TEACHER: MARTA BENÍTEZ
WORD FORMATION – REVISION BEFORE THE EXAM
1. GIVE AN ADJECTIVE WITH THE SAME ROOT AS ‘NATURE’ (noun)
NATURAL
2. GIVE A NOUN WITH THE SAME ROOT AS ‘DEVELOP’ (verb)
DEVELOPMENT
3. GIVE A NOUN WITH THE SAME ROOT AS ‘POPULATE’ (verb)
POPULATION
4. GIVE A NOUN WITH THE SAME ROOT AS ‘GROW’ (verb)
GROWTH
5. GIVE AN ADJECTIVE WITH THE SAME ROOT AS ‘HEALTH’ (noun)
HEALTHY
6. GIVE AN ADJECTIVE WITH THE SAME ROOT AS ‘ALTERNATE’ (verb)
ALTERNATIVE
7. GIVE A NOUN WITH THE SAME ROOT AS ‘EXIST’ (verb)
EXISTENCE
8. GIVE A NOUN WITH THE SAME ROOT AS ‘EMPLOY’ (verb)
EMPLOYMENT / EMPLOYEE / EMPLOYER
9. GIVE AN ADVERB WITH THE SAME ROOT AS ‘POSSIBLE’ (adjective)
POSSIBLY
10. GIVE A NOUN WITH THE SAME ROOT AS ‘FREE’ (adjective)
FREEDOM
11. GIVE A NOUN WITH THE SAME ROOT AS ‘PRODUCE’ (verb)
PRODUCT / PRODUCTION
12. GIVE AN ADJECTIVE WITH THE SAME ROOT AS ‘PRODUCT’ (noun)
PRODUCTIVE / PRODUCED
13. GIVE A NOUN WITH THE SAME ROOT AS ‘ARGUE’ (verb)
ARGUMENT
14. GIVE AN ADVERB WITH THE SAME ROOT AS ‘REGULAR’ (adjective)
REGULARLY
15. GIVE A NOUN WITH THE SAME ROOT AS ‘COMPARE’ (verb)
COMPARISON
1. WHICH WORD IS NOT AN ADJECTIVE? FRIENDLY – FAMILY – WITTY – REAL
2. WHICH WORD IS NOT AN ADVERB? FAST – SADLY – HEALTHY – SUDDENLY
3. WHICH WORD IS NOT A NOUN? AGE – ENGAGE – WEDDING – CONCERN
4. WHICH WORD IS NOT A VERB? ARGUE – EMPLOY – PRODUCT – REVISE
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GIVE A SYNONYM FOR ‘AIM’ = OBJECTIVE, GOAL
GIVE A SYNONYM FOR ‘DEPENDABLE’ = RELIABLE, TRUSTWORTHY
GIVE A SYNONYM FOR ‘DISTURB’ = ANNOY, BUG
GIVE A SYNONYM FOR ‘RUBBISH’ = TRASH, GARBAGE
GIVE A SYNONYM FOR ‘TRUTHFUL’ = HONEST, SINCERE
GIVE A SYNONYM FOR ‘TWO-FACED’ = HYPOCRITICAL, DISHONEST
GIVE A SYNONYM FOR ‘LEVEL-HEADED’ = FOCUSED, SENSIBLE
GIVE A SYNONYM FOR ‘HUMBLE’ = MODEST, POOR
TEACHER: MARTA BENÍTEZ
Dress Code
UK companies have received (0) CRITICISM from
CRITIC
a business forum for what their report refers to as
a rather narrow-minded attitude towards the dress
code for office workers. This follows a case in
which a male (1) EMPLOYEE working in the post
room of a
EMPLOY
large company in the United Kingdom received a
(2) SUSPENSION for wearing jeans to work.
SUSPEND
Whilst the report accepts that there is a need for
people dealing with (3) CUSTOMERS to look well
dressed,
CUSTOM
it questions whether employees who work behind
the scenes necessarily need to dress formally.
The authors of the report made a (4) COMPARISON
between
COMPARE
the UK and other European nations where
employers seem (5) UNCONCERNED about the need CONCERN
for their
workers to wear smart clothes in the office.
Their (6) ARGUMENT is based on research that
claims
ARGUE
workers are far more (7) PRODUCTIVE when they
have the
PRODUCT
(8) FREEDOM to dress in a way that they feel most
FREE
comfortable in.
1. FIND IN THE TEXT A WORD FOR THE FOLLOWING DEFINITION: “intolerant;
unwilling to accept or consider other people’s opinions and feelings”
NARROW-MINDED
2. FIND IN THE TEXT AN ANTONYM FOR ‘CASUALLY’ (adverb)
FORMALLY
3. GIVE A SYNONYM FOR ‘RESEARCH’, AS IT IS USED IN THE TEXT
INVESTIGATION
4. WRITE A WORD OF THE SAME SEMANTIC GROUP.
SANDALS, SHOES, FLIP-FLOPS, HIGH-HEELS, BOOTS, TRAINERS, SLIPPERS
5. GIVE A SYNONYM FOR ‘EMPLOYEE’ = WORKER
TEACHER: MARTA BENÍTEZ
WORD FORMATION – REVISION BEFORE THE EXAM
16. GIVE AN ADJECTIVE WITH THE SAME ROOT AS ‘NATURE’ (noun)
17. GIVE A NOUN WITH THE SAME ROOT AS ‘DEVELOP’ (verb)
18. GIVE A NOUN WITH THE SAME ROOT AS ‘POPULATE’ (verb)
19. GIVE A NOUN WITH THE SAME ROOT AS ‘GROW’ (verb)
20. GIVE AN ADJECTIVE WITH THE SAME ROOT AS ‘HEALTH’ (noun)
21. GIVE AN ADJECTIVE WITH THE SAME ROOT AS ‘ALTERNATE’ (verb)
22. GIVE A NOUN WITH THE SAME ROOT AS ‘EXIST’ (verb)
23. GIVE A NOUN WITH THE SAME ROOT AS ‘EMPLOY’ (verb)
24. GIVE AN ADVERB WITH THE SAME ROOT AS ‘POSIBLE’ (adjective)
25. GIVE A NOUN WITH THE SAME ROOT AS ‘FREE’ (adjective)
26. GIVE A NOUN WITH THE SAME ROOT AS ‘PRODUCT’ (verb)
27. GIVE AN ADJECTIVE WITH THE SAME ROOT AS ‘PRODUCT’ (noun)
28. GIVE A NOUN WITH THE SAME ROOT AS ‘ARGUE’ (verb)
29. GIVE AN ADVERB WITH THE SAME ROOT AS ‘REGULAR’ (adjective)
30. GIVE A NOUN WITH THE SAME ROOT AS ‘COMPARE’ (verb)
5. WHICH WORD IS NOT AN ADJECTIVE? FRIENDLY – FAMILY – WITTY – REAL
6. WHICH WORD IS NOT AN ADVERB? FAST – SADLY – HEALTHY – SUDDENLY
7. WHICH WORD IS NOT A NOUN? AGE – ENGAGE – WEDDING – CONCERN
8. WHICH WORD IS NOT A VERB? ARGUE – EMPLOY – PRODUCT – REVISE
9. GIVE A SYNONYM FOR ‘AIM’
10. GIVE A SYNONYM FOR ‘DEPENDABLE’
11. GIVE A SYNONYM FOR ‘DISTURB’
12. GIVE A SYNONYM FOR ‘RUBBISH’
13. GIVE A SYNONYM FOR ‘TRUTHFUL’
14. GIVE A SYNONYM FOR ‘TWO-FACED’
15. GIVE A SYNONYM FOR ‘LEVEL-HANDED’
16. GIVE A SYNONYM FOR ‘HUMBLE’
TEACHER: MARTA BENÍTEZ
Dress Code
UK companies have received (0) CRITICISM from
CRITIC
a business forum for what their report refers to as
a rather narrow-minded attitude towards the dress
code for office workers. This follows a case in
which a male (1) ... working in the post room of a
EMPLOY
large company in the United Kingdom received a
(2) ... for wearing jeans to work.
SUSPEND
Whilst the report accepts that there is a need for
people dealing with (3) ... to look well dressed,
CUSTOM
it questions whether employees who work behind
the scenes necessarily need to dress formally.
The authors of the report made a (4) ... between
COMPARE
the UK and other European nations where
employers seem (5) ... about the need for their
CONCERN
workers to wear smart clothes in the office.
Their (6) ... is based on research that claims
ARGUE
workers are far more (7) ... when they have the
PRODUCT
(8) ... to dress in a way that they feel most
FREE
comfortable in.
6. FIND IN THE TEXT A WORD FOR THE FOLLOWING DEFINITION: “intolerant;
unwilling to accept or consider other people’s opinions and feelings”
7. FIND IN THE TEXT AN ANTONYM FOR ‘CASUALLY’ (adverb)
8. GIVE A SYNONYM FOR ‘RESEARCH’, AS IT IS USED IN THE TEXT
9. WRITE A WORD OF THE SAME SEMANTIC GROUP.
SANDALS, SHOES, FLIP-FLOPS, ………………………..
10. GIVE A SYNONYM FOR ‘EMPLOYEE’