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WORD FORMATION

Choose the correct word for each blank

1.

comfort /  comfortable / uncomfortable / comfortably / discomfort

a) A lot of small cars are not built for __________.

b) They were very __________ when they lived in a small apartment.

c) I love this hotel, it is very _________ to stay here.

d) You can sit very __________ in this car.

2.

politics / political / politically / policy

a) I disagree with many of my father’s __________ ideas.

b) Alex is interested in __________.

c) __________, he tends to be rather conservative.

3.

possibility / possible / impossible / possibly / impossibility

a) There’s no __________ for her to pass the final exam.

b) I’m really sorry, it is not __________ for me to help you now.

c) __________ my friends will come to visit me next Saturday.

d) My neighbours gave a part last night and it was __________for me to sleep because of the noise.

4.

grows / growth / growing / grew

a) Solar energy is a __________ industry.

b) The __________ of solar energy will increase in the next few years.

c) If the solar energy ___________, people may not have to depend so much on oil for energy.

KEY

1) a. comfort  b. uncomfortable  c. comfortable  d. comfortably

2) a. political  b. politics  c. Politically

3) a. possibility  b. possible  c. Possibly  d. impossible

4) a. growing  b. growth  c. grows