immature

58.

Work is very ______________ these days for me because I have a new team mate and he is so hesitant to do anything.

a)

stress

b)

stressed

c)

stressfull

d)

stressful

59.

Mr. Smith _____________ asked us to leave his house.

a)

kind

b)

unkind

c)

kindness

d)

kindly

60.

Mr. Smith _____________ asked us to leave his house.

a)

kind

b)

unkind

c)

kindness

d)

kindly

61.

Jane feels very___ ______ nowadays because she has some financial problems.

a)

stress

b)

stressed

c)

stressful

62.

If you study harder, you can __________in EOM exam.

a)

success

b)

succeed

c)

successfull

d)

unsuccessful

63.

The company made a large___________in communication system.

a)

investor

b)

investment

c)

invest

64.

Newsweek is a highly _________ political and news magazine all around the world.

a)

influencer

b)

influence

c)

influential

65.

Rainy weather is very ____________ for me.

a)

depress

b)

depressing

c)

depressed

66.

Students find it difficult to ____________ new vocabulary items.

a)

memory

b)

memorize

c)

memorable

d)

memorise

67.

The bad behaviour of the students will have an unpleasant ___________.

a)

consequently

b)

consequent

c)

consequence

d)

consequences

68.

Dinosaurs have been _________________ for millions of years.

a)

extinct

b)

extinction

69.

Seeing an UFO has become a common _________________.

a)

occur

b)

occurrence

c)

occurence

70.

There is a popular expression which says that to change the world for the better, you should think _________________, and act locally.

a)

globe

b)

global

c)

globally

d)

globaly

71.

Closure of the restaurants in Beyoğlu means lots of workers are facing ___________.

a)

employment

b)

employ

c)

unemployment

d)

employer

72.

He acted totally_____________ . How could he forget to lock the door?

a)

responsible

b)

irresponsible

c)

responsibility

d)

irresponsibly

e)

responsibly

73.

He became a very good cricket player after his __________ from politics.

a)

retired

b)

retire

c)

retirement

74.

After my __________________, I’m planning to apply for a master’s degree at London School of Economics.

a)

graduate

b)

graduation

c)

graduated

75.

After my __________________, I’m planning to apply for a master’s degree at London School of Economics.

a)

graduate

b)

graduation

c)

graduated

76.

The Turkish Government wants to reduce alcohol and tobacco ________________ by at least 40%.

a)

consumption

b)

consumer

c)

consume

77.

Her ________ only hires people who speak more than one language.

a)

employee

b)

employer

c)

employment

d)

employ

78.

Doesn't it _______________ you listening to the news these days?

a)

depression

b)

depress

c)

depressed

d)

depressing

79.

How long is the (a)   from Rome to Paris? (FLY)

80.

. I have a very good (a)   with both my parents (RELATION)

81.

I can tell from your (a)   that you’re not really happy (EXPRESS)

82.

What (a)   is he ? Spanish or Portuguese ? (NATION)

83.

What (a)   is he ? Spanish or Portuguese ? (NATION)

84.

My best friend has a great (a)   . (PERSON)

85.

You need a lot of (a)   to write a good story (IMAGINE)

86.

The lesson was (a)   . I almost fell asleep. (BORE)

87.

Pulling my front tooth didn’t hurt. – It was completely __________________ (PAIN).

a)

painful

b)

painless

c)

painfully

88.

We offer free __________________ for purchases over € 100 (DELIVER).

a)

deliverable

b)

deliverer

c)

delivery

89.

James hasn’t had a lot of __________________ lately, so I hope he’ll do well with his new company (SUCCEED)

a)

success

b)

succeed

c)

successful

90.

. Don’t be so __________________ . This is the second vase you have broken this month (CARE).

a)

careless

b)

careful

c)

carelessly

91.

It’s simply __________________ . I have won the lottery . (BELIEVE)

a)

unbelievable

b)

believable

c)

believer

92.

It is ______ colder today that it was yesterday (CERTAIN)

a)

certain

b)

certainly

c)

certainty

93.

I have to hold a _______ at my brother’s wedding (SPEAK)

a)

speak

b)

speaking

c)

speech

94.

There’s a lot of ________ about that on the internet (INFORM)

a)

informs

b)

information

c)

informative

95.

. The film was a bit __________. I didn’t really understand what happened (CONFUSE)

a)

confussion

b)

confusing

c)

confuse

96.

He has to wear these gloves for _______reasons (SAFE)

a)

save

b)

safely

c)

safety

97.

_______ , I was invited to watch the new film (LUCKY)

a)

luck

b)

luckily

c)

lucks

98.

Fill in the gap:


That would be a more _________ way of dealing with the problem.

a)

sensitive

b)

sensibility

c)

sensible

d)

sensibly

99.

Fill in the gap:


She is a superb violinist, and combines technical __________ with an exciting performance style.

a)

perfection

b)

perfect

c)

perfectness

d)

perfectionist

100.

What is the noun from the given verb?


donate money = make a _____________

a)

donation

b)

donating

c)

donatement

101.

What is the noun from the given verb?


prefer something - not to have any ____________

a)

preferrings

b)

preferences

c)

preferations

d)

preferments

102.

What is the noun from the given adjective?


get angry - show your _____________

a)

angerment

b)

angriness

c)

anger

103.

What is the noun from the given adjective?


get anxious - suffer from ___________

a)

anxiety

b)

anxiousness

c)

anxitement

d)

anxiousment

104.

What is the noun from the given adjective?


be fascinated - the _________ of her story

a)

fascinating

b)

fascination

c)

fascinatement

d)

fascinate

105.

Fill in the gap:


The story is set in an ____________ world.

a)

imaginating

b)

imagination

c)

imaginary

d)

imagery

106.

Fill in the gap:


The fact that he’s eating with a good appetite is a ____________ sign.

a)

hopeful

b)

hoping

c)

hopeless

d)

hopingly

107.

Fill in the gap:


All in all, it was an _________ evening.

a)

enjoyably

b)

enjoyment

c)

enjoying

d)

enjoyable

108.

Fill in the gap:


She's not intentionally unkind - she's just a little ___________ sometimes.

a)

thoughtful

b)

thoughtless

c)

thought

d)

thoughtlessness

109.

Fill in the gap:


The party turned out to be a huge ___________.

a)

disappointing

b)

disappointment

c)

disappoint

d)

disappointant

110.

What is the noun from the given adjective?


I was amused - it was a matter of great _____________ to me

a)

amusement

b)

amusing

c)

amusation

d)

amusedment

111.

What is the adjective from the given verb?


attract a lot of attention - ___________ speaker

a)

attraction

b)

attractively

c)

attractive

d)

attracting

112.

What is the adjective from the highlighted noun?


He looked happy for a brief while, before relapsing into silent misery.

a)

Mark always has such a miserably expression on his face.

b)

Mark always has such a misering expression on his face.

c)

Mark always has such a miserable expression on his face.

113.

What is the adjective from the highlighted noun?


It's nice to see her smile for a change. She's been depressed for a while because of weather.

a)

The weather in Britain is notoriously changeability.

b)

The weather in Britain is notoriously changeable.

c)

The weather in Britain is notoriously changing.

d)

The weather in Britain is notoriously changeably.

114.

This is a very _____________ way of studying your exam.

a)

effective

b)

effect

c)

affect

d)

effectively

115.

Jason ______________ for what he had done.

a)

apologised

b)

apology

c)

apologetic

d)

apologetically

116.

Imagine that you personally had to ___________ everything you wanted to use.

a)

creative

b)

create

c)

creation

d)

creatively

117.

The cardholder may ___________ the service by clicking here.

a)

active

b)

actively

c)

act

d)

activate

118.

We need to wear mask to avoid a risk which will __________ people around us.

a)

danger

b)

dangerous

c)

endanger

d)

endangered

119.

If the _________________ decides not to abide by the contract, he will surely lose his job.

a)

employer

b)

employee

c)

employ

d)

employment

120.

I began to eat more __________ and I got stronger.

a)

health

b)

healthy

c)

heal

d)

healthily

121.

It was difficult to describe the ______________ of her feelings.

a)

deep

b)

depth

c)

deeply

d)

deepen

122.

How can you eat it? It is ... spaghetti.

a)

uncooked

b)

incooked

c)

nocooked

123.

There are some ..... rules in the Royal family.

a)

unspoken

b)

inspoken

c)

spokenly

124.

Indonesia is an .... state located in South-east Asia

a)

independent

b)

unindependent

c)

dependent

125.

The answer is ... . I can't give you an excellent mark.

a)

incomplete

b)

uncomplete

c)

educated

d)

uneducated

126.

I will go to an ... hotel.

a)

inexpensive

b)

unexpensive

c)

expensively

127.

Look. There are no houses, no streets, no people. It is an ... land.

a)

unpopulated

b)

inpopulated

c)

populated

d)

popular

128.

Some tribes (племена) can be ....

a)

unhospitable

b)

inhospitable

c)

hospitable

129.

He has an ... face.

a)

inexpressive

b)

unexpressive

c)

expressively

130.

Noun: ?

Verb: Define

Adjective: Defined

Adverb: Definitely

(a)  

131.

Noun: Competition/Compete

Verb: ?

Adjective: Competitor

Adverb: Competitively

(a)  

132.

Noun: ? / Assistant

Verb: Assist

Adjective: Assistant

Adverb: -

(a)  

133.

Noun: ?

Verb: Free

Adjective: Free

Adverb: Freely

(a)  

134.

Noun: Follower

Verb: ?

Adjective: Following

Adverb: -

(a)  

135.

Noun: ?

Verb: Concentrate

Adjective: Concentrated

Adverb: -

(a)  

136.

Noun: Depth

Verb: Deepen

Adjective: ?

Adverb: Deeply

(a)  

137.

Noun: ? / Supervisor

Verb: Supervise

Adjective: Supervised

Adverb: -

(a)  

138.

Noun: Danger

Verb: ?

Adjective: Dangerous

Adverb: Dangerously

(a)  

139.

Noun: -

Verb: -

Adjective: Proper

Adverb: ?

(a)  

140.

RESPONSIBLE - noun

(a)  

141.

ANNOUNCE - noun

(a)  

142.

DIE - noun

(a)  

143.

LAUGH - noun

(a)  

144.

LOSE - noun

(a)  

145.

BEHAVE - noun

(a)  

146.

COMPLAIN - noun

(a)  

147.

ARRIVE - noun

(a)  

148.

APPEAR - noun (negative)

(a)  

149.

ASTONISH - noun

(a)  

150.

PLEASE - adjective

(a)  

151.

ARGUE - noun

(a)  

152.

HIGH - noun

(a)  

153.

PATIENCE - adjective (negative)

(a)  

154.

BROAD - verb

(a)  

155.

STRONG - verb

(a)  

156.

ABLE - noun

(a)  

157.

APPLY - noun

(a)  

158.

UNDERSTAND - noun (negative)

(a)  

159.

1. The company manager will have to make a …….. at the beginning of next week.

a)

decide

b)

decided

c)

decidedly

d)

decision

160.

3. There are power stations across Europe that use the …….. rise and fall of the ocean tides.

a)

day

b)

days

c)

daily

d)

dailiness

161.

4. Many people often make a ……….. between London and New York.

a)

compare

b)

comparable

c)

comparably

d)

comparison

162.

6. The book contains a ……... of poems from these decades.

a)

collect

b)

collective

c)

collection

d)

collectable

163.

7. The runners from Mexico won the ……... .

a)

complete

b)

completion

c)

compete

d)

competition

164.

8. Divers went down to a …….. of over

30 metres.

a)

depth

b)

deep

c)

deeper

d)

deepest

165.

10. The ……… creature has not been

sighted for over a week.

a)

mystery

b)

mysteries

c)

mysterious

d)

mysteriousness

166.

I can not wait in queue , I am very ..... ( patient)

a)

patient

b)

patiently

c)

unpatient

d)

impatient

167.

Have you cleaned the kitchen ? There is still ....... smell coming from it ( pleasant)

a)

pleasant

b)

unpleasant

c)

implesant

d)

pleasantless

168.

Has anybody seen my bag? It totally ....... ( to appear)

a)

Unappear

b)

disappear

c)

appear

d)

appearless

169.

Every child must have a happy .......(child)

a)

children

b)

childhood

c)

childage

d)

childish

170.

The restaurant is ..........., but the .............. here is on a high level. (expense/to serve)

a)

expensive/serve

b)

expensive/service

c)

more expensive/servise

d)

expensively/serve

171.

My teacher says there has been a big ........ in my English lately. (improve)

a)

improving

b)

improvement

c)

improved

d)

impover

172.

Smoking and drinking alcohol is very .............. for your health. (harm)

a)

harm

b)

harmless

c)

harmful

d)

harmfull

173.

Opposite of "logical" - ..............

a)

unlogical

b)

illogical

c)

inlogical

d)

logicalless

174.

She runs a (a)   business in Los Angeles. (SUCCEED)

175.

Can you tell me the (a)   of the new restaurant? (LOCATE)

176.

There are thousands of (a)   people in the large cities of the world. (HOME)

177.

If you accept this job you will have an enormous (a)   towards your colleagues. (RESPONSIBLE)

178.

There are thousands of (a)   people in the large cities of the world. (HOME)

179.

The drive up to the mountains ended with a (a)   view of the sea. (FANTASY)

180.

You will (a)   need warm clothes when you travel in March. (DEFINITE)

181.

Many people think that 13 is an (a)   number (LUCK).

182.

The team have been very (a)   in their past few games. (IMPRESS)

183.

Our (a)   is very important to me. (FRIEND)

184.

I saw the (a)   in the newspaper and thought I would apply at once. (ADVERTISE)

185.

Celebrities only want money, (a)   and glory. (FAMOUS)

186.

The (a)   results have not been published yet. (SCIENCE)

187.

Verb: AGREE


Noun:

(a)  

188.

Verb: ELECT


Noun:

(a)  

189.

Verb: GOVERN


Noun:

(a)  

190.

Adjective: DARK


Noun:

(a)  

191.

Adjective: POPULAR


Noun:

(a)  

192.

Adjective: WEAK


Noun:

(a)  

193.

Adjective: SIMILAR


Noun:

(a)  

194.

Adjective: MODERN


Noun:

(a)  

195.

2.

Having two majors can_________ your employment potential. (broad)

a)

abroad

b)

broaden

c)

broading

d)

broadens

196.

3.

Maria wants to take a gap year after____________ her secondary school . (graduate)

a)

graduated

b)

graduates

c)

graduation

d)

having graduated

197.

Remember to (a)   patients twice daily at 8.00 a.m and at 8 p.m. WEIGHT

198.

Why do you always want to go with those ignorant (a)   people? WORTH

199.

This is the most interesting (a)   I've ever seen. PERFORM

200.

Are you (a)   sailing in the prevailing conditions? ABLE

201.

Such an act would have been deceitful and (a)   .

RESPONSIBILITY

202.

We must experience (a)   , pain and death because we are alive. ANXIOUS

203.

I feel (a)   about including the last sentence.

HESITATE

204.

The handshake is a basic gesture of (a)   . FRIEND

205.

I've a very sheltered (a)   , so this has really been an eye-opener. BRING

206.

The music was (a)   loud, you couldn't hear yourself talking. BELIEVE

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