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WORD FORMATION (pre-inter)

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 51mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

After August, heavy rains cause river levels to rise and make Son Doong Cave largely ______ (access)

a)

inaccessible

b)

accessibly

c)

access

d)

accessible

2.

I know some interesting tourist __________ in the city that you would love to visit. (attract)

a)

attractions

b)

attractive

c)

attracts

d)

attractors

3.

English has been used for__________ , broadcasting and education in many countries. (administer)

a)

administrate

b)

administration

c)

administrative

d)

administrator

4.

Air-conditioning is a ___________ if you live somewhere like the south of Spain. (necessary)

a)

unnecessarily

b)

unnecessary

c)

necessarily

d)

necessity

5.

My dad gets very ______ when he has to wait ages for the train. (patience)

a)

patient

b)

patience

c)

impatient

d)

impatience

6.

She's ____ with fashion. She buys all the fashion magazines. (obsess)

a)

obsessive

b)

obsessed

c)

obsession

d)

obsessor

7.

______ of speech and belief is extremely important for the health of an individual. (free)

a)

Free

b)

Freely

c)

Freedom

8.

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

a)

improve

b)

improvement

c)

improvisation

d)

improving

9.

Detroit is renowned for the………….. of cars. (prroduce)

a)

product

b)

production

c)

produce

d)

productive

10.

The electric company admitted their _________ for the blackout.(respond)

a)

responsibility

b)

respond

c)

response

d)

responsible

11.

She comes from a very … family. (art)

a)
artistic
b)

Artist

c)

arts

d)

artisan

12.

You paid $25 for a simple breakfast! They have certainly you! You should go back and complain. (charge)

a)

undercharged

b)
Overcharged
c)

chargeable

d)

charged

13.

I'm ___ about what to do next. Maybe I should learn how to make an Android application. (certain)

a)

uncertain

b)

certainty

c)

certain

d)

uncertainty

14.

Do you know where Mid-Autumn Festival _____ from? (origin)

a)

original

b)

originates

c)

origin

d)

originality

15.

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

a)

unperfect

b)

imperfect

c)

perfect

d)

perfection

16.

The ______________________ was not convicted because there was no conclusive evidence. (DEFEND)

a)

defend

b)

defendant

c)

defender

d)

defenceless

17.

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

a)
permissible
b)
permitted
c)

permissive

18.

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

a)

psychological

b)

psycho

c)

psychologist

d)

psychologically

19.

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

years. (SECRETARY)

a)

secretarial

b)

secrecy

c)

secrets

d)

secretory

20.

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

world. (ZOO)

a)

zoo

b)

zoologist

c)

zoologists

d)

zoology

21.

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

a)

proposal

b)

proposals

c)

proposer

d)

propositions

22.

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

23.

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

a)

well-known

b)

renown

c)

known

d)

unknown

24.

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

a)
rudeness
b)

rudely

c)

rudimentary

d)

rudiments

25.

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

a)
agency
b)

agent

c)

agenda

26.

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

a)

scenes

b)

scene

c)

scenery

d)

scenic

27.

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

a)
contribution
b)

contributory

c)

contributions

d)

contributor

28.

______________________ has gone down, and the prices of raw materials have increased. (PRODUCE)

a)
Production
b)
Productivity
c)

productive

d)

product

29.

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

a)

drawing

b)

drawings

c)

draws

d)

drawers

30.

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

a)

obligatory

b)

obligation

c)

oblige

31.

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

a)
assistance
b)

assistances

c)

assistant

d)

assistants

32.

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

33.

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

a)

cautious

b)

precaution

c)

cautionary

d)

cautiously

34.

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

a)

maintenance

b)

maintenence

c)

maintainance

d)

maintainence

35.

Buying and selling antiques can be a very ________________ hobby if you know how to find a good bargain. (profit)

a)
profitable
b)
profits
c)
unprofitable
d)
profitably 
36.

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)

a)
fashionable
b)

fashionate

c)
unfashionable
d)
unfashionably
37.

He gets a lot of ______________ from football. (joy)

a)
enjoys
b)
enjoyment
c)
enjoying
d)
enjoyingly
38.

I react positively to ________________ even though I may not agree with it. (criticize)

a)

critics

b)

critical

c)

criticism

d)

self-criticism

39.

I am more ________________ than ________________ (adventure, caution)

a)

adventurous, caution

b)

adventurous, cautious

c)

adventuresome, cautionary)

d)

adventureous, cautionary

40.

I like people that appreciate my work. I consider they are

a)

appreciative

b)

appreciated

c)

appreciateful

41.

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

a)

painful

b)

painless

c)

painfully

d)

pained

42.

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

a)

sensitive

b)

sensibility

c)

sensible

d)

sensibly

43.

The party turned out to be a huge ___________. (appoint)

a)

disappointing

b)

disappointment

c)

disappoint

d)

disappointant

44.

It was very ______of you to notice that. (observable)

a)

observe

b)

observatory

c)

observation

d)

observant

45.

The International Red Cross helps people in need without any discrimination based on _______, race, religion, class or political opinions. (nation)

a)

national

b)

nationally

c)

nationality

d)

native

46.

The International Committee of the Red Cross is a private _______ institution founded in 1863 in Geneva, Switzerland. (human)

a)

humane

b)

humanity

c)

humanization

d)

humanitarian

47.

The Red Cross organizes and leads relief assistance missions after ______, such as natural disasters, man-made disasters, and epidemics. (emerge)

a)

emergent

b)

emergencies

c)

emergently

d)

emergence

48.

According to World Bank figures, 41 per cent of Brazilians live in absolute _______. (poor)

a)

poorness

b)

poverty

c)

poorer

d)

poorly

49.

To preserve that ________, it was necessary to preserve the people that had created it. (civil)

a)

civilian

b)

civilize

c)

civility

d)

civilization

50.

The Prime Minister is to consider changes to sexually ________ laws to enforce equal opportunities. (discriminate)

a)

discriminating

b)

discrimination

c)

discriminatory

d)

discriminated

51.

In some communities a husband's ________ over his wife is absolute. (enpower)

a)

power

b)

powerful

c)

powered

d)

powerfully

52.

What is more important to you, intelligence or_____________ ? (attraction)

a)

attracted

b)

attractiveness

c)

attractive

d)

attract

53.

The generator is one of Faraday's most important ___________. (achieve)

a)

achievements

b)

achievement

c)

achievers

d)

achieving

54.

Lack of money ________ a change of plan. (NECESSARY)

a)
necessitates
b)
necessitated
c)

necessities

d)

necessarily

55.

Michael told his story between ____________. (MOUTH)

a)
mouthfuls
b)

mouthfeel

c)

mouthguard

d)

mouthless

56.

It is thoroughly dishonest and _________ to cheat in an examination. (HONOR)

a)
dishonorable
b)

honorable

c)

honorary

d)

honorific

57.

The slight ______ in his left hand was corrected by surgery. (FORM)

a)
deformity
b)

deformation

c)

formation

d)

deformed

58.

That ______ pupil should be severely punished. (RESPECT)

a)
disrespected
b)

respectful

c)

respectable

d)

irrespective

59.

She is a(n) __________ mother, staying at home and looking after the children. (FASHION)

a)
old-fashioned
b)

fashionable

c)

out-fashioned

d)

ill-fashioned

60.

They meet regularly to share experiences and develop their collective __________. (EXPERT)

a)
expertise
b)

expersity

c)

expertment

d)

expertness

61.

The scenery really was _______ beautiful. (BREATHE)

a)
breathtakingly
b)

out-breathing

c)

breathtaking

d)

out-breathed

62.

She was quite disappointed. She felt that the company ______ her work. (VALUE)

a)
devalued
b)

valuable

c)

valueless

d)

value-free

63.

Please ______ our letter of the 14th. We have not had a reply. (KNOW)

a)
acknowledge
b)

beknow

c)

reknow

d)

knowledge

64.

The brilliant ................, Richard Feynman, did poorly in some subjects. (physic)

a)

phycist

b)

physician

c)

physicist

d)

physics

65.

He uses his imagination as the first ...... did when on their charts they drew the equator. (geography)

a)

geographs

b)

geographies

c)

geographers

d)

geographics

66.

An .............. dig is taking place near the palace. (archaeology)

a)

archaelogical

b)

archaeological

c)

archaeologist

d)

archaeologically

67.

Another member of the family was well-known locally for her ................. skills. (art)

a)

artist

b)

artistically

c)

artistic

d)

artisan

68.

The two friends formed a strong business ........ to sell books. (PART)

a)
partnership
b)

partner

c)

partnerity

d)

depart

69.

His suggestions were very ..... and would never have worked. (PRACTICE)

a)
impractical
b)

practical

c)

practicable

d)

impracticable

70.

My grandmother was one of the .......... people you could ever have met. (KIND)

a)
kindest
b)

kindly

c)

most kindly

d)

kindling

71.

Lots of little children go through a phase of having an ........... friend, but they usually grow out of it. (IMAGINE)

a)
imaginary
b)

imaginative

c)

imagination

d)

imaginativeness

72.

The shop assistant had acted in a rude and ......... manner and it was suggested she was given the sack. (PROFESSION)

a)
unprofessional
b)

professional

c)

improfessional

d)

irprofessional

73.

The manager was sacked after he tried to .......... (FALSE) his accounts.

a)
falsify
b)

fault

c)

default

d)

falsefy

74.

The two sisters had an argument about the ........ of the family home. (OWN)

a)
ownership
b)

owner

c)

owners

d)

ownity

75.

My parents will have celebrated 30 years of ___________ by next week. (marry)

a)

A. marries

b)

B. married

c)

C. marriageable

d)

D. marriage

76.

The beach is full of all kinds of ______ (pollute)

a)

A. pollution

b)

B. polluter

c)

C. pollutants

d)

D. polluted

77.

The amounts of mercury present far exceeded the Japanese government's ___________level. (allow)

a)
allowable
b)

allowance

c)

allowable

d)

allowed

78.

Almost half of turtles and tortoises are known to be threatened with ____. (extinct)

                                                

a)

A. extinctiveness

b)

  B. extinction  

c)

C. extinctive

d)

D. extinctly

79.

David’s compositions are full of mistakes but they are very …………………. (imagine)

a)

imaginative

b)

imaginary

c)

imagination

d)

imaginable

80.

Don't put David in charge of arranging the theatre trip; he's too …………………. (organize)

a)

organized

b)

disorganized

c)

unorganized

d)

organization

81.

The Pikes live in a four-bedroomed bungalow in a very nice ………………… area.(reside)

a)

residing

b)

resident

c)

residence

d)

residential

82.

Phil was sentenced to three years’ ………………… for his part in the robbery. (prison)

a)

prisoner

b)

imprison

c)

imprisonment

d)

prison

83.

She seemed always to speak …………………, especially at our club meeting. (controvert)

a)

controversy

b)

controversial

c)

controversially

d)

controvert

84.

He is under 25, hard-working and …………………. (energy)

a)

energetical

b)

energize

c)

energizing

d)

energetic

85.

I am very ________ to my parents (thank)

a)

thanks

b)

thankfully

c)

thankful

d)

thankfulness

86.

Alan wants to be an ________. (ACT)

a)

actor

b)

actress

c)

action

d)

active

87.

She was a much less ………………… student than her sister. (industry)

a)

industrial

b)

industrious

c)

industrialist

d)

industrialized

88.

The student did not do well in the class; he had a problem with …………………. (absence)

a)

absenteeism

b)

absently

c)

absentee

d)

absent

89.

Some people show ………………… attitude toward the misery of others, totally untouched by their suffering. (passion)

a)

passionate

b)

dispassionate

c)

passionless

d)

passionately

90.

The sick child must stay away from others because he has a ………………… disease. (communicate)

a)

communicative

b)

communicable

c)

communicator

d)

communication

91.

I do not understand what these results ………………….(sign)

a)

significant

b)

signify

c)

significance

d)

significantly

92.

The technician applying for the position was asked to supply a ………………… list of her former places of employment. (chronology)

a)

chronological

b)

chronologically

c)

chronologist

d)

chronologic

93.

I don't like sport because I’m not a very _____ person.(COMPETE)

a)

competition

b)

compete

c)

competitive

d)

competitor

94.

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

a)

deliverable

b)

deliverer

c)

delivery

d)

deliverance

95.

“She ______ herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president”. (associate)

a)

disassociated

b)

associated

c)

associations

96.

In Electrnics, we learn to repair ........................ appliances. (house)

a)

household

b)

housing

c)

houseless

97.

Eating and talking with friends are the most common ways of ............... . (relax)

a)

relaxation

b)

relaxed

c)

relaxing

d)

relaxant

98.

When the automobile salesman described the car so …………………, we became very uneasy about buying it. (ambiguous)

a)

ambiguity

b)

ambiguousness

c)

ambiguousity

d)

ambiguously

99.

Don't put David in charge of arranging the theatre trip; he's too ………………….(organ)

a)

organized

b)

disorganized

c)

unorganized

d)

organization

100.

It’s not like I wake up every day planning to be a _____ (fail).

a)
failure
b)

false

c)

falsity

d)

falsify