WORD FORMATION

Complete these sentences by writing the correct form of the word in brackets in each
gap.
1.The car factory is probably the biggest ..................(employ) of people in this area. About
1,000 people work there.
2.Your school has an excellent ........................(repute). It’s probably the best in the city.
3. I simply don’t believe you. You aren’t telling the ........................(true).
4. To my ....................(amaze), I came first in the school in French. I couldn’t believe it!
5. What is the ......................(differ) between ‘the United Kingdom’ and ‘Great Britain’? Don’t
they mean the same?
6. ...........................(safe) is extremely important in the science lab. You must wear goggles to
protect your eyes.
7. We’re visiting the national Parliament tomorrow so please dress......................(appropriate).
That means no jeans and no trainers!
8. The height of the box is 1 metre and the ....................(wide) is also a metre, so it’s basically
a cube.
9. Before you work as a judge, you need to work as a .........................(law) for many years.
10. I’m exhausted because my dance course is really............................. (demand). We have
classes every day and there is extra practice at the weekend.
11. The governor tried to raise some financial ............................ (back) for his humanitarian
project.
12. The government passed a new law that will .......................(crime) stealing passwords from
others.
13. There was a lot of food left at the party because I .................... (calculate) the number of
guests who would come.
14. Her behaviour was .................... (civil) and very rude.
15. He reacted to the crime in shock and .................................(believe).
16. The evidence against the two accused was .................. (conclude), so they were allowed to
leave the courtroom.
17. The ......................... (discovery) of electricity was a milestone of modern history.
18. I’m responsible for taking care of you in your parents’......................(absence).
19. There is a lack of .................... (create) in the articles she writes. They are all the same.
20.You should take the offer. It’s an ........................ (beat) price for a two-week holiday in
Spain.
21.I asked the manager to .......................... (clear) a few points in the agreement before we
came around to the signing.
22.Karl Marx had the idea of creating a ................... (class) society.
23.From the balcony we could see all the .................... (celebrate) arriving in their shiny cars.
24.Allied forces .................. (bomb) the enemy lines for several weeks.
25.Here is the data of three ...................... (compare) houses for sale in your neighbourhood.
26.The young lady claimed to be a victim of child ................... (use).
27.The plaintiff was present at the trial but there was no sign of the ................ (defence).
28.Indian food can be .................. (character) as hot and spicy.
29.When two people split up neither of them is completely .................... (blame).
30.The ....................... (closure) of the bank was inevitable.