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Vocabulary Formation Worksheet 12

For each question, fill the space or spaces in the sentence using the base word given in bold at the end. The required word may be a noun, adverb, adjective or verb and it may be either positive (e.g. helpful) or negative (e.g. unhelpful).

1. When you start work in this restaurant, good hygiene is of the highest ____________
important

2. We won eleven of our chess matches but then lost the ____________ which was so disappointing.
twelve

3. Do you have any extra cushions? This hard chair is pretty ____________!
comfort

4. How can I begin to explain what we do here in the company? Well, ____________, we are the people you come to if your windows are scratched and you want them to look new again.
basic

5. I can't decide between the cake and the ice cream. What a difficult ____________.
choose

6. Coming to work on the bus must be ____________ than using that old bicycle of yours.
easy

7. The customs officer asked me to open my suitcase and, most ____________, to show him the contents of my handbag too. But he was very polite.
pleasant

8. It was freezing at work today. The ____________ broke down and we were all working in our sweaters and overcoats!
heat