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SECTION 04 · Word forms in context

Word formation

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How to solve: Word formationGaps in a text where you choose the correct form of a word.

What it tests

Word formation: choosing the right part of speech (noun, adjective, adverb, verb) and the right prefix or suffix.

In the exam: part IV, 5 tasks.

Step by step

  1. Look at the word just before the gap: an article or possessive (a, the, his) usually needs a noun; be, become, very usually need an adjective.
  2. Look at the word after the gap: before a noun you usually need an adjective; after a verb you may need an adverb.
  3. Decide the part of speech, then choose the option with that ending.
  4. Check the meaning: positive or negative (un-, in-, im-, dis-, -less), singular or plural.
  5. Read the sentence again with the word in place.

Watch out for

  • Noun forms that look alike: success / succession, economy / economics.
  • -ed and -ing adjectives: bored (how I feel) / boring (what causes it).
  • Adjective instead of adverb after a verb: speak fluent ✕ / speak fluently ✓.

Example

…parents with a high level of ____ … a) education b) educational c) educate d) educated

a) education — after “a high level of” we need a noun.

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EXERCISE TEXT

I have a briefcase full of papers which describe cases Sherlock Holmes has investigated. Some are failures, since there were no final 1 for the mysteries in question. A problem without a solution may interest the 2 , but will offer little to the general reader. Among these unfinished stories is that of the yacht Alicia which one morning sailed into the mist and disappeared forever; the vessel and the crew were never seen again. Then there was the case of the well-known journalist Luigi Persona, who was found 3 mad with a jar in front of him. The jar contained a remarkable worm, unknown to science up to that point. Apart from these mysterious cases for which Holmes did not find solutions, there are those which various 4 people would rather not see in print and those which might affect the 5 of Holmes himself, for whom I have more respect than for any man alive.

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