NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HO CHI MINH CITY

HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE GIFTED STUDENTS

WORD FORMATIONS PRACTICES.

I. WORD FORM ( NOUNS FOR PEOPLE )

(Extracted from Luong The Vinh High School for the Gifted practices.)
1. That .... paints beatiful pictures. ( Art )
2. Your .... makes wonderful bread. ( Bake )
3. You pay the .... . She’s that lady over there. ( Cash )
4. Phone the .... if the lights don’t word. ( Electric )
5. The .... wants to look at your tickets. ( Inspect )
6. Ask the .... to get the number for you. ( Operate )
7. The police are looking for the infamous .... . (Crime)
8. My .... always comes early so I get my letters before I go to school. (Post)
9. The .... is ready to finish the prisoner. (Excuse)
10. The .... is receiving new newspapers at the moment. (News)

II. FILL THE GAP WITH NOUNS FOR PEOPLE.

(Extracted from Tran Dai Nghia High School for the Gifted practices.)
1. Every .... in this army must have good physical contions.
2. He left the job as his .... didn’t pay him enough money.
3. A famous .... is doing a operation on her body.
4. It’s difficult to be a .... of this club.
5. Look ! The .... is feeding the lions.
6. The .... gives the patient his medicine twice a day.
7. Open your eyes and let the .... decide if you have to wear glass or not.
8. The .... will take your siutcases to your room.
9. The .... is sketching a new building.
10. The .... is completing binding the book.
 III. FILL THE BLANKS WITH THE SUITABLE WORD
FORMS.
(Extracted from a FCE Practice Exam)
The site of the town of Winchester was a (nature) place for a (settle), at the
point where the river cut through the chalk of the (south) hillsides. A simple
camp at St. Catherine’s Hill was the (early) known use of the site. This was
followed by an Iron Age hill-fort, but this was left (inhabit) by 100 BC. It was
the Romans who finally established thw town and (round) it with a defensive
wall the protection of their people and trade.
With the (build) of its first Cathedral in the seventh century, the town became
an important (religion) centre. Later, King Alfred, who had (success) pushed
back the invading Danes, moved his palace to Winchester. The town then
experienced rapid (develope), and its (centre) role in Einglish history was
underlined in 1066.

IV. GIVE THE CORRECT FORM OF THE WORDS IN

BRACKETS.
(Extracted from the Gifted English Students Exam.)

1. As Vietnam is on the way to develope and intergrate into the world, there
is a great demand for skillful ...... (Technical)
2. Do you use real sugar or some of the artificial ...... ?(Sweet)
3. There isn’t enough coal for the coming winter, so we have to use it ....
(Spare)
4. The factory was .... so the management tried to cut costs by making some
workers redundant. (Compete)
5. The Artarctic is the world’s last great .... (Wild)
6. Without the .... of several large films, the festival couldn’t take place.
(Patron)
7. Copying one or more than one copyrights from someone’s documents is
considered as .... (Plagiarize)
8. The difference are so .... that we can forget about them. (Consider)
9. I understood what he said .... well. (Perfect)
10. If he doesn’t stop being ...., we would fail this exam. (Confident)
V. SUPPLY THE APPROPRIATE FORMS OF WORDS
IN THE BRACKETS. (Extracted from Entrance Exam to
Truong Pho Thong Nang Khieu – Khoi Chuyen Anh )
11.1 The students were __________ to hear that the class had been
cancelled. (JOY)
12.2. A sports club has just been established and aims to have a __________
of 500 in the next two years. (MEMBER)
13.3. The spectators booed when the second goal was __________.
(ALLOW)
14.4. __________, we didn’t buy better quality goods from the beginning.
(REGRET)
15.5. A fatal __________ was made by air traffic control. (CALCULATE)
16.6. Despite having a __________ job, she has difficulty making ends
meet. (PAY)
17.7. When the lab findings and the research results were __________, an
amazing discovery came to light. (RELATE)
18.8. I really believe that it should be a major mistake to __________ any
drugs that are currently illegal. (CRIME)
19.9. The attack in the city centre last night is said to __________ the kind
of behaviour amongst young people that many
20.people object to. (EXAMPLE)
21.10. Theo and his twin brother are always together. They are __________.
(SEPARATE)
22.11. Reading is an effective way to __________ your vocabulary. (RICH)
23.12. John considers reading others’ diaries an __________ invasion of
privacy. (PERMIT)
24.13. His failure in the exam was a real __________ for his parents. (LET)
25.14. There is __________ a great demand for organic vegetables. (DENY)
26.15. Having a deep __________ of strangers, he felt reluctant to talk to the
newcomer. (TRUST)