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In A Sentence or Text You Have To Change The Form of A Word

The document provides information about word formation and completing sentences by changing words to different parts of speech. It explains that the beginning of words often stays the same while the ending changes, and provides common suffixes used to form nouns, adjectives, verbs, and adverbs. It lists examples of prefixes used to form negatives. It then provides a sentence completion exercise and explains how to guess if an answer is unknown and check responses carefully.

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In A Sentence or Text You Have To Change The Form of A Word

The document provides information about word formation and completing sentences by changing words to different parts of speech. It explains that the beginning of words often stays the same while the ending changes, and provides common suffixes used to form nouns, adjectives, verbs, and adverbs. It lists examples of prefixes used to form negatives. It then provides a sentence completion exercise and explains how to guess if an answer is unknown and check responses carefully.

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In a sentence or text you have to change the form of a word, e.g.

from a noun to an adjective, or


from a verb to a noun. For example:

The _____ was very nervous. (sing)

You have to complete the sentence with the person noun (singer). You change the verb (sing) into
the person noun (singer).

Look at the word you have to change. Which words do you know that are in the same word
family?

The beginning of the word is often the same and the end of the word changes.

What form is the new word? A verb? A noun? An adjective? An adverb?

Nouns often end: -ment, -ion, -ness, -ity.

People nouns often end: -er, -or, -ist, -ian.

Adjectives often end: -able, -ible, -ive, -al, -ic, -ed, -ing.

Some verbs end: -ise, -ate, -en.

Adverbs often end: -ly.

Is the new word negative? If so, you may need a prefix, e.g. un- (unhappy), im- (impolite), in-
(inexperienced), dis- (dishonest), etc.

If you don’t know the new word, guess. You may be right!

Check your answers carefully when you finish.


Word formation

Type the correct form of the word in brackets to fill the gaps.

1. He gets a lot of (ENJOY) from football.

2. Money doesn’t always bring (HAPPY).

3. It is (HONEST) to take something that isn’t yours.

4. My dad gets very (PATIENT) when he has to wait ages for the train.

5. I want to be a (SCIENCE) when I’m older.

6. It’s snowing. You need to ride your bike (CAREFUL).

7. (PERSONAL) speaking, I didn’t like the film.

8. She's (OBSESS) with fashion. She buys all the fashion magazines.

Word formation 2

Type the correct form of the word in brackets to fill the gaps.

What happens when bigger animals come into our cities? Are they welcome or are they
considered a danger or a pest?

Often wild animals come into cities to look for food. In Cape Town, South Africa, baboons have
started coming into (RESIDENT) areas on the edge of the city to feed. They open rubbish
bins and eat fruit from gardens and orchards. Some brave baboons have even come into people’s
houses and taken food from kitchen cupboards and fridges!

Baboons can be aggressive and have attacked a lot of pet animals, so (UNDERSTAND),
many city residents don’t welcome their (PRESENT). The city can be a
(DANGER) place for baboons too. Some have been (INJURY) or killed in car accidents and
others have been electrocuted as they played with electric cables.

Baboons are an (ENDANGER) species and to save them and (MINIMAL)


conflicts between humans and baboons, the city council has employed a team of Baboon
Monitors. The monitors’ job is to chase baboons out of urban areas or catch them and release
them in the countryside. This policy has been quite (SUCCESS), though it is proving hard
to stop baboons from coming back to the city once they see it as a source of easy food.

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