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Level 6: Advanced/Proficiency >> Vocabulary Worksheets >> Students use a based word and make adjectives, nouns, verbs, etc from it to fill the space in a sentence.

Word Formation. Worksheet 5.

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. That sign on the truck means that it is carrying __EXPLOSIVE__ materials.
explode

2. Due to __INFLATION__, house prices in this area have become totally __UNAFFORDABLE__. We may to look somewhere cheaper.
inflate
afford

3. It says here at the end of your CV that you can give us three __REFERENCES__ from your old job.
refer

4. The __MODERNIZATION__ of the factory will be a very __COSTLY__ exercise but vital for the employment situation in this town.
modern
cost

5. Are you sure the __MILOMETER__ is working properly on this truck? It must have done more than twenty thousand.
mile

6. That was a very __SATISFYING__ meal: very __TASTY__ and filling!
satisfy
taste
NOTE: not SATISFACTORY which has a meaning of "just about good enough, but nothing special."

7. This country house was the scene where the __INFAMOUS__ murderer Collins was finally arrested.
fame