word form exercise
The ___ of the heating system requires
Complete the following sentences with an appropriate
form of the words in brackets.
1. Our next-door neighbour is a ___ who is
studying marine life. (biology)
2. Laura has been very ___ during my
illness. (support)
3. My main ___ at home is to wash the
dishes. (responsible)
4. Tam usually helps her mother with ___
chores. (house)
5. Ms. Huntley is a very warm and ___
person. (care)
6. If you’re worried about their ___, put your
jewels in the hotel safe. (secure)
7. What I’m telling you is strictly ___.
(confidence)
8. They’ve enough toys to keep them out of
___ for a while. (mischievous)
9. We were relieved that Tom had arrived at
the wedding ___ dressed. (suit)
10. Remember you’re in the army! If you ___
orders,
you’ll get a court martial. (obedient)
11. By doing well at school, he hoped to win
his parents’ ___. (approve)
12. The Western people are very concerned
with physical ___ when choosing a wife or a
husband. (attract)
13. Vienna is a real ___ centre for music
lovers. (culture)
14. Would you like to go to our wedding?
The ___ takes place at St John’s church.
(marry)
15. David and Mary have been in ___ for five
years. (part)
16. The police are interested in the sudden
___ of the valuable painting. (appear)
17. In our country it is ___ for the
bridegroom to make a speech.
(tradition)
18. Michael has just got ___ to a girl he’
known since he was a boy. (engage)
19. Almost young Americans want to lead
___ lives when they are twenty. (depend)
20. Each member of our group has a ___ of
opinion. (diverse)
21. The restaurant manager was very ___
and said we could have our meal for free.
(apology)
22. They were having an ___ about the
children. (argue)
23. Julia dances a lot more ___ than all of
her friends. (marvel)
24.
several days. (install)
25. He was a very ___ pupil and seemed to
spend most of the time looking out of the
window. (attend)
26. The girl sitting next to Mike smiles very
___, doesn’t she? (attract)
27. Mr. Andrews enjoys ___ with his students
after class. (social)
28. At first he was rude, but later he
apologized for his ___. (polite)
29. The atmosphere was very ___ and
everyone was on. (formality)
first-name terms.
30. The shop ___ seemed to spend most of
the time talking rather than attending to
customers. (assist)
31. You can raise your hand to show that
you need ___. (assist)
32. It’s hard to know what she’s thinking;
she’s not very ___. (communicate)
33. ___, Eastern and Western people have
had different ideas about love and marriage.
(tradition)
34. A ___ of Indians thought it was better for
a couple not to discuss certain matters.
(major)
35. It was highly ___ of him to leave the
children on their own in the pool. (response)
36. In Britain education is ___ between the
ages of 5 and 16. (compel)
37. Work experience is an important ___
experience for young people. (education)
38. The ___ between public and private
school system in many countries is quite
clear. (divide)
39. The lecture we heard last night was very
___. (inform)
40. The written English is not ___ phonetic,
which causes difficulties for foreigners.
(system)
41. The strike caused widespread ___ to
train services. (disrupt)
42. It is not always easy to earn a living as
an ___. (art)
43. The British government ___ the railways
in 1948. (nation)
44. The whole trip to Africa was planned
with ___ precision. (mathematics)
45.He talks so much because he is a ___.
(politics)
46. ___! You are offered the position.
(congratulate)
47. Try not to be too ___ if you do not get
the job. (appoint)
48. It can be ___ when preparing for a job
interview. (stress)
49. His advice helped me create a good ___
on my interviewer. (impress)
50. Remember to bring the letters of ___
from your teachers. (recommend)
51. You should show ___ when the job is
explained to you. (enthusiast)
52. Always show your best side, your ___ to
work. (keen)
53. An ___ is the person who answers the
questions in an interview. (interview)
54. My cousin has been working as an ___
for over twelve years. (account)
55. I want to become a writer so that I can
create ___ characters and events.
(imagine)
56. My friend’s brother is now working in an
___ agency. (employ)
57. Mr. Bean has all the right ___ to become
a good manager. (qualify)
58. They all cheered ___ as their team came
out. (enthusiasm)
59. Mr. Nam works as an ___ for a local firm.
(electric)
60. He is so ___! He just can’t make up his
mind. (decide)
61. If we don’t ___ in electricity, there will be
power cuts. (economy)
62. There is not anyone living in the island;
it’s an ___ island. (inhabit)
63. There used to be a ___ of schools,
hospitals in my country. (short)
64. We believe that we will gain great ___
and build better life for our people.
(achieve)
65. Only a ___ support the new Enterprises
Law. (minor)
66. The new laws have ___ both domestic
and foreign private investment.
(courage)
67. Vietnam has ___ substantial changes
since Doi Moi. (go)
68. The Nation Congress of the Vietnamese
Communist Party continued to reaffirm its ___
to Doi Moi. (commit)
69. I couldn’t get much work done as I was
___ being interrupted by people telephoning
me. (continue)
70. Every effort was made to return the
purse to its ___ owner. (right)
71. We are really ___ about the peace
process in the region. (optimism)
72. People believe that he was killed by a
group of ___. (terror)
73. The earth is being ___ by pollution.
(threat)
74. In the future cars can run on anything
from ___ to methane gas. (electric)
75. As the child’s head went under the
water for the third time, I stood and
watched ___ to help. I can’t swim. (power)
76. I’m afraid you’ll have to see Mr. Pound.
All matters concerning finance are his ___.
(response)
77. Although she arrived ___, we made her
welcome just the same. (expect)
78. Tom fell into a deep ___ on hearing the
news. (impress)
79. He was very sad because he was told
that his best friend got an ___ disease.
(cure)
80. I’m sorry I haven’t phoned. I’ve been ___
busy this week. (credible)
81. The President was a very ___ man.
(power)
82. Using electricity is an ___ way to heat
the house. Burning gas is much cheaper.
(economy)
83. My brother works as a ___ in a five-star
hotel in the city centre. (receive)
84. All ___ for the job should be received by
December 15th. (apply)
85. In Physical Education you should listen
___ to the teacher’s instructions. (attend)
86. The desert is in the ___ part of the
country. (south)
87. They led a ___ expedition across the
sand dunes in 1930. (science)
88. The police are still looking into the ___
disappearance of the chief cashier shortly
after the bank robbery. (mystery)
89. The Sahara Desert is the ___ desert in
the world. (large)
90. It’s the most ___ film I’ve ever seen.
(fright)
91. There are very few ___ places on earth
today. Man has been nearly everywhere.
(explore)
92. The path to the village will be ___ by the
local government. (wide)
93. There are ___ types of dunes in the
Simpson Desert. (differ)
94. They have decided to organise the ___
election by the end of this year. (president)
95. Many efforts have been made to ___ the
national economy. (stable)
96. Smoking during pregnancy can ___ the
baby’s health. (danger)
97. My only means of ___ was my driver’s
licence. (identify)
98. I have read the guidelines on the
controlled ___ of ocean resources. (exploit)
99. ___ and overpopulation are the two big
problems in the developing countries.
(forest)
100. Many small towns in our country have
been ___ in the past few years. (urban)
101. There are only two ___ in the air crash.
All the other passengers were killed.
(survive)
102. The Red List has been introduced to
raise people’s ___ of conservation needs.
(aware)
103. Governments have enacted laws to
protect wildlife from ___ trade. (commerce)
104. Scientists have many theories about
how the universe first came into ___. (exist)
105. A ___ is a person who studies plants or
animals, especially outdoors. (nature)
106. I had to have a ___ examination before
they gave me the job. (medicine)
107. Many plants and animals are now in
danger of ___. (extinct)
108. The ___ are persuading people to work
together to save the nature. (environment)
109. There is a network of short dunes in
the ___ part of the desert. (west)
110. In my opinion, the poachers must be
given severe ___. (punish)
111. Vehicles of over 3 metres in ___pay an
additional toll. (long)
112. There is no need to be so ___. I just
asked how to get to the bus-stop. (defend)
113. Tyson knocked his ___ out in the first
round. (oppose)
114. We stood and watched the dancers’
graceful ___. (move)
115. I would like to show you my latest ___,
which I have called “ Sounds of Nature ”.
(create)
116.The player didn’t agree with the
referee’s ___. (decide)
117. I hate playing badminton with Tom.
He’s too ___. (compete)
118. I prefer scuba-diving to water polo
because it is___. (adventure)
119. Do you know when synchronized
swimming first received major ___? (public)
120. After four hours’ ___ typing I had a
terrible headache. (continue)
121. Modern technology was used in
competitions to increase ___. (precise)
122. The audience ___ sang the official song
with the singer. (enthusiast)
123. The spectators had great ___ for the
results of Vietnamese teams. (admire)
124. There are more than one thousand ___
taking part in this event. (participate)
125. Julia’s compositions are full of mistakes
but they are very ___. (image)
126. The show was so ___ that nobody knew
who was coming on next. (organize)
127. One of the aims of the organization is
to provide ___ aid to the refugees. (human)
128. Why don’t you take the ___ and
arrange a meeting? (initiate)
129. After some ___ one of the children
began to speak. (hesitate)
130. The International Red Cross has its ___
in Geneva, Switzerland. (head)
131. After the tsunami many people lost
their families, friends and___. (live)
132. The driver of the lorry sustained only
minor ___ to legs and arms. (injure)
133. Was the ___ of International Red Cross
inspired by a Sweden? (found)
134. The doctor gave him an injection to ___
the pain. (die)
135. The mother was ___ to see her son
eating properly again. (relief)
136. ___, there were five countries founding
the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
(origin)
137. The main goal of the association is to
promote peace and___ in the region and all
over the world. (stable)
138. She was the only visitor ___ into the
sick room. (admission)
139. The two sides are ___ engaged in the
discussion. (act)
140. On my salary we have to live as ___ as
possible. (economy)
141. Don’t ___ Peter. He’s a skillful
campaigner. (estimate)
142. In the past few years this area has
become heavily ___. (industry)
143. I think there are ___ differences in
every country. (region)
144. A ___ of factors may be responsible for
the increase in cancer. (combine)
145. They have agreed to provide ___
assistance for countryside schools. (finance)
PASSAGE 1 3. entertain 8. expense
EXCHANGE PROGRAMMES 4. produce 9. publish
Nowadays it is becoming (1) ___ popular for 5. recognize 10. spread
students to go on an exchange
programme. This is (2) ___ popular in
Europe. In such programmes, students can
go abroad and (3) ___ at a foreign PASSAGE 3
university for a term or two, and these JUDO
studies count towards their agree. This (4) Judo is a sport that has achived great
___ has several advantages. Students have popularity in many parts of the world. It was
the opportunity to practise the foreign (1) ___ developed in Japan in the late 19 th
languages they have (5) ___ in school. They century based on ancient methods of self-
meet different cultures and experience in a defence. There are two (2) ___. Although
different way of life. In (6) ___, they learn they use physical (3) ___ against each other,
about different ways of (7) ___ in their own they are respectful to their (4) ___ and
subject and get a broader view of the bow to each other before and after each
issues. For example, one Austrian student contest. Judo is an (5) ___ sport to take up
who was studying agriculture found because the only equipment you need is the
different types of (8) ___ in England special loose-fitting suit. It is very suitable
interesting. Finally, they also meet for (6) ___ if they join a club where the (7)
exchange students from other countries, so ___ are properly qualified and pay enough
they experience a really (9) ___ attention to safety. Although Judo is a
environment. This experience will (10) ___ physically (8) ___ sport which requires a lot
result in a better understanding between of (9) ___, practice and skill, there are many
nations. strong people who find it (10) ___ as a
means of relaxation in their spare time.
1. increase 6. add
2. special 7. think 1. origin 6. young
3. studious 8. farm 2. fight 7. instruct
4. arrange 9. nation 3. violent 8. demand
5. learn 10. hope 4. oppose 9. strong
5. expense 10. enjoy
PASSEGE 2
BOOKS PASSAGE 4
Nearly all the discoveries that have been WOMEN DOCTORS
made through the ages can be found in Through history have had responsibility for
books. The (1) ___ of the book is one of healing the sick. However, it is only in (1)
humankind’s greatest (2) ___, the ___ recent times that they have been
importance of which can’t be allowed to train as doctors at (2) ___ schools
overestimated. Books are very adaptable, in Britain. Yet in that short time, they have
providing us with both (3) ___ and made an enormous (3) ___ to modern
information. The (4) ___ of books began in medicine.
Ancient Egypt, though not in a form that is The first female doctors were priestesses
(5) ___ to us today. The books read by the who gave (4) ___ about diseases and (5) ___
Romans, however, have some (6) ___ to the and prepared medicines. In ancient Roman,
ones we read now. Until the middle of the women healers were considered (6) ___ and
15th century, in Europe, all books were respected. In Britain, for centuries male
(7)___ by hand. They were often beautifully doctors were (7) ___ of women who
illustrated and always rare and (8) ___. With practises medicine (8) ___ and in 1512 a law
printing distribution of books, making was passed making it (9) ___ for them to do
knowledge more (9) ___ and accessible. so. Women couldn’t study medicine at
universities until the 19th century and they
1. invent 6. similar only began to gain (10) ___ with male
2. achieve 7. write doctors in the 20th century.
 1. compare 6. skill
2. medicine 7. suspect
3. contribute 8. profession
4. advise 9. legal
5. injure 10. equal

PASSAGE 5
EXCHANGE VISITS
The most effective way of learning a
language is by living in the country
concerned, but parents should think (1) ___
before they send their children abroad.
Although some (2) ___ arrange visits for
children as young as ten, the (3) ___ of them
won’t be ready to stay away from home and
deal with (4) ___ differences until they are in
their teens. Even then they will need a basic
(5) ___ of the language and some
experience of foreign travel before they go.
Exchange visits are a good way for (6) ___
to improve
their language skills. It is a good idea for
them to exchange (7) ___ before the visits.
Host families shouldn’t feel any (8) ___ to
provide an extensive programme of (9)
___. It is more important to make the guest
feel welcome. Travel can (10) ___ the mind,
and exchange visits give young people
experience of a different way of life as well
as a different language.
1. care 6. teens
2. organize 7. correspond
3. major 8. oblige
4. culture 9. entertain
5. know 10. abroad

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