WORD FORMATION - EXERCISES
EXERCISE 1 : Use the correct form of the words in brackets to fil in the blanks.
1. It's totally (understand)__________________ that you stayed home when you were sick.
2. Don't laugh at his stupid jokes! You'll only (courage)____________________ him to say them again.
3. That sidewalk is (slip)____________________, I almost fell!
4. After Monday, I will no longer be a foreigner. I am receiving my (citizen)__________________!
5. Arthur will be very lonely unless you (friend)___________________ him.
6. Every afternoon, the cooks (sharp)________________ their knives in preparation for dinner.
7. I hate being around Mary Lou, she is so so (friendly)___________________.
8. The stock market crash of 1929 left my great-grandfather(penny)__________________.
9. I have a class at 8:00 a.m. but I always (sleep)____________________.
10. The groom may (veil)______________ the bride only when their vows have been exchanged.
11. I think we should try something else. That strategy seems way too (risk)_________________.
12. My father's death left me with a great (empty)_____________________ in my heart.
13. George W. Bush is pretending that he at acked Iraq to (liberty) __________________the Iraqi.
14. Americans fought hard to earn their (free)_________________ from Britain.
15. When you work at a nuclear power plant, you have to be extremely (care)_________________.
16. Every time I think I've beaten you, you (do)__________________ me!
17. I had to take three months of when I was pregnant, but my boss has been very (understand)_______________.
18. He will (cork)________________ the wine as soon as we are ready for dinner.
19. You need to work on your orthography so you don't (spell)___________________ these words.
20. The weather (cast)________________ looks bad for a picnic--rainy and windy!
21. Safety tests on old cars have been ____________________ throughout Europe. (STANDARD)
22. We eventually began the ____________________ task of sorting through his papers. (LABOUR)
23. Children normally feel a lot of ____________________ about their first day at school. (ANXIOUS)
24. That’s a very ____________________ flower arrangement you have there. (ART)
25. The engineering sector achieved significant ____________________ last year. (GROW)
26. He was ____________________ from a wound in his shoulder. (BLOOD)
27. Her first novel, ____________________ More Innocent Times, was published in 1977. (TITLE)
28. There is a(n) ____________________ simple explanation of what happened. (SUPPOSE)
29. Her face showed a(n) ____________________ of fear and excitement. (MIX)
30. The reports are treated as strictly____________________. (CONFIDENCE)
31. Watch how she does it and then do ____________________. (LIKE)
32. The painting consists of four ____________________ blocks of colour. (RECTANGLE)
33. The magazine of ers tips on cut ing your house ____________________ costs. (MAINTAIN)
34. The government has a policy of let ing the ____________________ ill be cared for in the community. (MIND)
35. That staircase of theirs is the most beautiful piece of ____________________. (CARPENTER)
36. In the exam we had to write one ____________________ essay. (DESCRIBE)
37. I’m not ____________________ to being treated like this. (CUSTOM) 1
38. Hundreds of mature trees were ____________________ in the storm. (ROOT)
39. How do we know humans ____________________ from apes? (EVOLUTION)
40. He had grown up in a(n) ____________________ because his mother could not take care of him. (ORPHAN)
EXERCISE 2 : Use the word in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line Evening classes
Recently I decided to go to evening classes twice a week. During the day I work in a
____________________ agency as a telephonist. It is not a very interesting SECRETARY
____________________ and I get bored. I also got tired of coming home every evening, put ing OCCUPY
a ___________________ meal in the oven, and then watching TV. So I decided to take up FREEZE
____________________ as a hobby. Perhaps I should give you an CARPENTER
____________________ for my choice. Learning a skill is a good EXPLAIN
___________________ to the problem of boring work. Also, I felt I was a SOLVE
____________________ because any time I tried to put up a shelf, for example, it always fell FAIL
down! Now I am quite a ____________________ woodworker! I am working on the SUCCESS
____________________ of some furniture at the moment. And although there are only two other CONSTRUCT
girls in the class, I don't feel any ____________________. I've turned out to be the best student EMBARRASS in the class!
How does the video work?
When I was young, I always dreamed of becoming a famous ___________________. When SCIENCE
I was at school I decided to study ____________________, and then become a millionaire by ENGINE
inventing a wonderful new ____________________ which would make the world a bet er place. PRODUCE
Unfortunately, I wasn't very good at technical subjects. Any time I operate any kind of
____________________, something terrible happens. Machines which use EQUIP
____________________, such as computers or television, always seem to give me a ELECTRIC ____________________ shock. POWER
The instruction booklets are always __________________. They never help me at all. Nowadays USE
you need to have __________________ knowledge just to turn on the video. To my great SPECIAL
____________________ it is always a child of six who helps me out of my EMBARRASS ___________________ . DIFFICULT Film review
'Bat le for your heart' is the new film starring Hugh Grace. I'm afraid that my first
____________________ was not very favourable. The scenes of violence are IMPRESS
___________________ and the main character, Tony, is simply OFFEND
____________________. The audience is supposed to feel great IRRITATE
____________________ for Tony, an army of icer, who is accused of ADMIRE
____________________ because he fails to at ack the village where the COWARD
____________________ Miranda lives with her old father. Tony saves their lives, and although ADORE
the idea of marrying him has little ____________________ for her, Miranda agrees to it out of ATTRACT
____________________. However, she is still in love with Alex, one of the enemy army, and GRATEFUL
wants to remain __________________ to him. The dialogue and the acting are just as bad as the FAITH
plot. At the end, I breathed a sigh of _____________________.This is definitely one to miss! RELIEVE Key 1 2
1. It's totally understandable (understand) that you stayed home when you were sick.
2. Don't laugh at his stupid jokes! You'll only encourage (courage) him to say them again.
3. That sidewalk is slippery (slip), I almost fell!
4. After Monday, I will no longer be a foreigner--I am receiving my citizenship (citizen)!
Citizen(n): cong dan, nguoi dan thanh thi citizenship (n) quyen cong dan
5. Arthur will be very lonely unless you befriend – lam` ban ,doi xu tot(friend) him.
6. Every afternoon, the cooks sharpen (sharp)- mai`, vot’ their knives in preparation for dinner.
7. I hate being around Mary Lou, she is so unfriendly (friendly).
8. The stock market crash of 1929 left my great-grandfather penniless (penny).
A pretty penny : 1 so tien kha kha’ penniless(adj) khong 1 xu dinh tui, ngheo xo xac
9. I have a class at 8:00 a.m. but I always oversleep (v)ngu qua gio (sleep).
10. The groom may unveil (v- thao’ mang che mat) the bride only when their vows have been exchanged.
11. I think we should try something else. That strategy seems way too risky (risk).
12. My father's death left me with a great emptiness (empty) in my heart.
13. George W. Bush is pretending that he attacked Iraq to liberate (v) the Iraqi.
14. Americans fought hard to earn their freedom (free) from Britain.
15. When you work at a nuclear power plant, you have to be extremely careful (care).
16. Every time I think I've beaten you, you outdo – gioi hon, vuot troi, no luc (do) me!
17. I had to take three months off when I was pregnant, but my boss has been very understanding
(understand). Understanding (adj) hieu biet/ (n) su cam thong, hieu biet, su hieu nhau
18. He will uncork (cork) the wine as soon as we are ready for dinner.
19. You need to work on your orthography so you don't misspell (spell) these words.
20. The weather forecast (cast) looks bad for a picnic--rainy and windy!
To cast: tinh’ toan’/ forecast(v,n): doan trc, du doan_ forecasted KEY 1 : 21-40 I.
10. confidential (adj) bí mật/ thân tín, tâm phúc
1. Standardised (tieu chuan hoa)
11. likewise (adv) cũng thế, giống như vậy
2. laborious(adj) can cu chiu kho/ kho nhoc, gian
12. rectangular (adj) hình chữ nhật, vuông góc kho 13. ‘maintenance : duy tri
3. anxiety(n) su lo au, ban khoan/ uoc ao, khat
14. mentally(adv) trong lòng, trong trí óc, nhẩm khao
15. carpentry (n) nghề thợ mộc 4. artistic (adj)
16. descriptive (adj) miêu tả 5. growth
17. a’ccustomed (adj) quen với, thành thói quen 6. bleeding (n) su chay mau 18. uprooted
7. entitled(adj) co quyen, co du tu cach(theo luat
Uproot(v) nhổ bật rễ/ trừ tiệt dinh 19. evolved
8. supposedly : cho la`, lam` nhu la`, gia su la`
20. orphanage(n) trại mồ côi 9. mixture (n) KEY 2
1. secretarial; occupation; frozen; carpentry; explanation; solution; failure; successful; construction; embarrassment;
2. scientist; engineering; product; equipment; electricity; powerful; useless; specialised(làm thành đặc
trưng, / chuyên hóa); embarrassment; difficulties;
3. impression(n) ấn tượng; offensive(n)sự tấn công, cuộc tấn công (adj)tấn công, công kích/ xúc phạm
sỉ nhục/ khó chịu; irritating(adj)làm phát cáu; admiration; cowardice(n ) /'kauədis/)nhút nhát, nhát gan; adorable (adj) /ə'd :
ɔ rəbl/ đáng kính , đáng mến, đáng yêu attraction; ‘gratitude(n) lòng biết ơn;
faithful(adj) đáng tin cậy, trung thực,trung thành; relief(n) sự giảm nhẹ 3