WORD FORMATION
What is the adjective derived from IMAGINE and its opposite?
(UN)IMAGINATIVE
This was Peter's biggest challenge to date.
Peter ______________challenge before (FACED)
HAD NOT/ HAD NEVER FACED SUCH A BIG
Who can shave 25 times a day and still have a beard?
A barber
We were at the hockey game and a fight _____________. (=ensued)
BROKE OUT
Immaturity usually _______ with age.
A) fades C) dissolves D) disintegrates E) pales
A) FADES
What is the adjective derived from COMPETE and its OPPOSITE?
(IN) COMPETENT
Maria tends to go away at weekends (habit).
Maria is ______________ at weekends.
in the habit of going away
Which moves faster: heat or cold?
Heat - anyone can catch a cold:)
We’ve decided to _______ our party _______until more people can come. Everyone’s on holiday. (=postpone)
PUT OFF
People have been debating the principles of beauty for thousands of years, but it still seems impossible to _____ it objectively.
A) measure B) consider C)regard D) notice
A) measure
What is the adjective derived from TERRITORY? Can you make another noun related to the adjective?
TERRITORIAL
TERRITORIALITY
Did anything about her behaviour seem unusual to you?
Did anything about her behaviour ________________ unusual? (strike)
STRIKE YOU AS
While walking across the bridge I saw a boat full of people. Yet on the boat there wasn't a single person. How come?
All people on the boat were married:)
We need to ___________________ a plan. (produce, think of)
COME UP WITH
Animal behaviourists once thought that a dog's bark was simply a way of ______ attention.
A) paying B) attracting C) causing D) devoting
B) attracting
What is the adjective derived from the noun COURTESY AND its OPPOSITE?
(DIS)COURTEOUS
Of course I did not agree to put them up.
It ___________ that I didn't agree to put them up. (saying)
goes without saying that
Your mother's brother's only brother-in-law is asleep on the couch. Who is on the couch?
My father
I had to _______________ a lot of lies until I finally broke up with her. (accept, tolerate)
PUT UP WITH
The success of many leading companies depends on the members of a management team working together effectively and executives are always __ ways to encourage this.
A) searching B) seeking C) requesting D) enquiring
B) seeking
I envy you such a competent and _____ secretary. (INDUSTRY). Can you make another adjective related to the noun?
INDUSTRIOUS
INDUSTRIAL
Whatever happens, I will never trust him again.
Under _____________ trust him again. (EVER)
no circumstances will I ever
What are the two things you have never eaten for breakfast?
Lunch and dinner :)
I’m going to be a little late home today. Something’s _________________ at the office I need
to sort out. (arise)
COME UP
Elisabet is ________ knowledgeable on this subject.
A) deeply B) powerfully C) widely D) highly
D) highly