WORD FORMATION PRACTICE N. 1

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WORD FORMATION - PRACTICE 1 
1) For questions 1-10, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. 
There is an example at the beginning (0). Write your answers on the separate answer sheet. 
BOOKS 
Nearly all the (0) DISCOVERIES that have been made through the ages DISCOVER 
can be found in books. The (1) ____ of the book is one of humankind's INVENT 
greatest (2) ____, the importance of which cannot be overestimated. ACHIEVE 
Books are very adaptable, providing us with both (3) ____ and information. ENTERTAIN 
The (4) ____ of books began in Ancient Egypt, though not in a form that PRODUCE 
is (5) ____ to us today. The books read by the Romans, however, have RECOGNISE 
some (6) ____ to the ones we read now. Until the middle of the 15th SIMILAR 
century, in Europe, all books were (7) ____ by hand. They were often WRITE 
beautifully illustrated and always rare and (8) ____. With printing came EXPENSE 
the (9) ____ of cheap, large-scale publication and distribution of books, POSSIBLE 
making (10) ____ more widespread and accessible. KNOW 
 
2) A POPULAR WRITER 
Emma Harte, in Barbara Taylor Bradford's novel, was a poor (0) LONELY girl LONE 
who became the (1) ____ owner of an international chain of stores. Like WEALTH 
the woman she writes about, Ms Bradford is beautiful and (2) ____. She AMBITION 
left school at sixteen and became a (3) ____. After twenty-three JOURNAL 
years of this work, she made the (4) ____ to start writing novels. DECIDE 
She is now one of the most (5) ____ -paid novelists in the world. Was Emma HIGH 
Harte's story based on Ms Bradford's own (6) ____ successful life? 'I'm INCREDIBLE 
afraid not,' she said with (7) ____. 'My life has been quite different from AMUSE 
Emma Harte's. She was (8) ____ to be born into a poor family. I came LUCK 
from a middle-class home and I'm (9) ____ married to a rich American HAPPY 
film producer. The only thing I share with my heroine is her (10) ____ to ABLE 
work hard.' 
 
3) LEAVING A JOB 
I recently left my job in an ____________ (1)agency ADVERTISEMENT 
after a disagreement with my boss. She accepted my 
(2) ____________ but warned me that because of the RESIGN 
(3) ____________ situation, I might have to get used to the ECONOMY 
idea of being (4) ____________ for a while. I thought that she EMPLOY 
was trying to make a point, but after I had made over 
fifty (5) ____________ to other companies, I realised that she APPLY 
was right. Although I am a (6) ____________ designer, I QUALIFICATIONS 
didn't receive any offers of a job. After that I tried 
working from home, but it was not very (7) ____________ Then PROFIT 
I became an (8) ____________ in a fast-food restaurant, EMPLOY 
even though my (9) ____________ were extremely low. EARN 
I wish I had accepted early (10) ____________ from my old job. RETIRE 
That is what I disagreed with my boss about! 
 
4) HOW A HOBBY CAN MAKE YOU ANGRY! 
Recently I decided to take up (1) ____________ as a hobby. I have PHOTOGRAPH 
always taken snapshots, but I have never been very (2) ____________ SKILL 
My snaps were either a complete (3) ____________ for FAIL 
technical reasons, or were just not very (4) ____________. First IMAGINE 
I decided that to be (5) ____________, I should have bought new SUCCESS 
equipment. Just then I had an (6) ____________ piece of good EXPECT 
luck. A friend who works in a camera shop said she 
could sell me a (7) ____________ camera. A customer had VALUE 
left it at the shop to be repaired, but there had been 
a (8) ____________, and it was actually for sale. UNDERSTAND 
I thought this was a rather (9) ____________ explanation BELIEF 
and so I asked her some more questions. It turned out 
that she had had a (10) ____________ with the customer and he AGREE 
had thrown the camera at her in anger because she had disliked his photos! 
 
5) FATHER AND SON 
My next-door neighbour has a very unusual (1) ____________ APPEAR 
He has long hair with a (2) ____________ in the middle, and PART 
usually wears an old pair of jeans and a (3) ____________ shirt. STRIPE 
His clothes are very (4) ____________ for working in a bank, but SUIT 
that is what he does! Unless he (5) ____________ when he gets to DRESS 
work and changes his clothes! His clothes are usually filthy 
and I am sure he never washes them or takes them to 
the (6) ____________. When he wears a coat it is always CLEAN 
old and (7) ____________, and even on very cold days it is WEAR 
(8) ____________ all down the front. The funny thing is that his BUTTON 
son is very (9) ____________, always wears the latest styles, and FASHION 
never wears casual clothes, even on an (10) ____________ occasion. FORMAL 
 
 
1) 1) invention 2) achievements 3) entertainment 4) production/producing 5) recognisable 6) similarity/ies 7) written 8) expensive 9) possibility 10) knowledge 
2) 1) wealthy 2) ambitious 3) journalist 4) decision 5) highly 6) incredibly 7) amusement 8) unlucky 9) happily 10) ability 
3) 1) advertising 2) resignation 3) economic 4) unemployed 5) applications 6) qualified 7) profitable 8) employee 9) earnings 10) retirement 
4) 1) photography 2) skilful 3) failure 4) imaginative 5) successful 6) unexpected 7) valuable 8) misunderstanding 9) unbelievable 10) disagreement 
5) 1) appearance 2) parting 3) striped 4) unsuitable 5) undresses 6) cleaner's 7) worn 8) unbuttoned 9) fashionable 10) informal 
 
 
WORD FORMATION - PRACTICE 2 
1) A house in the country 
When Ann decided to move house, it was mainly because 
she was tired of the (1) ____ she lived in. It was crowded, NEIGHBOUR ______________________________ 
there was a (2) ____ of parking places, and SHORT_______________________________ 
the view from her (3) ____ windows was of distant STAIRS _______________________________ 
factory chimneys. Luckily she arranged the (4) ____ SELL _______________________________ 
of her house very easily, and with a small (5) ____ from LEND _______________________________ 
the bank, was able to buy a house in the country. It was an 
old farm building, which had been (6) ____ and turned into BUILD _______________________________ 
a modern house. After loading all her belongings into a van, 
Ann managed to get them into the new house (7) ____. DAMAGE _______________________________ 
She (8) ____ most of the rooms with what she already FURNITURE ______________________________ 
owned. Even her curtains were the right (9) ____ for the LONG _______________________________ 
windows and she only had to buy a new (10) ____ for COOK _______________________________ 
the kitchen. It seemed too good to be true. Surely 
something was bound to go wrong! 
2) A letter of apology 
I am writing to apologise for the (1) ____ of your Happy CANCEL _______________________________ 
Holiday Coach Tour to Aberdeen. (2) ____ our luxury FORTUNE _______________________________ 
coach was involved in a (3) ____ in France a week ago, COLLIDE _______________________________ 
and our driver has been (4) ____ obliged to remain there EXPECT _______________________________ 
for the moment. The coach was travelling on a road (5) ____ SUIT _______________________________ 
for heavy traffic, and the accident was (6) ____. Luckily AVOID _______________________________ 
none of the passengers suffered any (7) ____, and we have INJURE _______________________________ 
complained to the authorities that the road needs (8) ____ WIDE _______________________________ 
Our new coach will be fitted with (9) ____ seat belts for ADJUST _______________________________ 
the safety and comfort of passengers.We will of course 
return the (10) ____ you have made for your holiday as PAY _______________________________ 
soon as possible. 
3) Supermarkets 
Nowadays, a great (1) ____ of different food is available VARY _______________________________ 
from large supermarkets. There are rarely any (2) ____ SHORT _______________________________ 
of fresh food, and there is far less (3) ____ of our having LIKELY _______________________________ 
to rely on (4) ____ products. Does this mean that FREEZE _______________________________ 
supermarkets have become the most (5) ____ shops of SUCCESS _______________________________ 
all time? Certainly they seem to have made some kinds of 
food less (6) ____ and most people enjoy shopping in EXPENSE _______________________________ 
them. There has been a (7) ____ in the number of REDUCE _______________________________ 
(8) ____ made against supermarkets in recent years. COMPLAIN _______________________________ 
The assistants are no longer (9) ____, but smile and POLITE _______________________________ 
try to be helpful. Above all, supermarkets have shown a WILLING _______________________________ 
(10) ____ to listen to their customers, and to adapt to 
customers' needs. 
4) Arthur's life of crime 
At his last trial, nobody believed in Arthur's (1) ____ . He INNOCENT _______________________________ 
had been accused of the (2) ____ of a valuable Chinese vase, THIEF _______________________________ 
and was also charged with ten other (3) ____. The value of OFFEND _______________________________ 
the (4) ____ goods was said to be over £10,000. Arthur said STEAL _______________________________ 
in his own (5) ____ that the vase had been put into his car DEFEND _______________________________ 
(6) ____. He also pointed out that the Chinese vase was a ACCIDENT _______________________________ 
fake, and was almost (7) ____. The judge did not believe WORTH _______________________________ 
Arthur's story. He told Arthur he was a hardened (8)____ CRIME _______________________________ 
and that he deserved a severe (9) ____. Then PUNISH _______________________________ 
the judge sentenced Arthur to five years (10) ____. PRISON _______________________________ 
Arthur just smiled. He had spent most of his life in prison 
and so he was used to it. 
5) School report 
Margaret started English Literature this term, and I 
am afraid that her (1) ____ to the subject has not been INTRODUCE _______________________________ 
entirely (2) ____. She has not shown much enthusiasm, SUCCESS _______________________________ 
and does not always pay (3) ____ in class. Her assignments ATTEND _______________________________ 
are often (4) ____, because she is so untidy, and because READ _______________________________ 
of her (5) ____ to check her work thoroughly. She failed FAIL _______________________________ 
to do any (6) ____ before the end of term test, and had REVISE _______________________________ 
poor results. She seems to have the (7) ____ idea that MISTAKE _______________________________ 
she can succeed without studying. She has also had many 
(8) ____ and has frequently arrived late for class. This ABSENT _______________________________ 
has resulted in several severe (9) ____. Although PUNISH _______________________________ 
Margaret is a (10) ____ student in some respects, she GIFT _______________________________ 
has not had a satisfactory term. 
 
 
 
ex 1) neighbourhood shortage upstairs sale loan rebuilt undamaged furnished length cooker 
ex 2) cancellation unfortunately collision unexpectedly unsuitable unavoidable injuries widening adjustable payment 
ex 3) variety shortages likelihood frozen successful expensive reduction complaints impolite willingness 
ex 4) innocence theft offences stolen defence accidentally worthless criminal punishment imprisonment 
ex 5) introduction successful attention unreadable failure revision mistaken absences punishments gifted 
 
WORD FORMATION - PRACTICE 3 
 
Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. 
There is an example at the beginning (0). Example: 0: encourages 
WRITING THERAPY 
Writing therapy is a branch of alternative medicine that (0)___ COURAGE ________________________ 
you to identify, explore and release (1) ___ problems in the same EMOTION ________________________ 
way as talking therapy does. The (2) ___, of course, is that all DIFFERENT ________________________ 
your pent-up feelings and (3) ___ are jotted down rather than FRUSTRATE ________________________ 
spoken and a lot of people (4) ___ find this easier and safer. ACTUAL ________________________ 
Another bonus is that it can be done at any time, (5) ___ and the ANY ________________________ 
cost involved is that of a pen and a notebook. A session with a (6) ___ THERAPY ________________________ 
may be (7) ___to get you started, but no talent is required - HELP ________________________ 
only the (8) ___ to commit your secret thoughts to paper. The point WILLING ________________________ 
of the exercise is to provide an (9) ___ outlet for your worries and EXPRESS ________________________ 
to make you conscious of what is (10) ___ in your life so that you SATISFY ________________________ 
can try to find a remedy. 
 
 
1) emotional 2) difference 3) frustrations 4) actually 5) anywhere 6) therapist 7) helpful 8) willingness 9) expressive 10) unsatisfactory/dissatisfying 
 
 
A pet parrot 
From early (1) ____ Jane had always wanted a pet parrot. CHILD 
Her parents told her that a parrot was an (2) ____ pet, but Jane SUIT 
insisted. She was worried about the (3) ____ of the rainforests DESTROY 
where parrots live, and she felt that parrots needed more 
(4) ____. Her father argued that a parrot would suffer from PROTECT 
(5) ____ if it lived in a house. He also explained that pet parrots LONELY 
are caught by (6) ____, who need money and don't care about HUNT 
protecting species. 'They catch the parrots and send them to 
Europe in (7) ____ boxes,' he told her. 'And in any case, parrots WOOD 
are very (8) ____ and don't make good pets.' Jane soon made OBEY 
an interesting (9) ____, however. She found a pet shop which DISCOVER 
bred parrots instead of importing them. So she took all her 
(10) ____ and bought a tiny S. American parrot, which she SAVE 
called 'Pixie'. 
 
ex 8: 1) childhood 2) unsuitable 3) destruction 4) protection 5) loneliness 6) hunters 7) wooden 8) disobedient 9) discovery 10) savings