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
th
some (6) ____ to the ones we read now. Until the middle of the 15 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