FCE Exam Practice: Use Of English --word Formation
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Use the word in brackets (the stem) to form a new word with which to fill the gap. To do this exercise, you need to decide if the word missing is an adjective, a noun, a verb, or an adverb. You might need to add a prefix or a suffix to the stem given in brackets too. Example,Throughout history, women have had (responsible). . . . . . . . . . . . . For healing the sick. We have "things" (concrete or abstracts) so we need a noun. Responsible is an adjective. . . We need another word in the family, but it has to be a noun. The noun is RESPONSABILITY. Answer: Throughout history, women have had responsability for healing the sick.
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- 1.Violent WeatherThousands of storms occur daily all over the world, often accompanied by thunder and lightning. The (bad) ________ storms can cause considerable damage and inconvenience.
- 2.Transportation and (communicate) ________ systems are often interrupted,
- 3.Leading to (cancel) ________ and delays.
- 4.In (compare) ________ with storms, cyclones (also called typhoons) occur extremely frequently, only about 30-100 times a year,
- 5.But their winds can reach 200 kph, which makes them very (danger) ________.
- 6.Cyclones occur in regions near the equator and are (know) ________ outside tropical areas.
- 7.Nowadays, advanced radar equipment (able) ________ weather forecasters to precit the path of a cyclone with accuracy.
- 8.People who are living in places that will be hit by the cyclone can be given a (warn) _______ to evacuate the area or at least to take shelter. Unfortunately, nothing can be done to protect their homes and property.
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