FCE WORD FORMATION NOUNS

I - Transform the words below into NOUNS by using the SUFFIXES on the right

(verbs) Agree, state _________________________________________

(verbs) Appear, attend ______________________________________

(verbs) Assume, consume, recognise, solve ________________________________________

(adjectives) Capital, ideal ____________________________________

(verbs) Conclude, explode _______________________________

(adjectives) Dense, diverse, equal, regular, valid, familiar _____________________________________

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(verbs) Depend, prefer ______________________________________

(verbs) Dispose, propose _____________________________________

(verbs) Emit, transmit _______________________________________

(verbs) Expose, fail _________________________________________

(verbs) Inform, resign, transform, pollute ____________________________________________

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(nouns) Member, relation, dictator, friend ________________________________________________

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(nouns) Mile, percent ________________________________________

(verbs) Simplify, verify, mistify _________________________________________________________

(adjectives) Useful, weak, rich, crazy, kind, happy, ugly ________________________________________________

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II - What word do you need in the sentence? NOUN or ADJECTIVE? Talk to a partner and write the right answer.

1) There's no need to get _______________ with me. (anger / angry)

2) There is a ___________ of him losing his job. (dangerous / danger)
3) He completed the exam with ______________. (easy / ease)
4) If you didn't do it, why do you look so _____________? (guilty / guilt)
5) I put the _____________ of my family above all other things. (Happy / happiness)
6) She's the most _______________ person I have ever met. (Intelligence / intelligent)
7) To have ___________ is important when you gamble. (Lucky / luck)
8) It was nice to see the animals in their ___________ environment. (Natural / nature)
9) I have a _________ in my shoulder. (Pain / painful)
10) Not everything you read in the newspaper is __________. (True / truth)
III - Transform the NOUNS below into ADJECTIVES by using the SUFFIXES on the right

Beauty, skill, wonder, success, delight______________________________

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Athlete, photograph, base, science, history, rhythm___________ _______

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Accident, region, brute, person, universe____________________________

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Custom, compliment, moment, honor, caution, diet___________________

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Magic, logic, history, practice, statistic, alphabet ____________________

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IV-INSTRUCTIONS (test 2 Cambridge book 1):

READ THE TEXT. WHAT KIND OF WORD DO YOU NEED IN THE GAPS?
TALK TO A PARTNER BEFORE DOING THE EXERCISE
V-INSTRUCTIONS (test 3 Cambridge book 1):

READ THE TEXT. WHAT KIND OF WORD DO YOU NEED IN THE GAPS?
TALK TO A PARTNER BEFORE DOING THE EXERCISE

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