Interest

18. She never helps people. She produces an impression of an ___________________person.

friend

19. Our company helps ____________________________________people to find new jobs.

employ

20. Your essay lacks agreement and it is _______________________________________.

consist

15. In- or un? Complete the table with these adjectives. Consult the dictionary.

Expensive Decisive Believable Helpful Profitable Excusable Secure Considerate Fortunate Successful Competent Formal Healthy Predictable Solvent Able Civil Definite Just Quiet Complete Separable Intentional Stable Active Reasonable Fair Visible Tidy Credible	Suitable Comfortable Human Emotional Edible Reliable Comprehensible Acceptable Sane Common Sufficient Breakable Willing Necessary Different Professional Curable Dependent Direct True Correct Efficient Qualified Decent Explicable Familiar Convenient Experienced Conscious Appropriate
IN-	UN-
inexpensive

16. DIS-,IL-,IM-,or IR-? Complete the table with these words. Consult the dictionary.

Legal Agreeable Legible Loyal Mature Probable Reputable Regular Obey Literate Moral Balance Order Resistible Organize Qualify Relevant Material Prudent Satisfied		Regard Polite Courage Patient Reducible Possible Like Miss Respective Legitimate Partial Perishable Liberal Personal Connect Please Rationality Advantage Practical Count
DIS-	IM-	IL-	IR-
		illegal

17. Correct mistakes in underlined words in each sentence.

1. Simon is really healthy. He smokes a packet of cigarettes every day and he never does any exercise.

2. It’s very difficult to get a job without experienced.

3. He was very fortune to meet someone who warned him about the current as he was going into the water.

4. He was able to finish the match because of an ankle injury.

5. My sister and I had a serious understanding about the birthday present to give to our friend.

6. Our seats for the match were so far back that it was possible to see what was happening on the court.

7. Her feelings of insecure stopped her taking part in competitive sport.

8. I was unconscious of someone watching me and felt uneasy.

9. False and leading advertising is illegal and unethical, and it can infuriate customers.

10. The biggest advantage of the planned economy is shortages.

TEST YOURSELF

Test your knowledge of the word formation. Follow the rules:

1. Заполняя таблицу, обратите внимание на количество строк для заполнения. Две и более строки указывают на то, что необходимо добавить, например, два существительных от данного глагола (compete – competition; competitor). В этом случае полезно вспомнить про аналогичные слова в русском языке. Не забывайте про отрицательные формы!

2. Работая с текстом, сначала прочитайте текст. Все пропущенные слова должны лексически и грамматически соответствовать его содержанию. Помните, что в задании дан целый текст, а не разрозненные предложения!

3. Определите часть речи, которая должна находиться на месте пропуска. Для этого нужно задать вопрос от главного слова к тому слову, которое необходимо преобразовать. Например, наречие отвечает на вопрос «как»? Также обращайте внимание на формальные признаки, которые могут указать на определенную часть речи (например, артикль ставится как непосредственно перед существительным, так и перед прилагательным, определяющим данное существительное).

4. Образуйте часть речи от корневого слова при помощи суффиксов.

5. Если часть речи не меняется, нужно работать с приставками. Обязательно поймите смысл предложения, в котором есть пропуск, так как приставки меняют смысл слова. Очень часть нужно изменить слово на ту же часть речи, но с отрицательным значением.

6. Не забывайте про правила орфографии (например, в суффиксах прилагательных: -ant; -ent; -able; -ible), а также в случаях чередования (strong – strength; live – life) и др.

TEST 1

1. Complete the columns of the table where possible (you’ll see ---). Don’t forget negative forms.

noun	verb	adjective
………………………..	……………………..	advisory advisable
……………………. ……………………..	approve ……………………	……………………. …………………….
assistant	…………………….	……………………
……………………. …………………….	believe …………………….	……………………….. ………………………..
blood	………………………	………………………….
………………………	……………………….	contradictory

2. Complete the text with necessary forms of the words.

Before the ____________________of the hot air balloon, no human INVENT

had ever successfully flown above the ground. Two _______________ FRANCE

brothers, Josef and Etienne Montgolfier, were ____________________ RESPONSE

for designing the world’s first hot air balloon. The first successful

_______________was in 1783, and the Montgolfier brothers immediately FLY

became ____________________throughout the world. The design of FAME

hot air balloons is based on the ____________________law that hot SCIENCE

air rises. A burner at the bottom of the balloon provides the __________. HOT

As the air inside the balloon gets hotter, the balloon takes off. Its

___________________above the ground is determined by how hot HIGH

the air inside is and its ______________________of travel depends DIRECT

on the wind.

TEST 2

1. Complete the columns of the table where possible (you’ll see ---). Don’t forget negative forms.

noun	verb	adjective
……………………. …………………….	use	…………………….. ………………………
decoration …………………	…………………..	………………………..
……………………..	……………………….	introductory
……………………..	………………………	dark
……………………	……………………….	argumentative
economist ………………………	…………………….	………………………. ……………………

2. Complete the text with necessary forms of the words.

The Tower of London has become one of the most ____________________ RECOGNIZE

symbols of the city of London, and of Britain as a whole. It was built by

William the Conqueror in 1078 and the ________________________of the CONSTRUCT

Tower took 20 years from start to finish. The height of the Tower (almost

30 meters) and the _____________________of the walls made it a perfect THICK

prison. Famous _____________________held in the Tower include PRISON

Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth I) and King Edward V. In the 13^th

century King Edward III added many _____________________to the BUILD

Tower, including a church and even a zoo. Today many thousands of

______________________ come to the Tower each year and learn all VISIT

about the history of this ________________________place. INTEREST

TEST 3

1. Complete the columns of the table where possible (you’ll see ---). Don’t forget negative forms.

noun	verb	adjective
………………….	……………………	smooth
…………………….. ……………………..	differ	………………………. …………………………..
success	……………………	……………………. ……………………..
……………………..	impress	………………………….
………………………	____	possible ……………………..
dependence …………………..	…………………..	……………………….. …………………………

2. Complete the text with necessary forms of the words.

Many of our __________________TV and film stars also perform in plays FAVOUR

in the theatre from time to time. They often see it as an opportunity to do

some ‘real’ ______________, despite the fact that theatre work is not usually ACT

well paid. Giving a live _____________________is quite different to PERFORM

performing on film, and in many ways more _________________and risky. DANGER

In the theatre, an actor cannot stop and ask the _______________if they DIRECT

can do the scene again. The show must go on whatever happens!

Also, the ________________and response of the audience can affect BEHAVE

how the actor feels and performs.

However, a major problem for the theatre actors is that doing the same show

night after night can become _________________ after a while. BORE

TEST 4

1. Complete the columns of the table where possible (you’ll see ---). Don’t forget negative forms.

noun	verb	adjective
child …………………….	____________	……………………… ………………………
………………………	inform	……………………….
…………………….	……………….	long
conclusion	……………………	…………………….
…………………..	attract	………………………
………………………….	………………….	significant …………………………

2. Complete the text with necessary forms of the words.

Stradivari made his first violins in the ____________________style TRADITION

of his ________________Nicolo Amati. Later models had TEACH

_________________proportions, becoming flatter and broader, DIFFER

and people believed this accounted for their special sound.

But subsequent copies of the Stradivarius failed to demonstrate this.

Another theory was that the _________________varnish had a special ORIGIN

effect on the instrument. However, many Stradivarius violins had lost

this and still retain their special _________________qualities. MUSIC

An American ___________________ claimed that the method of RESEARCH

transportation had resulted in a change in the ________________ COMPOSE

of the wood and the theory was supported as the layer of material

may affect the sound.

TEST 5

1. Complete the columns of the table where possible (you’ll see ---). Don’t forget negative forms.

noun	verb	adjective
courage	……………………. …………………….	……………………
………………………..	………………..	black
bore ………………..	___________	……………………..
…………………… ……………………..	obey	………………………… ………………………….
…………………… ………………….	create	……………………..
…………………….	………………….	popular

2. Complete the text with necessary forms of the words.

What happened to the ship the Mary Celeste is a mystery that remains

________________to this day. Built in 1861, the ship was SOLVE

_________________called the Amazon, but its name was changed ORIGIN

to the Mary Celeste in 1869. The Mary Celeste left New York for Italy

on 7^th November 1872 with a crew of seven professional ___________ SAIL

and the captain’s wife and daughter. On 4^th December, another ship,

the Dei Gratia, spotted the Mary Celeste drifting in the sea. To the crew’s

________________________, they discovered that everyone on the ASTONISH

Mary Celeste had ____________________disappeared. There was plenty COMPLETE

of food and water on board and the ship was in ___________________ EXCELLENCE

condition. There were no signs of a struggle or fight. The people of the

Mary Celeste were never found. No one has ever discovered what happened

to those nine ______________________men and women. LUCK

TEST 6

1. Complete the columns of the table where possible (you’ll see ---). Don’t forget negative forms.

noun	verb	adjective
……………………	mean	……………………….. ………………………..
………………………..	………………….	regular ………………….
organization	…………………… …………………….	…………………….
…………………….	………………..	broad
practice	……………………	……………………… ……………………..
……………………….. ……………………….	relate	………………………. ………………………..

2. Complete the text with necessary forms of the words.

Events like city marathons are _______________________popular. INCREASE

You don’t have to be a _________________person to take part in COMPETE

athletics, though you do need to be fairly ________________and ENERGY

reasonably fit. You can build up fitness by jogging. It’s not the

______________that matters, but how long you jog for. You can DISTANT

improve your ____________________gradually over a period of PERFORM

weeks. Preparing for a long race like a marathon it’s__________ NECESSARY

to run more than a couple of kilometers most days. _____________ SUCCESS

marathon runners work on the _____________________aspects of PSYCHOLOGY

running long races. Mental _______________is just as important STRONG

as being physically fit.

TEST 7

1. Complete the columns of the table where possible (you’ll see ---). Don’t forget negative forms.

noun	verb	adjective
…………………….	……………………	legal …………………..
……………………	deny	…………………….. …………………………
friend …………………..	_______	……………………… …………………….
……………………. ……………………… ………………………. ………………………	employ	………………………… …………………………..
industry	…………………	……………………….. ………………………..
………………….. ……………………	__________	chemical

2. Complete the text with necessary forms of the words.

The weather affects many aspects of our lives and _______________ RESEARCH

are constantly looking for ways to produce accurate forecasts.

Our ________________to predict the weather depends on the ABLE

information we have. Special __________________is used to collect EQUIP

weather data, including amount of rainfall, temperature and wind speed

and direction from all over the world. Computers make a _____________ COMPARE

between these present-day figures and ________________records, then HISTORY

try to predict the future on the basis of the past. Large computers also

help to produce a ___________________picture of the likely weather DETAIL

using a model of the Earth in their memories.

Even with these aids, nature is so _______________________that our PREDICT

forecasts are accurate only for a few days.

TEST 8

1. Complete the columns of the table where possible (you’ll see ---). Don’t forget negative forms.

noun	verb	adjective
…………………	allow	…………………….
analysis ………………….	…………………….	………………………..
type	………………….	………………….
…………………	……………………..	tolerant …………………
…………………..	know	……………………..
………………	……………..	beautiful

2. Complete the text with necessary forms of the words.

London is one of the great cities of the world, and there is evidence that

people lived in the area in ________________times. However, the HISTORY

history of the city really began with the _______________of the ARRIVE

Romans in 43 AD. They built a _________________bridge over the WOOD

River Thames . The bridge was very _________________and soon USE

the city of Londinium (as it was called) grew around it. The city played

an important role in the ___________________life of the country, ECONOMY

as it does today. The _________________of London since then has been GROW

incredible, and the modern city is home to about 7.5 million

_____________________. From small beginnings nearly two thousand INHABIT

years ago, London has become a place of _______________importance. GLOBE

TEST 9

1. Complete the columns of the table where possible (you’ll see ---). Don’t forget negative forms.

noun	verb	adjective
manager ………………..	…………….	……………………
…………………	………………….	actual
prison …………………. ………………….	………………….	…………………….
…………………….	recognize	…………………….
humour	____________	………………….. ………………….
power	…………………..	…………………. …………………..

2. Complete the text with necessary forms of the words.

The Russian writer Anton Chekhov, who was born in 1860 and died

in 1904, has made an enormous ______________________to modern CONTRIBUTE

literature. His success was a remarkable ___________________, and ACHIEVE

came despite the fact that Chekhov’s family lived in severe ____________ POOR

for much of his ______________________. CHILD

Chekhov’s works have had a great influence on 20^th century literature

in many ways, particularly in terms of emotional_____________________, EXPRESS

plot and narrative structure, and character _________________________. DEVELOP

Even today, more than a hundred years after his ________________, DEAD

Chekhov’s stories are extremely popular all over the world and major

new productions of his plays are ___________________ mounted, to great FREQUENT

success.

TEST 10

1. Complete the columns of the table where possible (you’ll see ---). Don’t forget negative forms.

noun	verb	adjective
……………………	convince	……………………..
………………………	……………………..	quick
…………………	intend	……………….. ………………..
………………….	correct	…………………..
flight	…………………..	………………………
critic	……………………	………………………..

2. Complete the text with necessary forms of the words.

Although there are many ____________________between the games of SIMILAR

baseball and cricket, there are eleven ____________________in each team PLAY

in cricket, and only nine in each team in baseball.

Another major __________________is the shape of the bat used to hit DIFFER

the ball. _____________________baseball began in the USA in 1865. PROFESSION

Today, baseball is played in many countries, _________________in PARTICULAR

East Asia, and North, Central and South America.

In the USA, baseball is often considered to be the ________________ NATION

sport, although American football and basketball are also popular.

Indeed, the _________________of baseball is so great in America that POPULAR

the word ‘ballgame’ almost always refers to basketball, rather then other

ball games.

TEST 11

1. Complete the columns of the table where possible (you’ll see ---). Don’t forget negative forms.

noun	verb	adjective
habit	___________	………………………….
…………………	………………….	strong
…………………….	___________	poor
……………………	value	…………………….. ……………………..
………………….	__________	current
……………………	think	…………………………. …………………………..

2. Complete the text with necessary forms of the words.

Marlon Brando was perhaps the greatest film actor of his

_____________. He was born in 1924 and people soon realized GENERATE

that he was ____________________. However, he never did TALENT

very well at school and he never seemed to be interested in

_________________. When he finally left school, he travelled EDUCATE

to New York, where he became a _________________at drama STUDY

school. There, he heard about the ideas of the Russian, Konstantin

Stanislavski, who had developed a way to bring acting closer to

______________. Brando used Stanislavski’s ideas in his acting REAL

and during the 1940s he appeared in _________________plays VARY

on Broadway.

The critics liked him and he slowly became better known. His first

major __________________was in the film A Streetcar Named SUCCEED

Desire (1974). He became world known and a star was born.

TEST 12

1. Complete the columns of the table where possible (you’ll see ---). Don’t forget negative forms.

noun	verb	adjective
………………… ………………… ………………….	pay	……………………..
solvency	_____________	………………….. …………………..
…………………..	say	_____________
……………………	______________	current
……………………	amuse	…………………
…………………. …………………	advertise	……………………..

2. Complete the text with necessary forms of the words.

Harry Houdini is said to be the greatest ___________________of all time. MAGIC

He started doing his magic show professionally in the USA in 1891. In 1983

he met a fellow __________________called Bess Rahner. They married PERFORM

three weeks later and, for the rest of Houdini’s career, Bess worked as

his ______________________on stage. ASSIST

Houdini manly concentrated on card tricks at the _________________ BEGIN

of his career. It was his incredible escape acts, though, that brought him

fame and great wealth.

In 1904 after a four-year _____________________tour, Houdini returned EUROPE

to the States with cause for _____________________. He had become CELEBRATE

a major star in the entertainment world and audiences couldn’t get enough

of his _____________________and exciting act. Houdini carried on DRAMA

thrilling audiences until his death in 1926, at the age of 52.

TEST 13

1. Complete the columns of the table where possible (you’ll see ---). Don’t forget negative forms.

noun	verb	adjective
………………….	converse	………………….
wealth	__________	………………….. ………………….
………………	____________	similar
…………………. …………………. ………………… ………………….	produce	……………………. ……………………
character ………………..	…………………..	…………………………
…………………… …………………..	entertain	………………………….

2. Complete the text with necessary forms of the words.

The _________________of the island of Mauritius in 1505 was DISCOVER

the beginning of the end for the dodo. The dodo was a large bird

which was ___________________of flying and so spent its entire CAPABLE

life on the ground. When people first spotted the bird in 1598, it

seemed to have no fear of humans and was quite _______________. FRIEND

This was because it had always lived on an island where it had no

___________________enemies. NATURE

The people on the island didn’t find the dodo ________________ TASTE

to eat, but the cats and dogs that arrived with the people did. The dodo

was completely ____________________and by the 1690s it had HELP

died out on the island. The story of the dodo’s ________________ APPEAR

is just one example of man’s effect on the environment.

TEST 14

1. Complete the columns of the table where possible (you’ll see ---). Don’t forget negative forms.

noun	verb	adjective
………………… …………………	_______	honest ………………
……………………	pack …………….	____________
repair	repair	…………………….. ……………………..
………………..	bear	………………….. ……………………
……………………	………………….	frightful
hope	hope	………………………. …………………………

2. Complete the text with necessary forms of the words.

Greek ___________________is full of amazing stories about gods MYTH

and heroes. These stories describe the ___________________actions HERO

of people such as Hercules and were well known in ancient Greece.

One such story is that of Daedalus, a skillful __________________, INVENT

and his son, Icarus. Daedalus and Icarus were put in prison on Crete

by King Minos. One day, Daedalus had a clever _________________. THINK

He decided to build giant wings from feathers and wax which would

________________them both to escape from the island. He built the wings ABLE

and gave Icarus _____________________not to fly too close to the INSTRUCT

sun because the heat would melt the wax. They escaped, but Icarus

forgot his father’s ___________________and flew too close to the sun. WARN

The wax melted and he fell into the sea, where he died.

TEST 15

1. Complete the columns of the table where possible (you’ll see ---). Don’t forget negative forms.

noun	verb	adjective
…………………….	…………………	false
…………………….	…………………	hard
theory ……………..	………………….	………………………..
home	__________	…………………….
………………….	……………….	deep
……………………..	deceive	……………………….

2. Complete the text with necessary forms of the words.

Finding a good job is never easy at the best of times. In times of high

_______________________, with more and more people chasing fewer EMPLOY

and fewer jobs, it becomes even more difficult.

______________________and skills can make all the difference. The QUALIFY

better yours are, the less ______________________you will have in DIFFICULT

finding a job. If you need to improve the skills, find out about the

____________________courses in your area. If there aren’t many jobs TRAIN

in your area, it’s worth considering the ________________of moving. POSSIBLE

You may not want to leave your friends and family, but choosing to

live a _________________where there is work may be the best solution. LOCATE

And remember: the more ____________________forms you fill in, APPLY

the more your chances of being called for an interview increase.

TEST 16

1. Complete the columns of the table where possible (you’ll see ---). Don’t forget negative forms.

noun	verb	adjective
……………………	measure	………………….. …………………..
…………………..	interact	……………………..
………………………	___________	stupid
month	_____________	…………………………
limit	limit	…………………….. …………………….
…………………………	read ……………….	………………………. ………………………..

2. Complete the text with necessary forms of the words.

In Britain, the AA (or Automobile Association) has been providing

______________________to drivers for over 100 years. ASSIST

In that time, the ________________has grown from 100 drivers MEMBER

to 15 million. The AA are involved in many different _______________, ACTIVE

including publishing books and maps. However, they are best known

for helping _____________________drivers who have had an accident FORTUNE

or whose cars have broken down. They also try to persuade the

___________________to introduce new laws to help drivers and which GOVERN

they think will improve road ______________. For example, the AA SAFE

were in favour of the 1983 law which made it ________________to LEGAL

drive without a seatbelt.

TEST 17

1. Complete the columns of the table where possible (you’ll see ---). Don’t forget negative forms.

noun	verb	adjective
…………………..	sleep	……………………… ……………………..
…………………..	…………………	special
………………….	add	…………………….
division	…………………….	…………………….. …………………….
………………….	annoy	………………………
invention	………………….	…………………………

2. Complete the text with necessary forms of the words.

A warm welcome always awaits you in ____________________ Brighton! SUN

Only forty-five minutes from London by train, Brighton is the ideal place

both for relaxation and nighttime ____________________. ENTERTAIN

If you have to stay the night, there are hundreds of _________________ COMFORT

and reasonably-priced family-run hotels waiting to look after you. There’s

fun for all the family on Brighton Pier. You’ll have a __________________ WONDER

time!

And don’t forget to find time to look around the _________________Royal AMAZE

Brighton Pavilion, too.

Enjoy fish and chips on the seafront, or splash out on a delicious meal at one

of the many ____________________ restaurants in town. FASHION

We guarantee your stay in Brighton will be an ___________________ FORGET

experience!

TEST 18

1. Complete the columns of the table where possible (you’ll see ---). Don’t forget negative forms.

noun	verb	adjective
………………….	………………….	short
……………….	__________	proud
………………….	vary	…………………….. ……………………….. ……………………
……………………..	correspond	……………………
west	___________	…………………….
…………………….	suspect	……………………….

2. Complete the text with necessary forms of the words.

Since the days of Christopher Columbus it has been a tradition for a ship

to fly a flag showing what _______________________it is. NATION

More recently, this has become a legal ______________________. REQUIRE

Almost every country in the world has its own __________________ flag, DIFFER

called an ‘ensign’, which is flown at sea. Some countries have two ensigns:

one for private boats and one for ships carrying a cargo of _______________ COMMERCE

products. A boat in the waters of a foreign country should always fly two

flags: its own ensign and the flag of the foreign country. To not fly the

other country’s flag ______________________meant that you had not TRADITION

come in peace. Even today, the rules _____________________the flying REGARD

of flags on boats and ships are often strictly enforced.

Ensigns should not be confused with flags used for signaling. With these

flags, there is one flag for every number and letter of the alphabet and each

flag has an additional ______________________when used on its own. MEAN

TEST 19

1. Complete the columns of the table where possible (you’ll see ---). Don’t forget negative forms.

noun	verb	adjective
………………….	admire	………………..
offence	………………………	………………….
………………	__________	rude
…………………. …………………..	compete	……………………… ………………………..
…………………	____________	fair …………………
rest …………………	rest	……………………. ……………………

2. Complete the text with necessary forms of the words.

It is ___________________to travel back in time millions of years. POSSIBLE

However, visit many museums and you will see detailed models

of huge, _______________________dinosaurs that once walked POWER

the Earth. When experts study these creatures, where do they get

their ______________________from? The answer is fossils. When INFORM

an animal dies, its ____________________body can sometimes DIE

covered in a thin layer of earth. In certain circumstances, this layer

of earth can ______________________and turn into rock over time HARD

and the shape of the animal is preserved inside. We can learn about

the ____________________of an animal from a fossil. We can learn LIVE

about its _______________________, its behavior and even its diet. APPEAR

TEST 20

1. Complete the columns of the table where possible (you’ll see ---). Don’t forget negative forms.

noun	verb	adjective
………………….	complain	…………………..
prescription	……………………..	…………………….
…………………….	unite	……………………..
……………………	___________	democratic
…………………	………………	intensive
…………………	prefer	………………………

2. Complete the text with necessary forms of the words.

Many encyclopedias state with _______________________that the River CONFIDENT

Nile in Africa is the longest in the world. Its _________________is often LONG

given as being 6, 695 kilometers. However, there are _________________ SCIENCE

who would question that. Indeed, some would argue that the River Amazon

in South America is in fact longer than the Nile.

At first _____________________it seems unbelievable that we don’t know SEE

exactly how long the rivers are.

The situation becomes more __________________________, though, when UNDERSTAND

we consider that there is not always ____________________about where AGREE

a river actually starts. Also, how long a river is can change over time.

So perhaps the correct _______________________to the question “Which RESPOND

is the longest river in the world?” should be: “It depends”.

TEST 21

Complete each sentence with the correct form of the word given. Mind negative forms.

1. How dare she _________________________us when she sits CRITIC

around doing nothing at all!

2. The mystery _______________________as yet another body DEEP

was discovered.

3. Everywhere you could see evidence of the _________________ DESTROY

force of the enemy bombs.

4. He was most _______________________that we should bring INSIST

warm clothes.

5. Because of her _______________________eyesight she’s unable FAIL

to paint any more pictures.

6. That is supposed to be the ________________________price but INCLUDE

you always seem to end up paying extra for something.

7. We hope to see more ________________________schools where INTEGRATE

of different races can get used to working together.

8. Two of the ______________________showed us how to do a INSTRUCT

hip throw.

9. The _______________________in population has led to problems GROW

in providing services such as housing and hospitals.

10. I can’t stand _______________________so I didn’t go to the top HIGH

of the tower with the others.

11. Our _______________________was delayed due to technical FLY

problems.

12. Every evening you hear the ________________________noise DEAF

of motor-cycles revving up in the town square.

13. One of the ___________________________sat down in DEMONSTRATE

front of the lorry and refused to move.

14. It is an _____________________________fact that children DENY

watch too much TV.

TEST 22

Complete each sentence with the correct form of the word given. Mind negative forms.

1. There was _____________________ all over his face and she BLEED

got frightened.

2. She became more and more ____________________as time ANXIETY

went by.

3. She looked at him in _______________________when he told BELIEVE

her the terrible news.

4. We have still received no __________________________of our CONFIRM

booking.

5. He seemed very reluctant to take my _______________________. ADVISE

6. We can only catch criminals if we have the full ___________________ COOPERATE

of the general public.

7. She gave me a very _________________________look when she saw APPROVE

wearing the correct uniform.

8. In ____________________________I would like to thank everybody CONCLUDE

who has helped to make the show such a success.

9. She has made an invaluable __________________________to our CONTRIBUTE

efforts.

10. The shop ___________________________ seemed to spend most ASSIST

of the time talking rather than attending to customers.

11. They keep making _____________________________statements CONTRADICT

so we don’t really know what they are going to do.

12. He’s normally very _____________________________so you’ll COMMUNICATE

be lucky if you get any information out of him.

13. He left me with no __________________________ but to CHOOSE

disqualify him.

14. With her _________________________mind she was able to work ANALYSE

out the best way to get everybody to the meeting on time.

TEST 23

Complete each sentence with the correct form of the word given. Mind negative forms.

1. It was an extremely __________________________experience PLEASE

which I never want to go through again.

2. The table is two meters in ______________________. LONG

3. The weather is so ____________________________that I don’t PREDICT

know if I should take an umbrella or sun-tan lotion.

4. What a ________________________it is to be able to put your feet RELIEVE

up!

5. The telephone service was very _______________________and we RELY

spent hours trying to make a single call.

6. The sea defences need to be __________________________before STRONG

the winter to reduce the risk of flooding.

7. There’s a _________________________of highly-skilled engineers SHORT

so we might have difficulty getting the work done.

8. She’s not really _________________________for this job as she hasn’t SUIT

had the right sort of training.

9. If they __________________________the road, that will mean more WIDE

traffic and maybe more pedestrians being knocked over.

10. His _______________________ to sponsor the event came as a great REFUSE

shock.

11. I wish I shared his ______________________but I really don’t OPTIMIST

think this will work.

12. I could only get tickets for the afternoon _____________________. PERFORM

13. They’re very _______________________about our chances of PESSIMISM

success.

14. I didn’t know that I had a rich _________________________in France RELATE

who had left me all his fortune.

TEST 24

Complete each sentence with the correct form of the word given. Mind negative forms.

1. Some of the __________________________in this dictionary DEFINE

are more difficult to understand than the word they’re explaining.

2. He’ll be away for an ______________________ period. DEFINE

3. We have to ________________________ on electricity so make ECONOMY

4. All the leading ________________________say that this country ECONOMY

is heading for a recession.

5. We’ re _________________________twins so people have great IDENTIFY

difficulty telling us apart.

6. You’ll need some form of ____________________________if IDENTIFY

you want to draw money out of your account.

7. This is just an ________________________of the kind of thing ILLUSTRATE

that could happen if you don’t wear a seat belt.

8. The judges were especially impressed by the ___________________ IMAGINE

use of light and shade in the painting.

9. It was supposed to be a _______________________performance LIFE

but you could see she was miming.

10. I consider him to be one of the greatest _____________________ LIFE

poets.

11. After my holiday I had to get back to the _____________________ REAL

of the day office routine.

12. There are ________________________ways of making this soup VARY

but I think mine is the best.

13. I’ve led a full and __________________________life but now VARY

I feel it’s time to settle down.1

14. This is the site of the _______________________extension to PROPOSE

the motorway.

15. She is at a very _____________________________age so we must IMPRESS

make sure that she goes around with the right sort of people.

16. The film made a deep _____________________________on me. IMPRESS

TEST 25

Complete each sentence with the correct form of the word given. Mind negative forms.

1. Research has shown that when they were children, many

_____________________________sportspeople were more SUCCESS

_____________________________than their friends. Why? ADVENTURE

It seems that some children have very little ___________________ UNDERSTAND

of the potential risks of doing ________________________ ACTIVE

like climbing trees or jumping from _______________________. HIGH

They have faith in their own _____________________that even ABLE

when they make somekind of _______________________which CALCULATE

result in a fall or an injury, they don’t change their _______________ . BEHAVE

Such children continue to ignore or ______________________adults OBEY

who tell them not to do ___________________________things and DANGER

their parents’ ________________________doesn’t seem to make APPROVE

any difference to them. While some _________________________ SECURE

children may panic facing the ___________________________of POSSIBLE

danger, others seem to ignore it and appear to be __________________. FEAR

These may be the ones who go on to be the sportspeople of tomorrow.

2. Many people find their work rather _______________________. I get BORE

a lot of ____________________________from my job. Advertising SATISFY

can be very _________________________because you have to think CREATE

of new ways to attract people’s _____________________________. ATTEND

The best way to do this is by surprising them. _____________________ FAMILIAR

is boring and people soon get fed up with an _____________________ ADVERTISE

they have seen many times before. _________________________they CONSCIOUS

want to be shocked. Apart from _________________________, the ORIGINAL

other important ____________________________of a good campaign CHARACTER

is memory. After all if people don’t remember what was being

advertised, they won’t buy the _____________________________. PRODUCE

TEST 26

Complete each sentence with the correct form of the word given. Mind negative forms.

A LENGTHY WAIT

We spent a few ____________________________days waiting until ANXIETY

the _____________________________of our holiday finally came CONFIRM

through. We were not exactly impressed by the _________________ EFFICIENT

of what we had been told was a ________________________travel REPUTATION

agency.

My mother was most _________________________that I should phone INSIST

her as soon as we arrived in New York. Rather ____________________ OPTIMISM

I had assured her that we would _________________________be there DEFINE

by six at the latest.

____________________________, when we all arrived at the airport, FORTUNE

we found that our ______________________had been delayed. When FLY

we heard this, John, the youngest, showed his ____________________ PLEASE

by lying on the floor and sulking. I soon lost ______________________ PATIENT

with him after my attempts to bribe him with an ice-cream and sweets

proved completely ________________________. SUCCEED

We had no _______________________but to settle down in a departure CHOOSE

lounge full of ________________________children. You can imagine NOISE

my ______________________when we were finally called to board RELIEVE

the plane.

________________________, I thought that our troubles would now NATURE

be over. I was wrong. John made it clear that it was __________________ REAL

of us to expect him to walk all the way to the boarding gate. All his energy

had mysteriously disappeared. We tried gentle ____________________ PERSUADE

sweets, and more promises of ice-cream, but they were all ____________ . USE

I had to carry him along the endless corridors and just as my _____________ STRONG

was about to give out, I saw the gate number in front of me. It was number 13!

TEST 27

Complete each sentence with the correct form of the word given. Mind negative forms.