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Word Formation - Practice N. 2
Word Formation - Practice N. 2
India has amazing countryside with some of the most (0) remarkable. REMARK
wildlife on Earth, and its 96 National Parks are becoming (1) ___________________ INCREASE
popular. These parks contain a huge (2) ___________________of creatures, from VARIOUS
multicoloured butterflies to magnificent tigers, but (3) ___________________ FORTUNATE
for visitors, many of them are active mainly at night and then seem to
(4) ___________________ during the day. In southern India's Periyar National Park, APPEAR
however, they have found a solution to this problem: night tours.
Walking through the rainforest in the dark is a wonderful way to
observe creatures in their natural (5) ___________________You quickly become more SURROUND
(6) ___________________to the sounds of birds and animals, and you soon begin to SENSE
recognise some of their calls. You are accompanied by local guides to
prevent you getting lost, and also for (7) ___________________reasons: there are big SAFE
cats around, and (8) ___________________snakes, too. POISON
Many visitors want to continue their (9) ___________________of the jungle all night, EXPLORE
but if you want a break from the tropical (10) ___________________there are rivers HOT
where you can go for a cooling swim by moonlight.
INCREASINGLY – VARIETY – UNFORTUNATELY – DISAPPEAR – SURROUNDINGS – SENSITIVE – SAFETY – POISONOUS – EXPLORATION - HEAT
The (0) American city of Miami was founded in 1896 by Julia Tuttle, AMERICA
a (1) ___________________Florida businesswoman. From a population then of just 60, WEALTH
it has become a vast urban area of 5.5 million (2) ____________________, attracting INHABIT
(3) ___________________ from all over the world. Its excellent transport links mean it can VISIT
(4) ___________________be reached by road, rail, air or sea. EASY
The city's continuing (5) ___________________as a tourist and financial centre has led to GROW
a construction boom. Many of the new buildings are over 120 metres in
(6) ___________________, giving Miami the most impressive skyline in the country after HIGH
New York and Chicago.
Its wide variety of (7) _________________ includes sandy beaches, nightclubs, music and ATTRACT
dancing, as well as activities such as skateboarding and cycling in the
world-famous, (8) _________________ South Beach area. The city centre has a number of FASHION
(9) ___________________parks and gardens, and of course there is the wonderful DELIGHT
weather: (10) ___________________ any other major city in the USA, LIKE
it has a genuinely tropical climate.
WEALTHY – INHABITANTS – VISITORS – EASILY – GROWTH – HEIGHT – ATTRACTIONS – FASHIONABLE – DELIGHTFUL - UNLIKE
Hot-air balloons
Riding in a hot-air balloon is a (0) surprisingly calm and peaceful experience, SURPRISE
quite (1) _________________ any other form of flying. With no engines to provide LIKE
power, a balloon depends (2) _________________ on the winds around it to move in ENTIRE
any direction. (3) _________________, the maximum speed is normally around CONSEQUENCE
15 kilometres per hour.
This kind of balloon is based on the simple (4) _________________ principle that SCIENCE
the (5) _________________ of hot air is less than that of cold air. It is not, however, WEIGH
a large (6) _________________, as a cubic metre of hot air is only about 10 DIFFERENT
grams lighter than the same amount of cold air. This means it takes
(7) _________________ four cubic metres of hot air just to lift one kilo, which ROUGH
explains why balloons that carry people have to be so enormous.
A gas burner is used to (8) _________________ the air inside the balloon, causing it HOT
to rise. To go up more slowly, or to make a (9) _________________, hot air is DESCEND
released from the top of the balloon. The fact that the wind blows in
different directions at different heights (10) _________________ the pilot to steer the ABLE
balloon left or right by moving it to higher or lower positions in the sky.
UNLIKE – ENTIRELY – CONSEQUENTLY – SCIENTIFIC – WEIGHT – DIFFERENCE – ROUGHLY – HEAT – DESCENT - ENABLES
Sudden storm
A massive clean-up (0) operation is now under way in the south-west of OPERATE
the country after a (1) storm unexpectedly struck the region. POWER
Among the worst affected were (2) areas, where many small COAST
boats were sunk or destroyed, though, (3), there are no reports FORTUNE
of anyone missing or seriously injured.
In many towns, however, there was (4) damage to property, EXTENT
with trees and fences blown over. In one street, almost every house
had its roof blown off, leaving many families (5) until repairs HOME
can be carried out. The (6)conditions also affected transport links WIND
leading to the closure of motorways and the (7) of nearly all rail CANCEL
services.
Further inland, where the monthly average (8) is about 80mm, RAIN
over 100mm fell in just a few hours. This resulted in several rivers
bursting their banks and flooding huge areas of (9) land. Some AGRICULTURE
villages were (10) cut off by the rapidly rising water, although TEMPORARY
communications have now been restored in most places.
POWERFUL – COASTAL – FORTUNATELY – EXTENSIVE – HOMELESS – WINDY – CANCELLATION – RAINFALL – AGRICULTURAL - TEMPORARILY