WORD FORMATION
KEY WORD TRANSFORMATIONS
PHRASAL VERBS
100

This tendency to _____ the importance to other people of how we look or what we do has a name.

ESTIMATE

OVERESTIMATE

100
The test  will be difficult, so please don´t think otherwise.


ILLUSION

Please _______________ test will be easy, because it won't.

BE UNDER THE ILLUSION THAT THE

100

We need to _________ on the number of emmissions (reduce)

CUT DOWN ON

200

It relates to an ________ belief that our actions are more____than they really are.

RATIONAL

NOTICE

IRRATIONAL

NOTICEABLE

200

Jake´s food will order an appropriate amount of________ guests attending.

BASED

FOOD BASED ON THE NUMBER OF

200

Cars_________ many fumes, which is affecting our planet.

GIVE OFF

300
We sometimes get_______ anxious about a bad haircut or saying something silly.

NECESSARY

UNNECESSARILY

300

I didn´t have Denny´s advice and I had a problem with the wi-fi.

HAVE

Had I ________________ avoided the problem with the wi-fi.

TAKEN DENNY´S ADVICE I WOULD HAVE

300

What will we do if we __________ oil? (don't have any left)

RUN OUT OF

400

However, the ________ that others will remark on it is low because they are also the centre of their own words. That is, unless they are extremely ______

LIKELY

ATTEND

LIKELIHOOD

ATTENTIVE

400

"I´m not sure that Katy researched the topic properly", the teacher said.

WONDERED

The teacher_________ the topic properly.

WONDERED WHETHER KATE HAD RESEARCHED

400
Many species in the oceans have been _________

WIPED OUT

500

The label is also ________ to when we do positive things. We might say something that we think is really clever . In reality, this is not the case and we need to overcome this ________

APPLY

TEND

APPLICABLE 

TENDENCY

500

The rain started while the man was cleaning the windows.

WHEN

The windows __________to rain.

I have two laptops that I use to wrok, because one might have a problem.

CASE

I have two laptops that I use to work _________ a problem.

WERE BEING CLEANED WHEN IT STARTED 

IN CASE /ONE (OF THEM)HAS / I HAVE

500
We should ___________ animal rights. (defend)

STAND UP FOR

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