Test on word formation (1) pptx

Test on word formation (1) Exercise 1. 1. ________ is one of the qualities required of a social worker. FLEXIBLE 2. Novelists are among the most _______ people in the world. IMAGINE 3. Secondary education is __________ and free in many countries. COMPEL 4. The song has _________ been selected for the SEA Games 22, Vietnam. OFFICE 5. _______ are doing their best to make people aware of the danger of air pollution ENVIRONMENT 6. Actually, there is no short cut to _________ a foreign language. MASTER 7. Leonardo De Vince was a _______ story of an artist and scientist. SUCCEED 8. Your father is a bit _________. I think he should go on a diet. WEIGH 9. The police should impose heavy fines on those who drive ________. DANGER 10. He is OK, but quite _________ at times. RELY Exercise 2. 1. The duty of the police is the _______ of law and order. MAINTAIN 2. Our tomatoes are ________ nicely: they’ll be ready to eat in about a week. RIPE 3. Look at this picture of Bill and his father: you can see the _____clearly, can’t you? LIKE 4. He said “ Good morning” in a most _________ way. FRIEND 5. Playing for the national team for the first time was an _____ experience for Hong Son. FORGET 6. “ This is not a good essay”, said the lecturer. “ I find your arguments ______”. CONVINCE 7. It’s a lovely old house, I agree, but can we afford to _________ it? MODERN 8. George and I have been friends since _________ : he used to live next door. CHILD 9. In winter it is important for farmers to provide food and _____ for their animals. WARM 10. Pele _______ Ronaldo to take part in 2002 World Cup. COURAGE Exercise 3. 1. The secretary was very busy all day dealing with _________. ENQUIRE 2. The teacher stressed the need for regular ________. ATTEND 3. Sarah ________ opened the door of the cellar, wondering what she might find. CAUTION 4. The company is very efficient and gives a __________ service. SPEED 5. You’d better drive. I’m too ________ for such traffic. EXPERIENCE 6. After _______ attempts, Minh finally passed his graduation examination REPEAT 7. The house is large, but it is _________ to live in. COMFORT 8. You look rather __________. Are you worried about something ? OCCUPY 9. I couldn’t avoid _________ what he said. HEAR 10. What a very __________ old man he is! LEARN Exercise 4. 1. She gave me a very _____ look when she saw that I wasn’t wearing the correct uniform APPROVE 2. He’s normally very ____ so you’ll be lucky if you get any information out of him. COMMUNICATE 3. With her ____ mind, she was able to work out the best way to persuade everybody. ANALYSE 4. How dare she _______ us when she sits around doing nothing all day. CRITIC 5. Everywhere you could see evidence of the ______ force of the enemy bombs. DESTROY 6. That is supposed to be the ____ price but you always seem to end up paying extra. INCLUDE 7. Some of the ____ in this dictionary are more difficult to understand than the DEFINE word they are explaining 8. We have to ____ on electricity so make sure you switch off all the lights when you leave. ECONOMY 9. The judges were ___ impressed by the imaginative use of light and shade in the painting. SPECIAL 10. I consider him to be one of our greatest _________ poets. LIVE Exercise 5. 1. He fell off his motobike, but his _________ were not serious. INJURE 2. The family managed to get out of the burning house , but they lost nearly their ______ POSSESS 3. He says he has no ____________ of resigning INTEND 4. The crowd showed it __________ by shouting insults at the players APPROVE 5. Dozens of ________ are injured on the city roads every year CYCLE 6. Many modern refridgerators never need to be ___________ . FROST 7. Kate is studying to become a __________ . LAW 8. To be successful, an artist must show great ____________. ORIGIN 9. Switzerland and Australia are both ____________ countries MOUTAIN 10. My brother lives in an attractive ___________ part of Paris RESIDE Exercise 6. 1. We must keep costs as small as possible. We have so many __ trying to take our customers away. COMPETE 2. He is very anxious about the ___________ of his passport. LOSE 3. This organization is concerned about the _________ of the rain forest. DESTROY 4. Television is one the cheapest forms of _______________ . ENTERTAIN 5. I was annoyed at his ___________ to co – operate . REFUSE 6.We bought back several carved ____ statues from our holiday in Africa. WOOD 7. Our journey took nearly five hours. It was much ____ than I’d thought. FAR 8. John has just got _________ to a girl he has known since he was a boy. ENGAGE 9. More and more young people want to get a university ___________ EDUCATE 10. Sue went red with ____________ EMBARRASS Exercise 7. 1. Don’t believe a word Tom says. He’s a terrible ___________ LIE 2. The man spoke with a ___________ accent. SOUTH 3. The woman has a blonde shoulder - ______________ hair . LONG 4. Applicants must be under 25, hard – working and __________ . ENERGY 5. When Bill and Jane retire, they’re planning to spend all their ___ on a Mediterrance holiday SAVE 6. Third time lucky! After two _____ attemps, Mark’s finally passed his driving test. SUCCESS 7. They’re an incrediby_____ family! You should see how much food they throw away. WASTE 8. You shouldn’t leave _____ things on car seats in full view of people walking past VALUE 9. I’ve never had the same opinions as my father. When I was younger, we were always having __AGREE 10. Jeremy Hopkins’s performance in King Lear was the most _________. IMPRESS Exercise 8 1. Drug _______ is a growing problem particularly among young people. ADDICT 2. Most banks have installed video cameras as part of their ______ systems. SECURE 3. Elsa is being kept in an isolation ward because she’s highly _________. INFECT 4. My brother and I was sent to _______ school when we were seven. BOARD 5. Phil was sentenced to seven years’________ for his part in the arm robbery. PRISON 6. There is no ________ to the problem of the beginning of the universe. SOLVE 7. The chairman expressed doubts about the __________of showing the film on children TV. SUIT 8. O’Hara wanted a divorce because his wife had been ________ FAITH 9. To be successful, an artist must show great ____________. ORIGIN 10. ___________ is not enough by itself: you must work hard too. INSPIRE Exercise 9 1. I didn’t know who it was – with a mask on, she was completely _____. RECOGNISE 2. Telling lies is ____________. MORAL 3. I have no excuses. My actions were ___________. EXPLAIN 4. The hero had a __________ love affair with the actress. PASSION 5. I’ll resign if you continue to _________ everything I say. REGARD 6. _________ to the university is by examination only. ADMIT 7. He was turned down for the job because he is _________. QUALIFY 8. It was _________ of Tom to accuse Bill of having told him a lie. JUSTICE 9. He has been constant in his _________ to scientific studies. DEVOTE 10. I understand __________ what you are saying . PERFECT Exercise 10. 1. _____________ goods are exported all over the world. TRADE 2. The director needs someone who is efficient and __________. TRUST 3. 7.30 A.M on a Saturday is rather ________ time for an appoinment. CONVENIENT 4. Please don’t be so _________, I can’t do all the work by myself. REASON 5. Did you really have to behave with such __________ ? SEVERE 6. I was kept ________ last night by the noise from a party in the flat above WAKE 7. An aeroplane has to overcome the __________ air . RESIST 8. She always listens ___________ to what she is told. ATTENTION 9. He regularly writes _________ for our newspaper. POET 10. Successful business needs good ________ skills. ORGANIZATION . Test on word formation (1) Exercise 1. 1. ________ is one of the qualities required of a social worker. FLEXIBLE 2. Novelists are among the most _______ people. Playing for the national team for the first time was an _____ experience for Hong Son. FORGET 6. “ This is not a good essay”, said the lecturer. “ I find your arguments ______”. CONVINCE 7. It’s. this dictionary are more difficult to understand than the DEFINE word they are explaining 8. We have to ____ on electricity so make sure you switch off all the lights when you leave. ECONOMY 9.