B2

Word Formation WF022

Use the word in brackets to form a new word that fits into each blank.

1. Leading ______________________ have warned about the danger to animal species around
the world. (ZOO)

2. In her application she emphasized the ______________________ skills she had acquired
over the years. (SECRETARY)

3. The ______________________ effects of losing a job can be very serious. (PSYCHOLOGY)

4. She has received three marriage ______________________ this year. (PROPOSE)

5. The use of dictionaries at the final exam is not ______________________. (PERMIT)

6. The ______________________ was not convicted because there was no conclusive

evidence. (DEFEND)

7. We live in an ______________________ world, so people and governments make mistakes

all the time. (PERECT)

8. She is an ______________________ young woman, full of life. (ENERGY)

9. There are several ______________________ species living in the rainforest, which still need
to be categorized. (KNOWN)

10. I am not willing to accept your ______________________ all the time. You have to behave
properly. (RUDE)

11. The new travel ______________________ opened for business last summer. (AGENT)

12. The ______________________ was so beautiful that we decided to go there again

sometime next year. (SCENE)

13. She made a large financial ______________________ to the organisation. (CONTRIBUTE)

14. ______________________ has gone down, and the prices of raw materials have increased.
(PRODUCT)

15. The pupils' drawings were a part of the school's art exhibition. (DRAW)

16. He felt an ______________________ to help the company he had been the CEO of for so
many years. (OBLIGE)

17. If you need any ______________________, please call me. (ASSIST)

18. I am normally not ______________________, but I felt bad when we saw that our hotel
room was on the 13th floor. (SUPERSTITION)
19. Mom opened the door and ______________________ crept into the room. (CAUTION)

20. The server was offline due to ______________________ issues. (MAINTAIN)

1. Real Madrid are expected to win the ___________________ this season. (CHAMPION)

2. She had a rough ___________________. Nobody really cared about her. (CHILD)

3. Leather ___________________ are much cheaper than genuine leather bags. (IMITATE)

4. Causing such a panic in public wasn't a very ___________________ thing to do. (SENSE)

5. The government has shown no ___________________ to cooperate with the

environmentalists. (WILLING)

6. We had an ___________________ day at the beach. I'll always remember it. (FORGET)

7. With the ___________________ of Herbie everyone enjoyed the ___________________.

(EXCEPT,

PERFORM)

8. You can't withdraw from the ___________________ after you have signed the document.

(AGREE)

9. The soldier ___________________ the orders and was immediately ___________________.

(OBEY, CHARGE)

10.In her youth she was such a ___________________ dancer. (GRACE)

11.You are such a ___________________ young man. When are you going to grow up? (CHILD)

12.He is so ___________________ and he's handsome too. (ROMANCE)

13.I ___________________ to call the police if he didn't leave my house. (THREAT)

14.The ___________________ of the company told us that nobody would lose their jobs.

(MANAGE)

15.We explained that he wouldn't tolerate any ___________________ from other parties.

(INTERFERE)

16.It was a ___________________ performance. (MARVEL)

17.The TV station provided its audience with live _________________ of the event. (COVER)

18.These new cars are much more ___________________ than the older models. (ECONOMY)

19.Despite the poor ___________________ the pilot made a perfect landing. (VISIBLE)
20.She wrote excellent essays, but her __________________ was rather bad. (PRONOUNCE)

21.I had no ___________________ of hurting your feelings. I'm so sorry. (INTEND)

22.A new survey shows that computers and smartphones do not ___________________

relationships in families. (WEAK)

23.It came as a great _________________ to us when we found out that he was still alive.

(RELIEVE)

24.The documents that were stolen were highly ___________________. (CONFIDENCE)

25. It was an ___________________ virus that nobody had ever heard about before. (KNOW)