GRADE 12 REVIEW LESSON 2 PARTS OF SPEECH

1. NOUNS (THING) ENDINGS: 2. NOUNS (PERSON) ENDINGS:

- ism : socialism, capitalism, terrorism - er: teacher, trainer, competitor,
- nce: independence, patience, intelligence, ignorance, plumber
difference, importance, - or: actor, visitor, inventor,
- ness: sadness, shyness, skillfulness, carelessness doctor
- tion: information, introduction, competition - ist: tourist, pianist, typist, artist,
- sion: invasion, decision, instruction biologist, scientist, motorist,
- ment: movement, government, environment economist, pharmacist
- cy: accuracy, privacy efficiency, - cian: musician/ politician…
- ty: beauty, activity, responsibility, ability
- age: marriage, age, village
- ship: friendship, membership, relationship
- dom: stardom, boredom, freedom, kingdom, wisdom
- th: health, wealth, strength, width, length
3. ADJECTIVE ENDINGS: 4. VERB ENDINGS:
- ent: excellent/ intelligent, patient - en: widen, shorten, strengthen,
- ant: important, vacant, - ate: populate, activate, calculate
- al: critical, practical, - ize: realize, organize, modernize
- ful: careful, beautiful, - ify: classify, modify, notify, simplify,
- less: useless, careless, homeless, weightless,… diversify
- ic: economic/ classic, electric,… 5. ADVERB ENDINGS:
- ive: active/ expensive, native,… ly: nearly/really/ greatly/ carefully
- ous: delicious/ mischievous
- able: capable/ stable/ renewable Notes:
- ible: responsible/ possible Một số tính từ có đuôi LY như : lovely,
- ing: fascinating lively, silly, manly, friendly,…
- ed: interested
Exercise 1: Choose the correct word A, B o r C to complete the following sentences.
1. The zoo's main _______________ are the pandas.
A. attractively B. attractive C. attraction
2. The teacher was _________________ with the student because he didn’t do his homework.
A. anger B. angry C. angrily
3. Before I set off on my journey, my father told me to drive_______________.
A. safe B. safety C. safely
4. What's the ________________ between increase and decrease?
A. difference B. differently C. different
5. I hired a ______________ to take pictures at my wedding.
A. photographer B. photography C. photographic
6. Despite his age, he leads an _________ life.
A. activity B. acting C. active
7. She completed the project______________ and was promoted.
A. success B. successfully C. successful
8. The ________ of the news could not be stressed enough.
A. important B. importance C. importantly
9. The detective __________that the maid committed the robbery.
A. theorized B. theoretician C. theory
10. The patient responded ________to the medication.
A. weaken B. weakness C. weakly
11. The psychologist explained his ideas on __________interaction.
A. social B. society C. socialize
12. The children ran ____________toward the entrance of the park.
A. excitedly B. excited C. excitement
13. The company was unable to_______________ enough profit to stay in business.
A. generator B. generate C. generation
14. He responded ________to the rude question.

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A. explosively B. explosion C. explosive
15. The coach was able to _________the athletes to perform better.
A. motivate B. motivated C. motivation
16. This part of the report should be completed _______________of the other one.
A. independence B. independent C. independently
17. The view of the mountain was __________.
A. magnify B. magnificent C. magnification
18. It was necessary for the speaker to ________her message.
A. clarify B. clarity C. clarification
19. The film was a great ________________.
A. succeed B. success C. successful
20. Do you think they will _______________in finishing the work this week?
A. succeed B. success C. successful
21. He was very _______________in his job and soon became Managing Director.
A. succeed B. success C. successful
22. If the doctor doesn’t come soon, she’ll ______________.
A. die B. death C. dead
23. The police found a ________________body in the river.
A. die B. death C. dead
24. The ___________of the President was announced on TV.
A. die B. death C. dead
Exercise 2: Read the sentences below and decide what part of speech is missing. Then, complete the
sentences with the correct form of the words in capitals.
1. I love sitting on my new sofa. It's so _______________________ . COMFORT
2. She chose light-coloured furniture to ____________________ up her dull flat. BRIGHT
3. It’s certainly ________________________to drive at high speed. DANGER
4. August is a ___________ month in our city, as everyone is away on holiday. PEACE
5. The _______________________ held up the bank and stole £200 000. ROB
6. Nobody could find the _______________________ to the difficult Maths problem. SOLVE
7. Even though they had financial difficulties, they were ______________________ married. HAPPY
8. I feel very _______________________ today. I think I’ll have some coffee. SLEEP
9. The children play ___________in the garden. HAPPY
10. He has a good job and a lovely family. He’s a very ___________man. HAPPY
11. The children gave them a lot of _________________HAPPY.
Exercise 3: Choose the correct adjectives.
1. James told us some fascinating / fascinated stories about the music business.
2. Why are you looking so depressing / depressed? What’s wrong?
3. Sarah's got an amazing / amazed collection of computer games.
4. Felix has this really annoying / annoyed habit of reading my emails.
5. The boring / bored students started causing trouble in class.
6. I watched the show for a while, but it wasn't really interesting / interested, so I left.
7. The food in this canteen is absolutely disgusting / disgusted.
8. The astronaut gave a relaxing / relaxed wave and entered the space capsule.
Exercise 4: Correct the mistake in each of the following sentences by Cambridge First candidates.
1. I would like to join the club as I have been interesting in local history for a long time.
2. Young people find it bored to visit art galleries at the weekend.
3. The hotel is situated in a place that is as beautiful than any other place in the country.
4. It is easyer for me to do my studies now that I have bought a computer.
5. It’s more quicker to learn a language if you study in chat country.
6. I think that animals are more safe in zoos than in other places.
7. If we plant more trees, the city will be greenner and pleasanter.
8. She feels even more worse now that everybody knows about her bad news.
Exercise 5: Choose the right word, adjective or adverb.
1. Please shut the door quiet/ quietly.
2. Can you be quiet/ quietly, please?
3. This soup tastes nice/ nicely.
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4. Tom cooks very good/ well. He’s a good/ well cook.
5. Don’t go that ladder. It doesn’t look safe/ safely.
6. We were relieved that he arrived safe/ safely after his long journey.
7. The area is quite safe/ safely, so you don’t have to worry about the security.
8. Do you feel nervous/ nervously before examination?
9. He looked at me angry/ angrily when I interrupted him.
10. He looked angry/ angrily when I broke his favourite glass.
11. That is an intense/ intensely novel.
12. The sun is shining bright/ brightly.
13. The boys speak Spanish fluent/ fluently.
14. The boys speak fluent/ fluently Spanish.
15. The table has a smooth/ smoothly surface.
16. Because we had planned everything careful/ carefully, so everything went smooth/ smoothly.
17. My mother is a careful/ carefully driver.
18. We must figure out income tax returns accurately/ accurate.
19. We don't like to drink bitter/ bitterly tea.
20. The plane will arrive soon/ soonly.
21. He had an accident because he was driving too fast/ fastly.
22. Your cold sounds terrible/ terribly.
23. You look terrible/ terribly ! Are you all right?
24. There's no point in doing a job if you don't do it proper/ properly.
25. Most of the children come from poor families, which prevents them from having proper/ properly schooling.
26. Please keep quiet/quietly! I'm learning my lessons.
27. We didn't go out because it was raining heavy/ heavily. We hated heavy/ heavily rain.
28. You should make your clothes clean/cleanly when you go out.
29. Rose is terrible/ terribly upset about losing her job.
30. Linda likes wearing colourful/ colourfully clothes.
31. I think you behaved very selfish / selfishly.
32. I always feel happy/ happily when the sun is shining.
33. The children are playing happy/ happily in the garden.
34. The man became violent/ violently when the manager of the restaurant asked him to leave.
35. Hurry up! You’re always slow/ slowly.
36. She does everything so slow/ slowly that I can’t help getting angry with her.
37. The examination was surprising/ surprisingly easy.
Exercise 6: Write the correct form of the words in brackets.
1. I thought the restaurant would be expensive but it was (reasonable)………………( cheap)…………
2. George’s mother is (serious)…………………..(illness)……………… in hospital.
3. The fire destroyed our house but luckily we were (full) …………... (insure)…………….………….
4. What a big house! It’s (absolute) …………………..… enormous.
5. It wasn’t a serious accident. The car was only (slight)……………. (damage)…………..…….
6. A lot of things went wrong during our holiday because it was (bad)……………(plan)…………..…
7. The children are normally very lively but they’re (usual)………………quiet.
8. When I returned home after 20 years, everything had (complete)………………(change)……………….
9. I’m (extreme) ……………………….sorry about losing your book. I’ll buy you another one.
10. The skateboard was (origin) ………………….developed by attaching a plank of wood to roller-skates.
11. Being (physical)……………….fit, he wanted to do something energetic.
12. Many people become (physical)………………………….(sickness)……………..when under pressure.
13. He is (remarkable)………………….clever for his age.
14. Some students are (total)………………….disobedient and their behaviour is unacceptable in general.
15. (Person)……………………., I believe that the government should preserve the historic buildings in the city
centre.
16. The top model was (beautiful)………………….. dressed in an elegant evening gown.
17. My street is (peace)……………………………because it’s far from any main roads.
18. There are thousands of (home)………………..people sleeping in the streets.
19. I bought a (colour)……………………………. dress but its colours faded after I washed it.
Exercise 7: Choose the best option to complete each of the following sentences.
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1. We all were in a state of great ……………… when we learnt that we had passed the final exam.
A. excite B. exciting C. excitement D. excitedly
2. It ……………. him that he had no idea of what was going on.
A. embarrass B. embarrassed C. embarrassing D. embarrassment
3. On his.............. at the airport, John felt a little disappointed when no one came and picked him up.
A. arrival B. arrive C. arriver D. arrived
4. .................. speaking, everything is going on as well as we have predicted.
A. Unsuccessfully B. Impossibly C. Generally D. Unfortunately
5. Without the pull of the Earth, we could not ............... anything.
A. weigh B. weight C. weightless D. weightlessness
6. We all admire his.................. knowledge of chemistry.
A. special B. specialize C. specialized D. specialization
7. Everybody shows their deepest sympathy on the ............... of the flood victims.
A. die B. death C. dead D. dying
8. The telephone is considered to be one of the most useful.................. achievements.
A. science B. scientific C. scientist D. scientifically
9. Excursions can help us .................. after working for a very long time.
A. relax B. relaxing C. relaxed D. are relaxing
10. These boys............... in the garden for three hours.
A. are working B. have been working. C. will be working D. were working
11. She seemed............... some trouble with her computer.
A. to have B. having C. has D. had
12. With your kind..............., I am going to see you tomorrow and have an interview about the new project that
you are carrying out.
A. permit B. permission C. permissive D. permissively
13. Children should be brought up under their parents'...................
A. protect B. protective C. protector D. protection
14. I think it is impossible ............... at the airport on time if we do not speed up.
A. arrive B. to arrive C. arriving D. arrived
15. The mother put her arms around her child in a ............... gesture.
A. protect B. protection C. protective D. protecting
16. We always drive more .................. at night.
A. care B. careful C. carefully D. carelessness
17. You should take an umbrella. It is raining.................. outside.
A. heavy B. heavily C. heaviness D. heavier
18. For further .................. on the computer programs, please contact us at this address.
A. inform B. informative C. information D. informative
19. Because of the .................. in our company, the accountants can save a lot of time working with figures every
month.
A. computer B. computerize C. computerization D. computed
20. It is not going to rain. The sky is ................
A. cloud B. cloudy C. cloudiness D. cloudless
21. If you use media.................., you can get remarkable results.
A. effect B. effective C. effectively D. effectiveness
22. Eating cookies is not very ...................
A. health B. healthy C. healthily D. healthfully
23. Many Vietnamese farmers are living in...................
A. poor B. poverty C. poorly D. poorer
24. Up to now, they have not made a.................. yet.
A. decide B. decider C. decision D. decidedly
25. Primary.................. is very important.
A. educate B. educator C. education D. educational
26. I was struck by a sudden ............... that I lost my way.
A. realize B. realization C. realizable D. realizably
27. An oil spill is a great .......... to the undersea world.
A. threat B. threaten C. threatened D. threateningly
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28. In some countries, teenagers can live ............... of their parents if they want.
A. dependently B. independence C. independent D. independently
29. The law is no longer ............... so we have to cancel the contract and make another one.
A. effect B. effective C. effectiveness D. effectively
30. It is a …………………..restaurant and the food is good.
A. reasonable cheap B. reasonable cheaply C. reasonably cheap D. reasonably cheaply
31. We always have a bed ready in the spare room in case visitors arrive ……………..
A. unexpectedly B. expectedly C. expectation D. expectancy
32. I think Australia is one of………………… in the world.
A. most beautiful place B. most beautiful places
C. the most beautiful places D. the most beautiful place
33. There are very large rooms with ………………… in this house.
A. beautiful decorated walls B. beautifully decorated walls
C. beautiful wall decorating D. beautiful decorating walls
34. "I don’t think John looks well". "He seems………………".
A. fairly tired B. fair tired C. fair tiredly D. fairly tiredly
35. "Which do you prefer - the blue china or the white china?" "The white china is……………….".
A. definite better B. better definite C. better definitely D. definitely better
36. - "What was your impression of last night's lecture?" - "…………….. speaking, I thought it was rather
boring".
A. Honest B. Honestly C. Very D. Really
37. "How tall is Ralph?". "He's ………………… than you are".
A. slight tall B. slight taller C. slightly tall D. slightly taller
38. "How does Amy like her new school?" "Fine. And she's doing…………….. in her courses"
A. extreme good B. extremely well C. extremely good D. extreme well
39. "This perfume is very expensive". "Yes, but it smells………………."
A. exceptional good B. exceptionally good
C. exceptionally well D. exceptional well
40. "Your son seems to be an excellent skier" "They say he's………………… for his age".
A. surprisingly competent B. surprising competent C. competently surprising D. surprising competently
41. "I had a hard time taking notes on the lecture" "I did too. The professor speaks……………………..".
A. exceeding fast B. exceedingly fastly C. exceedingly fast D. with exceedingly fastness
42. "Do you think Margaret will take the job you offered her?"
"I don’t know. She seemed_____ in it, however".
A. interest B. interesting C. interested D. interestingly
43. "The students all went to the circus yesterday". "I heard it was really_____".
A. amused B. amusing C. amuse D. amusingly
44. "I was_____ that Jan couldn't come to the party". "Her boss made her work overtime"
A. disappointing B. disappointedly C. disappoint D. disappointed
45. "What a terrible football game!" "I thought it was_____"
A. delightful B. delighting C. delight D. delighted
46. "How_____ we are to hear that you got the scholarship. "Thank you. It was really a surprise".
A. pleasing B. pleased C. pleasingly D. please
47. "Professors Allen's class is the best I have ever been to". "I think it's_____".
A. the most boring B. the most boringly C. the most bored D. most bored
48. "I can’t believe that Jim is marrying the vice-president's daughter".
"That they would get married is_____".
A. surprised B. surprising C. surprisingly D. surprise
49. "How does Jan like her new car?" "She's _____ with it".
A. delighted B. delighting C. delight D. delightful
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50. "You look nervous" "This thunder makes me_____"
A. scary B. scare C. scaring D. scared
51. “Did Bob take the test?” - “Yes, and_________, he passed it easily.”
A. surprisingly B. surprised C. so surprising D. by surprise
52. Children living in remote and mountainous areas may be _______ disadvantaged.
A. educated B. education C. educational D. educationally
53. The __________ dressed woman in the advertisement has a pose smile on her face.
A. stylistic B. stylishly C. stylish D. stylist
54. Several ________ advanced countries have had plans to make desert more hospitable.
A. science B. scientific C. scientifically D. scientist
55. It was a very _______ journey.
A. interesting B. more interested C. interested D. interestingly
56. This is an interesting and highly ________ book.
A. inform B. information C. informatively D. informative
57. How can I find the time to ________ courses when I have a full-time job?
A. attendantly B. attendant C. attendance D. attend
58. The ________ of people to get involved has impressed the organizers of the event.
A. willing B. willingness C. willingly D. will
59. Despite many recent ________ advances, there are parts where schools are not equipped with computers.
A. technologist B. technologically C. technological D. technology
60. We need to ________ the language in this report.
A. simplify B. simple C. simplicity D. simply
61. Monica, his mother, agrees to _____ David, a robotic boy capable of human emotions.
A. activate B. activation C. active D. activator
62. My car is very ________, it uses very little petrol.
A. economically B. economical C. economist D. economy
63. The equator is an ________ line running around the center of the earth.
A. imagination B. imagine C. imaginary D. imaginarily
64. The house is _______ situated near the centre of town.
A. conveniently B. convenient C. convenience D. inconvenient
65. She________ decided to walk home alone.
A. wise B. unwise C. wisdom D. unwisely
66. Products in this shop were ________ arranged, displayed and presented on the shelves.
A. attract B. attraction C. attractively D. attractive
67. You will be surprised at how ________ Joe is in French after a year.
A. fluency B. fluent C. fluently D. influence
68. The two men were middle-aged and ________ dressed.
A. respect B. respectable C. respecter D. respectably
69. As students, you are expected to be quiet and ________ during the lesson.
A. obedient B. disobedient C. obediently D. obedience
70. Some candidates failed the oral examination because they didn’t have enough ________.
A. confide B. confident C. confidently D. confidence