Word Building 1

The word in capitals at the end of each of the following sentences can be used to form a word that fits suitably in the blank space. Fill in each blank this way. Example: During the War, there was a great SHORTAGE of sugar, coffee and other goods. 1. My uncles got a very interesting _______________. Hes a television announcer. 2. I dont think guns are _______________ toys for young children. 3. I sometimes wonder whether the world would not have been a better place without the _______________ of television. 4. It is almost _______________ for young people leaving school today to get a job. 5. Many people still refuse to believe that smoking is _______________. 6. Bjorn Borg is probably the most _______________ tennis player of all time. 7. I was kept _______________ last night by the noise from a party in the flat above. 8. Elizabeth Taylor won an Oscar for her _______________ in Whos afraid of Virginia Woolf? 9. Many people think it is very _______________ whether a cure will be found for cancer before the year 2000. 10. My wife is _______________ of spiders. 11. Although the painting looked like a genuine Picasso, the __________ was definitely a fake. 12. When I.B.M. advertised for a new Production Manager, they received over fifty _______________ for the job. 13. Hes so nice. Its a _______________ working for him. 14. You shouldnt have mentioned death. You know how ______________ Charles is about that sort of thing. 15. It is becoming _______________ difficult to find a job nowadays. 16. I understand your problem, Miss Brown, and dont think Im not _______________, but we really cant allow you to phone up your boyfriend in America using the office phone. 17. Nowadays, violence seems to be a _______________ occurrence. 18. While money cant exactly buy you _______________ at least it helps you suffer in comfort. 19. Johns a nice person hes kind, generous, sympathetic. But I couldnt go out with him hes just so _______________ to look at. 20. But how could you do it? Really, Ophelia, I feel quite _______________ of you! SHORT OCCUPY SUIT INVENT POSSIBLE HARM SUCCESS WAKE PERFORM DOUBT TERROR SIGN APPLY PLEASE SENSE INCREASE SYMPATHY

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Source: Test Your VOCABULARY 3 by Peter Watcyn-Jones, p. 8-9