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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

In the days of Queen Victoria, 1 British people thought that the 2 family was very special. Victoria, her husband and their nine children were seen as an example of 3 family life.

But today things are 4. The Queen is still generally popular, but there have been too many problems with marriages. The Queen's sister and three of her four children are now divorced.

Prince Charles, the Queen's eldest son, married Princess Diana in 1981. Diana was young and beautiful and the newspapers and television were very interested in her. Soon she was more 5 than Charles, her husband. But her marriage to Charles was not happy. When Diana died in a car accident in 1997, many British people were very sad.

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