WORD FORMATION Exercise I

1. Chestnut honey provides quick and ............. relief.(EFFECT) effective

2. Come rain, wind or shine these snapdragons give a superb display over an
....exceptionably................... long period.(EXCEPTION)
3. Dreaming of a beautiful home for your .........retirement.................. .(RETIRE)? Enjoy lifetime
ownership of a luxury home for an ......affordable........... price.(AFFORD)
4. The post-war decline in beer .......consumption.................. was practically halted last year.
(CONSUME)
5. Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and .........hatred.........therewith.
(HATE)
6. In the first quarter of the 18th century people began to realise the ........importance................. of
hygiene to public health.(IMPORTANT)
7. The ........degraded............collapse of the Roman Empire lasted for nearly three hundred years
before its final dissolution in AD 476.(GRADE)
8. Jamie’s ..recollection..................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 .....inspiration.......................... from the rubbish dump.
(INSPIRE)
11. The statesmen and scholars have made important ...........suggestion..................... on ways
Washington could help Russia control parts of the arsenal. (SUGGEST)
12. After denying the ........existence................... of any recordings of the UFO abductions, Mr
President went on to talk about the newest tax policy.(EXIST)
13. Your ........attachment.................. to me really bothers me. I told you a hundred times that I’m
not the guy you need.(ATTACH)
14. It is an .......denial...................... 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 .....willingness................. to sacrifice his son in .............obedience................... to Allah
with a three-day festival.(WILLING; OBEY)
16. The monitoring programme is .........spectacularly..................... well developed in our school.
(SPECTACULAR)
17. For much of the last decade, Italy’s leaning tower of Pisa was a huge
.....constructive............................. 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 .......overslept...................... this morning and was late for my English classes.(SLEEP).
21. The film, though poor in artistic values, was a .........financial...................... success.
(FINANCE)
22. The doctor .............diagonises.........................my illness as a rare ape-like syndrome, taking
into .......consideration.................. my strange facial mimics. (DIAGNOSIS; CONSIDER)
23. The lower salaries would be a slight ..........deviation........................... from the original project.
(DEVIATE)
24. It is impossible to .......pleasure....................... everybody. (PLEASURE)
25. There was no ........resistance..................... 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 ........coincide..........................with
yours.(COINCIDENCE)
30. Boozing and clubbing- my two favourite Saturday night ..........activities.................... .
(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 ...........competition............... . (COMPETE)
34. I felt so relaxed and ......attractive....................... when Alan said ‘Forget your husband
tonight.’(ATTRACT)
35. The drawback for the great sportsmen is that the satisfaction of
.........accomplishment................................ 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 ......loneliness......................... , 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
.........resemplance............ to certain body parts. (RESEMBLE)
39. Enjoy nicotine, alcohol and caffeine only in .......moderation........................ (MODERATE)
40. His ........injuries................... were not as serious as the previous time. Just broken ribs,
dislocated shoulders and sprained ankles.(INJURE)

WORD FORMATION Exercise II

1. Don’t ........................! Nothing bad really happened. (DRAMA)

2. I’m unable to .........differentiate..............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 .............ellectricity......................... of those mountainous villages is the greatest
achievement of this government.(ELECTRIC)
7. With the ............exception................ 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 ............soften......... 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 .......characteristic...................as spicy.(CHARACTER)
12. Don’t be too hasty to pass ........judgement.....................on other people.(JUDGE)
13. Cut the carrots ............................. and put them into water.(LONG)
14. It’s obviously ........natural................. 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)
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)