I love fiction, especially s_ _ _ _ s_ _ _ies. I often read one on the train to school. *

CHAPTER 1: WORD FORMATIONS

Exercise 1:

Use the correct form of the word in brackets to complete the following sentences.

1. There are some _____________ to every grammatical rule.

EXCEPT

2. The engineering sector achieved significant _____________ last year.

GROW

3. I have a _____________ of old records from my grandma.

COLLECT

4. He'll _____________ be coming later.

SURE

5. Eric Clapton's guitar solos are _____________.

LEGEND

6. It was one of the most _____________ plays I've seen recently.

ENJOY

7. In her time, Marilyn Monroe was a very _____________ actress.

GLAMOUR

8. It's_____________to tell whether he's lying or not.

POSSIBLE

9. He's no worldwide star, but he was very humble _____________.

BEGIN

10. They took _____________ of noise levels inside the building.

MEASURE

11. He's a really _____________ person.

RELY

12. She made several excellent _____________ in her essay on Charles Dickens.

OBSERVE

13. Watching TV shows in English is definitely very _____________ to improve your listening skills.

USE

14. The Internet is probably one of the best _____________ ever.

INVENT

15. The boat was 16 feet in _____________.

LONG

16. Both _____________ and fluency are important when speaking a foreign language.

ACCURATE

17. You shouldn't have said that! It was a totally _____________ remark.

APPROPRIATE

18. Since the earliest times, civilisations have understood the _____________ of time.

IMPORTANT

19. Doing puzzles keeps our brains fit and _____________.

HEALTH

20. As well as gaining _____________, by doing puzzles we give our brains a good workout.

SATISFY

Part 6. Complete the sentences.

1. All the ticket / the trip /  Ha Noi / sell / yesterday.

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2. Look! / the trees / flowers / take care /

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3. People / my city / often / have / rice / vegetables / lot / seafood / and / various / kinds / meat.

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4. The Japanese / eat / instant food / the Vietnamese.

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5. You / buy / bottle / cooking oil / yesterday?

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6. Those buses / not going / airport / neither / taxis.

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7. You / not / want / sell / house last year ?

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8. He / stop / smoke / save / money .

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9. It / difficult / prevent / people / park here.

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10. When / you / think / this / house / build?

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11. Vietnam / have / kinds / traditional / opera / such / Cheo / cai lương/

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12. Her hobby / take / collect / stamps.

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1. You should take the train instead of the bus.

-> If………………………………………… ………………………………………….. ………………

2. I’m sure that someone forgot to lock the door.

–> Someone must………………………………………. ………………………………………….

3. They bought this house ten years ago.

–> They have………………………………………. ………………………………………….. …..

4. The course finished with a big party.

–> At the end……………………………………….. ……………………………………………..

5. We invited a pop star onto the chat show, but he didn’t turn up.

–> The pop star………………………………………. ……………………………………………

6. Although she said that she would come, I don’t think she ever will.

—> Despite……………………………………. ………………………………………….. ………..

7. The plane had hardly left the airport when the accident happened.

–> No sooner…………………………………….. ………………………………………….. …….

8. You feel tired now because you didn’t sleep very well last night.

-> Had……………………………………….. ………………………………………….. …………..

9. When did you start the project?

—> How long………………………………………. ……………………………………………..

10. Their wedding will be held in a lovely church.

–> The church…………………………………….. ………………………………………….. ……

1.  I applied for the job but was turned down.

ð My ………………………………………………………………………

2.  I hate people laughing at me. 

ð I ……………………………………………………………………………...

3.  “You stole the jewels!” the inspector said to him.

ð The inspector accused ……………………………………………………...

4.  Galileo is considered to be the father of modern astronomy.

ð Galileo is regarded …………………………………………………………

5.  It’s not easy to do all this work in half an hour

ð I find it ……………………………………………………………………...

6.  He started working for this company two years ago.

ð He has ……………………………………………………………………

7.  I’ll be happy to give you a lift.

ð I don’t mind ………………………………………………………………………...

8.   James will ask the mechanic to repair his car.

ð James will have………………………………

9.  Carter felt sick because he ate four cream cakes.

ð If ……………………………………………………………………………

10. I am sorry I was rude to you yesterday.

ð   I apologize …………………………………………………………………….

12. It was so cold that we don’t go out.

-> It was __________________________________________(too)

-> It was __________________________________________(such)

-> It wasnot __________________________________________( enough)

13. This store is too small for us to take notice .

-> This store isn’t____________________________________(enough)

-> This store is____________________________________(so)

-> It is ____________________________________(such )

14. These goods are too expensive to be sold quickly.

-> These goods are __________________________________(so)

-> These goods aren’t__________________________________(enough)

-> They are __________________________________(such)

15. The ground was so hard that he couldn’t dig it.

-> The ground was __________________________________(too)

-> The ground wasn’t__________________________________(enough)

-> It was __________________________________( such )12. It was so cold that we don’t go out.

-> It was __________________________________________(too)

-> It was __________________________________________(such)

-> It wasnot __________________________________________( enough)

13. This store is too small for us to take notice .

-> This store isn’t____________________________________(enough)

-> This store is____________________________________(so)

-> It is ____________________________________(such )

14. These goods are too expensive to be sold quickly.

-> These goods are __________________________________(so)

-> These goods aren’t__________________________________(enough)

-> They are __________________________________(such)

15. The ground was so hard that he couldn’t dig it.

-> The ground was __________________________________(too)

-> The ground wasn’t__________________________________(enough)

-> It was __________________________________( such )