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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 __SURVIVABILITY__ 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 __DISINHERITANCE__ and his sister ended up __INHERITING__ the whole family fortune.
inherit
inherit

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

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

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

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