The document contains word formation exercises for English language learners, focusing on various root words and their derivatives. It includes multiple-choice sentences requiring the correct form of words related to themes such as courtesy, subscription, creation, and pollution. Each section provides context for the words to enhance vocabulary and understanding of their usage.
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Wordform Unit 9 10 11 - E11
The document contains word formation exercises for English language learners, focusing on various root words and their derivatives. It includes multiple-choice sentences requiring the correct form of words related to themes such as courtesy, subscription, creation, and pollution. Each section provides context for the words to enhance vocabulary and understanding of their usage.
1. Always hold the door for the person behind you - it's just common ………….. 2. I felt it was…………… of him to leave immediately after his talk. 3. Raatz thanked the room several times for their ……………. behavior. 4. Then he nodded ………………. to me and walked off to perform his unpleasant duty. 5. They barely looked at each other, and I think that's ………………….
SUBSCRIBE – SUBSCRIBER – SUBSCRIPTION:
1. Cable television companies have launched major campaigns to increase their number of ………………... 2. Existing shareholders……………. to only 49 percent of the new share issue. 3. Your business can be listed on the website for a low monthly ………………. 4. 58% of television owning households …………….. to a cable TV network. 5. We bought our niece an annual………………. to the tennis club.
CREATE – CREATIVE – CREATOR – CREATION:
1. …………….. children are often learning and thinking when they appear to be playing around, often in manipulative or exploratory activities. 2. In 1991, McCahill and his researchers ………..an easy way to navigate the internet and find information on it, known as 'Gopher'. 3. You can refer to something that someone has made as a …….., especially if it shows skill, imagination, or artistic ability. 4. It's important to …………..a good impression when you meet a new client. 5. The actor is a …………… and not dependent on the guidance of a director, who always remains external to the enacted drama.
DISADVANTAGED : 1. One …………………… of living in the town is the lack of safe places for children to play. 2. I know she's offered to babysit, but I don't want her to think we're taking ……………………. of her. 3. Despite the twin ………………….. of wealth and beauty, she did not have a happy life. 4. Despite their high level of education these women were mostly in a ………………………… position on the job market. 5. Employee share schemes allow staff to buy shares on ……………………… terms.
ELECTRIC – ELECTRICAL – ELECTRICITY:
1. Many people are living in encampments around the city with no …………………… or running water. 2. There is a 25% discount on all …………………. goods until the end of the week. 3. Underground cables carry ………………. to all parts of the city. 4. She had not noticed Amy filling and plugging in an ………………… kettle, but it was singing efficiently next to the cooker. 5. Cleveland police said it was believed an ………………. fault started the fire in a ground-floor flat.
POLLUTE - POLLUTED - POLLUTION - POLLUTANT:
1. Factories are no longer allowed to ……….. the air with black smoke. 2. Changes in the climate are due to ……………………. of the atmosphere. 3. The river has been …………………by waste products from the factory. 4. The fund provides money to clean up chemically ……………….industrial sites. 1 5. Sulphur dioxide is a ………………….. and a major contributor to acid rain.
DESTROY - DESTRUCTION – DESTRUCTIVE – DESTROYER:
1. Large areas of the jungle are now threatened with ………….. 2. Two buildings were …………….. and many others damaged in the blast. 3. If we continue to ……………. the countryside many more animals will become extinct. 4. Clearing trees by burning is highly ……….. of the forest environment. 5. Those anticancer drugs are effective, but also …………. to white blood cells.
1. This island is maintained as a sanctuary for …………… species. 2. He was charged with causing death by ……………. driving . 3. The society was set up to preserve ……………… species from extinction. 4. Diseases of the soul are more ……………. than those of the body. 5. The pilot refused to ………….. the lives of his passengers by making an unscheduled landing.
1. Customers do not just buy products that are …………… superior. 2. Modern …………. makes moving money around much easier than it used to be. 3. Modern science and ……….. empower human beings to control natural forces more effectively. 4. The underwater computer is the invention of a marine …………… in Australia. 5. ………. advances in computing and telecommunications will reduce the need for many people to travel to work PRODUCT - PRODUCTION - PRODUCTIVE - PRODUCER - PRODUCE: 1. The designer's aim is to ……….. a harmony of shape and texture. 2. He had an amazingly ……………….. five years in which he managed to write four novels. 3. Our goods compete in terms of…………… quality, reliability and above all variety. 4. The body ………………… chemicals which are natural painkillers. 5. In order to turn the deserts into fertile and …………… land, engineers built an 800-mile canal.
INDUSTRY - INDUSTRIAL - INDUSTRIALIZE - INDUSTRIALIZED - INDUSTRIALIZATION:
1. The governments of the ………… world had failed to get the measure of the crisis. 2. …………… in rural areas has increased, and has been more rapid than in metropolitan areas. 3. The documentary illustrated the gulf between……….. and developing countries. 4. There has been a rapid acceleration in the growth of ……………. 5. The comparison provides indicators of economic development for this sample of countries, including wealth, …………….., education, and urbanization.
SURVIVE - SURVIVAL - SURVIVOR:
1. The children were lucky to …………….. the fire which destroyed their home. 2. This is a ……………. of the many small country mills, the majority of which have long disappeared. 3. Some people seem to stage their suicides in ways which punish the …………….. 4. This grand park is a rare …………… from the eighteenth century. 5. One ……………………. described his torturers as devils incarnate.