Test on the negative form of words.
Exercise 1.
1. Imprisonment without trial is totally ________ in a democracy. ACCEPT
2. The destruction of World Trade Centre has led to a further _____ of the dollars VALUE
3. The Government has decided to close all the _______ pits ECONOMY
4. You should be ashamed of your _______ behaviour during the competition HONESTY
5. I _______ how wide the stream was and fell in. JUDGEMENT
6. Workers who have been ________ dismissed are planning a big strike. FAIR
7. There are so many ________ in this report that it’ll have to be written again ACCURATE
8. Overpopulation often leads to the ______ of our natural resources. ADEQUATE
9. Deforestation has indicated a serious ________ in our environment. BALANCE
10. He’s too _________ to make a good leader. DECIDE
Exercise 2
1. A terrible famine is threatening this country. Bread is practically ________. EXIST
2. He’s really hot – headed. He’s very _________ for his age.
MATURITY
3. Doing homework is _________ duty for a student. AVOID
4. Beethoven is regarded as one of the _______ of classical music. MORTAL
5. His charm is _________, but I still don’t trust him. DENIAL
6. The painting is __________ genuine. It’s worth thousands os dollars. DOUBT
7. He’s _____ in his loyalty: sometimes he supports us, sometimes he against us CONSIST
8. Living such a long way from the shop can be very __________ CONVENIENCE
9. A frozen chicken should be allowed to ________ completely before cooking FROST
10. Young people who want _______ from their parents often gain success early DEPEND
Exercise 3
1. I had strongly objected to his idea. Now I could see that he was obviously __ to me. FRIEND
2. Low tax, high spending, biig budget deficit have led to __ of the county’s economy STABLE
3. You’ll never know how she’ll react. She’s so ________. PREDICT
4. Some people think it’s _ for men not to stand up when a woman comes in to the room. POLITE
5. It’s virtually _________ to predict future accurately. POSSIBILITY
6. It seems ________ to change the timetable so often LOGICAL
7. The students are doing experiment to remove ________ from silver PURE
8. He had intention of appropriating the house of his own brother. He was behaving
RATION
like an __________ animal.
9. Her criminal record __________ her from serving on the jury QUALIFY
10. He’s so suspicious that he would _______ his own mother. TRUST
Exercise 4
1. The children were punished for their ___________. BEHAVE
2. While walking in the moutain, we came across a ________ quarry. USE
3. In a democracy, each citizen has the right to ____ the working of the Government MYSTERY
4. Expenditure on road repairs has been cut to an _______ minimum. REDUCE
5. It’s her _______ performance that made her unknown in the field of Pop music. FREQUENCY
6. We are strongly opposed to ______ in racial discrimination. JUST
7. Burning gas is an ________ way of heating a house. Coal is much cheaper. ECONOMY
8. It’s ______ for buses to run on Sundays. ECONOMY
9. The child had told a white lie to his mother and now he’s suffering from the ___ SECURE
10. He won’t stand any _________ fron the staff SENSE
Exercise 5
1. It’s very difficult to make pan – cakes without a _______ frying pan. STICK
2. He sat there waiting ________ for the film to start. PATIENCE
3. A traffic warden is sticking a parking fine to the windscreen of an ____ parked car LEGAL
4. ________ is a major problem in some developing country. LITERATE
5. The only slight _______ in this painting is a scratch is the corner. PERFECT
6. In many country, women still are ______ to men. EQUAL
7. He ______ refused the request for help of his friend. GRATE
8. He’s terribly absent – minded. He even sometimes _____ the number of his children.
COUNT
9. The weather was so terrible that we had an _________ holiday. PLEASE
10. In my opinion, weather forecasting is an __________ EXACT
Exercise 6
1. He’s an _______ worker. He leaves his tools everywhere. TIDY
2. He was severely punished for his ________ . OBEY
3. It’s _________ of you to reject his offer of help. He’s a reliable person. WISE
4. She’s so _______ that she never gets anything done. ORGANIZATION
5. Mary is sometimes narrow - minded. She has always felt __________. UNDERSTAND
6. Jack was given an unpleasant insight into the ________ in his behaviour. SINCERE
7. It’s _________ of you not to prepare students for their exams. RESPONSIBLE
8. There are so many _______ mysterious in this case. SOLUTION
9. On such a hot day, the sea was ________. RESIST
10. It’s an ____ antique vase. It’s the only one of its kind worth thousands of pounds REPLACE
Exercise 7
1. She hates the taste of cigarette. She must choose a _______ to be her husband. SMOKE
2. To our great _______, it rained on the day of the picnic. APPOINT
3. I _______ every word Tom says. I know he’s unreliable. BELIEVE
4. The number 13 is often considered __________. LUCK
5. It is _________ to have much sugar in your diet. ADVICE
6. In some places, the weather changes so quickly that it’s very _________. PREDICT
7. I must apologize for my ___________. COURTEOUS
8. I wrote _________ letters of application, but got no reply. END
9. He was ________ discharged from the army for the ______ to his country. HONOUR/ LOYAL
10. If you keep driving ___________, no wonder you will have an accident. CARE
Exercise 8
1. We had a marvelous holiday and out trip to the moutains was ________. FORGET
2. Nobody wear clothes like that anymore. They are terribly ________. FASHION
3. I was late because I ___________ how much time I’d need. ESTIMATE
4. He wrote the book alone, so he doesn’t have __________. AUTHOR
5. Even if you’re good at a game, you shouldn’t be ________. CONFIDENT
6. It’s very rude to interrupt someone in ____________. SENTENCE
7. Many buildings were ________ after the earthquake in 1980. BUILD
8. Most people who work feel that they are ___________. PAY
9. She’s having a rest because she has been __________. WORK
10. I’d lost my key, so I couldn’t ___________ the door. LOCK
11. We have ______ temperatures every night in ________. ZERO/ WINTER
12. People who ________ often become __________. EAT / WEIGHT