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
1. Would you like ................... your holiday with my family in Brazil?
A. Spend B. Meet C. To spend D. Spent
2. Do you hope ................. your father again this weekend?
A. To meet B. Meet C. Met D. Meeting
3. We were all tired, so we stopped ................ a rest for a while.
A. Takes B. Taking C. Take D. To take
4. Never let chidren ................ alone in the street.
A. Played B. Playing C. To play D. Play
5. Peter is very funny. He makes me .................. a lot.
A. To laugh B. Laughed C. Laughing D. Laugh
6. Don't .................. in class, students!
A. Talk B. Talking C. Talked D. To talk
7. Let's ................... for a walk.
A. To go B. Went C. Go D. Going
8. What makes you .................... so?
A. To think B. Thinking C. Having thought D. Think
9. The boss made ................... for a meeting after work.
A. Us to staying B. Us to stay C. Us staying D. Us stay
10. Have you promised .................... with me?
A. To go B. Went C. Gone D. Going