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Word Endings Exercise

Do the exercises without using a dictionary

The list of word endings given by me has everything you need to know to do the exercises.

I - State whether the words below are: nouns (things or person), adjectives, verbs or adverbs.
1- heighten

2- imperialism

3- forgetful

4- effusively

5- cashier

6- aggravate

7- columnist

8- glamorous

9- vintage

10- statistician

11- desertification

12- nocturnal

13- establishment

14- impertinent

15- togetherness

16- craftsmanship

17- manageable

18- speechless

19- liability

20- tremendously

21- counselor

22- civic

23- sensitize

24- ambiance

25- interpretive

26- justify
II- Circle the letter of the word that best completes each sentence:

1- The ___________ of the news could not be stressed enough.

(A) important

(B) importance

(C) importantly

2- Not everyone wants a job as a _______.

(A) mortal

(B) mortally

(C) mortician

3- The company was unable to ________ profit.

(A) generator

(B) generate

(C) generation

4- You should not ______ the problem.

(A) maximize

(B) maximal

(C) maximally

5- She picked up a piece of ______ rock.

(A) volcano

(B) vulcanize

(C) volcanic

6- You are really sick. You need to see a _______.


(A) specialist

(B) special

(C) specialize

7- The castle was _________.

(A) magnify

(B) magnificent

(C) magnification
III- Choose the letter of the underlined word or group of words that is not correct.

1- It is possibly to demonstrate the odds for success

A B

with the addition of financial backing.

C D

2- He became homeless when a serious ill made him

A B C

unable to work.

3- She is a poet, composition, musician and author.

A B C D

The following sentence contains 2 mistakes.

4- The process of Americanization encourages

A B

immigrants to assimilation American attitudes,

cultural and citizenship.

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