TOPIC FOUR: ESSENTIAL VOCABULARY (CONTINUED)

G. Word Building
1. Long is an adjective. What is the related verb?
a. longing
b. lengthen
c. longthen
d. longering

2. What is the opposite of 'resistible'?

a. unresistible
b. irresistible
c. disresistible
d. inresistible

3. What is the opposite of ‘patient’?

a. impatient
b. inpatient
c. unpatient
d. dispatient

4. ‘Safe’ is an adjective, what is its related noun?

a. safely
b. safer
c. safety
d. safeness

5. What is the opposite of ‘tolerant’?

a. imtolerant
b. untolerant
c. distolerant
d. intolerant

6. What's the opposite of 'perfect'?

a. unperfect
b. inperfect
c. imperfect
d. deperfect

7. Which form of ‘walk’ starts this sentence? "________ is good for you."
a. To walk
b. Walk
c. Walking
d. Walked

8. Make a new word from ‘economy’ to fill the space. "My new car is
more ________ than my last one."
a. economical
b. economic
c. economise
d. economics

9. If something is edible, it can be ________.

a. carried
b. drunk
c. thrown away
d. eaten

10. If you are a co-pilot, you fly the plane together with the pilot. Which of
the following uses of ‘co’ is wrong?
a. Co-author
b. Co-partner
c. Co-owner
d. Co-worker

11. The Internet is an amazing ________.

a. invent
b. inventor
c. invention
d. inventive

12. What is a synonym of rude?

a. inpolite
b. dispolite
c. unpolite
d. impolite

13. Which word doesn’t make a word with -able? e.g. countable
a. help
b. understand
c. rely
d. respect

14. Which of the following adjectives ending in -ful doesn’t exist?

a. painful
b. beautiful
c. funful
d. fruitful

15. The following are all negative adjectives with un-. Which should be
dis-?
a. untidy
b. unhonest
c. unsociable
d. unreliable

16. If you come from England, you are (and speak) English. Which of
these countries has a different ending to the others when it changes
to an adjective?
a. China
b. Japan
c. Argentina
d. Portugal

17. What is the opposite of contented?

a. uncontented
b. incontented
c. imcontented
d. discontented

18. Complete the sentence. “He’s worried about _______ late”

a. being
b. be
c. to be
d. will be