WORD FORMATION REVISION

I. Use the words given in capitals at the end of each sentence to form a word that fits the
space.
1. Safety tests on old cars have been ____________________ throughout Europe.
(STANDARD)
2. We eventually began the ____________________ task of sorting through his papers.
(LABOUR)
3. Children normally feel a lot of ____________________ about their first day at school.
(ANXIOUS)
4. That’s a very ____________________ flower arrangement you have there. (ART)
5. The engineering sector achieved significant ____________________ last year. (GROW)
6. He was ____________________ from a wound in his shoulder. (BLOOD)
7. Her first novel, ____________________ More Innocent Times, was published in 1977.
(TITLE)
8. There is a(n) ____________________ simple explanation of what happened. (SUPPOSE)
9. Her face showed a(n) ____________________ of fear and excitement. (MIX)
10. The reports are treated as strictly____________________. (CONFIDENCE)
11. Watch how she does it and then do ____________________. (LIKE)
12. The painting consists of four ____________________ blocks of colour. (RECTANGLE)
13. The magazine offers tips on cutting your house ____________________ costs. (MAINTAIN)
14. The government has a policy of letting the ____________________ ill be cared for in the
community. (MIND)
15. That staircase of theirs is the most beautiful piece of __________________. (CARPENTER)
16. In the exam we had to write one ____________________ essay. (DESCRIBE)
17. I’m not ____________________ to being treated like this. (CUSTOM)
18. Hundreds of mature trees were ____________________ in the storm. (ROOT)
19. How do we know humans ____________________ from apes? (EVOLUTION)
20. He had grown up in a(n) ____________________ because his mother could not take care of
him. (ORPHAN)
21. A UN force has been sent in to try and ____________________ the area worst affected by
the civil war. (PEACE)
22. I am simply trying to ____________________ the facts of the case. (CERTAIN)
23. If you come to the _________________ at 10:30, the doctor will see you then. (SURGICAL)
24. In his later paintings he used a more __________________ blend of colours. (HARMONY)
25. It was a(n) ____________________ of the President’s involvement in secret arms deals that
shocked the nation. (REVEAL)
26. She has that reserve and slight coldness of manner which is ____________________
English. (TYPE)
27. She is accused of playing a(n) ____________________ part in the plot. (NOBLE)
28. The company is ____________________ to new ideas at all times. (RECEIVE)
29. There were complaints that the advertisements were ____________________ to women.
(OFFEND)
30. We are all ____________________ to you for your help. (DEBT)
31. The company is keen to develop its own ____________________ in the area of computer
programming. (EXPERT)
32. He was ____________________ about his looks, spending hours in the gym. (VANITY)
33. They knew that a vaccine for the virus was ____________________ possible. (THEORY)
34. Over 30,000 ____________________ will run in the New York marathon. (COMPETE)
35. The names of all the dead were ____________________ on the monument. (SCRIPT)
36. The new director of the TV station is likely to make major changes in
____________________. (PERSON)
37. They’ve got a model village that you can visit, with all the buildings and roads in
____________________. (MINI)
38. They claim that the fall in unemployment is based on a(n) ____________________
manipulation of statistics. (FRAUD)
39. The company was inefficient because it was highly ___________________. (BUREAU)
40. Gathered all together in the church, they are going to ____________________ those who lost
their lives in the Great War.
(MEMORY)
41. He is the author of three books and ____________________ articles. (NUMBER)
42. That was one of the most ____________________ exhibitions I’ve seen. (SPECTACLE)
43. They’ve got very ____________________ kids, as I remember. (QUARREL)
44. Kate was driven to the church for her wedding in a horse-drawn ____________________.
(CARRY)
45. There is something wrong with anyone who is so ____________________ rude. (HABIT)
46. The police have taken the ____________________ of every man in the neighbourhood who
matched the rapist’s description.
(FINGER)
47. Plants keep cool during the summer by ____________________ water from their leaves.
(VAPOUR)
48. The streets were ____________________ with strings of coloured lights. (LUMINOUS)
49. ____________________, the side effects of the drugs were not discovered until many people
had been seriously damaged by it. (TRAGEDY)
50. The ________________ of old technology has slowed the company’s growth. (RETAIN)
51. They regarded him as the ____________________ of their country. (SAVE)
52. She bought a(n) ____________________ about the castle from the tourist office. (BOOK)
53. It’s impossible to prove ____________________ that the factory is responsible for the
pollution. (CONCLUDE)
54. The ____________________ sounds made by young babies were very similar to those used
in early speech. (VOICE)
55. Children from a(n) ____________________ background are statistically more likely to
become involved in crime. (PRIVILEGE)
56. The line between the real and the ____________________ is very blurred in the film world.
(FABLE)
57. This attack on a defenceless elderly person is an act of purely ______________. (COWARD)
58. A UN force has been sent in to try and ____________________ the area worst affected by
the civil war. (PEACE)
59. The program will take a detailed and ____________________ look at the problem of
homelessness. (PROVOKE)
60. He became editor of the ____________________ Irish journal “The Bell”. (LEGEND)
61. Vitamin C increases the ____________________ of iron from food. (ABSORB) by Trinh
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62. The players were ____________________ by the referee’s decision. (FURY)
63. If you are sweating a lot you should wear a(n) ____________________. (ODOUR)
64. They executed Russia’s ____________________ family in 1918. (EMPIRE)
65. The window-dresser has arranged the clothes very ____________________ in the windows
of the department store. (ART)
66. She scooped up a(n) ____________________ of sand and let it truckle through her fingers.
(HAND)
67. It is ____________________ for companies to provide details of their industrial processes.
(OBLIGE)
68. The seller usually pays a commission to the ____________________ or auction company
based on a percentage of the final
sale price. (AUCTION)
69. The main ____________________ of pension equality so far have been men. (BENEFIT)
70. Falling coffee prices have ____________________ many Third World economies. (POOR)
71. The first inhabitants of Iceland were a group of ____________________ families who settled
on the island in AD 874.
(NORWAY)
72. There was disagreement about whether the country needs to maintain a
____________________. (DETER)
73. Hundreds of ____________________ from the war zone have arrived in the city and we are
trying to find homes for them.
(EVACUATE)
74. ____________________ patients are often given exercises to help prevent their muscles
from becoming stiff. (BED)
75. It was this passion for fast cars that led to his ____________________ death at the age of 33.
(TIME)
76. Every effort is made to ____________________ any errors before the book is printed.
(RIGHT)
77. In a recent opinion poll, a majority of ____________________ were against nuclear
weapons. (RESPONSE)
78. Her mouth is ____________________ lipsticked and her eyes are wide open with
anticipation. (SEDUCE)
79. The script has a refreshing ____________________ and sparkle. (SPONTANEOUS)
80. It’s better to be a(n) ____________________ and eat a variety of plant and animals in case
there is a shortage of one
particular kind of food. (VORE)
81. The band performed very ____________________ in the concert last night. (IMPRESS)
82. Teenagers always try to be ____________________ of their parents. (DEPEND)
83. The advantage of living in the countryside is that the air is ____________________.
(POLLUTE)
84. Her boring essay is the ____________________ one that I have ever read. (LENGTH)
85. My opinion is that ghosts are ____________________. There are no ghosts in this world.
(EXIST)
86. At the end of the concert, the audience gave the young pianist a(n) ____________________
ovation. (STAND)
87. The university has ____________________ the use of dictionaries during language
examinations. (AUTHOR)
88. A dilemma is a situation where a difficult choice has to be made between two, sometimes
unpleasant,
____________________ (ALTERNATE)
89. It is very difficult to find Mrs. Burton’s shop, for it was ____________________ from all
others in the street.
(DISTINGUISH)
90. When we arrived at the hotel, we were amazed at the ____________________ hospitality of
the fans. (COMPARE)
91. The teacher’s criticism has ____________________ Tom’s interest in learning. (DIE)
92. The staff’s bad behaviour has brought _____________ to the whole company. (GRACEFUL)
93. Panda is ____________________ to China only. (NATION)
94. Traditional ______________ are a good source of fun and entertainment. (CELEBRATE)
95. The public were angry with the Minister’s ____________________ to tell the truth about the
bribery. (REFUSE)
96. Young children should be well aware of their ____________________ manner. (BEHAVE)
97. Please put the books back to where you took them. Don’t ____________________ any of
them. (PLACE)
98. The ____________________ are scheduled to take off at 15:00 and 15:30. (FLY)
99. I’ve never met such a strong man. His energy seems ____________________. (EXHAUST)
100. Those rose bushes need protection. Spray them with ____________________. (INSECT)
 II.
Key đúng nhất nhé:
1.standardized
2.laborious
3.anxiety
4.artistic
5.growth
6.bleeding
7.entitled
8.supposedly
9.mixture
10.confidential
11.alike
12.rectangular
13.maintenance
14.mentally
15.carpentry
16.descriptive
17.accustomed
18.disrooted
19.evolved
20.orphanage
21.pacify
22.ascertain
23.surgeon
24.harmonious
25.revelation
26.typically
27.ignoble
28.receptive
29.offensive
30.indebted
31.expertise
32.vainglorious/vain
33.theoretically
34.competitors
35.enscribed
36.personae
37.miniature
38.fraudulent
39.bureaucratic
40.commemorate/memorialize
41.numberless/innumerable
42.spectacular
43.quarrelsome
44.carriage
45.habitually
46.fingerprints
47.evaporating
48.illuminated
49.tragically
50.retention
51.saviour
52.booklet
53,conclusively
54.vocal
55.underprivileged
56.fabulous
57.cowardice
58.pacify
59.provocative.
60.legendary
61.absorbance
62.infuriated
63.deodorant
64.imperial
65.artistically
66.handful
67.obligatory
68.auctioneer
69.beneficiary
70.impoverished
71.Norwegian
72.deterrent
73.evacuees
74.bedridden
75.ill-timed
76.rectify
77.respondents
78.seductively
79.spontaneity
80.omnivore
81.impressively
82.independent
83.unpolluted
84.lengthiest
85.non-existent
86.outstanding
87.deauthorized
88.alternatives
89.indistinguishable
90.incomparable
91.deadened
92.disgrace
93.native
94.celebrations
95.refusal
96.behavioural
97.misplace
98.flights
99.inexhaustible
100.insecticide

sửa đúng hẳn nè:

11.likewise
18.uprooted (mình làm thế này mà viết vào lại sai)
61.absorption
84.longest (lengthiest đúng hơn nhg đáp án thế này)
69.beneficiaries
41.numerous
86.standing
75.untimely (ill-timed cũng đúng nhé, cả 2 đều đc)