Word Formation 1

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USE THE WORDS GIVEN IN CAPITALS AT THE END OF EACH LINE TO FORM A WORD THAT FITS IN TH

SPACE IN THE SAME LINE.

1.

LEAVING A JOB

I recently left my job in an (1) advertising (ADVERTISEMENT) agency after a disagreement with my

boss. She accepted my (2) ________________ (RESIGN) but warned me that because of the (3) ______________

(ECONOMY) situation, I might have to get used to the idea of being (4) _______________(EMPLOY) for a

while. I thought that she was trying to make a point, but after I had made over fifty (5) ___________ (APPL

to other companies, I realized that she was right. Although I am a ( 6) _____________ (QUALIFICATIONS)

designer, I didnt receive any offers of a job. After that I tried working from home, but it was not very (7

_______________ (PROFIT) .Then I became an (8) ________________(EMPLOY) in a fast food restaurant, even

though my (9) _____________ (EARN)were extremely low. I wish I had accepted early (10) ______________

(RETIRE)from my old job. That is what I disagreed with my boll about!

2.

HOW A HOBBY CAN MAKE YOU ANGRY!

Recently I decided to take up (1)photography (PHOTOGRAPH) as a hobby. I like taking snaps, but I a

not very (2) ________________(SKILL). My snaps are either a complete (3) ______________ (FAIL) for technica

reasons , or just not very (4) ______________ (IMAGINE) . First I decided that to be (5) ____________(SUCCES

I would have to buy new equipment. Just then I had an (6) ___________ (EXPECT) piece of good luck. A

friend who works in a camera shop said she could sell me a (7) __________________(VALUE) . A customer

had left it at the shop to be repaired, but there had been a (8) _____________(UNDERSTAND), and it was

actually for sale. I thought this a was a rather (9) _________________ (BELIEF) explanation and so I asked h

some more questions. She said she had had a (10) _____________ (AGREE)with the customer and he had

thrown the camera at her because she disliked his photos!

3.

FATHER AND SON

My next-door neighbor has a very unusual (1) appearance (APPEAR) . He has long hair with a (2)

_______________ ( PART) in the middle, and usually wears an old pair of jeans and a (3) ________________

(STRIPE) shirt. His clothes are very (4) _____________(SUIT) for working in a bank, but that is what he

does! Unless he__________________(DRESS) (5) when he gets to work and changes his clothes! His clothes a

usually filthy and I am sure he never washes them or takes them to the (6) _______________(CLEAN) . whe

he wears a coat it is always old and (7) _______________(WEAR) , and even on very cold days it is (8)

______________ (BUTTON) all down the front. The funny thing is that his son is very (9)

_______________(FASHION) , always wears the latest styles, and never wears casual clothes, even on an (1

____________(FORMAL) occasion.

4.A HOUSE IN THE COUNTRY

When Ann decided to move house, it was mainly because she was tired of the (1) neighbourhood

(NEIGHBOUR) she lived in. It was crowded, there was a (2) ______________ (SHORT) of parking places, an

the view from her (3) _______________ (STAIRS) windows was of distant factory chimneys. Luckily she

arranged the (4) _________________ (SELL) of her house very easily, with a small (5) __________ (LEND) from

the bank, was able to buy a house in the country. It was an old farm building, which had been (6)

_______________( BUILD) and turned into a modern house. After loading all her belongings in a van, Ann


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managed to get them into the new house (7) _______________(DAMAGE) . She (8) _____________(FURNITUR

most of the rooms with hat she already owned. Even her curtains were the right (9) _____________ (LONG

for the windows and she only had to buy a new (10) ______________ (COOK)for the kitchen. It seemed to

good to be true. Surely something would go wrong!

5.A LETTER OF APOLOGY

I am writing to apologize for the (1) cancellation (CANCEL) of our Happy Holiday Coach Tour to

Aberdeen. (2) ________ (FORTUNE) our luxury coach was involved in a (3) _______________(COLLIDE) in

France a week ago, and our driver has been (4) ___________ (EXPECT) obliged to remain there for the

moment. The coach was travelling on a road (5) ___________(SUIT) for heavy traffic, and the accident wa

(6) ____________(AVOID) . Luckily none of the passengers suffered any (7) ________________(INJURE) , and w

have complained to the authorities that the road needs (8) _____________ (WIDE) . All our coaches are now

fitted with (9) ____________ (ADJUST) seat belts for the safety and comfort of passengers. We will of cour

return the (10) ______________ (PAY) you have made for your holiday as soon as possible.

6. SUPERMARKETS

Nowadays, a great (1) variety (VARY) of different food is available from large supermarkets. There are

rarely any (2) _____________ (SHORT) of fresh food, and there is far less(3) ___________ (LIKELY) of our

having to rely on (4) _____________(FREEZE) products. Does this mean that supermarkets have become t

most (5) ____________ (SUCCESS) shops of all time? Certainly they seem to have made some kinds of food

less (6) ___________ (EXPENSE) and most people enjoy shopping in them. There has been a

(7)_______________(REDUCE) in the number of (8) _______________(COMPLAIN) made against supermarket

recent years. The assistants are no longer (9) ____________(POLITE) , but smile and try to be helpful. Abov

all, supermarkets have shown a (10 ) __________(WILLING) to listen to their customers, and to adapt to

customers needs.

7.ARTHURS LIFE OF CRIME

At his last trial, nobody believed in Arthurs (1) innocence (INNOCENT). He had been accused of the (2)

________________( THIEF) of a valuable Chinese vase, and was also charged with ten other (3)

_____________(OFFEND) . The value of the (4) _______________ (STEAL) goods was said to be over 20.000.

Arthur said in his own (5) _____________ (DEFEND) that the vase had been put into his car (6) _____________

(ACCIDENT) . he also pointed out that the Chinese vase was a fake, and was almost (7)

________________(WORTH ) . the judge did not believe Arthurs story. He told Arthur he was a hardened (8

___________( CRIME) and that he deserved a severe (9) ____________ (PUNISH) . then the judge sentenced

Arthur to five years (10) ____________(PRISON). Arthur just smiled. He had spent most of his life in priso

and so he was used to it.


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8.THE SCHOOL PLAY

Congratulations to all involved with the school (1) production (PRODUCE ) of The Woman Next Door.

The (2) _________ (ADVERTISE )was carried out by the Art Department, and the posters were very (3)

___________(IMAGINE). We certainly have some very (4) ____________ (ART) students! Many people helped

with building and painting the (5) ____________ (SCENE) and the play was written by the English

Department, who created an (6) ____________ (AMUSE) story, with excellent songs. The music was writt

by Sue Porter, who also (7) _______________ (COMPANY) the singers on the piano. Everyone enjoyed a

thoroughly (8) _____________ (ENTERTAIN) evening, and there was a long round of (9) ___________

(APPLAUD) at the end. Jim Barret gave a brilliant (10) ___________ (PERFORM) as Sergeant Moss, and LizAitken was delightful Mrs.Jump. Well done everyone!

9.A PET PARROT

From early (1) childhood (CHILD) Jane had always wanted a pet parrot. Her parents told her that a par

was an(2) ___________ (SUIT) pet, but Jane insisted. She was worried about the (3) ____________ (DESTROY)

the rainforests where parrots live, and she felt that parrots needed more (4) _____________(PROTECT) . H

father argued that a parrot would suffer from (5) __________(LONELY) if it lived in a house. He also

explained that pet parrots are caught by (6) ____________(HUNT) , who needed money and dont careabout protecting species. They catch the parrots and send them to Europe in (7) ___________ (WOOD)

boxes, he told her. And in any case, parrots are very (8) ____________ (OBEY)and dont make good pets.

Jane soon made an interesting (9) ________________ (DISCOVER), however. She found a pet shop which bre

parrots instead of importing them. So she took all her (10) _____________ (SAVE) and bought a tiny parrot

which she called Pixie.

10 HOW EASY IS IT OT UNDERSTAND ANOTHER PERSONS CHARACTER?

My friend Jack, once was a rather (1)annoying (ANNOY ) person. He was always getting into trouble at

school because he was so (2) ________________ (OBEY ). In class he was very (3) ____________(TALK ) andnever stopped making jokes. The teacher all told him he was (4) _____________ (POLITE ) because he

interrupted them. When I met him he was very (5) ____________( FRIEND) and didnt want to talk to me a

all. people told me that he stole things, and that he was (6) __________ (HONEST ). His school work was

terrible. He didnt take any (7) _____________ (PROUD ) in his writing, he never spent enough time doing h

homework, and he was not at all(8) ___________(CONSCIENCE). One day he saw a gang of boys attacking a

old man. Jack hated (9) _____________(VIOLENT ) and he fought them all until they ran away. He was

awarded a medal for (10) ____________ (BRAVE ). After that, people changed their minds about him.

11 HOW DOES MY MOBILE WORK?

When I was young, I always dreamed of becoming a famous (1) scientist (SCIENCE ). When I was at

school I decided to study (2) _____________ (ENGINE ), and then become a millionaire by inventing a

wonderful new (3) ___________ (PRODUCE ) which would make the world a better place. Unfortunately, I

wasnt very good at technical subjects. Any time I operate any kind of (4) __________ ( EQUIP), something

terrible happens. Machines which use (5) ____________ (ELECTRIC ),such as computers or television, alwa

seem to give me a (6) ___________ (POWER ) shock. The instruction booklets are always (7) ____________ (U

). They never help me at all. Nowadays you need to have(8) ______________ ( SPECIAL) knowledge just to

make your new mobile phone to work. To my great (9) ____________ (EMBARRAS( ) it is always a child o

six who helps me out of my (10) ____________ (DIFFICULT).


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12 A MODERN ROBINSON CRUSOE

After a (1) collision (COLLIDE ) between two ships in the Atlantic, Alan Connaught from Dundee ended

(2) ___________ ( EXPECT) living on a desert island. Ifell (3) __________ (BOARD ) and on-one noticed. A fe

hours later I found myself lying (4) _______________ ( EXHAUST) on a beach after swimming for miles. It w

(5) ____________ (FREEZE ) too, not warm and sunny, like Crusoes island. The only (6) __________ (SOLVE )

could find was to dig a hole in the sand as a shelter. After an (7) _________ (IMPROVE ) in the weather,

Alan waited to be rescued. There was little food and no fresh water. It was an(8) ___________ (HEALTH life, and I felt ill most of the time. I suffered from (9) ____________ (LONELY )too, but then I found a village

on the other side of the island! he said. The people had moved there after the (10) _________________ (

DESTROY) of their homes by a volcano. Luckily they had a radio, and a ship soon came to rescue me.

13.A VISIT TO THE DOCTORS

Jim decided to visit the doctor after his trip to the jungle. He was normally a tall (1) muscular (MUSCLE

person, but over the past month he had lost a lot of (2) ______________ ( WEIGH ). He had also noticed that

his ankles and knees had become rather (3) ___________ (PAIN ). He thought that he might have eaten

something (4) _______________ (POISON ) or caught some kind of (5) _____________ ( INFECT) disease.

The doctor took some blood for tests and told Jim to go back a week later. This time the doctor had an

optimistic (6) ___________ ( EXPRESS) on her face, and Jim felt quite (7) ____________ ( HEART ). Dont

worry, said the doctor, its nothing serious. You havent caught an (8) ___________ ( CURE ) disease, or

anything terrible like that. Its a simple virus, and you will need some (9) _____________ ( TREAT ). Take

these tablets twice a day for two weeks, and youll make a full (10) _______________(RECOVER).

14. MONEY! MONEY! MONEY!

Helen has always dreamed of becoming a (1) wealthy (WEALTH ) woman, and imagined living in a (2)

_______________ (LUXURY ) mansion, and how her friends would praise her (3) ___________ (GENEROUS )

when she gave them expensive presents. In reality she was usually hard up. She had some (4)

________________ (SAVE) and a small life(5) ________________ ( INSURE ),but her antique shop was not really

very (6) ____________ ( PROFIT ). Every time she took money out of the bank, the (7) ______________( CASH

checked her account, and told her how little there was in it! Helen had taken out a (8) __________(LEND )

month before. How could she repay it? Then one day she noticed an old painting in her shop. She had

thought it was (9) ____________ ( WORTH )but as she brushed away the dust, she saw the (10)

________________ (SIGN ) at the bottom. It said Renoir! she was rich at last!

15. FILM REVIEW

Battle for your heartis the new film starring Hugh Grade. Im afraid that my first (1)impression(

IMPRESS) was not very favourable. The scenes of violence are (2) ___________ ( OFFEND )and the main

character, Tony, is simply (3) ___________ ( IRRITATE). The audience is supposed to feel great (4)

____________ (ADMIRE )for Tony, an army officer, who is accused of (5) ___________ (COWARD ) because he

fails to attack the village where the (6) ___________ ( ADORE ) Miranda lives with her old father. Tony sav

their lives, and although the idea of marrying Tony has little (7) ____________ ( ATTRACT ) for her, Mirand

agrees to it out of (8) _____________ (GRATEFUL ). However , she is still in love with Alex, one of the enem


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army, and wants to remain (9) ___________ ( FAITH ) to him. The dialogue and acting are just as bad as th

plot. At the end, I breathed a sigh of (10) ____________ ( RELIEVE ).

16.SCHOOL REPORT

Margaret started English Literature this term, and I am afraid that her (1) introduction (INTRODUCE )

the subject has not been entirely (2) ______________ (SUCCESS ). She has not shown much enthusiasm, and

does not always pay (3) __________( ATTEND ) in class. Her assignments are often (4) ___________ (READ )

because she is so untidy, and because of her (5) ____________ (FAIL ) to check her work thoroughly. She

failed to do any (6) ____________ ( REVISE ) before the end of the term test, and had poor results. She seem

to have the (7) __________ ( MISTAKE )idea that she can succeed without studying. She has also had man

(8) ____________ (ABSENT ) and has frequently arrived late for class. This has resulted in several (9)

______________ ( PUNISH ). Although Margaret is a (10) ____________ ( GIFT) in some respects, she has not h

a satisfactory term.

17.EVENING CLASSES

Recently I decided to go to evening classes twice a week. During the day I work in a (1) secretarial

(SECRETARY )agency as a telephonist. It is not a very interesting (2) ___________ (OCCUPY ) and I get

bored. I also got tired of coming home every evening, putting a (3) _____________ ( FREEZE ) meal in the

oven and then watching TV. So I decided to take up (4) __________ (CARPENTER ) as a hobby. Perhaps I

should give you an (5) _____________ ( EXPLAIN) for my choice. Learning a skill is a good (6) _________

(SOLVE ) to the problem of boring work. Also, I felt I was a (7) ___________ (FAIL ) because any time I trie

to put up a shelf, for example, it always fell down! Now I am quite a (8) ______________ (SUCCESS ) wood-

worker! I am working on the (9) ______________ (CONSTRUCT ) of some furniture at the moment. And

although there are only two other girls in the class, I dont feel any (10) ____________ (EMBARRAS )-Ive

turned out to be the best student in the class!

18.HOW TO BECOME PRIME MINISTER!

Jack had never wanted to be a (1) politician (POLITICS ). First of all, he suffered from terrible (2)

_____________ (SHY ) and blushed violently when he had to make a speech. He also (3) __________ (SYMPAT

) with people who refused to vote. After all, what difference did it make? As a speaker, he was slow and

(4) _____________ (ORGANIZE ) and never knew what to say. He began his career as a last-minute(5)

______________(PLACE ) for a speaker who failed to turn up. Later he learned to (6) __________ (STRAIGHT )

his tie, give a big smile, and read the speech which had been prepared by his (7) ___________ (PERSON )

speech-writer. People liked him. he was a kind of (8) _______________ (INNOCENT ). they said. They did

not mind that he had no (9 ) ____________ (IMAGINE ), and seemed quite (10) ____________ (INTEREST ) inwhat he was saying. They applauded him and then made him prime minister.


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ANSWER KEY

1.

LEAVING SA JOB:

Advertising/resignation/economic/unemployed/applications/qualified/profitable/employee/earningretirement

2.

HOW A HOBBY CAN MAKE YOU ANGRY! :

Photography/skillful/failure/imaginative/successful/unexpected/valuable/misunderstanding/unbeli

able/disagreement

3.

FATHER AND SON:

Appearance/parting/striped/unsuitable/undresses/cleaners/worn/unbuttoned/fashionable/info

mal

4.

A HOUSE IN THE COUNTRY:

Neighbourhood/shortage/upstairs/sale/loan/rebuilt/undamaged/furnished/length/cooker

5.

A LETTER OF APOLOGY

Cancellation/unfortunately/collision/unexpectedly/unsuitable/unavoidable/injuries/widening/adjus

ble/payment

6.

SUPERMARKETS

Variety/shortages/likelihood/frozen/successful/expensive/reduction/complaints/impolite/willingne

7.ARTHURS LIFE OF CRIME

Innocence/theft/offences/stolen/defence/accidentally/worthless/criminal/punishment/imprisonme

8.THE SCHOOL PLAY

Production/advertising/imaginative/artistic/scenery/amusing/accompanied/entertaining/applause/

rformance

9.A PET PARROT

Childhood/unsuitable/destruction/protection/loneliness/hunters/wooden/disobedient/discovery

avings

10 HOW EASY IS IT OT UNDERSTAND ANOTHER PERSONS CHARACTER?

Annoying/disobedient/talkative/impolite/unfriendly/dishonest/pride/conscientious/violence/brave

11 HOW DOES MY MOBILE WORK?


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Scientist/engeneering/product/equipment/electricity/powerful/useless/specialized+specialist/emba

assment/difficulty+difficulties

12 A MODERN ROBINSON CRUSOE

Collision/unexpectedly/overboard/exhaust/freezing/solution/improvement/unhealthy/loneliness/d

ruction

13.A VISIT TO THE DOCTORS

Muscular/weight/painful/poisonous/infectious/expression/heartened/incurable/treatment/recover

14. MONEY! MONEY! MONEY!

Wealthy/luxurious/generosity/savings/insurance/profitable/cashier/loan/worthless/signature

15. FILM REVIEW

Impression/offensive/irritating/admiration/cowardiceadorable/attraction/gratitude/faithful/relief

16.SCHOOL REPORT

Introduction/successful/attention/unreadable/failure/revision/mistaken/absences/punishments/gif

d

17.EVENING CLASSES

Secretarial/occupation/frozen/carpentry/ezplanation/solution/failure/successful/construction/emb

assment

18.HOW TO BECOME PRIME MINISTER!

Politician/shyness/sympathized/disorganized/replacement/straighten/personal/innocence/imagina

n/uninterested

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