WORD FORMS (Part 6) ~ Exercises With Keys

WORD FORMS VI
Exercise 1
1. The prices of these items are.......
2. They have always admired your......
3. Their father died shortly after his.......
4. Cathy is a woman of great insight and......
5. She used to listen to......old tunes.
6. 1 remember that her......was not welcomed.
7. I hate being around spiteful or......people.
8. My friend finds living in the country......
9. This writer’s style is highly......and somehow eclectic.
10. The......is just coming into court.
Exercise 2
1. Here is a tool with a......of uses that could do.
2. His scornful......of the evidence as inadequate didn’t
convince us.
3. Liza spoke English......at the Queen’s ball.
4. His twisted foot is a......he has had since birth.
5. No doubt everybody thinks that what they did was......
6. The bypass will......traffic jams in the city centre.
7. The board started debating on the......state of affairs of the
company.
8. This form is......by the end of the month.
9. Unfortunately, when he died he left his widow......
10. 'Shy' and 'timid' are......words.
Exercise 3
1. We couldn’t understand the......of her previous decision.
2. She pretends to be of noble......
3. We want to sell our car and we already have a......buyer.
4. My parents were very......when I failed the exam.
5. We were surprised at the......of their talk.

6. The .... committed during the war are hard to imagine.
7. The black clouds in the sky looked.......
8. There’s been some......of support for the government’s
policies.
9. She received only......looks from the audience.
10. I have been on a......diet for months now.
Exercise 4

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1. NEGOTIATE
2. PERSEVERE
3. RETIRE
4. PENETRATE
5. MELODY
6. INTERVENE
7. QUARREL
8. RESTRICT
9. SYMBOL
10. PROSECUTE
1. MULTIPLE
2. DISMISS
3. FLAW

4. DEFORM
5. DETEST
6. RELIEF
7. LAMENT
8. RETURN
9. PENNY
10. SYNONYM

1. REVERSE
2. ANCESTOR
3. PROSPECT
4. SYMPATHY
5. INTIMATE
6. ENORMOUS
7. OMEN
8. SLIP
9. PITY
10. VEG


1. Her clothes are always very......and expensive.
2. All our proposals met with their......refusal.
3. The .... tribes used to move from one place to another.
4. Your lecture on modern British art was extremely......
5. She is so......about the new environmental project.
6. This child has not taken any......today.
7. In many countries......are allowed to travel free on buses
and trams.
8. Mosquitoes are known to be......of malaria.
9. She did the jobs about the house......dressed.

10. The megaliths have stood on the plain since times......
Exercise 5
1. This young man proved to be a skilled......
2. He used quite......methods in his research.
3. She was quite angry and didn’t conceal her utter......
4. I made the......and all my guests shook hands.
5. Her kindness and reliability were......
6. We should not forget that God is kind and......
7. I have just sent in my......for a place at the university.
8. The while ceiling......the room and made it look larger.
9. I find working in a school very......
10. The change in her voice was scarcely......
Exercise 6
1. Her children spend most of the day in the.......
2. Some people behave as if they were......
3. Her......to that job surprised all the staff.
4. This is not a word in common......
5. We all appreciated the......of his remarks.
6. It was......that they were there at the right moment.
7. After such a success, her future looks......
8. 'Because', 'as', 'since' are......conjunctions.
9. The......of our house saved money on heatmg bills.
10. On an......I rang my sister up and told her my secret.
Exercise 7
1. The......between the two champions was emulating for both.
2. Their relationship was......and they saw each other off and on.
3. She gave all her......to her brother.
4. That actress was the......of Marilyn Monroe in the movie.
5. She has only a......knowledge of the subject.
6. His speech was rather harsh and......

7. Your performance is undoubtedly......
8. Obsolete words are the ones that have fallen into.......
9. Stop being so......! This is a serious matter.
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PART V

1. TASTE
2. PERSIST
3. NOMAD
4. INSTRUCT
5. ENTHUSIASM
6. NOURISH
7. PENSION
8. CARRY
9. SLOP
10. MEMORY
1. TELEGRAPH
2. REVOLUTION
3. PLEASURE
4. INTRODUCE
5. PROVERB
6. MERCY
7. APPLY
8. LIGHT
9. REWARD
10. PERCEPTION
1. NURSE
2. MORTAL
3. APPOINT
4. USE

5. OBJECTIVE
6. PROVIDENCE
7. ROSE
8. CAUSE
9. INSULATE
10. IMPEL
1. RIVAL
2. TEMPEST
3. SAVE
4. PERSON
5. RUDIMENT
6. PROVOKE
7. MERIT
8. USE
9. FLIP
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10. A teacher shouldn’t be......with slow learners.

10. PATIENT

Exercise 8
1. In my opinion, the police action was an......on his private life.
2. There is a public......of this story in today’s newspaper.
1. INTRUDE
3. She has shrunk from society and prefers to live in.......
2. DENY
4. It is......to swim across the river on such windy weather.
3. OBSCURE
5. We’ve heard you had an......journey.

4. PERIL
6. Last Sunday there was a service in......of those killed in the 5. EVENT
war.
6. REMEMBER
7. He had to act with great......not to be caught.
7. PRUDENT
8. The old gate closed with a......sound.
8. METAL
9. We were lucky to have an......judge who gave a fair verdict.
9. PARTIAL
10. They annoyed me by......gossiping about their neighbours.
10. CEASE
Exercise 9
1. The gate is rather......; it needs painting.
2. He seems to enjoy......and being in the limelight.
1. RUST
3. Only a......could hurt a sick man lying in his bed.
2. PUBLIC
4. Finally, she gave in to his......and bought him the camera.
3. SADISM
5. His clothes were......of the 1930s.
4. PERSUADE
6. An......child remembered the scar on the face of the stranger.
5. EVOKE
7. Some football matches bring out a sense of......in the 6. OBSERVE
supporters.
7. NATION
8. The success of our lessons depends on the......of our students, 8. APT
loo.
9. IDOL

9. Some parents are worried about their children’s......of pop 10. DEPEND
stars.
10. He had to state on the paper whether he had any......
Exercise 10
1. She had......dreams before the tragedy.
1. PREMONITION
2. After the quarrel he felt the blood......in his head.
2. PULSE
3. For the time being, the main......is the lack of capital.
3. IMPEDE
4. The......was satisfied with my answers.
4. EXAMINE
5. The plane finally made a successful......
5. LAND
6. The future of Africa can be ensured only 6. RACE
by......cooperation.
7. SAFE
7. Fasten your......belts, please!
8. WORTH
8. The idea is......of serious consideration.
9. DOG
9. Their......refusal to admit defeat became almost pitiful.
10. METEOR
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10. I am amazed by his......rise in fame.

Exercise 11
1. Such a crime is......by death in some countries.

2. He unveiled the sculpture with a......gesture.
3. Her son suffered from......attacks of fever.
4. The plumber noticed an......in the water pipe.
5. The Queen will see you now, your......
6. My daughter is going to study......
7. The robber remained......throughout the trial.
8. Although the food was bad, the bill was......
9. Didn’t you know that his......was proverbial?
10. The engineer died from a massive doze of......
Exercise 12
1. I bowed my head to her in.......
2. You should give me the......equivalents of these
measurements.
3. We must admit that his arguments were so.......
4. An......wind was blowing on that gloomy morning.
5. My daughter has fair skin and......hair.
6. Tills group displays a sort of intellectual......
7. This thing is not......to the matters we are discussing.
8. She is such an......girl that she has few friends.
9. Harold was accused of......by William, Duke of
Normandy.
10. It turned out to be an......version of the chronicle.

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PART V

1. PUNISH
2. CEREMONY
3. PERIOD
4. OBSTRUCT

5. EXCEL
6. DENTIST
7. PASSIVE
8. EXCESS
9. OBSTINATE
10. RADIATE
1. SALUTE
2. METRE
3. PERSUADE
4. EAST
5. SAND
6. SNOB
7. PERTAIN
8. ARGUE
9. PERJURE [thề
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10. AUTHENTIC

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ANSWER KEY
Exercise 1.
1. negotiable 2. perseverance 3. retirement 4. penetration 5. melodious
6. intervention 7. quarrelsome 8. restrictive 9 symbolic 10. prosecution
Exercise 2.
1. multiplicity 2. dismissal 3. flawlessly 4. deformity 5. detestable
6. relieve 7. lamentable 8. returnable 9. penniless 10. synonymous
Exercise 3.
1 reversal 2. ancestry 3. prospective 4. sympalthetic 5. intimacy

6. enormities 7. ominous 8. slippage 9. pitying 10. vegan
Exercise 4.
1. tasteful 2. persistent 3. nomadic 4. instructive 5. enthusiastic
6. nourishment 7. pensioners 8. carriers 9. sloppily 10. immemorial
Exercise 5.
1. telegrapher 2. revolutionary 3. displeasure 4. introductions 5. proverbial
6. merciful 7. application 8. lightened 9. rewarding 10. perceptible
Exercise 6.
1 nursery 2. immortal 3. appointment 4. usage 5. objectivity
6. providential 7. rosy 8. causal 9. insulation 10. impulse
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Exercise 7.
1. rivalry 2. tempestuous 3 savings 4. impersonation 5. rudimentary
6. provocative 7. meritorious 8. disuse 9. flippant 10. impatient
Exercise 8.
1. intrusion 2 denial 3. obscurity 4. perilous 5. eventful
6. remembrance 7. prudence 8. metallic 9. impanial 10. ceaselessly
Exercise 9.
1 rusty 2. publicity 3. sadist 4. persuasion 5. evocative
6. observant 7. nationalism 8. aptness 9. idolatry 10. dependants
Exercise 10.
1. premonitory 2. pulsating 3. impediment 4. examiner 5. landing
6. interracial 7. safety 8. unworthy 9. dogged 10. meteoric
Exercise 11.
1. punishable 2. ceremonious 3. periodic 4. obstruction 5. Excellency
6. dentistry 7. impassive 8. excessive 9. obstinacy 10. radiation
Exercise 12.
1. salutation

2. metric 3. persuasive 4. easterly 5. sandy
6. snobbery 7. pertinent 8. argumentative 9. perjury 10. inauthentic

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WORD FORMS

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