Practice on word formation
1. I don’t find this book very ---------- .In fact, the plot is quite bad. (read)/readable
2. This course is for ---------- who have never learned English. (begin)/beginer
3. The ---------- of our economy used to depend ---------- on agriculture. (develope/large)/development/largely
4. Don’t worry. I’ll see to all the --------- for the meeting tonight.(arrange)/ arrangements
5. It seems that your room is ---------- decorated. It looks so beautiful now. (differ) /diffirently
6. You should learn how to---------these iteams. (difference)/ differentiate
7. As the lecture was ----------, we left for a coffee. (interest) / uninteresting
8. She had an unhappy---------, so she really wants to help all the uncsred-for --------(child)/ childhood/children
9. They are a --------- couple and wish to adopt child. (child)/ childless
10. What a ---------- village! I’ve never seen such a beautiful one before. (picture)/ picturesque
11. The child was so --------- after his parents’ death in the accident. (help)/helpless
12. Although this is a ----------- computer, it is very helpful to me. (use)/used
13. The evening was ---------- spent chatting and playing game. (enjoy)/enjoyablely
15. -------- people, the victims of the earthquake, are temporarily spending the right in a school. (home) homeless
16. That boy has such an ---------ability to predict things before they actually happen. We all show our great ----------- for him. (admire)/ admirable/admiration
17. We enjoy sitting on---------beaches, listening to the waves breaking upon the shore. Or taking ----------- bicycle trips to the countryside. (sand/leisure)/ sandy/leisurely
18. What should we do to ----------our school? (beauty) / beautician
19. I think our school is already----------- decorated. (beauty)/ beautifully
20. As a(n)--------, I would like to help people look more beautiful. (beauty)/beautician
21. Scoland is a-----country with lots of mountains and hills. (mountain)/ mountainous
22. Is this water----------enough to drink?
I am not sure about its---------. You’d better-----------it before drinking to make sure there are no---------in it. (impure)/pure/purity/purify/impurities
23. Join this----------club to be-----------. (healthful)/health/healthy
24. Smokeing and drinking a lot is a(n)----------lifestyle. (health)/unhealthy
25. Would you like to receive your salary------------or-----------? (week/month) / weekly/monthly
26. Are you well----------for the exam? Your good-------------for this exam may bring you a good result. (prepare)/ prepared/ preparation
27. This book on history was written by a very famous-----------. (history)/ historian
28. How many---------will join this competition? (participate )/ participants
29. SARS is ---------- alarming. The whole world is worried about this. (nation)/ internationally
30. That John didn’t invite Jane to his birthday party hurt her-----------. (proud)/pride
31. May Day is the day of -------solidarity of all working people.(nation)/international
32. Her--------results in her loneliness. If she is ----------, she may have more friends. However, I enjoy the ----------- I share with her. (friend)/ unfriendliness/friendlier/ frienship
33. Thousands of --------- marched on the street yesterday. The purpose of this --------was to show their opposition to the new policy.(demonstrate)/demonstrators/ demonstration
34. This sign--------- the unity of all the members in the party. (symbolize)/ symbolizes
35. Vietnam is a -------- country following-----------. (society)/ socialist/ socilism
36. He comes here --------- to visit his grandma. His ---------- visits make her very happy. (irregular)/ regularly/regular
37. It’s hard to imagine the--------of had phones nowadays. Years ago, it was so--------, and people found it crazy to use hand phones. It is----------used all over the world. (popular)/ popularity/ unpopular/ popularly
38. The Internet is believed to---------- friendship of people living far away from one another. (strong)/ strengthen
39. The match was so----------- that all the fans cheered loudly. This--------quickly spead to all the stands. Some fans were so ------------that they threw things at one another. (excite)/ exciting/excitement/excited
40. After the first-----------attempt, Dave tried again and was completely------------ in the second attempt. (succeed)/ unseccessful/ successful
40. Life in big cities is very---------. Its---------- may sometimes make people stressful. (compete)/ competitive/competitiveness
41. I would like to become a ----------- when I finish university. (correspond)/ correspondent
42. The board of management was very pleased with the --------- organized conference. (care)/ carefully
43. These athletes’ performance expressed the----------. (sportsman)/sportmanship
44. Touch this fragile vase----------- or you may break it. (gentle)/gently
45. This worker is------------ because he has just worked for a few days. Please don’t complain about his ---------- any more. (experience)/ inexperienced/ inexperience