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WorksheetsWORD FORMATION (pre-inter)
Total questions: 100
Worksheet time: 51mins
After August, heavy rains cause river levels to rise and make Son Doong Cave largely ______ (access)
inaccessible
accessibly
access
accessible
I know some interesting tourist __________ in the city that you would love to visit. (attract)
attractions
attractive
attracts
attractors
English has been used for__________ , broadcasting and education in many countries. (administer)
administrate
administration
administrative
administrator
Air-conditioning is a ___________ if you live somewhere like the south of Spain. (necessary)
unnecessarily
unnecessary
necessarily
necessity
My dad gets very ______ when he has to wait ages for the train. (patience)
patient
patience
impatient
impatience
She's ____ with fashion. She buys all the fashion magazines. (obsess)
obsessive
obsessed
obsession
obsessor
______ of speech and belief is extremely important for the health of an individual. (free)
Free
Freely
Freedom
My teacher says there has been a big ________ in my English lately. (improve)
improve
improvement
improvisation
improving
Detroit is renowned for the………….. of cars. (prroduce)
product
production
produce
productive
The electric company admitted their _________ for the blackout.(respond)
responsibility
respond
response
responsible
She comes from a very … family. (art)
Artist
arts
artisan
You paid $25 for a simple breakfast! They have certainly … you! You should go back and complain. (charge)
undercharged
chargeable
charged
I'm ___ about what to do next. Maybe I should learn how to make an Android application. (certain)
uncertain
certainty
certain
uncertainty
Do you know where Mid-Autumn Festival _____ from? (origin)
original
originates
origin
originality
We live in an ______________________ world, so people and governments make mistakes all the time. (PERFECT)
unperfect
imperfect
perfect
perfection
The ______________________ was not convicted because there was no conclusive evidence. (DEFEND)
defend
defendant
defender
defenceless
The use of dictionaries at the final exam is not ______________________. (PERMIT)
permissive
The ______________________ effects of losing a job can be very serious. (PSYCHOLOGY)
psychological
psycho
psychologist
psychologically
In her application she emphasized the __________________ skills she had acquired over the
years. (SECRETARY)
secretarial
secrecy
secrets
secretory
Leading ______________________ have warned about the danger to animal species around the
world. (ZOO)
zoo
zoologist
zoologists
zoology
She has received three marriage ______________________ this year. (PROPOSE)
proposal
proposals
proposer
propositions
She is an (a) young woman, full of life. (ENERGY)
There are several ______________________ species living in the rainforest, which still need to be categorized. (KNOWN)
well-known
renown
known
unknown
I am not willing to accept your ______________________ all the time. You have to behave properly. (RUDE)
rudely
rudimentary
rudiments
The new travel ______________________ opened for business last summer. (AGENT)
agent
agenda
The ______________________ was so beautiful that we decided to go there again sometime next year. (SCENE)
scenes
scene
scenery
scenic
She made a large financial ______________________ to the organisation. (CONTRIBUTE)
contributory
contributions
contributor
______________________ has gone down, and the prices of raw materials have increased. (PRODUCE)
productive
product
The pupils' ____________ were a part of the school's art exhibition. (DRAW)
drawing
drawings
draws
drawers
He felt an ______________________ to help the company he had been the CEO of for so many years. (OBLIGE)
obligatory
obligation
oblige
If you need any ______________________, please call me. (ASSIST)
assistances
assistant
assistants
I am normally not ______________________, but I felt bad when we saw that our hotel room was on the 13th floor. (SUPERSTITION)
superstitious
superstious
superstitions
Mom opened the door and ______________________ crept into the room. (CAUTION)
cautious
precaution
cautionary
cautiously
20.The server was offline due to ______________________ issues. (MAINTAIN)
maintenance
maintenence
maintainance
maintainence
Buying and selling antiques can be a very ________________ hobby if you know how to find a good bargain. (profit)
You know your father is the most _____________ person in the world. He is sure to be wearing one of his old sweaters to the party. (fashion)
fashionate
He gets a lot of ______________ from football. (joy)
I react positively to ________________ even though I may not agree with it. (criticize)
critics
critical
criticism
self-criticism
I am more ________________ than ________________ (adventure, caution)
adventurous, caution
adventurous, cautious
adventuresome, cautionary)
adventureous, cautionary
I like people that appreciate my work. I consider they are
appreciative
appreciated
appreciateful
Pulling my front tooth didn’t hurt. – It was completely __________________ (PAIN).
painful
painless
painfully
pained
That would be a more _________ way of dealing with the problem. (sense)
sensitive
sensibility
sensible
sensibly
The party turned out to be a huge ___________. (appoint)
disappointing
disappointment
disappoint
disappointant
It was very ______of you to notice that. (observable)
observe
observatory
observation
observant
The International Red Cross helps people in need without any discrimination based on _______, race, religion, class or political opinions. (nation)
national
nationally
nationality
native
The International Committee of the Red Cross is a private _______ institution founded in 1863 in Geneva, Switzerland. (human)
humane
humanity
humanization
humanitarian
The Red Cross organizes and leads relief assistance missions after ______, such as natural disasters, man-made disasters, and epidemics. (emerge)
emergent
emergencies
emergently
emergence
According to World Bank figures, 41 per cent of Brazilians live in absolute _______. (poor)
poorness
poverty
poorer
poorly
To preserve that ________, it was necessary to preserve the people that had created it. (civil)
civilian
civilize
civility
civilization
The Prime Minister is to consider changes to sexually ________ laws to enforce equal opportunities. (discriminate)
discriminating
discrimination
discriminatory
discriminated
In some communities a husband's ________ over his wife is absolute. (enpower)
power
powerful
powered
powerfully
What is more important to you, intelligence or_____________ ? (attraction)
attracted
attractiveness
attractive
attract
The generator is one of Faraday's most important ___________. (achieve)
achievements
achievement
achievers
achieving
Lack of money ________ a change of plan. (NECESSARY)
necessities
necessarily
Michael told his story between ____________. (MOUTH)
mouthfeel
mouthguard
mouthless
It is thoroughly dishonest and _________ to cheat in an examination. (HONOR)
honorable
honorary
honorific
The slight ______ in his left hand was corrected by surgery. (FORM)
deformation
formation
deformed
That ______ pupil should be severely punished. (RESPECT)
respectful
respectable
irrespective
She is a(n) __________ mother, staying at home and looking after the children. (FASHION)
fashionable
out-fashioned
ill-fashioned
They meet regularly to share experiences and develop their collective __________. (EXPERT)
expersity
expertment
expertness
The scenery really was _______ beautiful. (BREATHE)
out-breathing
breathtaking
out-breathed
She was quite disappointed. She felt that the company ______ her work. (VALUE)
valuable
valueless
value-free
Please ______ our letter of the 14th. We have not had a reply. (KNOW)
beknow
reknow
knowledge
The brilliant ................, Richard Feynman, did poorly in some subjects. (physic)
phycist
physician
physicist
physics
He uses his imagination as the first ...... did when on their charts they drew the equator. (geography)
geographs
geographies
geographers
geographics
An .............. dig is taking place near the palace. (archaeology)
archaelogical
archaeological
archaeologist
archaeologically
Another member of the family was well-known locally for her ................. skills. (art)
artist
artistically
artistic
artisan
The two friends formed a strong business ........ to sell books. (PART)
partner
partnerity
depart
His suggestions were very ..... and would never have worked. (PRACTICE)
practical
practicable
impracticable
My grandmother was one of the .......... people you could ever have met. (KIND)
kindly
most kindly
kindling
Lots of little children go through a phase of having an ........... friend, but they usually grow out of it. (IMAGINE)
imaginative
imagination
imaginativeness
The shop assistant had acted in a rude and ......... manner and it was suggested she was given the sack. (PROFESSION)
professional
improfessional
irprofessional
The manager was sacked after he tried to .......... (FALSE) his accounts.
fault
default
falsefy
The two sisters had an argument about the ........ of the family home. (OWN)
owner
owners
ownity
My parents will have celebrated 30 years of ___________ by next week. (marry)
A. marries
B. married
C. marriageable
D. marriage
The beach is full of all kinds of ______ (pollute)
A. pollution
B. polluter
C. pollutants
D. polluted
The amounts of mercury present far exceeded the Japanese government's ___________level. (allow)
allowance
allowable
allowed
Almost half of turtles and tortoises are known to be threatened with ____. (extinct)
A. extinctiveness
B. extinction
C. extinctive
D. extinctly
David’s compositions are full of mistakes but they are very …………………. (imagine)
imaginative
imaginary
imagination
imaginable
Don't put David in charge of arranging the theatre trip; he's too …………………. (organize)
organized
disorganized
unorganized
organization
The Pikes live in a four-bedroomed bungalow in a very nice ………………… area.(reside)
residing
resident
residence
residential
Phil was sentenced to three years’ ………………… for his part in the robbery. (prison)
prisoner
imprison
imprisonment
prison
She seemed always to speak …………………, especially at our club meeting. (controvert)
controversy
controversial
controversially
controvert
He is under 25, hard-working and …………………. (energy)
energetical
energize
energizing
energetic
I am very ________ to my parents (thank)
thanks
thankfully
thankful
thankfulness
Alan wants to be an ________. (ACT)
actor
actress
action
active
She was a much less ………………… student than her sister. (industry)
industrial
industrious
industrialist
industrialized
The student did not do well in the class; he had a problem with …………………. (absence)
absenteeism
absently
absentee
absent
Some people show ………………… attitude toward the misery of others, totally untouched by their suffering. (passion)
passionate
dispassionate
passionless
passionately
The sick child must stay away from others because he has a ………………… disease. (communicate)
communicative
communicable
communicator
communication
I do not understand what these results ………………….(sign)
significant
signify
significance
significantly
The technician applying for the position was asked to supply a ………………… list of her former places of employment. (chronology)
chronological
chronologically
chronologist
chronologic
I don't like sport because I’m not a very _____ person.(COMPETE)
competition
compete
competitive
competitor
We offer free __________________ for purchases over € 100 (DELIVER).
deliverable
deliverer
delivery
deliverance
“She ______ herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president”. (associate)
disassociated
associated
associations
In Electrnics, we learn to repair ........................ appliances. (house)
household
housing
houseless
Eating and talking with friends are the most common ways of ............... . (relax)
relaxation
relaxed
relaxing
relaxant
When the automobile salesman described the car so …………………, we became very uneasy about buying it. (ambiguous)
ambiguity
ambiguousness
ambiguousity
ambiguously
Don't put David in charge of arranging the theatre trip; he's too ………………….(organ)
organized
disorganized
unorganized
organization
It’s not like I wake up every day planning to be a _____ (fail).
false
falsity
falsify
