The document provides word formation exercises involving prefixes, suffixes, and parts of speech. It includes exercises asking the reader to:
1) Add prefixes like "un-", "im-", "dis-" to words to make their opposites.
2) Change words to different parts of speech like nouns and verbs by adding suffixes like "-ment", "-tion", "-ize".
3) Form adverbs from adjectives using suffixes like "-ly".
The exercises focus on skills like using affixes to derive related words and changing words between parts of speech.
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There is a fill in the blanks and a word match activity included in this slide show.
There are also 3 slides that have collocations that use swear words.
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Word formation exercises
1. WORD FORMATION EXERCISES
Fill in the blank with the prefixes or suffixes which correspond to the words given in brackets.
a. This room is so ………………….! Put all your toys away! ( tidy)
b. He doesn’t have a job. He’s ……………………..(employed)
c. I work hard but they pay me little money. That’s……………………..(fair)
d. Be ………………………when you open the door.(care)
e. Could your repeat that ………………….., please? I don’t really understand it.(explain)
f. The receptionist was very……………………. and explained to us everything very carefully.(help)
Fill in the blank with the negative prefixes (im-, in-, il-, un-, dis-) which correspond to the words
given in brackets.
a. The children’s room is usually very…………………. .( tidy)
b. I don’t think so: I……………….. with you.(agree)
c. I usually ………………the suitcases as soon as we arrive home from the airport.( pack)
d. We couldn’t go on holidays last year because I was ………………… for ten months.( employed)
e. He never says anything when he comes into the room. He is very………………..(polite)
f. I never watch plays because I…………………….. going to the theatre.(like)
g. Their dog …………………. while they were walking in the park.(appeared)
h. Making several copies of a CD and selling them is …………………………….( legal)
i. He said it is…………………. to solve the problem and I agree with him: I can’t find a solution.
(possible)
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2. Fill in the blank with the adverb which corresponds to the adjective given in brackets.
Examples:
a. He hit the ball ____. (hard) He hit the ball hard.
b. The newspaper is delivered _____. (daily) The newspaper is delivered daily.
c. She did ____ in the competition. (good) She did well in the competition.
d. Please close the door _______. (quiet) Please close the door quietly.
1. I drove ____________ home. (straight)
2. We came to work ____________. (early)
3. She ____________ filled in the answers. (quick)
4. He like to drive ____________. (fast)
5. We proceeded ______________. (cautious)
6. He threw the ball ____________ into the air. (high)
7. How __________ do you know her? (good)
8. We arrived _________. (late)
9. They did the work ___________. (bad)
10. He spoke ___________. (little)
11. The gathering is held . (annual)
12. They replied _____________. (immediate)
13. The workers met ____________. (weekly)
14. I will deal with that problem ____________. (first)
15. They were ______________ dressed for the occasion. (suitable)
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3. Fill in the blank with the adverb which corresponds to the adjective given in brackets.
Examples:
a. The letter was ________ legible. (scarce) The letter was scarcely legible.
b. He did the work as _________ as possible. (careful) He did the work as carefully as possible.
1. They won the game ______. (easy)
2. She handled the situation very _______. (capable)
3. I _____ expected that to happen. (full)
4. The view was _____ magnificent. (true)
5. The theory has never been ______________ proved. (scientific)
6. Please drive ____________. (slow)
8. She worked _____________ until nine o’clock. (steady)
9. We arrived _____________. (punctual)
10. They ___________ agreed to the proposal. (ready)
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4. WORD FORMATION Exercise I
1. Chestnut honey provides quick and ............. relief.(EFFECT)
2. Come rain, wind or shine these snapdragons give a superb display over an ....................... long
period.(EXCEPTION)
3. Dreaming of a beautiful home for your ........................... .(RETIRE)? Enjoy lifetime ownership of a
luxury home for an ................. price.(AFFORD)
4. The post-war decline in beer ......................... was practically halted last year. (CONSUME)
5. Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and ..................therewith.(HATE)
6. In the first quarter of the 18th century people began to realise the ......................... of hygiene to
public health.(IMPORTANT)
7. The ....................collapse of the Roman Empire lasted for nearly three hundred years before its final
dissolution in AD 476.(GRADE)
8. Jamie’s ....................of the night’s events is hazy but the tabloids will refresh his memory.
(RECOLLECT)
9. We are great ........................ in fate and we believe we’re meant to be together.(BELIEVE)
10. I think your stylist has taken her ............................... from the rubbish dump.(INSPIRE)
11. The statesmen and scholars have made important ................................ on ways Washington could
help Russia control parts of the arsenal. (SUGGEST)
12. After denying the ........................... of any recordings of the UFO abductions, Mr President went on
to talk about the newest tax policy.(EXIST)
13. Your .......................... to me really bothers me. I told you a hundred times that I’m not the guy you
need.(ATTACH)
14. It is an ............................. fact that the search will go on for another couple of months.(DENY)
15. The most important feast of Islam, Eid ul-Adha (which means Celebration of Sacrifice) marks
Abraham’s ...................... to sacrifice his son in ................................ to Allah with a three-day festival.
(WILLING; OBEY)
16. The monitoring programme is .............................. well developed in our school.(SPECTACULAR)
17. For much of the last decade, Italy’s leaning tower of Pisa was a huge .................................. site.
(CONSTRUCT)
18. When planning began in 1989, Prof. Piero Pierotti called the rescue effort
“irresponsible .......................” that would put the tower at risk.(MAD)
19. Once and for all - fingers crossed - the leaning tower has been .................................. .(RIGHT)
20. I ............................. this morning and was late for my English classes.(SLEEP).
21. The film, though poor in artistic values, was a ............................... success. (FINANCE)
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5. 22. The doctor ......................................my illness as a rare ape-like syndrome, taking
into ......................... my strange facial mimics. (DIAGNOSIS; CONSIDER)
23. The lower salaries would be a slight ..................................... from the original project.(DEVIATE)
24. It is impossible to .............................. everybody. (PLEASURE)
25. There was no ............................. on her side so he proceeded with his work.(RESIST)
26. If you need anything I am at your ......................., madam. (SERVE)
27. ............................... in the wardrobe he waited for her husband to fall asleep. (HIDE)
28. “Will you ............................... your theory?” a curious student asked his professor.(CLEAR)
29. We can’t go together anywhere as my holiday doesn’t ..................................with yours.
(COINCIDENCE)
30. Boozing and clubbing- my two favourite Saturday night .............................. . (ACTIVE)
31. On the Valentine’s day I got a cordless electric drill with .......................... batteries. (RECHARGE)
32. His eyes .......................... with surprise when I told him I was pregnant.(WIDE)
33. That was my hubby, the same man who mopped my floors , who won this year’s Mr
Universe .......................... . (COMPETE)
34. I felt so relaxed and ............................. when Alan said ‘Forget your husband tonight.’(ATTRACT)
35. The drawback for the great sportsmen is that the satisfaction of ......................................... rarely
lasts very long. (ACCOMPLISH)
36. When thugs burst into a man’s flat, beat him brainless with a baseball bat, strangle him, dump him
into a bathtub, drain his blood by slitting his wrists and then saw him into pieces, then it is
called .......................... (SANE)
37. White is the colour of ............................... , so never wear it if you are upset about a bloke- it will
only make you feel worse.(LONE)
38. Food like bananas and oysters are presumed to be aphrodisiac mainly due to their ..................... to
certain body parts. (RESEMBLE)
39. Enjoy nicotine, alcohol and caffeine only in ............................... (MODERATE)
40. His ........................... were not as serious as the previous time. Just broken ribs, dislocated shoulders
and sprained ankles.(INJURE)
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6. WORD FORMATION Exercise II
1. Don’t ........................! Nothing bad really happened. (DRAMA)
2. I’m unable to .......................between these perfumes, they all smell the same. (DIFFERENT)
3. We’ve run out of .......................floss so we must remember to buy some. (DENTIST)
4. My grandma .............................. a natural ............................ (DIE)
5. They give her morphine to ...................the pain.(DEAD)
6. The ...................................... of those mountainous villages is the greatest achievement of this
government.(ELECTRIC)
7. With the ............................ of the soup it was a wonderful meal.(EXCEPT)
8. Her ........................ in helping the poor earned her admiration in the neighbourhood. (SELF)
9. Soak the dried mushroom overnight to ..................... them before cooking.(SOFT)
10. They have always wanted to have a baby, but Sue .................each time she got pregnant.(CARRY)
11. Chinese cooking can be ..........................as spicy.(CHARACTER)
12. Don’t be too hasty to pass .............................on other people.(JUDGE)
13. Cut the carrots ............................. and put them into water.(LONG)
14. It’s obviously ......................... behaviour for a son to marry his mother.(NATURE)
15. The ................................... of his work lies in the materials he uses.(ORIGIN)
16. I can understand your arguments only ....................................... .(PART)
17. The pregnant woman talked with her husband about the responsibilities of their future .................
(PARENT)
18. The ............................over, we started serious discussions with the delegates.(PLEASANT)
19. Her designs might look well on paper but they are quite ......................(PRACTICE)
20. Can I find a pencil .........................somewhere in this library? (SHARP)
21. I like him a lot, but I’m not .......................... attracted to him. (SEX)
22. Feel the ......................... moisturisation makes to your hair.(DIFFER)
23. I obviously have very strange morals, or lack of them, because it really doesn’t bother me in
the ........................ (SLIGHT).
24. Am I vain in the fact that I take myself.................... (SERIOUS)?
25. Putting your face on TV doesn’t ....................... make you famous, it makes you ............................ .
(NEED; RECOGNISE)
26. Though Monsters has a great storyline younger ..................may be confused as some facts are never
explained.(VIEW)
27. What should I buy for my girlfriend? Underwear’s too obvious, chocolates are too .........................
and a book would be a bit boring.(PREDICT)
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7. 28. It is better to be divorced and homeless than married and ...........................(HOPE)
29. Off-screen, Simon’s been making a name for himself in the tabloids as a playboy in ....................
kiss and tells by blonde lapdancers.(NUMBER)
30. Scandinavian legend says that when the son of the goddess Frigga was killed her tears
of ...................... became the white berries.(SORRY)
31. After two months of laser treatment I noticed a tiny ....................... and felt a stab of determination.
(IMPROVE)
32. Fed up with your partner’s snoring? A dig in the rib is still probably the most .............................
(EFFECT)
33. Check all bones have been removed from the fish, .......................... the fine pin bones, then place in
a shallow dish.(SPECIAL)
34. If you can’t scuba dive, or if snorkelling limits your ................... , take a trip on a glass-bottomed
boat to view the crystal-clear waters.(EXPLORE)
35. I don’t want my kids to spend their young years under constant ................. to be the best. (PRESS)
36. Clear the path ahead and free your mind of clutter and negative ...................... .(THINK)
PANDA
The giant panda has an 1. ____________ (SATIATE) appetite for bamboo. A typical animal eats half
the day—a full 12 out of every 24 hours—and relieves itself dozens of times a day. It takes 28 pounds
(12.5 kilograms) of bamboo to satisfy a giant panda's daily 2. ______________ (DIET) needs, and it 3.
____________ (HUNGER) plucks the stalks with elongated wrist bones that function rather like
thumbs. Pandas will sometimes eat birds or rodents as well.
Wild pandas live only in remote, 4. ______________ (MOUNTAIN) regions in central China. These
high bamboo forests are cool and wet—just as pandas like it. They may climb as high as 13,000 feet
(3,962 meters) to feed on higher slopes in the summer season.
Pandas are often seen eating in a relaxed sitting 5. ____________ (POSITION), with their hind legs
stretched out before them. They may appear sedentary, but they are skilled tree-climbers and 6.
_____________ (EFFECT) swimmers.
Giant pandas are solitary. They have a highly developed sense of smell that males use to avoid each
other and to find females for mating in the spring. After a five-month 7. ______________
(PREGNANT), females give birth to a cub or two, though they cannot care for both twins. The blind
infants weigh only 5 ounces (142 grams) at birth and cannot crawl until they reach three months of age.
They are born white, and develop their much loved 8. ____________ (COLOUR) later.
There are only about 1,000 giant pandas left in the wild. Perhaps 100 pandas live in zoos, where they
are always among the most popular 9. __________ (ATTRACT). Much of what we know about pandas
comes from study of these zoo animals, because their wild cousins are so rare and 10. ____________
(ELUDE).
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8. 1) Forming nouns from verbs
This exercise focuses on people and their jobs using the most common suffixes.
Use the word in bold to form the noun which refers to the person who does that job.
1. A person who acts for a living is called an .......... .
2. A ..... is someone who earns money from writing music.
3. She didn't become famous as a ..... until her 17th novel was published.
4. In Part 5 of the FCE Exam your speaking ability will be assessed by the ..... .
5. At the end of the interview the ..... asked if he could be shown around the company.
6. The waiter asked the ..... if she would help him deal with a difficult customer.
7. An ..... is someone who will be able to go through your accounts and work out how much money
you have.
8. ..... to the castle are expected to come during visiting times only.
2) Forming other nouns
This exercise looks at forming nouns from verbs, nouns and adjectives by using suffixes.
Type the correct form of the word in the box.
1. My teacher says there has been a big (IMPROVE) .......... in my English lately.
2. The recipe says you only need to add two (SPOON) .......... of salt.
3. Why did you do that? I thought you had more (INTELLIGENT) .......... than that.
4. The singer gave a briliant (PERFORM) .......... on stage yesterday.
5. Have you seen her magazine (COLLECT) ..........? She must have over 200 editions.
6. On hearing the news, everyone was overcome with a feeling of (SAD) .......... .
7. When you take the FCE Speaking paper you will be given marks for your (ACCURATE) .......... and
also on how fluent you are.
8. She has the (ABLE) .......... to pass the exam first time round providing she works hard.
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9. 3) Forming opposite meanings
This exercise focuses on the common prefixes and suffixes used to form opposite words.
Choose the correct prefix or suffix to form the opposite of the word in CAPITALS.
in- im- il- un- -less dis- ir-
1 When he became a teenager he wanted to be more (DEPENDENT) from his parents.
2 It was really (HONEST) of you to take that money without asking.
3 If you hadn't been so (CARE) with that book you'd still have it now.
4 My broken leg means I'll be (ABLE) to go on holiday with you.
5 In many countries it is (LEGAL) to smoke cigarettes under the age of 16.
6 He waited (PATIENTLY) for the train to arrive at the station.
7 The teacher told me it was (RESPONSIBLE) of me to set off the fire alarm.
4) Forming verbs
This exercise looks at some common suffixes used in creating verbs.
Choose from one of the endings to create a verb that completes the sentence. Pay attention to
tenses and spelling!
1. He told her that he (SYMPATHY) .......... with her problem but couldn't do anything to help.
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2. My belt feels a bit tight after that huge lunch. I think I'll have to (LOOSE) .......... it a little.
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3. She was severely (WEAK) .......... by the long illness she had.
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4. There are many different ways to (CLASS) .......... areas of English Grammar.
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10. 5. If you're really sorry for what you said you won't mind (APOLOGY)..........
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6. There's no need to (CRITIC) .......... my work. I'm trying as hard as I can.
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7. The pain in his back (LESS) .......... as soon as he took the medication.
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8. Everybody was (HORROR) .......... by the news of the earthquake.
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5) Forming adjectives and adverbs
This exercise looks at the most common adjective and adverb endings.
Write the correct form of the adjective or adverb of the word in
CAPITALS. For questions 5-8 you will need to make TWO changes to the
stem word.
1. Be sure to contact him if you need advice. He's a very (HELP) .......... person.
2. It was a really (ENJOY) .......... party. Thanks for inviting me.
3. He has just taken out a (MONTH) .......... subscription to the magazine.
4. She smiled (HAPPY) .......... when they offered her the new job.
5. (HOPE) .......... we'll have enough money saved to get married next year. (2
changes required)
6. In order for the medicine to work (EFFECT) .......... you must take the
correct amount. (2 changes required)
7. Although our teacher is very strict in class, she is (FRIEND) .......... than you
would expect. (2 changes required)
8. What a beautiful vase! That's the (LOVE) .......... present I've ever had. (2
changes required)
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11. TOXIC WASTE
Domestic waste is one thing; (01)............................ waste is another. Waste from factories may contain
such nasty things as compounds of heavy metals and dioxins and PCBS. Nobody, but nobody, wants
that (02)............................ stuff in their own backyard. So what do you do? According to one man in
the business: "It's simple - you go to Senegal, Djibouti or somewhere like Mauritania, all poor and
semi-desert countries. You contact the local authorities and they take you somewhere really crazy, out
in the middle of nowhere, just scorpions and snakes. You pay well, and then you start to dig your pit,
some 30 metres down, all (03)............................ and according to the US, Swiss and EC
(04)............................ . Finally, you can start your (05)............................ ."
In Europe it costs about $500 a ton to dispose of (06)............................ waste; in Africa, it can cost as
little as $2.50 a ton. The sums of money involved in the business are (07)............................ : according
to a report in The Independent, an African diplomat in London said he was offered £3 million by a
company dealing in toxic waste for an (08)............................ to his country's president.
A properly organized waste (09)............................ trade could easily wipe out the country's national
debt. From Benin comes the story of the shipment of two cargoes of radioactive waste from France.
Reports that it has been buried in an area known for its (10)............................ to the government have
been denied.
01. industry
02. cancer
03. water
04. regulate
05. ship
06. hazard
07. astronomy
08. introduce
09. dispose
10. oppose
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