English 2

Word Formation Practice 1

  1. A: What is the _______ of the Big Ben? (HIGH)
  2. B: I am not sure but perhaps it is more than fifty meters.
  3. My grandparents have great experience and life _______. (WISE)
  4. Don’t go there if you are _______ of mice. There are thousands of mice there. (FEAR)
  5. Don’t be too _______ of her decision. She hates it! (CRITICISE)
  6. My boyfriend is a very _______ person. He will never give up and keep on fighting to win. (PERSIST)
  7. The ______ of all flights was due to the bad weather. (CANCEL)
  8. Joe has great _______ in himself. That is why he never gives up easily. (CONFIDE)
  9. Out of our sheer _______, we started making up silly stories. (BORING)
  10. She is just _______ of mine. I don’t know her well. (ACQUAINT)
  11. It has been snowing all night so there is a great ______ that there all tomorrow’s flights will be cancelled. (LIKE)
  12. You may use this computer and this mobile phone whenever you want. It is at your _______. (DISPOSE)
  13. The negotiations have proven more _______ than any of us expected. (TROUBLE)
  14. Marlene Dietrich was _______ through her roles in films like ‘The Blue Angel’.(MORTAL)
  15. He was _______ in 1965 for attempted murder.(PRISON)
  16. I can’t get the _______car to start! (BLEED)
  17. He stopped at a bar for a little _______.(FRESH)
  18. Although they said nothing, she could sense their _______ of her suggestion. (APPROVE)
  19. I love spending time in a _______ regions. (MOUNTAIN)
  20. It was _______ not to phone and say you’d be late. (THINK)

KEY:

  • 1.HEIGHT
  • 2.WISDOM
  • 3. FEARFUL-AFRAID
  • 4. CRITICAL
  • 5.PERSISTENT
  • 6.CANCELLATION
  • 7.CONFIDENCE
  • 8.BOREDOM
  • 9.ACQUAINTANCE
  • 10.LIKELIHOOD
  • 11.DISPOSAL
  • 12.TROUBLESOME
  • 13. immortalized
  • 16. bloody
  • 17. refreshment
  • 18. disapproval
  • 19. mountainous
  • 20. thoughtless