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Vocabulary Formation Worksheet 21

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. I've been ________ for over a year now. I've had about 15 interviews but nobody seems to want to give me a job.
employ

2. My favorite subject at school was ________, although I was probably best at French.
chemist

3. I'd like to know the ________ explanation for why it's foggy near the coasts.
science

4. How could you consider her a ________ when she won three matches for us last year?
fail

5. I want to work in either planning or ________ when I graduate.
manage

6. ________, she likes to be left alone so it's best to let her be.
occasion

7. The manager made several ________ demands of his workforce and they eventually went on strike.
reasonable

8. We got rid of our old ________ and bought a computer with a word processor.
type