Word Formation Worksheet 4 - Answers

For each question, fill the space or spaces in the sentence using the base word given in bold at the end. The required word may be a noun, adverb, adjective or verb and it may be either positive (e.g. helpful) or negative (e.g. unhelpful).

1. Why don't you demand a bigger say in the running of the company? Your __UNQUESTIONING__ acceptance of every decision is __UNDOUBTEDLY__ harming the health of the business.
question
doubt

2. Journalists are often criticised for their __INVASIVE__ style of journalism which doesn't respect the __PRIVACY__ of especially celebrities.
invade
private

3. Hard drugs have had a very __DESTRUCTIVE__ effect on this community.
destroy

4. The best actor Oscar went to John Garaint for his role as the __UNFORGETTABLY__ cruel mobster in "Tough Streets".
forget

5. The __REALISATION__ that his mother was ill forced the suspect to give himself up to the police.
realise

6. Many natural remedies are __BENEFICIAL__ to patients but often doctors are unaware of the __BOUNDLESS__ possibilities offered by alternative medicines.
benefit
bound

Difficulty level: C2 / advanced

In part 1 of the CPE Use of English test you read a text with 15 words missing. You should complete this activity in 20 minutes. This text is about hormones and love.

For questions 1-15 read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. use only one word in each space.

Men and women are often considered to be completely at odds with each other, in terms (1) their attitudes and behaviour. Not so when they are in love, new research has discovered. As far as their hormone levels are (2) , when men and women are in love, they are more similar to each other (3) at any other time.

It has (4) been known that love can (5) havoc with hormone levels. For example the hormone cortisol, (6) is known for its calming effect on the body, dips dramatically when one person is attracted to (7) , putting the love-struck on a par with sufferers of obsessive compulsive disorder.

But a new study has found that the hormone testosterone, commonly associated with male aggression, also falls when he is in love. In women, it's quite the (8) . Testosterone levels, which (9) to be lower among females, rise towards (10) of the male.

Donatella Marazziti of the University of Pisa, Italy, (11) this down to nature attempting to eliminate the differences between the sexes. (12) doing so, they can concentrate fully (13) reproduction.
This suggestion seems to be supported by the fact that (14) couples in a long (15) relationship, nor participants in the study who were single at the time of the experiment, exhibited such changes.

1. Of

2. Concerned

3. Than

4. Long

5. Play

6. Which

7. Another

8. Reverse

9. Tend

10. Those

11. Puts

12. By

13. On

14. Term

Difficulty level: C2 / advanced

Part 2 of the CPE Use of English test is a word formation exercise where you have to complete gaps with the correct form of a given word. You should complete this activity in 20 minutes. This text is about fears for future global hunger

Read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line.

Fears of Future Global Hunger

A recent report has warned of global food unless the current system of farming and food distribution is changed. The report highlights fears that currently rapid increases in yields come at the expense of , and that unless action is taken, hunger and will become growing problems. The population is expected to rise to around 8.3 billion in the next twenty years, and is set to continue, and it is expected that 65-70% of the world’s population will live in cities. Increasing world will lead to the rise in demand for energy, food and fresh water. The report also considers the billion people worldwide who and are therefore obese to be another example of the of the current system to provide health and well- being to the world’s population. The authors believe that the of new technologies can play a role in future food shortages. They see cloning, nanotechnology and genetic as potential solutions. However, although many of these technologies have been adopted worldwide, there is still to their use in parts of Europe.

1.SHORT 2. SUSTAIN 3.NUTRIENT 4.URBAN 5. PROSPEROUS 6. EAT 7. FAIL 8. APPLY 9. MINIMAL 10. MODIFY 11. RESIST

1. Shortage

2. Sustainability

3. Malnutrition

4. Urbanisation

5. Prosperity

6. Overeat

7. Failure

8. Application

9. Minimising

10. Modification

11. Resistance

Date: 2015-12-24; view: 2464