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7.35. Make adjectives ending in –ICAL from the following nouns,
making any necessary spelling changes, and put them in the sentences
below.
PSYCHOLOGY GRAMMAR CRISIS MUSIC POLITICS
MEDICINE ALPHABET CLERK THEATRE PRACTICE
1. He speaks Spanish fluently but with some … mistakes.
2. The index at the back of a book is in … order.
3. I never go to concerts. I’m not at all … .
4. He’s very … . He can make and repair almost anything.
5. She could make money in films, but she is more interested in a
… career.
6. He’s interested in … affairs. He might enter Parliament.
7. Physically he was unhurt, but he suffered … damage.
8. He treated her injury although he had no … qualifications.
9. The doctors say her condition is now … .
10. She wants a … job. She has always liked office work.
7.36. In each space below put an adjective made from the noun
in brackets after the phrase.
1. a … dress (fashion)
2. a … army (triumph)
3. an … letter (affection)
4. a … table (circle)
5. … interests (literature)
6. a … house (suburb)
7. a … shape (triangle)
8. a … child (trouble)
9. a …chair (comfort)
10. a … business (profit)
11. a … athlete (muscle)
12. a … painting (value)
13. a … worker (skill)
14. a … state (socialism)
15. a … attempt (success)
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16. a … friend (trust)
17. a … place (peace)
18. a … day (memory)
19. a … person (knowledge)
20. a … country (distance)
7.37. Make adjectives ending in -ABLE from the following verbs,
making any necessary spelling changes, and put them in the sentences
below.
CHANGE ADVISE ACCEPT SUIT ADJUST READ
ENJOY CURE REGRET AGREE BREAK DEPEND
1. It’s … to book early, but not essential.
2. English weather is very … . It’s often different from day to day.
3. It was a … mistake. I am very sorry.
4. Is 6.30 a … time, or is it too early?
5. He’s a very … boy. You can rely on him.
6. Pack them carefully. They’re … .
7. You’ll like it. It’s a very … book.
8. You can raise the microphone or lower it. It’s … .
9. Thank you for a very … evening. We had a lovely time.
10. We regret that late applications are not … .
11. We’ll meet at 8 if you are all … .
12. Fortunately the cancer was … and he is now well again.
7.38. Make adjectives ending in -IVE from the following verbs,
making any necessary spelling changes, and put them in their correct
places in the sentences below.
DESTROY ATTRACT PRODUCE INFORM DECEIVE
DECIDE APPRECIATE PROTECT CREATE TALK
1. He was very … of all I had done for him.
2. The factory has been more … since we bought new automatic
machines.
3. His appearance is … . He’s older than he looks.
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4. Nuclear weapons are terribly … .
5. His lecture was very … . We learnt a lot.
6. She’s very … . She paints, makes sculpture and designs textiles.
7. She’s a very … girl. Men always like her.
8. She was very … . She told me all about herself and her family.
9. Firemen wear … clothing, otherwise they would get burnt.
10. He’s not afraid to take action. He’s very … .
7.39. In each space below put an adjective made from the verb
in brackets below the phrase.
1. a … body (die)
2. a … book (bore)
3. an … car (economize)
4. a … neighbor (quarrel)
5. an … chapter (introduce)
6. an … film (entertain)
7. an … police officer (observe)
8. an … dog (obey)
9. a … district (reside)
10. a … fish (slip)
11. an … film (educate)
12. a … child (spoil)
13. a … cake (stick)
14. an … leaflet (explain)
15. a … child (tire)
7.40. Complete the text using the correct form of the word in
brackets.
HE’LL LIVE TILL HE DIES
Not everyone cares about their health. Take my uncle Jack for example. He is the most (1) … (health) person I know. We have tried to
discourage him from smoking and sitting in front of the television all
day, but he won’t listen. Once he tried to get fit by jogging but he had
an (2) … (fortune) accident and broke his leg. After this, he was (3) …
(able) to get up from the sofa for weeks. Of course, he wasn’t too disap-
pointed about this but his wife was very (4) … (happy) as she had to put
up with him at home all day. She says lying at home doing nothing is (5)
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… (grace) and that he is setting a bad example to his children. His wife
believes he is (6) … (capable) of doing anything right and the way he lives
is (7) … (satisfy), but he says there’s nothing to worry about, as “he’ll live
till he dies”. He is as naughty and (8) … (obey) as a little child but such
a charmer at that!
7.41. Complete the text using the correct form of the word in
brackets.
LOOKING FOR FUN IN LIFE
Adventure sports have increased greatly in popularity over the last
few years. More and more people seem to be looking for (1) … (excite-
ment) events, perhaps because they feel their lives are (2) … (interest).
Take, for example, the man who sits in an office all day from Monday to
Friday, but on Saturday he is an (3) … (adventure), risk-taking hero who
participates in the most (4) … (danger) of sports. He looks for the (5) …
(high) cliff to jump from, strapped in a hang glider harness, or he is one
of a crew racing down a river moving at (6) … (terrify) speeds. He is not
difficult to recognize because he is the one who is often heard speaking
about what he has been doing at the weekend. He is always looking for an
(7) … (suspect) stranger to tell his stories to, and he is always looking for
the next thing he can do, which he thinks people will be (8) … (impress) by.
7.42. Complete the text using the correct form of the word in
brackets.
KRAKOW
In the past, Krakow was a city of great political importance. It was
the ancient capital of Poland and the official residence of the country’s
kings. The city still has (1) … (impress) medieval architecture, and is
listed by UNESCO as a world heritage site because of its great (2) …
(history) and (3) … (art) significance. Krakow had the largest square in
medieval Europe and this is still the (4) … (commerce) centre of the city,
and the best place to begin your exploration of the (5) … (wind) streets of
the old quarter. These streets were home to Poland’s (6) … (great) artists,
writers and thinkers, many of whom studied at the city’s (7) … (fame)
university. The area still has a (8) … (romance) atmosphere and it’s a
pleasure just to wander round.
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7.43. Complete the text using the correct form of the word in
brackets.
HANDSET BLUES
In the average living room, you’ll find at least three remote control
handsets, each controlling one element of the audio-visual entertainment system. The one for my video has 39 buttons, only six of which
I use on a (1) … (day) basis. Meanwhile, my mobile phone seems to
have an almost (2) … (limit) number of (3) … (complicate) operations in
its menu structure, most of which appear totally (4) … (relevant) to the
business of making or receiving phone calls. I know I should try harder
to understand the full potential of these (5) … (enigma) gadgets, but as
long as they perform their primary functions, I can’t be bothered. Moreover most of them seem totally (6) … (meaning) to me. But isn’t it time
manufacturers put a bit more thought into the layout of the (7) … (number) buttons? The design is hardly user-friendly to say the least, and I
can’t be the only one to find them (8) … (irritate).
7.44. Complete the text using the correct form of the word.
A MEMORABLE DAY
HAIR, ADORE, MARVEL, NOISE, SMELL
In the holidays, my family visited a famous zoo. I enjoyed seeing the
elephants the most, although the place where they were kept was quite
(1) … All of us agreed that the pandas were the most (2) … animals in the
zoo. By far the (3) … part of the zoo was the aviary where there were many
different species of birds. It was a (4) … building, large enough to allow
the birds to fly freely around it. The zoo had many insect and arachnid
species, including large (5) … spiders which fascinated my brother.
THOUGHT, REASON, FEAR, KNOWLEDGE, POISON
Their keeper said that they were so (6) … that one bite from them
could kill a person. However, he seemed quite (7) … when he handled
them. All the keepers at the zoo were very (8) … about the animals they
looked after. Of course, visitors to any zoo should behave in a (9) …way.
One of the keepers told us that recently some (10) … person nearly killed
an animal by giving it unsuitable food.
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7.45. Complete the text using the correct form of the word.
UNEXPECTED FINDINGS
PERSON, ELECTRIC, CHEER, SURPRISE, TRADITION
A recent report has come up with some (1) … findings. It shows that
many people still prefer to do their shopping in (2) … shops. They say
they particularly like the (3) … attention they get from local salespeople,
who take the trouble to get to know their customers and are always (4)
… when they serve them. Many particularly like to buy (5) … appliances
from a local shop.
PERSUADE, COMFORT, HELP, ANNOY, PICK
The thing is customers feel that if the products develop any (1) …
faults, they can take them back to a shopkeeper who they know and who
they feel will be (2) … Another reason people give for preferring their
local shops to the larger stores is that they distrust the (3) … salespeople
they say they meet in the big stores. So it seems that people are more (4)
… than we have been led to believe. The report will make (5) … reading
to all of us who would hate to lose our local shops. It would indeed be
depressing if they were to disappear.
7.46. Complete the text using the correct form of the word.
THE DISCOVERY OF PENICILLIN (1928)
PUZZLE, HARM, GOOD, AMAZE, EXPECT
One of the most (1) … advances ever made in medicine began with
an (2) … event. Sir Alexander Fleming had been looking into the possibility of finding a (3) … way of killing germs when he came upon something (4) … in his laboratory. Some mould that had accidentally landed
on one of the dishes appeared to be killing the (5) … bacteria he was
growing.
EFFECT, CURE, EXCITE, MIRACLE, SUCCESS
At first he was (1) … about his discovery and grew more of the mould,
giving it the name of penicillin. However, in his view it was only really
(2) … as an antiseptic against skin infections and he soon lost interest. It
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wasn’t until ten years later that two other scientists managed to isolate
the substance that killed the bacteria, and (3) … treatment of people
began. Penicillin seemed a (4) … remedy even against such diseases as
TB (5) … at the time.
7.47. Complete the text using the correct form of the word.
SOUNDS IN THE DARK
IMPRESS, ENJOY, FRIGHTEN, SCARE, PREDICT
Horror film fans will find this movie highly (1) …The plot centres on
Harry, a man who seems perfectly normal and even rather (2) … most of
the time but who turns into something truly (3) …whenever it rains, and
it rains a lot in this movie. The special effects are very (4)… and some
scenes are very (5) … , even for committed horror film fans.
EXHAUST, ENTHUSE, BELIEVE, SHOCK, NIGHTMARE
The ending, in particular, will come as an enormous surprise. I won’t
spoil things by saying what happens but it certainly gave me a fright! Yet
it seemed absolutely (1) … . So, if you’re (2) … about horror films and
you want to see something that is totally (3) …, this could be the film for
you. But beware! You’ll come out of the cinema totally (4) … after you’ve
seen it! All my friends were equally (5) … .
7.48. Make adverbs from the following words.
1. The children laughed (joy) … when the clown started doing his
tricks.
2. When the Queen entered the room everybody stood up (respect) … .
3. You should spend your money (sense) …, otherwise you’ll run
out of it in no time.
4. Though John was very upset and angry, he tried to judge his former friend (object) … .
5. Dress (formal) … – it would be just a small get-together.
6. The boy looked at his new pony (suspect) … it seemed so big!
7. We asked Mary if she was going on holiday a dozen times, but
she always answered (definite) … .
8. Paul acted (stupid) … when he trusted a complete stranger with
all his money.
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9. I was angry with myself for spending the day absolutely (aim) … .
10. Jess had a wonderful personality and treated everybody (plea-
sure) … .
7.49. Make adverbs from the following words, making any necessary spelling changes, then put them in their correct places in the
sentences below.
AMAZE, POPULAR, ATTRACT, IDENTITY, WIDE, HIGH, CONTINUE,
DRAMA, DARK, NOTICE
1. The town has changed … since I was here last.
2. The Twilight Saga is … popular these days.
3. Jack and Jill are … quarrelling. It’s a miracle they are still
together.
4. The goods were … displayed and caught everybody’s eye.
5. Buckingham Palace, the royal residence, is … known as Buck
House.
6. She tried to reason with her fianc, but he only smiled … and
turned away.
7. The weather was … warm for this time of the year.
8. The situation has changed … . Nobody could foresee such a turn
of events.
9. The critics spoke … of the young author’s first novel.
10. The twins didn’t just look the same. They behaved … as well.
7.50. Complete the text using the correct form of the word in
brackets.
“LUCY” (1974) AND “LUCY’S BABY” (2006)
The 3.3 million-year-old remains of a human-like child were (ori-
gin) ... found in a block of sandstone in 2000 but it took over five years
of (care) … planned work to free the bones without doing any damage.
Judging from the length of her teeth the infant was probably about three
years old when she died. According to researchers working in this area,
these remains are (usual) … complete and this will give us a great opportunity to study the development of one of our (extreme) … distant
ancestors. Earlier discoveries, such as the 3.2 million-year-old fossil of
an adult female known as ‘Lucy’, are still regarded as (high) … signifi-
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cant but their remains are (little) … well-preserved. Since the species has
a mixture of ape-like and human-like qualities, scientists say that these
findings are telling us a lot about our early ancestors. However, their
conclusions have come in for criticism from some people. They say it is
(definite) … insufficient evidence to regard the remains as the (true) …
missing link between apes and humans.
7.51. Complete the text using the correct form of the word in
brackets.
THE QUEEN MOTHER’S APPEAL
Some scientists claim that happy people are (general) … healthier
owing to the influence of happy emotions on our immune system. Many
people are (just) … convinced that the Queen Mother’s (relative) … long
life was due to her (total) … positive, optimistic outlook and her strong
will. Because of her many interests, such as corgis, horse-racing, salmon-fishing, Scotland, bagpipe music and gardening, she was (definite) …
never bored. She was (immense) … popular with the nation, as she was
charming and had a warm personality. Since she was passionate about
horse-racing, (eventual) … in the 1950s she decided to become an owner.
In all, her horses won over 400 races. The younger royals loved her because she had a good sense of humour and (simple) … gave them a lot of
personal support.
7.52. Complete the text using the correct form of the word.
LOCAL YOUTH PUT ON A SHOW!
TRUE, JOIN, ORIGIN, FORTUNATE, MUSIC
This production was (1) … created as a project for schools in the
region and is funded (2) … by the local authority and some local businesses. It is (3) … very ambitious, with over 100 young people playing at
various times. (4) … , on the opening night nothing went wrong and it
was a (5) … successful event.
SUIT, SURPRISE, CARE, REMARK, HOPE
It was clear that everyone had been (6) … rehearsing and the quality of all the performances was (7) … high. (8) …, some of these young
people had never performed in public before but they looked confident.
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The audience was (9) … impressed and (10) … this will be just the first of
many events like this.
7.53. Complete the text using the correct form of the word.
REMEMBERING FOR EXAMS
SILENCE, FRUSTRATION, SPECIAL, EXTREME, PARTICULAR
It’s (1) … for everybody not to be able to remember things but having a bad memory can be (2) … unpleasant for students at exam time.
Anyway, I did a search on the Internet and found (3) … useful ideas for
improving your memory but one idea I thought (4) … helpful was that
we should try and use all our senses when given something to learn. So,
for example, instead of reading (5) … , we should record the material and
then listen to it.
NOTICE, SUCCESS, SOUND, APPEAR, DEFINITE
(6) … , the combination of speaking and listening helps reinforce
the written text. Another theory, which some people might find unlikely,
is that there is a (7) … greater possibility of our memorizing something
(8) … if we do it when the family are sleeping (9) … and preferably just
before bedtime. So why not try some new techniques, they may improve
your memory (10) … .
7.54. Complete the text using the correct form of the word in
brackets.
BEING A COMEDIAN
In theory, being a stage comedian shouldn’t be a hard occupation.
All you need is an (1) … (amuse) idea, a funny face, a way with words and
enough self-confidence to stand up in front of an audience and make
them laugh. Laughter, we are told, is a tonic that (2) … (appear) can
extend your lifespan, so (3) … (benefit) is it to the health. The (4) …
(simple) explanation for why we enjoy laughter so much is that it releases
things called endorphins in the body, and this gives us a physical high. So
it’s not just an impression, we really do feel better. Perhaps that explains
why almost everyone makes use of laughter as a (5) … (society) lubricant,
and why laughter is so (6) … (infect) spreading from person to person.
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