WORD FORMATION

Exercise 1.1: Give the correct forms of the words in the blankets.
Question 1: It is almost_possibility____for young people leaving school to get a job.
(POSSIBLE)
Question 2: It was_kind____of you to make fun of him like that. (KIND)
Question 3: Jean is the material which was_named____after sailors from Genoa in Italy.
(NAME)
Question 4: Elvis Presley was a _famous____ pop singer. (FAME)
Question 5: Have you seen the new_advertisement____for Double Rich shampoo?
(ADVERTISE)
Question 6: You are__free___to choose how to spend the evening. (FREEDOM)
Question 7: This road is much_longer____than I thought. (LENGTH)
Question 8: Vietnamese people are very_friendly____(FRIEND)
Question 9: _Viewers____are able to ask questions by using their remote control. (VIEW)
Question 10: I want some more_information____about your school. (INFORM)
Question 11: Don't eat those vegetables. They’re_poisonous____(POISON)
Question 12: Miss Moon is the most_beautiful____girl in my school. (BEAUTY)
Question 13: Fashion_designers____want to change the traditional Ao Dai. (DESIGN)
Question 14: He is a strict examiner_____(EXAMINE)
Question 15: This school has excellent_reputation____(REPUTE)
Question 16: We often take parting in many_cultural____activities at school. (CULTURE)
Question 17: If you want to_improve____your English, we can help you. (IMPROVEMENT)
Question 18: I want to_advertise____for selling my house. (ADVERTISEMENT)
Question 19: He is an_editor____of this newspaper. (EDITION)
Question 20: Environmental__protection___is everybody's responsibility. (PROTECT)
Question 21: He is a famous stamp_collector____(COLLECT)
Question 22: There was some new_equipment____in the laboratory.(EQUIP)
Question 23: They_invited____me to join their family to Hue last year. (INVITATION)
Question 24: Some young people today have a very strange_appearance____(APPEAR)
Question 25: Her clothes look very modern and_fashionable____(FASHION)
Question 26: Many designers took_inspiration____from Vietnam’s ethnic minorities.
(INSPIRE)
Question 27: His attempt to break the world record was sadly_unsuccessfull____(SUCCESS)
Question 28: We bought this house at a_reasonable____price. (REASON)
Question 29: I caught the train at the_central____station. (CENTRE)
Question 30: I met some_foreigners____at the park last week. (FOREIGN)
Question 31: She was really_impressed____by the beauty of the city. (IMPRESS)
Question 32: These__innovations___will conserve the earth's resources. (INNOVATE)
Question 33: Many_visitors____come to Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum every day. (VISIT)
Question 34: We enjoyed the_peaceful____atmosphere in Hanoi. (PEACE)
Question 35: The_national____language in Malaysia is Bahasa Malaysia. (NATION)
Question 36: Taxi drivers have to have a very good__knowledge___of the street names.
(KNOW)
Question 37: It is said that_friendship____is love without wings. (FRIEND)
Question 38: It is the pronunciation that causes me a lot of_difficulties____(DIFFICULT)
Question 39: Not long ago, I was introduced to a famous__artist___(ART)
Question 40: Nothing is more precious than_dependence____(DEPEND)
Question 41: She is the top__scientist___working in our space project. (SCIENCE)
Question 42: It is time a_decision____was made about the new school. (DECIDE)
Question 43: Your rice field is more_productive____than ours. (PRODUCT)
Question 44: In order to_widen____the road, they have to limit the pavement. (WIDE)
Question 45:__deforestation___is now a serious problem in many countries. (FOREST)
Question 46: The_youth____today has ever greater opportunities than ever. (YOUNG)
Question 47: Please call if you require_assistant____(ASSIST)
Question 48: Gauzy is_proud____of the fact that he is never late. (PRIDE)
Question 49: The representatives joining the festival were of
different_nationalites____(NATIONAL)
Question 50: Nancy won the first prize in the drawing_competition____(COMPETE)

Exercise 1.2: Give the correct forms of the words in the blankets.
Question 1: It was one of his most important__achievements___(ACHIEVE)
Question 2: The teacher had great_confidence____in his students. (CONFIDENT)
Question 3: We have a good__relation___with our neighbors. (RELATIVE)
Question 4: Burning coal is an_economic____way to heat the house. Gas is much cheaper.
(ECONOMY)
Question 5: Faraday spent his__childhood___in the countryside. (CHILD)
Question 6: Many people think that Faraday is the greatest__invention___in history.
(INVENT)
Question 7:_Illustration____is often more useful than definition for giving meanings of
words. (ILLUSTRATE)
Question 8: He left for a_variaty____of reasons. (VARY)
Question 9: The United Nations_organization____is an international one. (ORGANIZE)
Question 10: I’m worried about the_safety____of the children. (SAFE)
Question 11: People hate him because of his_dishonesty____(HONEST)
Question 12: The firm is working on a new product in_combination____with several overseas
partners. (COMBINE)
Question 13: The_modernity____of the country requires the ingenuity of many high-tech
engineers. (MODERN)
Question 14: Everyone must obey the rules of_socialization____(SOCIAL)
Question 15: After the hot summer, there was a_shortage____of water. (SHORT)
Question 16: Coke is a_mixture____of cola flavor, water carbon dioxide and sugar. (MIX)
Question 17:__basicly___I agree with you. (BASIC)
Question 18: The_growth____of the world population is being studied. (GROW)
Question 19: English has become the main language
of_communication____(COMMUNICATE)
Question 20:__actions___speak louder than words. (ACT)
Question 21: That I got zero mark is_unforgettable____(FORGET)
Question 22: He didn’t go to school because of his ___sickness_______ (SICK)
Question 23: They live in a_mountainous____area in the north-east of the country.
(MOUNTAIN)
Question 24: The police are looking for a dangerous_criminal____(CRIME)
Question 25: She receives a lot of_couragements____from her friends. (COURAGE)
Question 26: There are_agurement____about wearing uniforms at school. (AGURE)
Question 27: The_economic____situation in that country is getting worse and worse.
(ECONOMY)
Question 28: The Internet has_increasingly____developed in every field. (INCREASE)
Question 29: There are a lot of well_qualified____teachers in that school. (QUALIFY)
Question 30: Environmentalists_____ are concerned about the use of dynamite to catch fish.
(ENVIRONMENT)
Question 31: Please stand at the_entrance____to the museum. I’ll come in ten minutes.
(ENTER)
Question 32: Some package trips to Thailand are_surprisingly____cheap. (SURPRISE)
Question 33: Many Hong Kong people lead a busy_life____(LIVE)
Question 34: The_server____in this hotel is very slow. (SERVE)
Question 35: She pays a_daily____visit to her mother in the hospital. (DAY)
Question 36: The success or_failure____of the plan depends on you. (FAIL)
Question 37: This temple was built by the local_inhabitant____over 100 years. (INHABIT)
Question 38: Angkor Wat was_original____built to honor a Hindu God. (ORIGIN)
Question 39: It is_unhealthy____to eat too much sugar and fat. (HEALTH)
Question 40: If you give a reasonable_explaination____for your bad behavior last night, I will
forgive you. (EXPLAIN)
Question 41: My brother often does experiments about electricity for_pleasure____(PLEASE)
Question 42: These shoes are beautiful, but they are very_uncomfortable____(COMFORT)
Question 43: Many rural areas in Viet Nam have been_urbanised____in the last few years.
(URBAN)
Question 44: There wasn’t any_electricity____in our village many years ago. (ELECTRIC)
Question 45:_Unfortunately____, the stepmother was very cruel to her. (FORTUNATE)
Question 46: A fairy appeared and_magically____changed her old clothes. (MAGIC)
Question 47: The tiger wanted to see the farmer’s_wisedom____(WISE)
Question 48: It is easy to change people’s_belief____? (BELIEVE)
Question 49: You don’t have to spend your time in a_crowded____place. (CROWD)
Question 50: What is the_solution____to that problem? (SOLVE)

Exercise 2.1: Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences
Question 1: Every morning, my father usually drinks several cups of tea, has a _____breakfast
and then leads the buffalo to the field.
A. quick B. quickly C. quickness D. quicker
Question 2: Mr. Lam is a cycle driver in Ho Chi Minh City, who usually has a_____ working
day.
A. business B. busy C. busily D. busying
Question 3: The man_____about his son's travelling because there is so much traffic on the
narrow and crowded way to school.
A. worrisome B. worrying C. worriment D. worries
Question 4: He wants to learn English because it is an_____language.
A. internationally B. international C. internationalize D. internationalism
Question 5: English is an effective means to understand other cultures, religions and _____in
the world because most books about these issues are in English.
A. civilizations B. civilians C. civilities D. civilizers
Question 6: Filmmakers are maybe thinking about making money_____of bad effects on
children.
A. disregard B. regardful C. regardless D. disregarding
Question 7: At home, I don't have a cassette recorder to listen to my lessons; therefore I can't
practice and have a good_____before classes.
A. preparative B. preparedly C. irreparable D. preparation
Question 8: He usually avoids going to parties because he has_____remembering people's
names.
A. troublesome B. trouble C. troubling_____D, troubler
Question 9: I stopped worrying about what people think about me and I tried to pay _____to
what people were saying.
A. attention B. attentive C. attentiveness D. attentively
Question 10: I was woken up_____by the sound of someone hammering on the front door.
A. suddenness B. sudden C. suddentive D. suddenly
Question 11: In 1891, Marie Curie came to Paris and studied at the Sorbonne, a world
_____university in Paris at that time.
A. fame B. famously C. famous D. famousness
Question 12: In spite of her difficult living conditions, she worked_____hard to save money
for a study tour abroad.
A. extremeness B. extremely C. extremism D. extremity
Question 13: As a_____and mature student, Marie Curie earned a Physics degree with flying
colors.
A. brilliant B. brilliantly C. brilliantness D. brilliance
Question 14: His financial problems escalated after he became_____.
A. employment B. employer C. unemployed D. employee
Question 15: The government has announced an ambitious programme to_____the railway
network.
A. modem B. modernistic C. modernity D. modernize
Question 16:_____is a person whose job is to connect people using a telephone system.
A. Telephone B. Telephonist C. Telephonic D. Telephony
Question 17: The well-known_____, Joseph Rowntree, was concerned with the welfare of his
employees.
A. humanization B. humanism C. human D. humanitarian
Question 18: I didn't really want to go to the party, but I thought I'd better put in an_____.
A. appearance B. disappear C. appear D. disappearance
Question 19: Are the players_____and physically prepared to play a tough game?
A. mentalism B. mentality C. mentally D. mental
Question 20: Those who disagreed with the director's viewpoint were_____edged out of the
company.
A. gradually B. gradualism C. gradual D. gradualness
Question 21: There was a lot of opposition from the parents of the_____children because they
used to believe that their children could not learn anything at all.
A. ability B. disabled C. unable D. disablement
Question 22: We've spent a lot of money on_____and we're beginning to see the results.
A. advertising B. advertisers C. advertisement D. advertise
Question 23: Although her idea, at first, met with_____from the parents of the disabled
children, more children attended her class later.
A. opposite B. oppositional C. oppositeness D. opposition
Question 24: The International Red Cross helps people in need without any discrimination
based on_____, race, religion, class or political opinions.
A. national B. nationally C. nationality D. native
Question 25: The six-month-old_____club, which comprises 19 deaf, mute or mentally
retarded children, is now having its first exhibition in Hanoi.
A. photographic B. photograph C. photographer D. photographically
Question 26: Patricia has checked the reports and can vouch for the_____of the information.
A. accurateness B. accurately C. accuracy D. accurate
Question 27: The legend of Santa Claus - who_____leaves presents in stockings at Christmas
as children sleep - has its roots in a real man.
A. magician B. magical C. magically D. magic
Question 28: The pilot of the aircraft was forced to make an_____landing on Lake Geneva.
A. emerge B. emergent C. emerging D. emergency
Question 29: I think some subjects aren't necessary for small school children at all, for
example_____or industrial technology.
A. agriculture B. agriculturalist C. agricultural D. agriculturally
Question 30: It's an extremely_____cure for a headache.
A. effect B. effective C. effectual D. effector
Question 31:_____in the experiment also keep track of what they eat and drink
over three days so their eating habits can be evaluated.
A. Participles B. Participations C. Participates D. Participants
Question 32: Ambulances arrived at the scene of the accident and took the injured to_____.
A. hospitable B. hospitality C. hospitalization D. hospital
Question 33: Computer is an_____storage device which manages large collections of data.
A. electronic B. electron C. electronically D. electronical
Question 34: Computer is a personal_____which helps you to interact with other computers
and with people around the world.
A. communication B. communicator C. communicant D. communicability
Question 35: You would be well-advised to have the_____vaccinations before you go abroad.
A. appropriately B. appropriative C. appropriate D. appropriation
Question 36: In our_____of how much your initial investment might be worth at term, we are
assuming an 8% rate of return.
A. illustratable B. illustration C. illustrative D. illustrator
Question 37: The success of the 22nd SEA Games had a great contribution of many
_____volunteers.
A. support B. supporter C. supportive D. supportively
Question 38: Laura is anxious about her parents'_____because they may not let her stay the
night away from home.
A. permissible B. permission C. permissively D. permissiveness
Question 39: There's an element of_____in his behavior that makes me distrust him.
A. calculable B. calculator C. calculation D. calculative
Question 40: The students are visiting some caves because they want to understand
their_____lesson better and some of them have never been inside a cave.
A. geography B. geographical C. geographer D. geographically
Question 41: I think seat 4 or 5 is the most_____for me because I’ve never been a boat before.
A. suitability B. suitably C. suitableness D. suitable
Question 42: The Botanical Garden was a very_____place where we made a short tour round
the garden and took some pictures of the whole class.
A. beautify B. beautifully C. beautiful D. beautification
Question 43: The children slept soundly because it was so_____and quiet in the garden.
A. peaceable B. peacefulness C. peaceably D. peaceful
Question 44: My teacher has had_____of asking you to show the students the process of
fixing computers.
A. intention B. intentional C. intently D. intentness
Question 45: That was an_____performance from such a young tennis player.
A. impression B. impressive C. impressing D. impressionist
Question 46: Stars of the_____world turned out to celebrate his 40th year in show business.
A. entertain B. entertainer C. entertainment D. entertainingly
Question 47: She was prepared to take on the job, with all its_____risks.
A. associated B. association C. associative D. associating
Question 48: An old farmer said that their lives had changed a lot thanks to the_____our
children brought home.
A. knowledge B. knowledgeability C. knowledgeable D. knowledgeableness
Question 49: When he saw the crash, the young boy acted very_____and called the police.
A. responsibility B. responsible C. responsiveness D. responsibly
Question 50: Farmers hoped that with an education of science and_____, their children could
find a way of bettering their lives.
A. technological B. technologist C. technology D. technologically
Question 51: He said their lives had changed a lot thanks to the knowledge their children
brought home from high_____schools or colleges.
A. technical B. technicality C. technically D. technician
Question 52: In my hometown, there have been a lot of changes and_____in recent years.
A. improved B. improvements C. improvers D. improves
Question 53: A_____change in my hometown is the big park in the centre where people can
go for fresh air or pleasure after a day’s hard work.
A. remarking B. remarkably C. remark D. remarkable
Question 54: The burglars attacked the boys_____with pieces of wood.
A. violently B. violet_____ C. violent D. violence
Question 55: If we get to like watching TV too much, our lives are_____dominated, and even
we don't have time for friends and relatives or do necessary other things.
A. uncertainly B. certain C. certainly D. certainty
Question 56: The cost of the project has increased_____since it began.
A. dramatic B. dramatize C. dramatist D. dramatically
Question 57: For centuries, people have been challenged by the mysteries that lie beneath the
ocean, however, today's_____has overcome many of the challenges of the depth by using
modem devices.
A. scientism B. scientist C. scientific D. scientifically
Question 58: Guide dogs open up the lives of the blind or_____impaired.
A. visually B. visualize C. visualization D. visualizing
Question 59: Marine plants and animals fall into three major groups, some of which live on
or_____on the bottom like the starfish.
A. dependent B. independence C. dependability D. depend
Question 60: The government set up a commission to_____the problem of inner city violence.
A. investigator B. investigate C. investigation D. investigative
Question 61: From the satellite photos, we can know a wide range of information, including
water_____, depth and the undersea population.
A. temperance B. temperately C. temperature D. temperateness
Question 62: Plants and animals of the sea, however small or oversized, all contribute to
its_____.
A. biodiversity B. biochemically C. bioactive D. biogenetic
Question 63: All governments should have laws that_____the hunt for these endangered sea
animals for any purpose.
A. prohibitively B. prohibition C. prohibit D. prohibitionist

Exercise 2.2: Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences
Question 1: These scientists have collected different samples to_____for their experiment.
A. analyst B. analyze C. analysis D. analyzable
Question 2: If no effective measures were taken to_____whale, these wonderful animals
would disappear forever.
A. protection B. protectively C. protector D. protect
Question 3: Whales are in danger because of the increase in_____of other sea animals.
A. popularity B. population C. populate D. popularize
Question 4: We should stop and prevent doing what can do serious damage to our_____by
conserving rare plants and animals and by stopping the pollution.
A. environment B. environmental C. environmentalist D. environs
Question 5: The survey found that many graduates had difficulty working_____.
A. depend B. independence C. dependability D. independently
Question 6: When planning meals, you need to think about_____and taste as well as
nutritional value.
A. variable B. variety C. variedly D. variability
Question 7:_____dams hold back needed water and provide power for homes and industries.
A. Hydroelectric B. Hydroelectricity C. Hydroelectrically D. Hydro
Question 8: A forest fire can be made mostly by a_____cigarette butt or a campfire.
A. careful B. carelessness_____C, carefully D. careless
Question 9: When going Cue Phuong National Park,_____can study butterflies, visit caves,
hike mountains and look at the 1,000-year-old tree.
A. touristy B. tourism C. tourists D. touring
Question 10: The accident seemed to have_____destroyed his confidence.
A. complete B. completely C. completer D. completeness
Question 11: Journalists may enter the danger zone but_____we cannot guarantee their safety.
A. fortunately B. unfortunateness C. unfortunately D. fortunate
Question 12: His parents won't let him play ice hockey because they think it's too_____.
A. dangerous B. endangered C. danger D. endangering
Question 13: He didn't want to be involved in the_____for the conference, although he was
willing to attend and speak.
A. organizing B. organizer C. organization D. organize
Question 14: We_____the possibility that it could have been an accident.
A. elimination B. eliminatory C. eliminative D. eliminated
Question 15:_____includes a concern for the quality of the environment, so that people can
enjoy living in it.
A. Conservation B. conservator C. conservable D. conservatively
Question 16: Several passages from the book were printed in a_____newspaper before it was
published.
A. nationally B. nationalization C. national D. nationality
Question 17: He said that the songs were "_____inappropriate" for schoolchildren.
A. lyricism B. lyrically C. lyricist D. lyrical
Question 18: Music is very much an integral part of our life which is played during almost all
important events and on_____occasions and sets the tone for them.
A. specialization B. specialize C. specialist D. special
Question 19: The band seemed to lack the_____and spontaneity of their early years.
A. joyful B. joyously C. joyfulness D. joyless
Question 20: To become a novelist, you need to be_____.
A. imaginary B. imagination C. imaginative D. imaginable
Question 21: The charity will go under unless a_____donor can be found within the next few
months.
A. generous B. generator C. generously D. generosity
Question 22: We have to suffer a lot of floods due to our serious_____of forests.
A. destroy B. destructive C. destruction D. destructor
Question 23: England was one of the first countries to_____.
A. industry B. industrial C. industrialize D. industrialization
Question 24: Passengers were kept for three hours in a_____waiting room.
A. disgusting B. disgust C. disgustful D. disgustedly
Question 25: I suppose he is quite_____- he sends me flowers on my birthday and tells me I'm
looking beautiful and so on.
A. romance B. romantic C. romanticize D. romantically
Question 26: Her new_____series will be her debut on the small screen.
A. detector B. detection C. detectible D. detective
Question 27: In the early 19th century, scientists discovered that when a_____of still pictures
were set in motion, they could give the feeling of movement.
A. sequence B. sequent C. sequential D. sequentially
Question 28: Farmers make their soil more productive by distributing_____.
A. fertile B. fertility C. fertilizers D. fertilizable
Question 29: World Cup, the_____football tournament, which is considered the most popular
sporting event in the world, is held every four years.
A. intemationality B. international C. internationalism D. internationally
Question 30: Almost half of turtles and tortoises are known to be threatened with_____.
A. extinct B. extinction C. extinctive D. extinctor
Question 31: The _____ match of the 2002 World Cup attracted a television audience of over
26 billion viewers.
A. finalist B. finally C. finalization D. final
Question 32: They now live in California, but_____they came from Mexico.
A. origin B. originally C. original D. originality
Question 33: Van Mieu - Quoc Tu Giam, originally built in 1070 in the Ly dynasty, as_____of
Confucian ways of thought and behaviour.
A. representable B. represent C. representation D. representative
Question 34: Although the city is a_____tourist destination for many people, it has its
problems.
A. favoritism B. favor C. favorite D. favorable
Question 35: After more than 900 years of existence, Van Mieu is an example of well-
preserved _____Vietnamese architecture.
A. traditionalize B. traditionally C. traditionalist D. traditional
Question 36: Modernizing_____buildings can often do more harm than good.
A. historic B. historian C. historically D. historicity
Question 37: Hue, a World_____Heritage by UNESCO in 1993, was founded by the Nguyen
Dynasty.
A. Cultural B. Culturology C. Culturally D. Culture
Question 38: Between 1076 and 1779, Quoc Tu Giam was a place to_____the talented for the
nation.
A. product B. produce C. productively D. production
Question 39: Such characters as fairies or witches in Walt Disney animated cartoons are
purely_____.
A. imaginary B. imaginative C. imagining D. imaginable
Question 40: The firefighters’ single-minded devotion to the rescue of the victims of the fire
was_____.
A. respecting B. respective C. respectful D. respectable
Question 41: Since_____has been so poor, the class has been closed.
A. attendance B. attendant C. attending D. attendee
Question 42: Tom is getting ever keener on doing research on_____.
A. biology B. biological C. biologist D. biologically
Question 43: They are always_____of what their children do.
A. support B. supporting C. supportive D. supportively
Question 44: The mobile phone is an effective means of_____in the world nowadays.
A. communicated B. communication C. communicate D. communicative
Question 45: It is not always easy to make a good_____at the last minute.
A. decide B. decision C. decisive D. decisively
Question 46: Cultural_____can be found in such simple processes as giving or receiving a
gift.
A. differences B. different C. differently D. differ
Question 47: Travelling to_____countries in the world enables me to learn many interesting
things.
A. differ B. difference C. differently D. different
Question 48: The job market is constantly changing due to innovative technology and
new_____.
A. competition B. competitively C. competitive D. compete
Question 49: In Vietnam, children begin their primary_____at the age of six.
A. educational B. educationally C. educate D. education
Question 50: Many librarians and teachers are now accepting graphic novels as proper
literature for children as they_____young people and motivate them to read.
A. attract B. attractively C. attraction D. Attractive
Question 51: The success of the company in such a_____market is remarkable.
A. compete B. competitively C. competitive D. Competition
Question 52: People tend to be unaware of the messages they are sending to others. So, it
is_____to consider your own body language before dealing with people from other cultures.
A. usefully B. use C. usefulness D. useful
Question 53: Project-based learning provides wonderful opportunities for students to develop
their_____.
A. creative B. creativity C. create D. creatively
Question 54: Candidates are advised to dress formally to make a good_____on job
interviewers.
A. impress B. impressively C. impression D. impressive
Question 55: It is believed that travelling is a good way to expand our_____of the world
A. knowledgeable B. knowledgeably C. knowledge D. Know
Question 56: Susan has achieved great_____in her career thanks to her hard work.
A. success B. succeed C. successful D. Successfully
Question 57: Participating in teamwork activities helps students develop their_____
skills.
A. social B. society C. socially D. socialize
Question 58: You should turn off the lights before going out to save_____.
A. electricity B. electrify C. electric D. electrically
Question 59: The study also found that social networks allow us to have discussions with a
much more diverse set of people than in the real world, so we share knowledge with people
from a wide_____of backgrounds.
A. vary B. variety C. various D. variously
Question 60: The candidates took a_____ breath before he walked into the interview room.
A. deeply B. deep C. deepen D. Depth
Question 61: With his good sense of humor, Martin is quite_____with the students.
A. popularly B. popular C. popularize D. popularity
Question 62: Laura came to_____me for tak5ing care of her dog when she was away.
A. thank B. thankfully C. thankfulness D. Thankful
Question 63: I think mobile phones are_____for people of all ages.
A. usage B. use C. usefully D. useful