Word formation exercise upper intermediate

Jobs in the future

In twenty years’ time, which jobs will people still be doing, and which is it (1)…………… (REASON) to assume will have gone forever? Today’s young people should give that question careful (2)…………… (CONSIDER) before choosing a career. Clearly there will continue to be a need for staff in (3)…………… (EXIST) professions such as medicine that involve caring for others, and also for people able to persuade, like (4)…………… (POLITICS) and lawyers.

There will of course be no (5)…………… (SHORT) of jobs in science and technology, particularly for individuals able to (6)…………… (SPECIAL) in newer fields such as biotechnology and microbiology.

On the other hand, the already rapid (7)…………… (LOSE) of jobs to robots will speed up even further, as they replace workers not only in manufacturing but also in the (8)…………… (CONSTRUCT) industry. And as robots learn how to stack shelves, take over at check-outs or send us our online shopping, it won’t be long before most supermarket jobs have (9)…………… (APPEAR), too.

1. Form a compounds adjective from two words: single + storey.

storey — single

single — storeying

single — storey

single — storeyed

2. Use a suffix to form a noun from a given word: refuge.

refugist

refugee

refugion

3. Find the correct word formation chain (noun — adjective — verb): admiration.

admirer — admiring — admirate

admirer — admirable — admiring

admirer — admiring — admire

admiror — admiring — admire

4. Find the correct word formation chain (noun — adjective — verb): addiction.

addict — addictive — to become addicting

addict — addictous — to become addicted

addict — addictive — to become addicted

addictian — addictive — to become addicted

5. Use a prefix to make a word negative: perfect.

unperfect

imperfect

disperfect

6. Use a suffix to form an adjective from a given word: worth.

worthless

worthable

worthive

7. Find the correct word formation chain (noun — adjective — verb): achievement.

achiever — achieved — achievate

achievor — achieved — achieve

achiever — achievent — achieve

achiever — achieved — achieve

8. Form a compounds adjective from two words: brand + new.

new — brand

brand — newly

brand — new

9. Use a suffix to form a noun from a given word: advertise.

advertisement

advertised

advertisness

10. Use a prefix to make a work negative: legibility.

imlegibility

illegibility

unlegibility

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Students complete the chart with nouns, verbs and adjectives. Then they complete the sentences below transforming the words given in the brackets. The exercise is aimed at upper-intermediate students.

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Published 07/10/2016

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