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Level 6: Advanced/Proficiency >> Vocabulary Worksheets >> Students are given a base word and need to use it to form a new word in order to fill the spaces in the sentences.

Word Formation. Worksheet 3.

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. The _____________ of any manned mission to the planets will be increased if a secure fuel supply can be found beforehand.
survival

2. His behaviour in his father's presence caused his _____________ and his sister ended up _____________ the whole family fortune.
inherit
inherit

3. Most of the engine's problems are due to _____________. The car has been parked here for nearly a year.
use

4. You can't help but _____________ the government when different ministers are giving out _____________ statements about policy.
belief
contradict

5. As he took more and more drugs to counter the disease, he became _____________ incoherent and confusing.
increase

6. If you would only _____________ the role of your father in the success of your company, there wouldn't be so much bad blood between you.
know