Word formation ( 4 ) potx

Word formation ( 4 )

Exercise 1.

1. One aspirin should be ( 1 – suffice ) _________ to relieve the pain.

2. There are some stars that are ( 2 – vision ) ________ to all but the most powerful telescope

3. Einstein was one of the greatest ( 3 – think ) _______ of the 20th century.

4. Managers should be more ( 4 – respond ) ________ to their staff.

5. The ( 5 – important ) _____ of these ( 6 – find ) ______ cannot be ( 7 – estimate ) ______.

6. Heavy smoking made him ( 8 – breathe ) ___________.

7. Goods bought in the sale are not ( 9 – exchange ) __________.

8. He showed a riskless ( 10 – regard ) _______ for his own ( 11 – safe ) _________.

9. The play was given an ( 12 – enthuse ) _____ ( 13 – receive ) _____ by the ( 14 – criticism) ___

10. There’s no ( 15 – deny ) ____ that he’s qualified and ( 16 – experience ) ____ ( 17 – technical ) ___

Exercise 2.

1. ( 1 – Low ) _____ interest rates could have ( 2 – disaster ) ______ consequences for the economy

2. ( 3 – Succeed ) _______ government has failed to tackle the problem of drug trafficking

3. All the ( 4 – participate ) _________ in the debate had an opportunity to speak

4. Childen are so ( 5 – demand ) ________ : they need constant ( 6 – attend ) ________.

5. He showed ( 7 – remark ) _______ ( 8 – endure ) ________ through his illness

6. Smoking ( 9 – danger ) ________ yourself and those around you

7. The movie had us all ( 10 – sit ) ___ on the edges of our (11 – sit ) ___ with ( 12 – excite ) ___

8. Police are holding two men in ( 13 – connect ) ________ with last Sunday ( 14 – rob ) ______.

9. The United Nation’s trying its best to tackle the problem of ( 15 – wide ) ___ ( 16 – literate)___

10. The ( 17 – work ) _______ accused the company of ( 18 – fair ) _______ ( 19 – dismiss ) ______.

They began shouting and the ( 20 – meet ) ________ broke out in ( 21 – order ) _________.

Exercise 3.

Throughout history, women have had ( 1 – responsible ) ___ for healing the sick. However, it is only in

(2– compare ) __ recent times that they have been allowed to train as doctors at ( 3– medicine ) __ schools

in Britain. Yet in that short time, they’ve made an enormous ( 4 – contribute ) ____ to modern medicine.

The first female doctors were priestesses who gave ( 5 – advise ) _______ about diseases and ( 6 – injure

) _____ and prepared medicines. In ancient Rome, women ( 7 – heal ) _____ were considered ( 8 – skill )

_______ and respected. In Britain, for centuries male doctors were ( 9 – suspect ) _____ of women who

practised medicine ( 10 – profession ) ________ and in 1512 a law was passed making it ( 11 – legal )

____ for them to do so. Women couldn’t study medicine at universities until the 19th century and they only

began to gain ( 12 – equal ) ______ with male doctors in the 20th century.

Exercise 4.

1. Gentle ( 1 – persuade ) ________ is more ( 2 – effect ) ________ than force

2. On the way to the country we sometimes stopped to admire the ( 3 – picture ) _____ scenery

3. His ( 4 – analyze ) ________ showed great of ( 5 – perceive ) __________.

4. The ( 6 – emphasize ) _________ is on hard work, not ( 7 – joy ) _________.

5* Constant ( 8 – critic ) _______ has ( 9 – death ) ________ their ( 10 – enthuse ) _________.

6. I want no ( 11 – repeat ) ________ of such ( 12 – behave ) ________ from you

7. He felt ashamed of his ( 13 – corward ) ________ in not coming forward to support his friends

8. Fresh air and exercise are ( 14 – benefit ) ________ to one’s health

9. There was a note of ( 15 – urge ) _________ in her voice.

10. He will not benefit ( 16 – finance ) ________ from the deal

Exercise 5.

1. It was ( 1 – think ) ________ of you to send me the flowers when I was in hospital.

2. Vietnam has no longer been a ( 2 – depend ) ________ of the US since 1975.

3. The previous ( 3 – occupy ) ________ of the house have left it in a terrible mess.

4. Doctors stress that this type of ( 4 – treat ) _______ is still ( 5 – experiment ) ________.

5. The ( 6 – loud ) _______ of the music was makinh my ear hurt.

6. Many people do not understand the importance of the habitats to wild animals and plants so they

spoil them ( 7 – conscious )_________.

7. The posse rode several days in ( 8 – pursue ) _________ of the robbers..

8. The weak and the poor are ( 9 – power ) ________ and need people to represent them.

9. The fireman’s daring rescue of those trapped in the burning building was ( 10 – credit ) ____.