Cambridge C2 Proficiency

C2 Proficiency - Word Formation Exercise 5

For each question, fill the space 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. Why don't you demand a bigger say in the running of the company? Your acceptance of every decision is doubtlessly harming the health of the business.
question

2. Journalists are often criticised for their style of journalism which doesn't respect the privacy of especially celebrities.
invade

3. Hard drugs have had a very effect on this community.
destroy

4. The best actor Oscar went to John Garaint for his role as the cruel mobster in "Tough Streets".
forget

5. The that his mother was ill forced the suspect to give himself up to the police.
realise

6. Many natural remedies are beneficial to patients but often doctors are unaware of the possibilities offered by alternative medicines.
bound

7. You may laugh Inspector, but it is not apparent to us why you should suspect anyone in this room of having carried out this murder.
whole

8. So many asteroids finish their days by crashing into Jupiter due to its huge pull.
gravity

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