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50 Word Formation Exercises: CAE
C1 Advanced (CAE) Use of English: Part 3
C1 Advanced (CAE) Use of English: Part 3 Example Test

C1 Advanced (CAE) Use of English: Part 3 question type here is called word-formation.

For each gap you get one word in capitals which you have to change so the grammar and meaning fit in the sentence. Here you have to show how well you know word families and if you can change words by using prefixes and suffixes

50 Word Formation Exercises: CAE

Use the word in capitals to form a word that fits in the gap.
For each question, write your answer in the gap.

They had to obey the decisions taken by the leadership of the party. LEAD

The news transmission has just finished and there was no mention of it. TRANSMIT

A guardian angel is believed to be a good spirit that protects each of us. GUARD

They tested the transparency of water in the village wells. TRANSPARENT

They have announced the nominees for the Oscars. NOMINATE

Psychologists show more insight into human character and behaviour. SIGHT

She spoke with disapproval of his impudent behaviour. DISAPPROVE

Unfortunately, slavery still exists in some parts of the world. SLAVE 

The thieves have stolen all my jewellery . JEWEL

The Princess looked stunningly beautiful at the wedding. STUN

Use the word in capitals to form a word that fits in the gap.
For each question, write your answer in the gap.

During the war, a lot of refugees fled to America. REFUGE 

This woman has had two pregnancies in three years. PREGNANT

Some refreshments will be served at the end of this meeting. REFRESH

She will decorate her house regardless of the cost. REGARD

I counted on your discretion and you let me down. DISCREET

When I asked for his permission, I was met with a refusal . REFUSE

The principal took disciplinary measures against the culprits. DISCIPLINE

He was such a joker that I couldn’t tell when he was being serious. JOKE

I looked at them in speechless amazement. SPEECH

The general checked the readiness of the troops for battle. READY

Use the word in capitals to form a word that fits in the gap.
For each question, write your answer in the gap.

After the death of his uncle, he became the lawful owner of the castle. LAW

Fishing is one of my favourite relaxations . RELAX

I dare say this is a subjective view of the problem. SUBJECT

Due to massive deforestation there is frequent landslide in this area. FOREST

The baby had watery eyes when he had measles. WATER

They will bury her remains the day after tomorrow. REMAIN

I need four widths of cloth for my kitchen curtains. WIDE

The professor’s elaborate lecture was incomprehensible to most of us. COMPREHEND

When she saw the results of the exam, her disappointment was obvious. DISAPPOINT

London Promenade Orchestra is one of the most prestigious in the world. PRESTIGE

Use the word in capitals to form a word that fits in the gap.
For each question, write your answer in the gap.

The transcription of this document will take me about twenty minutes. TRANSCRIBE

In this profession men outnumber women by two to one. NUMBER

Alice looks fantastic in her new dress. FANTASY

This time he had an unpredictable reaction. PREDICT

Suddenly we saw a ghostly figure in the darkened room. GHOST

She made several references to your remarks. REFER

We need extra storage place either in the loft or in the cellar. STORE 

What is the most significant event in your life? SIGNIFY

His avoidance of talking to me that evening surprised me. AVOID 

That business transaction took us several days. TRANSACT 

She has had several recurrences of her illness lately. RECUR 

Use the word in capitals to form a word that fits in the gap.
For each question, write your answer in the gap.

 Your signature on this document means that you agreed to it. SIGN 

The doctor wanted to know if my knee was still painful . PAIN

She has had this scar on her forehead since babyhood. BABY

I had my eyes tested last week, at my wife’s insistence. INSIST

Oxygen is a gaseous element of paramount importance for life. GAS

Wild animals live in captivity and sometimes in neglect in a zoo. CAPTIVE

What is your opinion about the recuperative powers of certain substances ? RECUPERATE

The woman’s voice was unmistakably Margaret’s. MISTAKE

As a result of shrinkage this shirt is now too small to wear. SHRINK

If we allow this man to go unpunished, it will seta precedent . PRECEDE

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C1 Advanced (CAE) Use of English: Part 3

Strategy

  1. Read the text for general understanding.
  2. Decide what type of word you need for each gap (e.g. noun, adjective, etc.).
  3. Look at the whole sentence, not just al the line containing the gap.
  4. You may need to add a prefix or suffix to some words.
  5. Read through the text and check that your words make sense.
  6. Check your spelling.

Tips

You need to read the whole text to get the writer’s opinion on the topic.  That’s because sometimes a negative prefix will be required. There is usually at least one word requiring a negative prefix, so look out for these.

In the exam always write something. You never know, you might be lucky even if you are not sure of the answer!

C1 Advanced (CAE) Use of English: Part 3 Example Test

Use the word in capitals to form a word that fits in the gap.
For each question, write your answer in the gap.

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Muscle cars were never intended to be valuable. In fact, the whole idea behind muscle cars was to make them inexpensiveEXPENSIVE and fast. Muscle cars were stripped-down versions of the most utilitarianUTILITY homely, and basic mass-produced cars to ever roll out of Detroit. These rattle trap, bare-bones, crude devices were built to conform to a price point with little regard given to sophistication or longevityLONG, and aimed squarely at the youthYOUNG market. And this market couldn’t get enough of them. These were the cars every red-blooded American kid wanted. The image, the speed, the lifestyle were all highly addictive.

Looking back, the muscle car years were relativelyRELATIVE brief moment in time that we will never see the likes of again. It was a perfect storm, just what the market wanted, and was presented at the right place at the right time. So how did these seemingly disposableDISPOSE cars, built-in large numbers and owned by kids who literallyLITERAL tried to kill them from the first twist of the key, become so valuable? More importantly, why did they become so valuable? Most people are astounded when they hear the recent sales results of the most desirableDESIRE muscle cars. We call them two-comma cars, cars that are worth so much money that you need two commas to separate all the zeroes in the price.

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Словообразование
(Word Formation)

Задание 1.
Подберите приставки un- , dis- , in- , non- , ir- к словам, обращая внимание на
контекст.

Пример: His …action will lead to no good. — His inaction
will lead to no good.

1. This place was …appealing and melancholic.
2. Don’t …member our country! 
3. But it is …sense! You can’t swim across the Drake Passage by yourself.
4. You are so …responsible! You didn’t come to rehearsal yesterday. 
5. She always cheats on her husband. She is a …loyal wife.

Задание 2.
От слов в рамке образуйте новые слова с помощью суффиксов. Заполните пропуски в
предложениях подходящими по смыслу словами.

equip, doubt, art,
free, equal, Russia

Пример: equip — equipment
We need hunting … to kill a bear. — We need hunting 
equipment to
kill a bear.

1. … is the most valuable thing for a person. 
2. She was … whether the new shoes will be any better. 
3. They always … their results. 
4. These … paintings are so terrible! 
5. My friend from Spain likes … cuisine.

Задание 3.
Измените выделенные существительные на глаголы с помощью конверсии.
Соответственно переделайте предложения.

Пример: I have a walk with
his friends every day. — He 
walks with
his friends every day.

1. My mother is standing in a queue now.
2. She pushed me with an 
elbow.
3. Paola is giving a 
call to
her friend now. 
4. I had 
plans for tomorrow.
5. We made a 
mistake about
that book.

Задание 4.
Выберите правильные варианты ответов (словосложение). Заполните пропуски
образованными словами по смыслу.

Пример: 1. c) — airman
My husband is … . — My husband is an 
airman.

1. air

a) care

2. copy

b) sighted

3. rain

c) man

4. birth

d) coat

5. health

e) book

6. short

f) place

1. I was born in India. And what is your …? 
2. Write in your … an essay about summer vacation.
3. My brother is … .
4. It’s raining outside. You should put on your … . 
5. … in our country is at top level.

Задание 5.
Расшифруйте сокращения.

Пример: POV — point of view.

1. TMI
2. CD
3. ASAP
4. HR
5. EU

Ответы

Задание 1.

1. unappealing
2. dismember
3. nonsense
4. irresponsible
5. disloyal

Задание 2.

1. freedom
2. doubtful
3. equalize
4. artless
5. Russian

Задание 3.

1. My mother is queuing now.
2. She elbowed me. 
3. Paola is calling her friend now. 
4. I planned tomorrow day.
5. We mistook about that book.

Задание 4.

1. birthplace
2. copybook
3. short-sighted
4. raincoat
5. healthcare

Задание 5.

1. too much information
2. compact disc
3. as soon as possible
4. human resources
5. European Union

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  • Task Type:                    Word formation

  • Focus:                          Lexical-grammatical.

    • Format:                        A text containing 8 gaps. Each gap corresponds to a word. The stems
                                            of the missing words are given beside the text and must be changed
                                            to form the missing word. 

  • Number of questions: 8.

  • How many marks are there: One mark for each correct answer.

What is testing:

  • conversions from noun to adjective
  • conversions from verb to noun
  • conversions from adjective to adverb
  • conversions from verb to adjectives
  • conversions from a positive to negative form

General Advice
 

  1. Never leave the base word unchanged
  2. Look at each sentence and decide what kind of word is required
  3. Check the spelling carefully
  4. Tje words you need might have to change into a negative or plural
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Добрый день, читатели блога grammar-tei.com. Сегодня мы займемся словообразованием и выполним несколько упражнений на словообразование в английском языке. Все упражнения даются с ответами, поэтому Вы сможете проверить себя.

Тема словообразование в английском – очень сложная, поэтому практиковаться нужно много. Всем известно, что задания на словообразования есть в ЕГЭ. Не будем откладывать и выполним упражнения на словообразование в английском.

Задания на словообразование. Word building exercises.

Упражнение 1. Раскройте скобки. Образуйте существительные.

  1. The study calculated that replacing weekly fruit juice … with whole fruits could bring health benefits. (consume)
  2. For my birthday Mother baked a cake with yellow … . (ice)
  3. Carbohydrates, proteins and fats are called … because they provide the fuel your body needs. (nutrition)
  4. Many women have to juggle … and a full-time job. (mother)
  5. … are unavoidable when three … live under one roof. (argue, generate)
  6. Her deep … of her sister was evident. (hate)
  7. Older people who live alone often need help with gardening and house … (maintain)
  8. Positive attitude helps employees to get along with … and managers. (worker)
  9. China’s air… has cut life … by an average of 5.5 years in the north of the country and caused higher rates of lung cancer. (pollute, expect)
  10. It is much safer to use stainless steel or glass … instead of plastic ones. (contain)

Упражнение 2. Раскройте скобки. Образуйте прилагательные.

  1. My favorite … book is “Appetite” by Nigel Slater. (cooker)
  2. Eating can also make you …, and so can waking up in the morning. (thirst)
  3. You shouldn’t rest on your laurels but try to improve your … performance. (academy)
  4. Highly … gas is naturally found in coal mines. (explode)
  5. An … species is a species of organisms facing a very high risk of extinction. (danger)
  6. The most… earthquake struck in Shanxi, China 1556. (disaster)
  7. … exploitation of nature by man has resulted in the effects we have to deal with now. (thought)
  8. Laos is a landlocked … country, widely covered by tropical forest. (mountain)
  9. I decided to take a walk. It would be too … to wait in the queue. (tire)

Упражнение 3. Используйте отрицательные приставки. Образуйте подходящие по смыслу слова.

  1. The service was slow and the waiter’s familiarity was … , so we left without paying. (accept)
  2. Some children are a challenge, especially when they … in public places. (behaviour)
  3. To my … , the restaurant was overbooked and we had to spend the evening at home. (appoint)
  4. Michael was … about what dessert to order. (decide)
  5. Parents’… of their children’s behaviour and life choices can ruin their lives. (approve)
  6. There is a huge difference between … children and those merely … to listen to their parents’ advice. (obey, will)
  7. Young children mustn’t be left … either at home or at public places. (attention)
  8. She was frequently left alone by her … husband. (faith)
  9. If you describe someone as …, you are criticising them because they are unable to do their job or a task properly or are … to act in this capacity. (competence, qualifications)
  10. Banks are still seen as … and many people keep their savings at home. (security)

Упражнение 4. Раскройте скобки, образуйте глаголы.

  1. Guar gum also is used in the food industry to … products like ice cream. (thick)
  2. Old Manchester houses are made of red brick… by soot. (black)
  3. David spotted the pink silk lampshade in a shop and thought it would … up the room. (bright)
  4. Do we ever stop to think about the importance of the air we … ? (breath)
  5. I’d like to … this dress for one in a larger size. (change)
  6. They … 100 dollars from a bank account an hour ago. (draw)

Упражнение 5. Раскройте скобки. Образуйте подходящие по смыслу слова.

  1. Sometimes one’s … are the only people one can … in. (parental, confidence)
  2. Many people … that getting a spouse can put them out of their…, which later… wrong, because sometimes marriage makes life more difficult. (belief, miserable, proof)
  3. An … Roman … has been discovered in northwest England, (extend, settle)
  4. The dining-room is elegantly … and … carpeted, (furniture, luxury)
  5. Everyone is … of her having the chance to … abroad, (envy, student)
  6. When employers look at… candidates, beyond skills, experience, and training, they look for those who demonstrate … (prospect, enthuse)
  7. In the city the … and … were insufferable, (hot, humid)
  8. Our planet’s… regions, located just north and south of the equator, are known for their… and … (tropic, warm, humid)
  9. Next to Shakespeare, no … gets more love on Broadway than Tennessee Williams, (play)
  10. During Elizabeth’s reign England significantly … its trade … and in 1580 Sir Francis Drake became the first Englishman to successfully … the earth, (expansion, sea, circumnavigation)

Упражнение 6. Образуйте слова от данных. Вставьте слова в текст.

A.

RESTORATION, LOOK, DEMOLITION, EXTEND, GOTH, ACCOMMODATE, PANELLING, UNEXPECTED

Located in Wiltshire, an outstanding and beautifully __________ (1), late ________ (2) style manor house was built of limestone. Originally it was a much larger property that was mostly ___________ (3). Solid in appearance and structure, it offers _________ (4) and well presented ___________ (5). As one would ___________ (6) there is a grand drawing room with oak _________ (7) walls and a large open fireplace. The large windows __________ (8) a parkland setting.

B.

FORM, ILLEGAL, EDUCATIONAL, QUALIFICATIONS, TUITION

Home education is when a child is __________ (1) at home rather than at school. It’s perfectly __________ (2) in the UK and one doesn’t need to be a __________ (3) teacher to do so. Children who are home educated receive all their education from their parents, sometimes with the help of outside __________ (4). If you decide to home educate your child you don’t have to follow __________ (5) rules about how you teach or when you teach.

C.

CHIEF, SEARCH, SCIENCE, INDUCE, COLLECT, APPLY, ADOPTION, FOUND

English philosopher, statesman, and jurist who rose to become Lei Chancellor (1618—1621) to James I but is __________ (1) remembered for the status he gave to __________ (2) research in England. Although his name is associated with the method of __________ (3) and the rejection of a priori reasoning in science, the painstaking __________ (4) of miscellaneous facts without any use of error theory which he supported in the Novum Organum has never been __________ (5)  as a practical method of __________ (6). The __________ (7) of the Baconian method was, however, an important object in the __________ (8) of the Royal Society some years later.

D.

DEPTH, HARMLESS, DESIRE, MODERATE, ACCESS

We’ve all heard of emotional eating. There’s also such a thing as emotional shopping. In __________ (1), neither of these activities is __________ (2), but in excess both can have serious consequences. The __________ (3) and the affordability of goods make shopping all the more appealing. For many compulsive buyers, a big part of the appeal of shopping is the process of searching out and obtaining that new, better, __________ (4) item. This process is so mesmerising that it often ruins long-term financial plans, leaving shoppers __________ (5) in debt.

Ответы к упражнениям на словообразование. Word building exercises – answers.

Exercise 1.

1 consumption, 2 icing, 3 nutrients, 4 motherhood/maternity, 5 arguments, generations, 6 hatred, 7 maintenance,  8 co-workers, 9 pollution, expectancy

Exercise 2.

1 cookery, 2 thirsty, 3 academic, 4 explosive, 5 endangered, 6 disastrous, 7 thoughtless, 8 mountainous, 9 tiresome

Exercise 3.

1 unacceptable, 2 misbehave, 3 disappointment, 4 indecisive, 5 disapproval, 6 disobedient, unwilling, 7 unattended,  8 unfaithful, 9 incompetent, unqualified, 10 insecure

Exercise 4.

1 thicken, 2 blackened, 3 brighten, 4 breathe, 5 exchange, 6 withdrew

Exercise 5.

1 parents, confide, 2 believe, misery, proves, 3 extensive, settlement, 4 furnished, luxuriously 5 envious, study, 6 prospective, enthusiasm, 7 heat, humidity, 8 tropic (al), warmth, humidity, 9 playwright, 10 expanded, oversea (s), circumnavigate

Exercise 6.

A

1 restored, 2 gothic, 3 demolished, 4 extensive 5 accommodation, 6 expect, 7 panel (l) ed, 8 overlook

B

1 educated, 2 legal, 3 qualified, 4 tutors, 5 formal

C

1 chiefly, 2 scientific, 3 induction,  4 collection, 5 adopted, 6 research, 7 application, 8 foundation

D.

1 moderation, 2 harmful, 3 accessibility, 4 desirable, 5 deeply

Надеюсь, эти упражнения на словообразование помогут Вам в изучении этого непростого раздела английского языка. Word building exercises are very useful!

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