WORD FORMATION SET 1 – 13/9

TEST - № 1
1) Emergency help is needed for. ...............................(survival)
survivors of the earthquake.
2) The furniture had been left by the previous. ...........................(occupy).
occupater
3) Without (warn), the soldiers started firing into the crowd.
4) The . .................................
government (govern) are planning further cuts in public spending.
5) She put her ................................(succeed) down to good luck.
success
6) My proposition, 1 assure you, would be to our mutual.......................(beneficial).
benefits
7) The (die) of his mother came as a tremendous shock.
8) We don’t remember it until we say hello to the.. mechanian ...............(mechanism) in charge.
9) Your (threaten) don’t scare me.
10) Newspaper ……..(intruder) into private life should be stopped. intruderation
11) A man hailed as a. ..................(heroism)
hero for fifty years has been unmasked as
...(treachery). treacher
12 ) …………(ashamed) on you!
Shame
13) He didn’t even have the.........................(courteous)
courouge to answer my letter.
14) It’s an evident ................................ (refuse) to abandon nuclear amut development.
refusal
15 ).....................................(Consumption)
Consumers will soon be paying higher airfares.
16) He argued that the..........................................(reproachful) were unfair
reproachment
outcome
17) People on a high......................................(come) should pay more tax.
18) Application for.............. (admit) to this course should be made directly to the
admission
University.
19) Hunting is his greating..................................(joy)
joyfulness
20) The thing I hate most about him is his.........................................(selfish).
selfishness
21 ).............................(Office)
Officers are fearful that the demonstration will cause
new...............................(violent).
violence
22) She lost a lot of...........................(bleed)
blood in the accident.
23) The refugees believe that their lives are in ..........................
danger (endangered).
24 ).............................(Invasion) ransacked the town.
Vasion

25) I don’t understand what a wedding.....................................(rehearse)

rehearsal is.

TEST №2
1) She’s always moaning. It gets on my............................(nervousness).
nerve

2) She has an...............................(appoint)

appointment with a client at 10.30.
3) She had all the normal childhood ...................illness (ill).
4) Franklin gave a memorable ........................................ (perform) at last
performace

year’s festival.
5) The beauty of e-mail is its speed and..........................(easy)
easity of use.
6) The researcher drew................................(attentive) to a whole range of
attention

very detailed................................(similar)
similarities between these two types.
7) He fell to his.............................(kneel) and started to pray.
knee
8) The audience clapped loudly in...............................(appreciative).
disappreciation

9) Spread of these disease could have a significant................(effective)

effect on global food
production.
10) The director paces the..........................(long)
length of the stage.
11 )................................(Necessary) is the mother of..................................(inventive).
Necessity invention
12) Selling alcohol at truck stops is an unnecessary ................................
temptation

(tempt) for drivers.

13) What are the reasons for his...................................(reject)
rejection of the theory?
14) How much is the (insure) on your car? insurance
15) It takes hours of............................(practise) to learn to play the guitar.
practice
16) He had an awful feeling of................................(guilty).
guilty

17) The two-year course leads to a professional.................................(quality)

qualificator

18 ).........................(Science)
Scientists have already accumulate enough evidence to show a clear
link between smoking and cancer.
19) You have an absolute right to refuse medical...............................(treat).
treatment
20) We’ll have to take on a...........................(work).
workout
21) You should try to show a bit more......................................(considerable)
considerably
for other people, instead of thinking about yourself all the time.
22. Nothing more powerfully promotes the……..(efficient) of labour than an abundance
of fertile land efficience
TEST - №3
1) As shots rang out, the crowd tan screaming in all.............................(director).
directors

2) Greece won European..................................(Champion).

championship
3) A...........................(travel)
traveller must be able to walk long distances.
4) Local..................................(residential) raised strong objections to the
residents
government’s plans.
5) I might do a bit of....................................(garden)
gardening this afternoon.
6) There’s too much................................(greedy) in this world.
grass

7) We’re in bad need of a qualified private.................................(investigation).

investigation

8) Along the way he had a great many..................................(adventurous).

adventures

9) She currently has a team of 20 (voluntary) working for her. volunteers

10) His air of ...............................
confidence (confident) makes him a natural
...............(leadership).
leader
murder
11) He was hanged for................................(murderous).
12) I’ll never forget the.................................(kind)
kindness you have shown me.
13) Doctors expect him to make a full...............................(recover).
recovery
14) The full................................(statistical)
statistics are awful. negotiator
15) Media people need to be good ..................... talker (talk) and skilled..................(negotiate).
16) There are a lot of theories to explain the (originate) of the universe. origin
17) Shortly afterwards, Dawson received an (invite) ……speak at a scientific conference.
18) Don’t jump to ……..(conclude)! Just because he looks stupid, it doesn’t mean that he
is. conclusion
19) Vigorous exercise increases oxygen..................................(consumer).
consumption
20) It had taken a great deal of...............................(persuasive)
persuasion to get him to accept.
21) Sandra is hard-working and honest, I have no...............taste) in recommending her
taste
for the job.
22) Major repairing work now needs to be signed off by a qualified
.........................(engine).
engineer
23) The data can be used to make useful economic .........................(predictable).
predictions

24) She doesn’t even know the basic elements of.................................(polite).

politics
25) He made a frank............................(admit) of guilt.
admission
 TEST - №4
lie
1) That’s a...........................(lying) and you know it.
2) His new book examines the United States’........................(involve)in
involvement this conflict.
3) One in three marriages end in............................(divorced).
divorce

4) Detectives were shocked by the ..........................

ferocion (ferocious) of the attack.
completion
5) The work is nearing.........................(complete).
6) Her.........................(fond)
fond for chocolate was excessive.
7) He turned over in his mind various local.............................(occur)
occurances which
could explain the...........................(exist) of this astonishing savage.
existance

8) Our.....................(accommodate)
accommodation wasn’t very expensive, and you can slay in a hotel for
as little as 30$ a night.
9) He rapidly put into...........................(execute)
execution his plan of action.
10) It had been a distasteful and seemingly ruthless.............................(do).
doings

11) When I went into her room all her personal........................(belong)

belongs had gone.
12) We lit our campfire as (dark) fell. dark
13) The (suffer) of the refugees during the war were unbearable. sufferers
14) He swore, which was out of............................v
character (characteristic) for him.
15) He completed the job to the best of his...........................(enable).
ability

! 6) It’s a (quote) lfom the Bible.

17) You should have seen the..........................(dirty)
dirt on your car!
18) All the doctors and other medical ..................(person) had been working throughout
personal
the night.
19) The..........................(decisive)
decision is a hammer blow for the coal industry.
20) Wagner calls his program “the worst talk show in America” without a hint
iron
of..........(ironic).
21) ..................
predators (Predatory) have been observed to avoid attacking hightly coloured
species.
22) She feared becoming an object of............................(ridiculous).
ridicular
23) I think this is a cause for............................(celebrity).
disceleb

24) Smoking can seriously damage your...........................(healthy).

health
25) The top 1 percent of the (populous) now own 42 population
percent of the national.........................(wealthy).
wealth

TEST - NO 5
1. 1The meat was declared unfit for human ………..(consume). consumption
2. For the third time in a row, she had failed to keep her…………. (appoint). appointment
3. …………(Linguistics)
Lingguistists employ a………. variety (vary) of analytical techniques in
reconstructing the history of language.
4. .It was fun for a while, but the……(novel) wore off. novelist
5. .It’s very important to have a realistic…………(appreciate)
appreciation of the situation.
6. The greatest obstacle to his effectiveness and personal …………(happy) is
happiness
impatience.
7. He’s 65 now, and nearing…………(retired).
retirement
8. She accepted his………( invitation invite) to join him for lunch.
9. The book’s ………. (thematic) is the conflict between love and duty.
theme

10.Greg's…….. ((tend) to be critical made him unpopular… (tend) to be critical de m

tendency
lar
 11.It’s a region famous for its cheese………(make). makers
12.It’s very important for your son to improve the……..(efficient) of reading. efficiency
promotion
13.Kelly’s……. (promote) means more money and more………(responsible). responsibility
14.Do you have a colour……(prefer)? preference
15.The annual/………..(invader) of teenagers for the Glastonbury Festival makes the
locals somewhat nervous.
16.I don’t like being a……….(burdensome)
burden for other people.
17.People were pushing each other out of the way in their ……(eager) to get to the
eagerment
front.
18.I’d like to see the new computer system in …….(active). action
19.The project is under…….. (discuss) as a possible joint venture. discussion
20.What’s the secret of your…….. (succeed)? success
21.The decision provoked an angry response from…….(residence). residents
22.The president has already given his (approve) to thin approval
23.Over 36 % of ………… (election) didn’t vote at all.
electors

24.I wish I had a………….(photography) of Thomas.

photo

25.The heavy traffic is a constant source of…….(irritating), irritations

followers
TEST - NO 6
1) Marx and his…..(follow) were convinced that capitalism would destroy itself.
rejection 2) He was left with a feeling of……. (reject) and……(loose). loss
3) He read out a short ………(pass)
passage from the Bible.
4) I resented being treated as an………(invalidity). invalider
5) If he’s saying that the accident was my fault, he’s a………(lie). liar
6) It was an…………(emerge)
emergent operation to save her sight.
7) A high………..percentage (percent) of businesses fail in the first year
8) The political prisoner had been held in complete……..(isolated). isolation
9) He’s one of the……..(suspicion) in the burglary case.
10) Thank you for all the (generous) you’ve shown us during our time in
generousity
England.
11) We want to organize a support group for cancer……..(suffer). sufference
12) Some ski resorts opened early,…………(thank) to a late-October
snowstorm. thank
13) ……………(Motivate)
Motivation
is one of the factors that affects the learning process.
14) I was already forty-five minutes late for a dental ……. (appointed). appointment
15) Donna knew nothing of her husband's………….(involve) involvement
with another
woman.
16) The region’s ……….. population (populate) has jumped from 22,000 in 45.000.
17) Children sometimes need help expressing their (think) and……..(feel).
feeling
thought
18) He doesn’t need another car - it’s pure…………(greedy). greed
19) A…….(king) is a country ruled by a king or a queen. kingdom
20) He gave an………….(assure)
assurance that the work would be competed by Monday.
21) Adolescents lack a full………….(appreciative) of the way in which the
appreciation
world is ordered.
22) I think she’ll be successful as a………….(photograph). photographer
23) She stared at him in……….. (astonishing).
astonishment

24) Graham was in his………(elementary), building a fire and asking the steaks.
25) Shaun took a deep………..(breathe)
breath and dived in.
 Test - no 7
1) The Newport Jazz ……….
festival (Festive) is famous all over the World.
2) By some………(calculate), the population will reach 8 million calculation
3) The certificate qualifies you to work as a dental ……………..(assist).
assistant
4) We’ll have to take a…………..(guidance)
tourguide to see the sightseeing,
5) Research shows that……….. (consumption) don’t want GM food. consumers
6) Rogers never turns down an……… invitation (invite) to dinner.
7) I wrote them to express my…………. gratefullness(gratefully) for their………..(hospitable).
hospitality
8) A true………….(belief)
disbelief is thoughtful of death.
9) He’s got a degree in…………….(economize).
economics
10) Despite ail tne modem technology, weather…………(predict) prediction is still
unreliable.
11) With a little more………….(practise)
practice you should be able to pass your test.
12) The………….. (wedded) is off.
13) ……………..(Servant)
Service
is included in your bill.
14) It was dark and their………….(entrance)
entry into the camp had gone unnoticed.
15) His question left an………….(open) for me to ask a question.
openess
16) The old furnaces operated at 60 %..............(efficient). efficiency
17) She used all her powers of…………..(persuade)
persuasion to convince Tilly that it was
the right thing to do.
18) Using a seatbelt will reduce the……….. likeliness (likely) of serious …………(injure)
injury
in a car accident.
19) She had the reputation of being a……………….(beautiful).
beauty

20) The……………….(investigator)
investigaton continued for nearly three years.
21) I got back to my inn without an………………(adventurous).
adventure
22) The amount of sugar you add will depend on personal
…………….(prefer).
preference
embarrassment
23) She suffered extreme……………….(embarrassed) at not knowing how to
read.
24) The health centre serves all………………………..(patience),
patients regardless of
their………(able) to pay. unability
25) If the first………….
calculation (calculator) is wrong we’re make a second better.

TEST - NO 8
1) His………..(achievable) were without parallel in Olympic Victory. achievement
2) Flooding in this area is a common…………(occur). occurance kindness
appreciation
3) This is just a little present to show my………..(appreciate) Jin all your…….(kind).
4) The children are just an (irritate) for him when he’s trying to work. irritation
5) ……….(Mortal)from heart disease varies widely across the world
6) Candida is the most interesting……….(characterize) in the play, character
7) Any………….(invade)
invasion of privacy is against the law.
8) She’s had enough of his……………(selfish)
selfishness - she's going to do what she wants to
do from now on.
9) The pace of technological…………(innovatory)
innovation 3 hours no sign of slowing down.
10) A……….(gigantic) is an extremely tall strong man, who is often bad and
gigantor
cruel, in children's stories.
 rescuers
11) …………(Rescue) had abandoned all the hope of finding any
more…….(survive). survivors
12) The headmaster will not tolerate bad………...(behave).behaviors
13) Hotel………….(receive)
receptor have to be tactful when dealing with difficult
…….(custom). customers
14) The…………..(emergency)
emergency of democracy in ancient Greece was one of the
most important events in history.
15) ………..(Retire) can often cause feelings of…………(isolate).
Retirement isolation
16) I was surprised at her calm……….. (assure) with which she handled the
assurance

horse.
visitors
17) All…………..(visit) to the apartment building must be announced.
18) It was only after a great deal of………(persist) that I got a satisfactory
answer. persistance
19) To his…………
disappointment (disappointed), Gina never turned up at the party.

20) His………….
behavior (behave) throughout the affair has been beyond
………….reproachful).
reproachment

21) It takes a lot of……………(determined)

determination to succeed in a competitive
business.
22) The film is really an appeal for………….(tolerate)
tolerance towards all people,
whatever their race or religion.
23) I'm beginning to lose my………..(patient).
patience
24) I can understand your……………(frustrate),
frustration but it will take some time for
you to be able to speak the language well.
25) I think the government has lost touch with………….(real). reality

TEST – NO 9
1) Her……………(explain)
explanation only added to his…………..confusion (confuse).
2) The doctor was clearly puzzled by my…………… (ill). illness

3) The child couldn't show elementary skills of…………….(literate) literacy mill numeracy.
4) He used to be a heavy…………………….(smoking).
smoker
5) Sarah had to leave her job due to ill……………….healthy). health
6) The local church has gained……….(notorious) for being different. notorion
7) His actions brought……….(disgraceful) on the family.
8) The bridegroom waited and waited, but the bride didn’t arrive. Could you imagine
the…………………..(humiliate)? humiliation
9) Can you tell a……………. liar (lying) apart from an (invent)? inventor
10) Harris’s possible……………(involve)
involvement with a series of robberies is under
…………….(Investigate).
investigation
11) An……………….. (account) is someone whose job is to keep and check
financial accounts, calculate taxes etc.
12) The…………(practise)
practice of killing animals for food is utterly abhorrent to me.
13) The Labour Party won the 2001…………… election (elect) by a
huge………(major).
majority
14) She was good at hiding her………………(emotional).
emotion
15) Detailed …… (observer) were carried out on the……..(behave) of the
patient. observation behavior

16) He recognized her…………(vote) instantly.

17) His face and hands were black with…………..(dirty),
dirt

18) The memory of that evening filled him with…………… shame (shameless).
19) There was no sign of a forced…………..(enter),
20) It will offer a wider ………..
choice (choose) of goods for the…….(consume). consumers
21) There’s still not widespread……………(accept)
acceptance that fathers can care for
children as well as mothers do.
22) A………….. (geography) is a person who has studied…….(geographical) to
a high level. geography
23) Good…………….
talker (talk) are little doers. guilty
24) She must have stolen it - you can see the…….(guilty) all over her face.
25) The Minister will have …………..(response) for coordinating childcare
policy. responded

TEST – NO 10
1) It’s just a………(begin)’s luck! beginning characteristics
2) This is the way a baby discovers the physical……..(character) of objects.
3) it’s just three months since we received official………..( approve) to go ahead
with the project. approval
4) The………………(predictable)
prediction proved correct.
5) The noise gave me a…………..(frightened).
frighteness
6) The bridge is in……………….(dangerous)
danger of collapsing.
7) He faced the television cameras with practiced…………(easy). easily
8) He took a…………..(photography)
photo of the hotel.
9) Her boyfriend is a distant…………..(relationship)
relative of mine.
10) Ann made a quick…………. (recover) from her………..(operate).
recovery operation
11) How can we gain an……………(understand) of other cultures?
understanding
12) He’s one of the……………(architecture)
architects of the government’s economic
reforms.
13) I wouldn’t have the……………..(patient)
patience to sit sewing all day.
14) One…………………(hypothetical) is that the victim fell asleep while
driving.
15) You have to abide by the referee’s……………..decide). decision
16) Elderly people often live in social…………..(isolated).isolation
17) The………..(discover) has caused great excitement
discovery

amongst…………(scientific).
scientists
18) I’d like to be present at the dress…………….(rehearse).
rehearsal

19) He had at least £10,000 in……………….(save). savings

20) The topics suggested for…………..(discuss)discussion aren’t very difficult.
21) His……………..(reject) was flat (=total).
rejection

22) He couldn’t hide his……………….(embarrass)

embarrassment at his children’s rudeness.
23) We make………….(allow) for both……………(invalid) and old age.
allowance
24) The bad weather spoiled our…………..(enjoy) enjoyment of the holiday.
25) She got top marks in…………..(mathematician) and…………..(chemical).
mathematics chemistry