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Level 6: Advanced/Proficiency >> Vocabulary Worksheets >> These vocabulary formation worksheets require your students to create new words from base words to fill space in sentences.

Word Formation. Worksheet 6.

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. After the cup final, the __TRIUMPHANT__ team __BUSSED__ back to the hotel parading the cup as they went.
triumph
bus

2. If you want to be a professional __PIANIST__, you have to practise every day.
piano

3. __ORDINARILY__, I wouldn't spend so much money on a hat but it just suits me perfectly.
ordinary

4. The __SINGER__ gave an __EXTRAORDINARY__ performance and the audience gave him a __STANDING__ ovation for more than five minutes.
song
ordinary
stand

5. Is this mark on my skirt __NOTICEABLE__ or not? I should more careful drinking coffee!
notice

6. Far from being a drunkard, my father is actually a perfect example of __SOBRIETY__.
sober

7. Jiminez has a sprained knee and is very __DOUBTFUL__ for the finals.
doubt