4. Fill in the blanks with the suitable words in a proper form from the list below.

1. There's been a downward ___________ in sales in the last few years.

2. He shows remarkable ____________ as an actor.

3. The fact that we haven’t heard from him for so long does not __________.

4. He says he can no longer __________ the demands of the job.

5. I've never had any ___________ to become famous.

6. He __________ a small fortune after the death of his parents.

7. She is ___________ of winning the race.

8. His decisions are guided by his ________ for power.

9. The players seem more relaxed and __________ this season.

10. He published his __________ in a medical journal.

11. The family lost all of its ___________ in the fire.

12. Victory was now _____________.

13. Many people consider _____________ more important than material possessions.

14. The job offers __________ working hours.

To bode well, possessions, to acquire, flexible, within their grasp, trend, findings, confident, to cope with, flexibility, aspiration, spiritual enrichment, hopeful, desire.

5. Make new words by adding suffixes or prefixes to the italicized words. Translate the sentences into Russian.

-ility/in-

1. Our schedule for the weekend is very flexible.

2. Being self-employed allowed him the ____________ to work unusual hours.

3. Whatever you want to do is not fine with me. I'm ___________.

4. He has enough ___________ to cope with the job.

5. The new system is too ___________.

-tion/-ing

1. She aspires to a more active role in her government.

2. When I was 12 I had ____________ to play professional football.

3. He was an ___________ young actor.

-sition/-ed/

1. The team acquired three new players this year.

2. He was showing off his latest ___________, a new computer game.

3. AIDS is an abbreviation for ____________ immune deficiency syndrome.

4. The museum has put its latest ____________ on display.

-ful/-fully/-less/-lessly

1. She arrived in London, young and full of hope.

2. In spite of our differences, we remain __________ that a solution can be found.

3. He looked at her ___________.

4. He felt confused and _____________ after losing his job.

5. He stared _____________ out the window.

-able/-ed/un-

1. They have a desire to have children.

2. The experiment did not achieve a ___________ result.

3. Your work leaves much to be ___________.

4. It is ____________ for every country to have access to the sea.

5. This may have ____________ consequences.

-sion/-or/-ive

1. I don't possess a private house.

2. Please remember to take all your personal ____________ with you when you leave the aircraft.

3. I'm pleased to say that I'm now the proud _____________ of a driving licence!

4. She is very ______________ about her toys.

-ent/-ly

1. His parents had confidence in their son's ability to succeed.

2. The players seem more relaxed and ____________ this season.

3. I was starting to feel more ____________ about the exam.

4. We can ____________ state that the product is safe.