Word formation complete the gaps

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Ask students to read the sentences and complete the gaps using the words on the right side of the page in the correct form. It’s a good exercise to practise word formation.

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Published 10/11/2016

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Методическая
разработка по английскому языку для учащихся 10-11 классов

 ЛЕКСИКО
ГРАММАТИЧЕСКИЕ ЗАДАНИЯ

Задания на
словообразование (Word Formation)

Основная цель данной разработки
состоит в том, чтобы помочь учащимся в кратчайшие
сроки активизировать ранее изученный лексико- грамматический материал и под
готовиться к успешной сдаче ЕГЭ по английскому языку.

Данные задания направлены на проверку
знаний основных проблемных областей грамматики и лексики,
без которых невозможна успешная сдача ЕГЭ. Упражнения снабжены краткими справочными материалами. После каждого
раздела вы найдёте ключи к заданиям.

TASK 1

Complete the mind maps with the words in the table to form adjectives ending in

 able, ous, ful.

A                                                                   B

C

TASK 2

A.    Fill in the suffix table. For each verb write the
corresponding noun form in the appropriate column.

B.     Complete the gaps with the verbs or nouns from Part A.

1.  
The tourists stopped at the top of the mountain                               the view.

2.  
The best                             for a cold is to drink hot tea with honey.

3.  
Mr. Smith offered no                             for his absence
at the conference.

4.  
He wants                             the money his uncle left him.

5.  
People of his                             have never heard
of an iPod.

6.  
Since Megan left university she has sent off about twenty job                              .

7.  
It is almost impossible                             all my ideas
in one book.

8.  
We managed to find a very good ski                             .

9.  
Wood is a poor                             of heat.

10.  
I will not                              his awful behaviour any longer!

TASK 3

Circle the correct word in each sentence.

A.   Suffixes

1.  
It was nice and shadow/shady/shadable under the trees.

2.  
They finally agreed to accompany us, but with reluctance/reluctment/reluctant.

3.  
This picture is absolutely amaze/amazement/amazing.

4.  
This football player passes the ball with great accuracy/accurate/accurateness.

5.  
The days length/lengthy/lengthen as summer approaches.

6.  
This part of the country is only acess/accessable/accessible by
helicopter.

7.  
Her answer left us speech/speechless/speechful with
indignation.

8.  
I had to write
a composition/composer/compose about
my summer holidays.

B.    Prefixes

1.  
To my mind, this TV programme
is absolutely ininteresting/uninteresting/disinteresting.

2.  
We received unnumerable/innumerable/misnumerable presents and flowers.

3.  
It was dishonest/unhonest/dehonest of
you to say such things
about Kate.

4.  
How did you manage
to disspell/unspell/misspell your
own name?

5.  
She has an irrational/unrational/disrational fear of dogs.

6.  
Don’t be so unpatient/impatient/dispatient. I am walking
as fast as I can.

7.  
It is illegal/inlegal/unlegal to sell tobacco
and alcohol to children.

8.  
She was a woman of unordinary/disordinary/extraordinary beauty.

TASK 4

Read the
sentences below. Think what part of speech you must form to fill the
gaps. Add suffixes to the words given in capitals.

1.      Mike is so                              – every time he doesn’t want to finish his work,          PREDICT he says that he has a splitting headache.

2.     
The actor’s                             was pure perfection.                                                       PERFORM

3.      The absence of this witness may                                the case against                         WEAK the accused.

4.  
This supermarket is offering
huge price                              on winter holidays.      REDUCE

5.  
The firm needs a reference from my last __________.                                              EMPLOY

6.  
He began his                             career at the age of 14.                                               MUSIC

7.  
Harry was very                            , and we liked him immediately.                             FRIEND

8.  
He was a very rich man and his house was full of                              antiques.        PRICE

9.  
A
lot of money was spent to                                classrooms.                                         MODERN

10.  
The government was planning
to                            the tax system.                       SIMPLE

11.  
It was                            warm in the evening.                                                            SURPRISE

12.  
The child’s progress at school was very                              .                                      IMPRESS

TASK 5

Use some prefixes to form the antonyms of the following words.

TASK 6

Read the
sentences below. Think what part of speech you must form to fill the
gaps. Add prefixes to the words given in capitals.

1.      It was highly                             of her to leave her little son on his
own        RESPONSIBLE in the garden.

2.     
Ann doesn’t love Nick because she can’t forget
her                             .      HUSBAND

3.     
Wednesday’s a bit                             for me. Let’s meet tomorrow
at 5.     CONVENIENT

4.     
Many countries have already
passed                             laws.                       SMOKING

5.     
The children are punished
every time they                             .                     BEHAVE

6.      A                            is one of two sports games whose
winners then              FINAL compete against each other to decide who wins the whole competition

7.        
He is a pleasant
child, but when he is tired he can                                   OBEDIENT be very                                  .

8.        
Everybody should
understand that we live in                                           CULTURAL a  society.

9.        
A                             is someone who is studying at a university             GRADUATE to get a master’s degree or a PhD.

10.    
You are late! Did you                                again?                                      SLEEP

11.     He lives in poverty
and suffers from                                 .                       NOURISHMENT

12.    
A discussion in
which people in different places talk to each                 CONFERENCE
other using telephones or video equipment
is called

a                             .

TASK 7

Read the text below.
Think what part of speech you must
form to fill the gaps. Add suffixes
or prefixes to the words given in capitals. There is an example at the beginning.

From «The
Dove Who Spoke the Truth.»

by Abbie Farwell Brown (adapted) The Curious Book of Birds

The dove and the bat were once caught in a storm and
came  to  old  Master  Owl  to  ask  him  for  a  shelter.

(0)   
   Gruffly  (GRUFF) the old owl bade them enter, and

(1)                                      (GRUDGE) invited them to share his supper. 
The  poor  dove  was  so  tired  that  she  could

(2)    
                       (SCARCE) eat, but the (3)                           (GREED)
bat’s spirits rose as soon as he saw the viands spread before him. He was a sly
fellow, and (4)                                     (IMMEDI
ATE) began to flatter his host into good humor. He praised the owl’s (5)                                           

(WISE) and his courage, his (6)                                (GALLANT)
and his (7)                               (GENEROUS) – though every
one knew that however wise old Master
Owl might be, he was neither brave nor gallant.

During this time the dove sat quite still staring at the bat, and wondering to hear such

(8)                           (SINCERE) speeches of (9)                             (FLATTER).
(10)                            (SUDDEN) the owl turned to her.

«As for you, Miss Pink Eyes,» he said gruffly,
«you keep (11)                           (CARE)

(12)                          (SILENT).
Pray, have you nothing to say for yourself?»

«Yes,» exclaimed the mischievous bat; «our kind host deserves
some return for this

(13)                          (WONDER),
(14)                           (AGREE),
(15)                           (TASTE),

(16)                          (LUXURY), and altogether (17)                              (ACCEPT)
banquet. Have you no praise for his noble character as well as for his (18)                                      (GOOD)
to us? You do not deserve such (19)                                  (HOSPITAL).»

The dove remained silent. She could not speak (20)                               (TRUTH)
even for her own (21)                                   (HAPPY).

«You are an (22)                          (GRATEFUL) bird, Miss, and the bat is right. Leave my

(23)                          (DWELL)!
« snarled the owl.

And the two (24)                             (HEART)
(25)                             (CREATE) fell upon the poor little dove
and drove her out into the dark and (26)                                         (STORM) night…

TASK 8

Read the text below.
Think what part of speech you must
form to fill the gaps. Add suffixes
or prefixes to the words given in capitals. There is an example at the beginning.

A city is a (0) relatively (RELATIVE) large
and permanent (1)                                (SETTLE). Although
there is no (2)                             (AGREE) on how a city is
distinguished from a town within general English
language (3)                                       (MEAN),
many cities have a particular

(4)                           (ADMINISTRATE), legal, or (5)                                (HISTORY)
status based on local law.

Towns and cities have a long history. A city formed
as (6)                           (CENTRE) places of trade facilitates
(7)                                    (INTERACT) of all kinds. Benefits
include reduced transport costs, sharing of (8)                                             (NATURE)
resources, (9)                              (RUN) water, sewage (10)                           (DISPOSE)
and many others. Possible costs would include higher  rate  of  crime, 
higher  (11)              (MORTAL)  rates,  higher 
cost  of

(12)                          (LIVE), worse (13)                           (POLLUTE), etc.

In the first true towns the inhabitants were no longer (14)                          (SIMPLE)

(15)                          (FARM) of the (16)                             (SURROUND) area, but began to take on
specialized (17)       (OCCUPY). Trade, food (18)             (STORE)
and power was centralized there.

One (19)                            (CHARACTER) that can be used to distinguish a small city from
a large town is organized (20)                              (GOVERN). A
town accomplishes common goals through (21)                            (FORMAL)
(22)                             (AGREE) between neighbors or the (23)                                 (LEADER)
of a chief. A city has (24)                         (PROFESSION)

(25)                          (ADMINISTRATE), (26)                           (REGULATE), and some form of

(27)                           (TAX) to feed the (28)                                  (GOVERN)
(29)                               (WORK). Societies that live in cities
are often called (30)                               (CIVILIZE).

(from www.en.wikipedia.org)

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