WORDFORMATION

Position Example Format

Noun 1. Đứng trước động từ - Many visitors come -ment:
làm chủ ngữ. to Ho Chi Minh City argument,
2. Đứng sau động từ anually. development,
làm tân ngữ (*) - I can see the …
3. Đứng sau các tính từ. happiness in your -tion:action,
4. Đứng sau mạo từ eyes. information,…
như: - Beautiful girl, big -ness:sadness,
a/an/the/this/that/thes room, … happiness, …
e/those/many/much/a - An apple, this -ity: ability,…
lot of house, the pen, that -er/ant:worker,
5. Đứng sau các tính từ house, … attendant,…
sở hữu như: - Your bag, his name,
your/my/his/her/our/t their books, ….
heir

Adj 1. Đứng trước các danh - It is a beautiful day. able: comfortable,

từ - Mina’s hair is short. capable,
2. Sau Verb “To be”, - Bill becomes more comparable
become, get mature day by day. ible: responsible,
3. Sau động từ chỉ tri - The sky is getting flexible,…
giác : look –feel – dark. ous: dangerous,
sound – smell – taste - The room smelled humorous,…
4. Keep, Find, Make + musty and stale. tive: attractive,…
Object + Adj (musty: ẩm mốc; ent: confident,
5. Đứng sau How (Câu stale: cũ kĩ, ôi thiu) dependent,…
cảm thán) - After his wife’s ful: harmful,
death, he felt so beautiful,…
empty. less: careless,…
- My mom keeps my ant: important,…
room tidy. ic: specific, toxic,
- How intelligent he ….
is!
Verb Đứng sau chủ ngữ. Mike builds a house for
Động từ thường đứng his parents.
trước trạng từ. Lisa smiles happily.
Sau trạng từ chỉ tần Bob often gets up at 6
suất : always, usually, A.M.
 often, sometimes,
seldom, never.

Adv Đứng sau / trước động từ I nearly fell down from Adj + ly
thường. the tree. And some special
Trước động từ thường, She sings badly. formats (**)
đặc biệt các trạng từ chỉ Milly usually goes to the
tần suất: always, usually, park in the afternoon.
often, sometimes, Jane completed the race
seldom, never. extremly bad.
Đứng trước tính từ.

PRACTICE
Exercise 1: Write the correct form of words.
1 The ao dai is the ________________ dress of Vietnamese
women. TRADITION
2 Tet holiday is the most important ________________ for Vietnamese
people. CELEBRATE
3 We have to be ________________ when riding our bikes on the
streets. CARE
 4 The old man walked ________________ to the park. SLOW
5 The author's ________________ is communicated through his
song. HAPPY
6 We find Huong very ________________ . COMMUNICATE
7 They went to see most of the ________________ places. INTEREST
8 His sudden ________________ must be a shock to her and her family. DIE
9 The other ________________ admired him. COMPLETE
10 We can only get their by plane. There is no ________________ . CHOOSE
11 Sony is a big firm which is ________________ in Vietnamese's market.
COMPETE
12 Doctors and ________________ have reported on how we are all affected
by the noise around us. SCIENCE
13 The ________________ between Vietnam and China is recovered.
FRIEND
14 The boss refused to meet the Union's ________________ . DELEGATE
15 Many ________________ activities will be held tomorrow. CULTURE
16 She ________________ with me for an hour about the future job yesterday.
REASON
17 The ________________ of the moon for the earth causes the tides.
ATTRACT
18 Our team played ________________ .We lost. SUCCESS
19 It is said that Hue is a ________________ city. PEACE
20 He came first in the ________________ . COMPETE

Exercise 2: Write the correct form of words

1 Good ________________ were the keys to the success of the 23th Sea
Games. PREPARE
2 We are ________________ interested in AIDS. ESPECIAL
3 Women have to keep their ________________ . GENTLE
4 We all have our ________________ . WEAK
5 His ________________ makes him jobless. SHY
6 Your answer is ________________ right. EXACT
7 Everyone admires her ________________ to help the poor. READY
8 Dick becomes ________________ because of his laziness. JOB
9 I put my book near the desk for ________________ . CONVENIENT
10 She has one of the biggest stamp ________________ in Britain.
COLLECT
11 The gas from the chemical factory was extremely ________________ .
HARM
12 D. E. Huges was the ________________ of microphone. INVENT
 13 There are a lot of ________________ festivals in Vietnam. TRADITION
14 They work hard in order to ________________ good crops from poor soil.
PRODUCT
15 I hope there won,t be too much ________________ in getting a work
permission. DIFFICULT
16 The children are more ________________ in cartoon. INTERST
17 Many tourists have been attracted by the ________________ of Ha Long
Bay. BEAUTIFUL
18 Designers have ________________ the ao dai for ages. MODERN
19 She divorced him because of his ________________ to the children. KIND
20 They love Thanh Lam because of her ________________ voice. BEAUTY

Exercise 3: Write the correct form of words.

1 His ________________ made him jump out of his seat. EXCITE
2 I like him because he always talks to his parents ________________.
POLITE
3 Many ________________ choose to go to this part of the seaside. SWIM
4 Those boys and girls were ________________ by the performance of the
clown. FASCINATE
5 Money can't buy ________________ . HAPPY
6 Islam is one of the great world ________________ . RELIGIOUS
7 He learns very well and his parents are very ________________ of him.
PRIDE
8 They hate being ________________ on their parents. DEPEND
9 If you want to attend the course, you must pass the ________________
examination. WRITE
10 The weather was fine yesterday. It was ________________ and sunny.
CLOUD
11 Polluted water can ________________ do harm to people's health.
DIRECT
12 She broke the vase because of her ________________ CARE
13 I think English is an ________________ subject. IMPORTANCE
14 Trinh Cong Son is one of the most well-known ________________ in
Vietnam. MUSIC
15 Many people enjoy the pleasure and ________________ of living
downtown. COVENIENT
16 It is a ________________ to meet you. PLEASE
17 He wants to make a good ________________ on everyone he meets.
IMPRESS
 18 It is my great ________________ to meet you at this important meeting.
PLEASE
19 There were two ________________ between the two programs. DIFFER
20 There are many ________________ programs at the Festival in Hue.
CULTURE

Exercise 4: Write the correct form of words.

1 That ________________ has composed a lot of beautiful songs. MUSIC
2 Lucy got ________________ quickly and went for work. DRESS
3 He drives so ________________ that he often has accidents. CARE
4 The computer is one of the most marvelous ________________ in our
modern age. INVENT
5 Housework has ________________ been regarded as women's work.
TRADITION
6 You must write your ________________ form clearly. APPLY
7 He was very ________________ of the work he had done. PRIDE
8 The children are playing ________________ on the beach. HAPPY
9 The children are more ________________ in cartoons. INTEREST
10 We started our trip on a beautiful ________________ morning. SUN
11 You have to keep your ________________ from that snake. DISTANT
12 They are ________________ greeted by the native. WARM
13 The ________________ by the little girl was a great hit. PERFORM
14 Some young people today have a very strange ________________ .
APPEAR
15 You don't have to do that work. In other words, it's ________________ for
you. NECESSITY
16 Although she is rich, she lives ________________ UNHAPPY
17 They went to see most of the ________________ places. INTEREST
18 Air ________________ makes us unhealthy. POLLUTE
19 They have made careful ________________ for the demonstration.
PREPARE
20 We all looked ________________ after the summer holiday. HEALTH

Exercise 5: Write the correct form of words.

1 I find that this magazine is very ________________ . INFORM
2 It was an ________________ day. ENJOY
3 Thanks to television, people can get the latest ________________ around
the world quickly. INFORM
4 The Internet has ________________ developed and became part of our
daily life. INCREASE
 5 Because of his ________________ driving, she caused an accident. CARE
6 In recent years, there has been many ________________ in science.
DEVELOP
7 The plane arrived ________________ after a violent storm. SAFE
8 ________________ air does a lot of harm to our life. POLLUTE
9 I had a good ________________ on this film. IMPRESS
10 His result was ________________ excellent. AMAZE
11 Wearing casual clothes helps students have freedom of ________________.
CHOOSE
12 Telephone is one of the greatest ________________ in 19th century.
INVENT
13 Van Cao is one of the most famous ________________ in Vietnam.
MUSIC
14 I think the Internet is a ________________ device to get information. USE
15 I sent her a letter last month but I have received no ________________
from her. RESPOND
16 Food and clothing are ________________ of life. NECESSARY
17 She can find no ________________ to her financial troubles. SOLVE
18 All ________________ to Washington are delayed because of the bad
weather. FLY
19 The ________________ of their house left them no place to live.
DESTROY
20 We all looked ________________ after the summer holidays. HEALTH

Exercise 6: Write the correct form of words.

1 The ________________ of people prefer TV to radio. MAJOR
2 The next stage in the ________________ of television is interactive TV.
DEVELOP
3 The country’s official ________________ of Malaysia is Islam.
RELIGIOUS
4 I like this website because it is ________________ for me. USE
5 I hope to speak English as ________________ as my teacher. GOOD
6 The ________________ of the new guest caused trouble to my aunt.
ARRIVE
7 He learns very well and his parents are ________________ of him. PRIDE
8 Many ________________ have made lots of changes to The ao dai.
DESIGN
9 Thousands of people have been made ________________ by the flood.
HOME
10 She was ________________ because her mother was sick. HAPPY
11 We take ________________ in being students of one of the most famous
schools in this city. PROUD
12 What is the ________________ between the ao dai nowadays and the one
100 years ago? DIFFERENT
13 The government has plans to ________________ this city. MODERN
14 Those boys are ________________ to talk to. INTEREST
15 The earthquake in Kobe in 1995 caused ________________
damage. DISASTER
16 ________________ people eat sticky rice cakes at Tet. TRADITION
17 He is an ________________ of this newspaper. EDITION
18 This book is not ________________ . AVAIL
19 It's an ________________ day. ENJOY
20 He ________________ answered these questions. EXACT