Test on the negative form of words potx

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