MORE WORD
FORMATION
1. Write the correct form of the word in
brackets. It can be a noun, an adjective an
adverb or a verb:
1. It was raining so ……………………… that
we spent the evening at home (HEAVY).
2. The ……………………… of the new art
gallery is tomorrow (OPEN).
3. You should …………………… this skirt, it’s
too old-fashioned like that (SHORT).
4. Everybody appreciated his
………………………… in a series of NGOs
(INVOLVE).
5. Teenagers don’t buy CDs nowadays;
they usually ………………… them from the
Internet (LOAD).
6. The Smiths ……………………… their son
to get a university degree (COURAGE).
7. Madonna’s fans didn’t like her last CD.
In fact, it was a complete
…………………………… (FAIL).
8. The ……………………… of the congress
want to thanks both the ……………………
and the ……………… (ORGANIZE/
SPEAK/PARTICIPATE).
9. Most parents don’t understand why their
children do such ……………………… things
(FOOL).
10. Can you ………………………… what
you’ve said, please? (REPETITION).
11. Peter is really cruel; he lacks
……………………… (SENSIBLE).
12. What I’ve just told you is
………………………… important; don’t
forget it (EXTREME).
13. Passengers have to wait in the
…………………… lounge (DEPART).
14. What a ……………………… party you’ve
had! (LOVE).
15. The ……………………… didn’t accept
the company’s offer (EMPLOY).
16. I don’t like the new TV
……………………… (PRESENT).
17. What do you think of Pete’s
…………………… to work with us?
(REFUSE).
18. It’s ……………………… to book a table;
it’s a popular restaurant (ADVISE).
19. Come here …………………………, Mrs
Jones! (IMMEDIATE).
2. Underline the correct option:
1. Daniel sings opera so beauty/
beautifully/ beautiful!
2. Lawyers have to defend/ defence/
defendable criminals.
3. Go to bed, Tom; you looks really tired/
tiring/ tiredness.
4. Tony’s stamp collected/ collecting/
collection is £10 million worth.
5. The residence/ residents/ residentials
redecorated the entrance hall; so the
building looks fantastically/ fantastic/
fantastical now.
6. Tony isn’t reliably /reliable/ realiabled
at all. You’d better not trust him.
7. It’s the most incredibly/ incredible/
increable message I’ve ever received.
8. There’s a huge statute/ statutory/
statue of the Queen in the park.
9. Mary has got the highest intelligent/
intelligence/ intellectual quotient in my
class.
10. Mrs Jones, you have to get some
stationery/
stationary/ stationeries for the office.
11. The teachers at my school fill in a
diary/ daily/ dairy attend/attendence/
attendance report.
12. We have to doubled/ duplicate/
duplicated next year’s profitable/ profit/
profitably.
13. Market surveys are carried out
regularly/ regular/ regularity.
14. The employee/
employer/employment decided to close
down the factory.
15. Come here quick/ quickly/ quicky; I
need your help, Sam.
16. The students were impatient/
1. It was raining so HEAVILY that we
spent the evening at home (HEAVY).
2. The OPENING of the new art gallery
is tomorrow (OPEN).
3. You should SHORTEN this skirt; it’s
too old-fashioned like that (SHORT).
4. Everybody appreciated his
INVOLVEMENT in a series of NGOs
(INVOLVE).
5. Teenagers don’t buy CDs nowadays;
they usually DOWNLOAD them from
the Internet (LOAD).
6. The Smiths ENCOURAGED their son
to get a university degree (COURAGE).
7. Madonna’s fans didn’t like her last
CD. In fact, it was a complete FAILURE
(FAIL).
8. The ORGANIZATION of the congress
want to thanks both the SPEAKERS
and the PARTICIPANTS (ORGANIZE/
SPEAK/ PARTICIPATE).
9. Most parents don’t understand why
their children do such FOOLISH things
(FOOL).
10. Can you REPEAT what you’ve said,
please? (REPETITION).
11. Peter is really cruel; he lacks
SENSIBILITY or SENSE (SENSIBLE).
12. What I’ve just told you is
EXTREMELY important; don’t forget it
(EXTREME).
13. Passengers have to wait in the
DEPARTURE lounge (DEPART).
14. What a LOVELY party you’ve had!
(LOVE).
15. The EMPLOYEES didn’t accept the
company’s offer (EMPLOY).
16. I don’t like the new TV PRESENTER
(PRESENT).
17. What do you think of Pete’s
REFUSAL to work with us? (REFUSE).
18. It’s ADVISABLE to book a table; it’s
1. Daniel sings opera so beauty/beautifully/
beautiful!
2. Lawyers have to
defend/defence/defendable criminals.
3. Go to bed, Tom; you looks really tired/
tiring/ tiredness.
4. Tony’s stamp collected/ collecting/
collection is £10 million worth.
5. The residence/residents/residentials
redecorated the entrance hall; so the
building looks
fantastically/fantastic/fantastical now.
6. Tony isn’t reliably/reliable/ realiabled at
all. You’d better not trust him.
7. It’s the most incredibly/
incredible/increable message I’ve ever
received.
8. There’s a huge statute/ statutory/ statue
of the Queen in the park.
9. Mary has got the highest intelligent/
intelligence/ intellectual quotient in my
class.
10. Mrs Jones, you have to get some
stationery/
stationary/ stationeries for the office.
11. The teachers at my school fill in a diary/
daily/ dairy attend/attendence/ attendance
report.
12. We have to doubled/ duplicate/
duplicated next year’s profitable/ profit/
profitably.
13. Market surveys are carried out regularly/
regular/ regularity.
14. The employee/ employer/employment
decided to close down the factory.
15. Come here quick/quickly/ quicky; I need
your help, Sam.
16. The students were impatient/