WORD BUILDING
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Name ______________________________Form___________

WORD BUILDING

Exercise 1

Make as many words as you can by combining different parts of the box.

Exercise 2

Match a prefix in Column A with a word in Column B. Use each prefix and word once only.

Column A

1. il
2. re
3. under
4. sub
5. un
6. ir
7. ex
8. dis

Column В

1. organized
2. responsible
3. write
4. line
5. wife
6. legal
7. titles

h) comfortable

Now fill the gaps in the following sentences with an appropriate word formed above.

a) You wouldn't be so ________________ if you had a diary and wrote down all the things you have to do.

b)This letter is very badly written. I'm afraid you'll have to        it.

c) I prefer to see American films in English with        in my own language.

d)This sofa is really        . It makes my back ache.

5. In most countries it is        to open a bank account in a false name.
6. It was very ___________of you to go out and leave your younger brothers and sisters alone in the house.

g)        After you've read the book once straight through, read it again and        some of the

words you want to look up in your dictionary.
h)He has been divorced for ten years now, but he still has a good relationship with his        .

Exercise 3

Fill the gaps in the following sentences with the words in the box.

playground        truant        cheat        heart        correct      term      give    absent    hard        degree

break        university        headmaster        report        board

1.        Our teachers        our homework in the evening and        it

out the next day.

2.        My brother tried to          in the exam, but he was caught and sent to the ____________________________.

3.   I   like  to  play   football   in  the            with  my   friends   during  the   lunch ________________________________________

4.   She got a very good school        because she worked so        this ___________________

5.        I'd like to go to _______________ when I finish school and do a ___________________ in Economics.

6.        The teacher wrote the rules on the          and told us to learn them by __________.

7.   Were   you              for   a   good   reason   yesterday   or   were   you   playing ____________________?

Exercise 4

Make new words with the base words, using the suffixes and/or negative prefixes. Sometimes you need to make small changes to the spelling. Use your dictionary if necessary.

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the word in brackets.

a)        What I appreciate most about my grandfather is his wisdom. His advice is always        

(HELP) and        (SENSE).

b)        Never go to Sue with a serious problem. She is very        (MATURE) and        

(SENSE).

c)        I think that boxing is a        (SENSE) sport. What is the point of trying to hit another person

until they are        (CONSCIOUS).

d)        We'd been walking along the        (USE) railway track for hours before we realized

that the map was out-of-date and        (USE).

5. The only thing poverty leads to is         (HAPPY) and        (LITERATE).
6. My aunt isn't fond of today's children. She thinks that they are all        (POLITE) and

        (RESPECT).

Exercise 5

Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the word in brackets. Use your dictionary if necessary.

1. My mother was such an        person, always busy, always in a hurry. (ENERGY)
2. I made a stupid        and so things didn't turn out as planned. (CALCULATE)
3. I'd like to do it        this time. I hope you don't mind. (DIFFERENT)
4. If you ate more        food, you wouldn't have all these problems with your skin. (HEALTH)

5.1 want to be an important        when I grow up. (SCIENCE)

6. It is almost impossible to actually measure        _. (INTELLIGENT)
7. He's        at mending things. I'll just have to do it myself. (USE)

Exercise 6

Fill in the gaps in the following sentences with an appropriate word from the box.

floods     drought     earthquake     injures      refugees        charity       emergency

1. Many have suffered terrible
2. The latest San Francisco
3. In case of        
4. Half a million___________

____________________as a result of fighting.

___________________measured 4.5 on the Richter scale.

break the glass and push the button.

have now crossed the border in an attempt to find food.

5. I never give to        . I think it should be the government's responsibility.
6. There has been a        in certain parts of the country due to the lack of rain.
7. There has been so much rain that some rivers have burst their banks and there have been ______________________.

Exercise 7

Use the words given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in each space in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0).

TAKE

EXAMINE

FRIEND

ESTIMATE

CROWD

CONDUCT

USE

LUCK

BELIEF

BACK

APPOINT

THE DRIVING TEST

I knew I would have to (0) retake my driving test as soon as I saw the

(1)        . He didn't even say "hello" and seemed        very

(2)        . I was a little bit late I suppose as I had slightly

(3)        how long it would take me to get there. As usual

in this (4)        city all the buses were packed and I had had

to wait more than twenty minutes before a (5)        would let

me get on a bus. I knew apologizing would be (6)        so I

just got in the car. (7)        I wasn't feeling particularly

nervous but this horrible man stared at me in (8)        as I

began to drive off. I put the car into gear, but it went (9)        

so fast I couldn't believe it - straight into a wall. I was so (10)        

when he told me I had failed that I thought I might cry.

Exercise 8

Use the words given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in each space in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0).

LAZY

HONEST

COMPLAIN

NUMBER

MANAGE

USE

QUALITY

RESIGN

REFUSE

FAIR

FATHER FIRES SON

A businessman sacked his own son because of (0) laziness, incompetence

and (1)        . Stuart Bidwell received dozens of letters of

(2)        about his work during the ten years he was his

father's employee. "He got (3)        ," said Stephen

        of the company.

at his job and he didn't even

Bidwell, Stuart's father. And the (4)

"He was absolutely (5)        

. Eventually he was asked to hand

have the right (6)        

in his (7)        after being caught making phone calls

to a girlfriend in Australia. His (8)        to resign forced

according to Stuart, who is

his father to sack him, (9) _______________

now suing his father.

Exercise 9

Fill the gaps in the following text with the correct form of the words in capitals.

I always wanted to be a great (1)        . I had                     SCIENCE

these dreams of discovering a (2)        new drug        REXOLUTION

that would save the lives of hundreds of people. Unfortunately, I was

never very good at (3)        at school and kept        CHEMIST

producing these horrible smells and the teacher used to get very cross with me.

After a while, I decided I would become an (4)                INVENT

and design an amazing new (5)        which                  PRODUCE

would become a household name. My parents were quite encouraging,

but told me to be a little more (6)        and not quite so        REAL

(7)        . A few weeks later I had a brilliant idea for        AMBITION

a pen that, at least (8)_____________,would write upside                            THEORY

down. To my (9)        ____________ a friend of mine pointed out                   DISAPPOINT

that it was not a new (10) __________.                                               DISCOVER  

Exercise 10

Use the words given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in each space in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0).

ADVERTISING

Many people find their work rather (0) boring I get a lot of

(1) _______________from my job. Advertising can be very

(2)_____        because you have to think of new ways

to attract people's (3)        . The best way to

do this is by surprising them. (4)        is boring

BORE

SATISFY

CREATE

ATTEND

FAMILIAR

Exercise 11

Use the words given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in each space in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0).

FIT

HEALTH

ENERGY

USE

SIMILAR

CHILD

INTELLIGENT

CLEVER

SCIENCE

CALCULATE

COMPETE

NOT FIT, BUT SMART

In my family we don't worry about (0) fitness. I suppose you could

say I'm rather (1)        . I only eat junk food and

I never do any exercise. I'm not very (2)        and

I’m completely (3) ______________        at sports. My two sisters are not

(4) _________________to me when it comes to leading active lives.

Neither of them has played any kind of sport since (5)        

What they lack in sporting ability, they make up for in (6)        

They are two of the (7)_____________ people I know. One of        

them works as a research (8)        and the other designs

electronic equipment like (9)        and mobile phones.

They have both done extremely well in what are very  (10)__________ professions.

Exercise 12

Use the words given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in each space in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0).

AMATEUR ATHLETICS

Events like city marathons are (0) increasingly popular. You don't        INCREASE

have to be a (1)        person to take part in        COMPETE

(2)        , though you do need to be fairly                        ATHLETE

(3)        and reasonably fit. You can build up        ENERGY

fitness by jogging. It's not the (4)        that        DISTANT

matters, but how long your jog for. You can improve your        
(5)        gradually over a period of weeks.              PERFORM

In (6) ________________for a long race like a marathon it's         PREPARE

(7) _________________ to run more than a couple of kilometers         NECESSARY

most days. (8) ________________________marathon runners work on        SUCCESS

the (9) ____________________aspects of running long races.        PHYCHOLOGY
Mental (10) ____________________is just as important as being          STRONG

physically fit.