C1 Advanced (CAE) >> Word Formation Worksheets >> The third part of the Reading & Use of English paper in the C1 Advanced Examination is word formation where students use a root such as 'able' and create an appropriate word (disable, unable, ability) to fill the gap in a text.
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Vocabulary Formation Worksheet 12
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 arrival of the summer tourists is very ________ for the local economy.
benefit
2. Graham rushed to sell his house before the end of the ________ year.
finance
3. If you are over twenty-one years of age, you'll be able to see the ________ version of the book.
censor
4. The final draft of the treaty included a few minor ________ to keep everyone happy.
modify
5. If you approached your studies as ________ as your spare time activities, you'd be going to Cambridge!
enthuse
6. The tiger is a very efficient ________ hunter, living most of its life alone.
solitude
7. The detective concluded that it was ________ for the suspect to have made the journey so quickly.
conceive
8. Few can match the ________ of Jack The Ripper, a 19th century London murderer.
notorious
