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t was very ________ of him to interrupt her. (polite)
a) unpolite
b) impolite
c) dispolite
d) nonpolite
b) impolite
The company’s rapid growth was completely ________. (expect)
a) unexpected
b) unexpectful
c) inexpectable
d) disexpected
a) unexpected
The teacher asked us to write more ________ in our essays. (create)
creatively
Many people believe money brings happiness, but that’s a common ________. (understand)
misunderstadning
With the root polite, how many correct words can you make?
Polite — the base adjective
Politely — adverb form
Politeness — noun form
Impolite — opposite adjective
Impolitely — adverb form
Impoliteness — noun form
It’s ________ to drive without a seatbelt. (legal)
a) illegal
b) unlegal
c) dislegal
d) alegal
a) illegal
His excuse was so ________ that nobody believed him. (convince)
unconvincing
The movie was totally ________ — I left halfway through. (interest)
uninteresting
The new law will come into effect ________. (immediate)
immediately
Using create, form 5 different related words.
Creation – (noun) the act of creating something.
Creative – (adjective) having the ability to make new things or think of new ideas.
Creativity – (noun) the quality of being creative.
Creator – (noun) a person who creates or brings something into existence.
Recreate – (verb) to create again or produce anew.
I can’t stand people who are so ________ about others’ opinions. (tolerate)
a) intolerant
b) untolerant
c) mistolerant
d) detolerant
a) intolerant
The film’s ending was quite ________; no one saw it coming. (predict)
unpredictable
He’s an extremely ________ person; he never gives up. (determine)
determined
She handled the situation very ________, without showing any anger. (calm)
calmly
Take appear — make positive and negative forms, all parts of speech.
Appear – (verb)
Appearance – (noun)
Apparent – (adjective)
Apparently – (adverb)
Disappear – (verb)
Disappearance – (noun)
Unapparent – (adjective)
Unapparently – (adverb)
This kind of behaviour is completely ________ in a professional setting. (accept)
unacceptable
Although he tried to sound confident, there was a clear note of ________ in his voice. (certain)
uncertainty
His constant lateness is really ________. (annoy)
annoying
The lecture was so ________ that several students fell asleep. (bore)
boring
Build as many correct forms as you can from happy.
Happy – (adjective)
Happily – (adverb)
Happiness – (noun)
Unhappy – (adjective)
Unhappily – (adverb)
Unhappiness – (noun)
The team celebrated their ________ in the final. (victorious)
victory
I was ________ to hear that he’d been fired. (surprise)
surprised
The government needs to act ________ to prevent further damage. (decide)
Decisively
She spoke so ________ that no one could follow her. (confuse)
confusingly
From comfort, make words for person, feeling, and opposite meaning.
comfort (noun)
comfortable (adjective)
uncomfortable (adjective)
comfortably (adverb)
uncomfortably (negative adverb)
comforter (noun)