WORD FORMATION
- PRACTICE 1
BOOKS
Nearly
all the (0) DISCOVERIES that have been made through the ages DISCOVER
can
be found in books. The (1) ____ of the book is one of humankind's INVENT
greatest
(2) ____, the importance of which cannot be overestimated. ACHIEVE
Books
are very adaptable, providing us with both (3) ____ and information. ENTERTAIN
The
(4) ____ of books began in Ancient Egypt, though not in a form that PRODUCE
is
(5) ____ to us today. The books read by the Romans, however, have RECOGNISE
some
(6) ____ to the ones we read now. Until the middle of the 15th SIMILAR
century,
in Europe , all books were (7) ____ by hand.
They were often WRITE
beautifully
illustrated and always rare and (8) ____. With printing came EXPENSE
the
(9) ____ of cheap, large-scale publication and distribution of books, POSSIBLE
making
(10) ____ more widespread and accessible. KNOW
A
POPULAR WRITER
Emma
Harte, in Barbara Taylor Bradford's novel, was a poor (0) LONELY girl LONE
who
became the (1) ____ owner of an international chain of stores. Like WEALTH
the
woman she writes about, Ms Bradford is beautiful and (2) ____. She AMBITION
left
school at sixteen and became a (3) ____. After twenty-three JOURNAL
years
of this work, she made the (4) ____ to start writing novels. DECIDE
She
is now one of the most (5) ____ -paid novelists in the world. Was Emma HIGH
Harte's
story based on Ms Bradford's own (6) ____ successful life? 'I'm INCREDIBLE
afraid
not,' she said with (7) ____. 'My life has been quite different from AMUSE
Emma
Harte's. She was (8) ____ to be born into a poor family. I came LUCK
from
a middle-class home and I'm (9) ____ married to a rich American HAPPY
film
producer. The only thing I share with my heroine is her (10) ____ to ABLE
work
hard.'
LEAVING
A JOB
I
recently left my job in an ____________ (1)agency ADVERTISEMENT
after a
disagreement with my boss. She accepted my
(2)
____________ but warned me that because of the RESIGN
(3)
____________ situation, I might have to get used to the ECONOMY
idea of
being (4) ____________ for a while. I thought that she EMPLOY
was trying
to make a point, but after I had made over
fifty (5)
____________ to other companies, I realised that she APPLY
was
right. Although I am a (6) ____________ designer, I QUALIFICATIONS
didn't
receive any offers of a job. After that I tried
working from
home, but it was not very (7) ____________ Then PROFIT
I became
an (8) ____________ in a fast-food restaurant, EMPLOY
even
though my (9) ____________ were extremely low. EARN
I wish I
had accepted early (10) ____________ from my old job. RETIRE
That is
what I disagreed with my boss about!
HOW
A HOBBY CAN MAKE YOU ANGRY!
Recently
I decided to take up (1) ____________ as a hobby. I have PHOTOGRAPH
always
taken snapshots, but I have never been very (2) ____________ SKILL
My snaps
were either a complete (3) ____________ for FAIL
technical
reasons, or were just not very (4) ____________. First IMAGINE
I decided
that to be (5) ____________, I should have bought new SUCCESS
equipment.
Just then I had an (6) ____________ piece of good EXPECT
luck. A
friend who works in a camera shop said she
could
sell me a (7) ____________ camera. A customer had VALUE
left it
at the shop to be repaired, but there had been
a (8)
____________, and it was actually for sale. UNDERSTAND
I thought
this was a rather (9) ____________ explanation BELIEF
and so I
asked her some more questions. It turned out
that she
had had a (10) ____________ with the customer and he AGREE
had
thrown the camera at her in anger because she had disliked his photos!
FATHER
AND SON
My
next-door neighbour has a very unusual (1) ____________ APPEAR
He has
long hair with a (2) ____________ in the middle, and PART
usually
wears an old pair of jeans and a (3) ____________ shirt. STRIPE
His
clothes are very (4) ____________ for working in a bank, but SUIT
that is
what he does! Unless he (5) ____________ when he gets to DRESS
work and
changes his clothes! His clothes are usually filthy
and I am
sure he never washes them or takes them to
the (6)
____________. When he wears a coat it is always CLEAN
old and
(7) ____________, and even on very cold days it is WEAR
(8)
____________ all down the front. The funny thing is that his BUTTON
son is
very (9) ____________, always wears the latest styles, and FASHION
never
wears casual clothes, even on an (10) ____________ occasion. FORMAL
WORD FORMATION
- PRACTICE 2
1)
A house in the country
When
Ann decided to move house, it was mainly because
she
was tired of the (1) ____ she lived in. It was crowded, NEIGHBOUR
there
was a (2) ____ of parking places, and SHORT
the
view from her (3) ____ windows was of distant STAIRS
factory
chimneys. Luckily she arranged the (4) ____
SELL
of
her house very easily, and with a small (5) ____ from LEND
the
bank, was able to buy a house in the country. It was an
old
farm building, which had been (6) ____ and turned into BUILD
a
modern house. After loading all her belongings into a van,
Ann
managed to get them into the new house (7) ____. DAMAGE
She
(8) ____ most of the rooms with what she already FURNITURE
owned.
Even her curtains were the right (9) ____ for the LONG
windows
and she only had to buy a new (10) ____ for COOK
the
kitchen. It seemed too good to be true. Surely
something
was bound to go wrong!
2)
A letter of apology
I am
writing to apologise for the (1) ____ of your Happy CANCEL
Holiday
Coach Tour to Aberdeen
coach
was involved in a (3) ____ in France
and our
driver has been (4) ____ obliged to remain there EXPECT
for
the moment. The coach was travelling on a road (5) ____ SUIT
for
heavy traffic, and the accident was (6) ____. Luckily AVOID
none
of the passengers suffered any (7) ____, and we have INJURE
complained
to the authorities that the road needs (8) ____ WIDE
Our
new coach will be fitted with (9) ____ seat belts for ADJUST
the
safety and comfort of passengers. We will of course
return
the (10) ____ you have made for your holiday as PAY
soon
as possible.
3)
Supermarkets
Nowadays,
a great (1) ____ of different food is available VARY
from
large supermarkets. There are rarely any (2) ____ SHORT
of
fresh food, and there is far less (3) ____ of our having LIKELY
to
rely on (4) ____ products. Does this mean that FREEZE
supermarkets
have become the most (5) ____ shops of SUCCESS
all
time? Certainly they seem to have made some kinds of
food
less (6) ____ and most people enjoy shopping in EXPENSE
them.
There has been a (7) ____ in the number of REDUCE
(8)
made against supermarkets in recent years. COMPLAIN
The
assistants are no longer (9) ____, but smile and POLITE
try
to be helpful. Above all, supermarkets have shown a WILLING
(10)
____ to listen to their customers, and to adapt to
customers'
needs.
4)
Arthur's life of crime
At
his last trial, nobody believed in Arthur's (1) ____ . He INNOCENT
had
been accused of the (2) ____ of a valuable Chinese vase, THIEF
and
was also charged with ten other (3) ____. The value of OFFEND
the
(4) ____ goods was said to be over £10,000. Arthur said STEAL
in
his own (5) ____ that the vase had been put into his car DEFEND
(6)
____. He also pointed out that the Chinese vase was a ACCIDENT
fake,
and was almost (7) ____. The judge did not believe WORTH
Arthur's
story. He told Arthur he was a hardened (8)____ CRIME
and
that he deserved a severe (9) ____. Then PUNISH
the
judge sentenced Arthur to five years (10) ____. PRISON
Arthur
just smiled. He had spent most of his life in prison
and
so he was used to it.
5)
School report
Margaret
started English Literature this term, and I
am
afraid that her (1) ____ to the subject has not been INTRODUCE
entirely
(2) ____. She has not shown much enthusiasm, SUCCESS
and
does not always pay (3) ____ in class. Her assignments ATTEND
are
often (4) ____, because she is so untidy, and because READ
of
her (5) ____ to check her work
thoroughly. She failed FAIL
to
do any (6) ____ before the end of term test, and had REVISE
poor
results. She seems to have the (7) ____ idea that MISTAKE
she
can succeed without studying. She has also had many
(8)
____ and has frequently arrived late for class. This ABSENT
has
resulted in several severe (9) ____. Although PUNISH
Margaret
is a (10) ____ student in some respects, she GIFT
has
not had a satisfactory term.
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