I.

Identify the roots of the following words:

1.adhere, cohere, cohesion, inherent
2. fort, fortress, fortify, forte, fortitude
3. fracture, infraction, fragile, fraction, refract
4. exclamation, clamor, proclamation, reclamation, acclaim
5. contradict, dictate, diction, edict, predict
6. deduce, produce, reduce
7. digress, progress, transgress
8. eject, inject, interject, project, reject, subject
9. compel, dispel, impel, repel
10. append, depend, impend, pendant, pendulum
11. comport, deport, export, import, report, support
12. describe, description, prescribe, prescription, subscribe, subscription, transcribe, transcription
13. attract, contract, detract, extract, protract, retract, traction
14. convert, divert, invert, revert
15. pose, position, transpose, deposit, opponent
16. inspect, spectacle, despise, circumspect
17. prevent, event, convene, intervention
18. convert, controversial, introvert, extrovert
19. visible, preview, videodisc, vision, revise
20. vocal, vocalize, invoke, evoke, revoke

II.Which of the following adjectives form their negatives with IN- and which with UN-?
known sure practical lucky suspicious
mixed tangible questionable noticeable tolerant
offensive trustworthy sincere pleasant worthy
popular welcome suspected prepared merciful
punctual likely tidy readable obtainable
reliable necessary usual secure recognizable
separable official willing stressed sensible

III.Add the appropriate prefixes to the following words (DIS-, IN-, IL-, IR-, IM-, UN-):
accurate moral visible kind obey probable
expected popular approve like patient satisfied
legible relevant familiar literate possible tidy
IV. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of the word in capitals:
A.1. The ……………………………..… of the landscape was depressing. DULL 2. I know this has been
sheer…………………………………hasn’t it? MOCK 3. The ……………………………….….is
striking. RESEMBLE 4. Your interference proved more of a ……………………………………………
than a help. HINDER 5. Why should you be so ……………………………………….… when the fault
was not yours? APOLOGISE 6. Do you think they’ll succeed in ………………………………………
these weights? STANDARD 7. I am …………………………………….at a loss but I’ll come to my
senses, that’s a promise. MOMENT 8. Do you have any ………………………… to make? COMPLAIN
9. He was the …………………………………………of the monastery until he died. ABBEY 10. How
do you know he is that ………………………………… ? INFLUENCE 11. The
…………………………..… of her movements made me sad. WEARY 12. It was
…………………………... of you to say such a thing MISCHIEF 13. Are you sure
…………………………. is free to this museum? ADMIT 14. She glared at us
……………………………… . CONTEMPT 15. The …………………………………… of his room
was impressive TIDY 16. Such a thing is absolutely ……………………………………..… . CONCEIVE
17. I’m sure he did it in ……………………………………..… of my orders. DEFY 18. Her
………………………… grieved us all. BETRAY 19. Telling the truth is
………………………………….. in this case. ADVISE 20. The owl is the symbol
of…………………………………... WISE 21. His glance was full of
………………………………………… towards me HATE 22. The Romanians are the
…………………………………………..of the Dacians and of the Romans DESCEND 23. There has
been a great …………………………………………… in unemployment lately. REDUCE 24. It was
quite ……………………..................… of you to join us in those grievous moments. TOUCH 25. I like
company; I resent …………………………………..… .LONELY 26. He claims that his theory
is……………………………………..... DEFENCE 27. Why does he look
so…………………………………….., I wonder? REPROACH 28. That actress was the
………………………………………………….. of Marilyn Monroe in the movie. PERSON 29. She is
…………………………..wicked, don’t you think so? REDEEM 30. Fear of discovery forced him
into…………………………………….... CONCEAL. 31. Every science has its own strict
………………………..TERM. 32. Has she given a ………………………………..excuse for her
behavior? SATISFY 33. This is a really strange ……………………………… and I can’t figure out what
it signifies. OCCUR 34. We are confronted with a ………………………….of jobs. SCARCE 35.
The…………………………….said she needed new glasses. OPTIC 36. The plane finally made a
successful …………………………..LAND. 37. His lecture on modern British art was extremely
……………………….. INSTRUCT. 38. He was unable to …………………………….. because of the
thick smog. BREATH 39. You will have to read the …………………………… notes, too. EXPLAIN 40.
To her surprise, they understood her …………………………well. AMAZING

B. The Winchester Hotel Group offers an entirely new concept in hotel accommodation. In our new
hotels, all in modern ……………………………………..BUILD and attractive
……………………………. LOCATE ………………………….close to road and rail links, we provide
an environment which is ideal for parents with small children or elderly ..………………….. RELATE.
Instead of providing the facilities that business …………………..TRAVEL expect, we have created
safe, comfortable hotels which are perfect for families. There are also facilities for the
……………………………… ABLE in our hotels. ……………………………. FORTUNE pets are not
permitted – this is because of our ………………………………………. COMMIT to cleanliness and
………………………………SAFE.
 C. For fifty years, our company has offered only the very best of holidays 1. GLORY
in the (1)……………... country of Switzerland. (2)………………. 2. TRAVEL
return again to delight in the (3) …………… scenery both in winter for 3. BREATH
skiing opportunities and in summer for the sparkling lakes and (4) 4. SPECTACLE
……………….walks. As a specialist company, we offer the kind of 5. FRIEND
(5)………, personalized service that matches the hospitable nature of the 6. PERFECT
Swiss people to (6) …………… . We ensure that each holiday is tailored 7. PRECISE
(7) ……………to your needs, aiming to provide an unobtrusive level of 8. BEGIN
advice and support at every stage from the (8) …………….to your return 9. KNOW
home. Browse through a Swiss Travel Service brochure and you’ll 10. DEDICATE
discover a wider range of holidays, deeper (9)…….. and greater (10)
………… to detail than you’ll find in non-specialist publications.

D. When I arrived in England I thought I knew English. After I'd been here an hour I realized that I did
not understand one word. In the first week I picked up a tolerable working ………………………………
KNOW of the language and the next seven years convinced me
……………………………………GRADUAL but thoroughly that I would never know it really well, let
alone perfectly. This is sad. My only ……………………………………… CONSOLATE being that
nobody speaks English perfectly. (…) If you live here long enough you will find out to your great
…………………………………………AMAZE that the adjective nice is not the only adjective that the
language possesses, in spite of the fact that in the first three years you do not need to learn any other
adjectives. You can say the weather is nice, a restaurant is nice, Mr. Soandso is nice, Mrs. Soandso's
clothes are nice, you had a nice time, and all this will be very nice. The Mayfair accent can be highly
recommended, too. The advantages of Mayfair English are that it unites the
………………………………..AFFECT air of the Oxford accent with the ……………………………….
CULTURE flavour of a half-educated ……………………………………………. PROFESSION hotel-
dancer. Imagine, for instance, that the porter of the block of flats where you live remarks sharply that you
must not put your dustbin out in front of your door before 7:30 a.m. Should you answer "please don't bully
me," a loud and tiresome …………………………………………………ARGUE may follow, and
certainly the porter will be proved right, because you are sure to find a clause in your contract (small print,
bottom of last page) that the porter is always right and you owe absolute allegiance and
……………………………………….CONDITION obedience to him. Should you answer, however, with
these words: "I repudiate your petulant ……………………………….. POSTULATE," the argument will
be closed at once, the porter will be proud of having such a ………………………………….. HIGH
cultured man in the block, and from that day onwards you may, if you please, get up at four o'clock in the
morning and hang your dustbin out the window. But even in Curzon Street society, if you say, for instance,
that you are a tough guy they will consider you a vulgar, …………………………………….. IRRITATE
and …………………………………………….OBJECTION person. Should you declare, however, that
you are an …………………………………………………….INQUISITE and peremptory homo sapiens,
they will have no idea what you mean, but they will feel in their bones that you must be something
…………………………………………………..WONDER. When you know all the long words it is
………………………………………ADVISE to start learning some of the short ones too. You should be
……………………………………..CARE when using these ………………………………..END words.
An…………………………………….ACQUAINT of mine once was ………………………..FORTUNE
enough to discover the most ………………………………………..IMPRESS word notalgia for back-
ache. ………………………………………………….MISTAKE, however, he declared in a large
company: "I have such a nostalgia." "Oh, you want to go home to Nizhne-Novgorod?" asked his most
sympathetic hostess. "Not at all," he answered. "I just cannot sit down." Anyway, this whole language
business is not at all easy. After spending eight years in this country, the other day I was told by a very
kind lady: 'But why do you complain? You ………………….REAL speak a most excellent accent without
the slightest English.'
E. COMPARE : 1. Well, yes, this house is ……………….... big, but still not big enough for our needs.
2. His interpretation of Chopin was ……………………….... to anything I had heard before. 3. She
looked ………………………………. better than last week. I'm sure she'll get over it. 4. This one is
quite interesting,……………………………. with his lost book. 5. There is no …………………..
between this meal and the one we had yesterday. 6. They are both of ……………….... ages and
abilities. 7. The…………………..... of "long" is "longer".
F. RESPECT: 1.Her position gained ……………………………. when she married the duke. 2. She's a
great......................................... of Polish folk customs. 3. The Japanese are very …………………….…
of the old. 4. He decided to realise his plans,……………………... of the costs. 5. Whenever I meet my
old teacher I always greet him………………………………….....6. I have two cats, Dudley and Jumpy,
and they are blue and black, ………………………………...… 7. In this ..................................., his book
is better than yours. 8. I went to pay my last ………………………... to my neighbour when he died in
the accident. 9. He's a scion of the most…………………………………. family in our city. 10. Mary
came from London and John from Bristol, and after the party they returned to
their…………………………... towns.
G. CONSIDER: The differences are so ………………………………... that we can forget about them.
2. After careful …………………………………... they have decided to get a divorce. 3.
Your……………………………………... of other's needs and expectations is getting on my nerves.
4…………………………………..... the situation, you should accept their offer at once. 5. You should
..................................................... all the disadvantages of having a dog, before you decide to get one. 6.
The flood caused …………………………………………….... damage to the area. 7. He
is………………………………………….. taller than his younger brother. 8. It was
very…………………………..………….. of her not to ask for your opinion.
H. BELIEF: He holds strong ………………………….. and is ready to defend them anytime. 2. The
way she acted was ………………………….….. stupid. 3. I don't……………………………….. a word
she says. She's such a liar. 4. As a physicist, I ………………………………………... in things that can't
be explained. 5. The main weakness of the drama is that the characters are not really
……………………………….... 6. I am a great... in the fundamental goodness of human nature. 7. On
learning about her death, his response was one of complete ………………………………………..8. The
explanation of the motives of the crime seemed to me totally…………………………………………. 8.
Although he is an ……………………...... he is still welcome to attend all the social gatherings at
church.