WORD FORMATION. SENTENCES 4

WORD FORMATION

1. Doing this without permission is ......... (LEGAL)

2. This church is really old. It comes from ........ times. (ROMAN)

3. This child is fat. He`s even ......... (FED)

4. You can`t trust her. She is the most ...........person. (RESPONSIBLE)

5. We failed because this mission was ......... (POSSIBLE)

6. My cousin is an ........ person! (USUAL)

7. It is a good offer but it has one great............ (ADVANTAGE)

8. Ghosts are usually......... (MATERIAL)

9. They have started an .........movement. (SMOKING)

10. Stop it! It`s a .........(SENSE)

11. His parents are very.......... (TOLERANT)

12. They went on strike because they were ........ (PAID)

Key

Answer highlight here:

1. illegal

2. pre-Roman

3. overfed

4. irresponsible

5. impossible

6. unusual

7. disadvantage

8. immaterial

9. anti-smoking

10. nonsense

11. intolerant

12. underpaid

WORD FORMATION. SENTENCES 3

WORD FORMATION

1. It`s a pity that he was absolutely ………at his job. (USE)

2. He didn`t even had the right ………(QUALIFY)

3. He was asked to hand in his ………(RESIGN)

4. His ………to resign forced his father to sack him. (REFUSE)

5. It can be quite a ………job. (DANGER)

6. It`s not very ………, but some people don`t like it. (SURPRISE)

7. When they find out you are spying on them they can be very ……… (PLEASANT)

8. I think it`s very ……… that this kind of work has such a bad reputation. (FAIR)

9. We have had several………phone calls.(ABUSE)

10. What I like most about this job is lots of ……… (VARY).

11. The local people are sometimes rather ………and often want to avoid the tourists. (FRIEND)

12. It`s no use getting ……… just because there is a long queue to check in. (PATIENT)

13. The man in the tourist information office was very ………and gave us lots of free maps and brochures. (HELP)

14. They decided to close the hotel because it had never been very………(PROFIT)

15. We had lovely……..weather the whole time we were there.(SUN

Key

Answer highlight here:

1. useless

2.    qualifications

3.    resignation

4.    refusal

5.    dangerous

6.    surprising

7.    unpleasant

8.    unfair

9.    abusive

10. variety

11. unfriendly

12. impatient

13. helpful

14. profitable

15. sunny

WORDFORMATION. SENTENCES 2

WORDFORMATION

1.    My friend is a really ........... businessman. (SUCCESS)

2.    There is no ....... between me and my twin sister. (DIFFERENT)

3.    She is interested in .......... (COOK)

4.    .............................make people feel sad and depressed.         (LONELY)

5.    He died for his country and lots of books were written about his..........(HERO)

6.    Being a child, she wanted to be a musician. Today she`s a great.........(PIANO)

7.    ......... is important in every marriage. (PARTNER)

8.    Life is difficult when you are so .......... (PESSIMIST)

9.    I had an ........ with my parents about my hairstyle. (ARGUE)

10. “Your ........... is very bad” said my teacher.  (BEHAVE)

11. He has no privacy because of  his .......... (POPULAR)

12. The last ..........in our theatre was amazing. (PERFORM)
 

13. We were .......... with what we saw. (TERRIFY)

Key

Answer highlight here:

1. successful

2. difference

3. cooking

4. loneliness

5. heroism

6. pianist

7. partnership

8. pessimistic

9. argument

10. behaviour

11. popularity

12. performance

13. terrified

WISH / IF ONLY VS HOPE

 

 

 

There are three distinct types of I wish / if only sentences:-

 

 

 

1 - REGRETS with the PAST PERFECT (the third conditional) e.g. I wish I hadn't got so angry.

 

2 - WANTING CHANGE FOR THE PRESENT OR FUTURE with the PAST SIMPLE e.g. I wish I had enough money to go to Mozambique this summer.

 

3 - COMPLAINTS with WOULD + INFINITIVE e.g. I wish you wouldn't arrive so late all the time.

 

 

Regrets

 

 

1 I wish I ___________________ drunk and kissed Samantha. (get NEGATIVE)

 

 

2 I wish it ___________________ so much. The garden's turned to mud. (rain NEGATIVE)

 

 

3 If only I ___________________ there, I wouldn't have got a fine. (park NEGATIVE)

 

 

Wanting change

 

 

4 If only I ___________________ more time for my hobbies. (have)

 

 

5 I wish it ___________________ more often in Valencia. (rain)

 

 

6 I wish I ___________________ to go to your nephew's wedding. (have NEGATIVE)

 

 

Complaints

 

 

7 I wish you ___________________ so much. You're a complete idiot when you're drunk. (drink NEGATIVE)

 

 

8 If only it ___________________ . The garden's as dry as a bone. (rain)

 

 

9 I wish Samantha ___________________ her hair more often. It looks so greasy all the time. (wash)

 

 

Mixed

 

 

10 I wish you ___________________ so horrible to your brother. He's a really nice bloke. (be NEGATIVE)

 

 

11 I wish the council ___________________ that beautiful old house. It was part of the town's heritage. (demolish NEGATIVE)

 

 

12 If only I ___________________ the money to go to Jon's wedding in The States. (have)

 

 

13 I wish I ___________________ her she'd put on weight. She hates me now. (tell NEGATIVE)

 

 

14 I wish you ___________________ to your mother like that. (speak NEGATIVE)

 

 

15 If only we ___________________ a Hewlett Packard printer. The cartridges are so expensive. (buy NEGATIVE)

 

 

16 I wish Jorge ___________________ so fast. It's only a matter of time before he kills someone. (drive NEGATIVE)

 

Written by Rob Wilson ©Robert Clifford McNair Wilson 2005

KEY

 

Regrets

 

 

1 I wish I hadn't got drunk and kissed Samantha.

 

 

2 I wish it hadn't rained so much. The garden's turned to mud.

 

 

3 If only I hadn't parked there, I wouldn't have got a fine.

 

 

Wanting change

 

 

4 If only I had more time for my hobbies.

 

 

5 I wish it rained more often in Valencia.

 

 

6 I wish I didn't have to go to your nephew's wedding.

 

 

Complaints

 

 

7 I wish you wouldn't drink so much. You're a complete idiot when you're drunk.

 

 

8 If only it would rain. The garden's as dry as a bone.

 

 

9 I wish Samantha would wash her hair more often. It looks so greasy all the time.

 

 

Mixed

 

 

10 I wish you weren't so horrible to your brother. He's a really nice bloke.

 

 

11 I wish the council hadn't demolished that beautiful old house. It was part of the town's heritage.

 

 

12 If only I had the money to go to Jon's wedding in The States.

 

 

13 I wish I hadn't told her she'd put on weight. She hates me now.

 

 

14 I wish you wouldn't speak to your mother like that.

 

 

15 If only we hadn't bought a Hewlett Packard printer. The cartridges are so expensive.

 

 

16 I wish Jorge wouldn't drive so fast. It's only a matter of time before he kills someone

Some practice online:

1. http://baladre.info/english/sedaviwebfront/wish1.htm
2. http://esldivlabs.vcc.ca/ELSA/Instructor_Web_Exercises/Grammar/Wish_Hope_Multiple_Choice.htm

 

 

WORD FORMATION. SENTENCES 1

Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line.

1. Her last question was very personal and …… (CONFUSE)

2. Some film stars make regular ………for charity. (DONATE)

3. Acting in a film can be more ………than watching it. (ENJOY)

4. We need ………to watch a film or to listen to music. (ELECTRIC)

5. Only 1% of actors are really ……… (SUCCESS)

6. Many people think they have a ………future in films. (PROFESSION)

7. I don`t understand my role so I need some …… (EXPLAIN)

8. A lot of money can provide ……success but can`t guarantee happiness. (FINANCE)

9. I hate watching films on TV. They are spoiled by too many …… (ADVERTISE)

10. Her fans love her for her ………. (ORIGINAL)

11. A businessman sacked his own son because of his………(LAZY)

12. A businessman employed his own son because of his………(HONEST)

13. For ten years he was his father`s …………(EMPLOY)

14. He got ………warnings. (NUMBER)

15. His father was the ………of the factory.(MANAGE)

KEY

Answer highlight here :

1.confusing

2. donation

3. enjoying/enjoyable

4. electricity

5. successful

6. professional

7. explanation

8. financial

9. advertisements

10. originality

11. laziness

12. honesty

13. employer

14. numerous

15. manager