WORD FORMS (Part 4) ~ Exercises With Keys

WORD FORMS 4

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PART III

Exercise 1.
1. He has got acute......to light and heat.
2. I am thinking about the......of time.
1. SENSITIVE
3. Not being of age, he wasn’t sent to prison but to a......
2. PASS
4. The noise in the house......considerably when the children 3. REFORM
left.
4. LESS
5. Will you take this......to the chemist’s?
5. PRESCRIBE
6. I’m looking for a more......job as I can’t make ends meet.
6. REMUNERATE
7. Nowadays we witness a......of natural resources.
7. WASTE
8. Wlicii die police stopped him, he was driving at 8. SUICIDE
a......speed.
9. ASSERT
9. The newspapers’......about his illegal actions startled us.
10. INAUGURATE
10. The professor’s......lecture was very much appreciated.
Exercise 2.
1. His unexpected.....surprised everybody.
2. Not a living soul did they meet in that......

1. RENOUNCE
3. I think that this is an......point.
2. WILD
4. Jane introduced me to a very.....young man.
3. ARGUE
5. The long......formed on the eaves of the roofs may be 4. PRESENT
dangerous.
5. ICE
6. Let’s put an end to this......argument.
6. NONSENSE
7. Tax......is punishable by law, you know.
7. AVOID
8. She uses quite.....language in her poems.
8. FIGURE
9. He was responsible for the......of mail in that village.
9. DISTRIBUTE
10. Their behaviour was......, wasn’t it?
10. ADMIRE
Exercise 3.
1. The rent is £15......of heating.
1. INCLUDE
2. The......of the ozone layer endangers life everywhere.
2. DEPLETE
3. She gets......when he’s not around.
3. LONE
4. Raincoats are made of......material.
4. PERMEATE
5. Her words caused a great deal of......
5. DISSENT
6. The......is a novel written by Theodore Dreiser.

6. FINANCE
7. These paintings are in a poor state of......
7. PRESERVE
8. They beat him......and left him there.
8. SENSE
9. People like him can never be trusted; they are......
9. LIE
10. The......of that car is $50 a week.
10. RENT

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Exercise 4.
1. Roosevelt was elected four times to the......of the USA.
2. A......is a man whose wife is dead.
3. It is......to assume that everyone thinks the same way as you
do.
4. The university gives five research......a year.
5. My brother shows a......interest in politics.
6. Her......in that firm was very rapid.
7. All competitors are people of......ability.
8. The......must be protected against the sale of poor quality
goods.
9. Several......were recorded in this town last year.
10. We admired the......decorations.
Exercise 5.
1. Six young people were charged by the police with causing

a......
2. The......between the twins was amazing.
3. Unfortunately, there were several......to our plan.
4. The battlefield was an......sight.
5. Your......that he did such a thing proved to be false.
6. She has just started a......business.
7. All the......were arrested on the eve of their planned attack.
8. Is my watch still......or need I buy another one?
9. All the data have been stored......on this computer.
10. The......from yards into metres is difficult for some pupils.
Exercise 6.
1. I gave my wife a gold......for Christmas.
2. This bank loan is......in five years as far as I know.
3. Years ago, lung diseases used to be......among miners.
4. The hotel has a large......car park.
5. The beauty of your wife seems......
6. It’s sheer......to leave harbour in such bad weather.
7. I can’t understand your atypical......
8. He became a target of his mates’......after that stupid mistake.
9. He took the......of locking all the firm documents in the safe.
10. My little sister is not very good at......

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PART III

1. PRESIDE
2. WIDOW
3. LOGIC
4. FELLOW
5. PASSION

6. ADVANCE
7. PROVE
8. CONSUME
9. BANKRUPT
10. FLORA

1. DISTURB
2. LIKE
3. ADVANTAGE
4. AWE
5. PRESUME
6. FLOURISH
7. CONSPIRE
8. REPAIR
9. SEQUENCE
10. CONVERT
1. LIGHT
2. REPAY
3. PREVAIL
4. BASE
5. AGE
6. IDIOT
7. PASSIVE
8. DERIDE
9. CAUTION
10. ADD

Exercise 7.
1. He.....observed the smallest details.
2. I’ve heard she has got an.....son.

3. The Christians worship the.....of God.
4. I was amazed at the......of some of the drivers in such
weather.
5. The modernization of the.......is a major problem in big cities.
6. His criticism has always been......so far.
7. On hearing the end of the joke she gave a loud......laugh.
8. His words are not......in front of ladies.
9. You’d better remember that......is better than cure.
10. It is very......today for this part of October.
Exercise 8.
1. Did you listen to the weather forecast on the......?
2. He will have to find a......for his gardener.
3. I regret to have to tell you that you are a really......orator.
4. Is the subject of this sentence animate or......?
5. Given the circumstances, the......of her studies is vital to her.
6. The boy was surprised at the......of his pony.
7. He was glad to serve his......with that local firm.
8. I’m on a friendly......with all my neighbours.
9. Monkeys are known to be......animals.
10. The......of your papers took me several hours.
Exercise 9.
1. Time and space are......
2. I am.......about lhe value of these documents.
3. The witnesses gave......opinions about the accident.
4. The......of his actions is questionable.
5. The police had to make a.....entry.
6. These.....gems should be kept in a safe.
7. She bases her statement on a false.......
8. This novel is.....of his early work.
9. Few countries can challenge Japan’s.....in electronics.

10. I dreamt I was talking to some......from the outer space.
Exercise 10.
1. The whole building was soon.......
2. She showed great......when she worked here as a nurse.
3. It was sheer......to set sail with this oncoming typhoon.
4. He asked me to act as......for him as regards the bank loan.
5. Theirs became an.......friendship because of Sandra’s whims.
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1. PERTAIN
2. LEGITIMATE
3. DIVINE
4. FOOL
5. SEWER
6. CONSTRUCT
7. VIVACITY
8. REPEAT
9. PREVENT
10. SUMMER
1. WIRE
2. REPLACE
3. PATHOS
4. ANIMATE
5. CONTINUE
6. DOCILE
7. APPRENTICE
8. FOOT
9. IMITATE

10. CORRECT
1. LIMIT
2. DOUBT
3. CONTRADICT
4. MORAL
5. FORCE
6. PRICE
7. SUPPOSE
8. REPRESENT
9. SUPREME
10. BE
1. BLAZE
2. PATIENT
3. LUNATIC
4. SURE
5. EMBITTER


6. The soil of this field has good......
7. You must be......to know what I am thinking.
8. The......on the stony wall was illegible.
9. A child’s first five years are the most......
10. The civilized world has an......of terrorism.
Exercise 11.
1. By accepting the bribe, the official proved to be......
2. The old lady rented one of the rooms to a.....
3. ......of the law is no excuse in case of such accidents.
4. She will never forget your.....and sympathy.
5. He was unable to......because of the thick smoke.
6. Your friend is rather......in his language.

7. I put those papers in the ... of my desk.
8. Your aunt is a......type of wornan.
9. How often do you go to a......to have your face treated?
10. What a pity the chalet is......only on foot!
Exercise 12.
1. He had spent several months in a......camp for illegal
immigrants.
2. She got a......gift from her husband on her birthday.
3. Why does she look so....., I wonder?
4. The court issued a.....for the landlord of the criminal.
5. Few people dispute Shakespeare’s.....as a playwright.
6. He felt......in his new job, so he left.
7. To leave the chalet in the dead of night would be sheer......
8. He went to visit his parents weekly like a......son.
9. We all admired the......thinking of the great inventor.
10. The......around a town were very important in the Middle
Ages.

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PART III

6. DRAIN
7. TELEPATHY
8. INSCRIBE
9. FORM
10. ABHOR
1. CORRUPT
2. LODGE
3. IGNORE
4. KIND

5. BREATH
6. TEMPER
7. DRAW
8. MOTHER
9. BEAUTY
10. ACCESS
1. DETAIN
2. PRINCE
3. REPROACH
4. SUMMON
5. SUPREME
6. ADEQUATE
7. MAD
8. DUTY
9. CREATE
10. FORTIFY

ANSWER KEY
Exercise 1.
1. sensitivity 2 passage 3. reformatory 4. lessened 5. prescription 6. remunerative
7. wastage 8. suicidal 9. assertions 10. maugural
Exercise 2.
1. renunciation 2. wilderness 3. arguable 4. presentable 5. icicles
6. nonsensical 7. avoidance 8. figurative 9. distribution 10. admirable
Exercise 3.
1. inclusive 2. depletion 3. lonesome 4. impermeable 5. dissension 6. Financier
7. preservation 8. senseless 9. liars 10. rental
Exercise 4.
1. presidency 2. widower 3. illogical 4. fellowships 5. passionate 6. advancement
7. proven 8. consumer 9. bankruptcies 10. floral

Exercise 5.
1. disturbance 2. likeness 3. disadvantages 4. awesome 5. presumption
6. flourishing 7 conspiralors 8. repairable 9. sequentially 10. conversion
Exercise 6.
1. lighter 2. repayable 3. prevalent 4. basement 5. ageless
6. idiocy 7. passivity 8. derision 9. precaution 10. addition
Exercise 7.
1. pertinently 2. illegitimate 3 divinity 4. foolishness 5. sewerage
6. constructive 7. vivacious 8. repeatable 9. prevention 10. summery
Exercise 8.
1. wireless 2. replacement 3. pathetic 4. inanimate 5. continuation
6. docility 7. apprenticeship 8. footing 9. imitative 10. correction
Exercise 9.
1. limitless 2. doubtful 3. contradictory 4. morality 5. forcible
6. priceless 7 supposition 8. representative 9. supremacy 10 beings
Exercise 10.
1. ablaze 2. patience 3. lunacy 4. surety 5. embittered
6. drainage 7. telepathic 8. inscription 9 formative 10. abhorrence
Exercise 11.
1. corruptible 2. lodger 3. Ignorance 4. kindness 5. breathe
6. intemperate 7. drawer 8. motherly 9. beautician 10. accessible
Exercise 12.
1. detention 2. princely 3. reproachful 4. summons 5 supremacy
6. inadequate 7 madness 8. dutiful 9. creative 10. fortifications

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