INTERMEDIATE WORD FORMATION (ALL UNITS)

A. Choose the correct form of the words.

1. I don’t have the ______________ to concentrate on many activities at a time.

a) able b) ability c) unable d) enable

2. I think she cares about plants and animals; that’s why she buys _________________-friendly products.

a) environmentalist b) environmental c) environment d) environmentally

3. Sinem wanted to ____________ her nephew and she said that she had seen a ghost in the terrace.

a) scary b) scare c) scared d) scar

4. He doesn’t want any help from his friends; he’s so ___________

a) independent b) dependent c) depend d) dependence

5. Have you met the _______________ of the event? She’s an easygoing and friendly woman.

a) organize b) organization c) organizer d) disorganized

6. None of us can remember the exact number of the ____________, but there must be more than 2500
people.

a) competitors b) competition c) compete d) competitive

7. Haller Park in Kenya is an animal sanctuary, a place where ______________animals are protected.

a) dangerous b) endangered c) danger d) dangerously

8. It's bad for your health to be physically ____________________.

a) act b) activate c) inactive d) active

9. In the second game, her __________________ hurt her leg and had to retire.

a) opponent b) opposite c) opposed d) opposition

10. I am_____________ to see her since we haven’t seen each other for a long time now.

a) thrilling b) thrilled c) thrill d) thriller

11. Think about all the ______________ before you make your decision.

a. impossible b. possibly c. possibilities d. possible

12. Betül wasn’t happy about her new flat but the location was _____________ better than the previous
one.

a. relative b. relationship c. relation d. relatively

13. Look at their faces! I don’t think they feel ___________ right now.

a. amusing b. amused c. amusement d. amusingly

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14. It is difficult to notice the _____________ between those shoes. I might have thought they were pairs if
you hadn’t told me.

a. differ b. different c. differently d. difference

15. Burcu finds her students _____________. They never know when to stop.

a. children b. childhood c. childishly d. childish

16. Megan assumed that she would get the job; however, the ___________ asked many weird questions and
did not like her much.

a. interview b. interviewee c. interviewer d. interviewees

17. It would be _______________ to take an umbrella before leaving home. It might rain soon.

a. sensitive b. sensible c. sensibly d. sensitivity

18. We were really _____________ by the hotel when we got there - it was nothing like the description in
the brochure.

a. disappointing b. disappoint c. disappointed d. disappointingly

19. The survey shows a link between asthma and air___________________.

a. pollute b. pollution c. polluted d. pollutes

20. His books are just nonsense and they are __________________. I don’t recommend them.

a. entertaining b. entertain c. entertained d. unentertaining

B. Fill the chart below. There might be more than one word for some forms.

Verb Noun Adjective Adverb

Conserve conservation conservative conservatively

succeed success succesful (Un)successfully
Determine determination Determined/determining Determinedly/determiningly
satisfy satisfiction Satisfying satisfyingly
know Knowledge Knowledgeable/well-known knowledgeably
impress impression impressive Impressively
argue arguement Argumentative arguementatively
organize Organization organizing
rob Robber

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