Fill in the correct prefix: ir, un, non, im, dis, il, in , dis

1. ___legal

2. ___available

3. ___interested

4. ___possible

5. ___appear

6. ___responsible

7. ___sensitive

8. ___smoker

9. ___polite

10. ___accessible

11. ___inhabited

12. ___acceptable

13. ___formal

14. ___respect

15. ___mature

16. ___polite

17. ___tolerant

18. ___patient

19. ___dependent

20. ___obedient

 

 

Fill in the gaps with adoring or adorable:

 

1. What _______ curtains!

2.  The celebrity couple was pawed by a mob of ______ fans.

3.  What an ______ old lady, so kind and sweet!

4.  They live in an ______ little cottage.

5.  Her own future had been mapped out for her by wealthy and ______ parents.

6. Oh what an _______ little baby!

 

Fill in the gaps with astonished or astonishing:

 

1. I was ______ by the result.

2.  The dog was capable of _____ tricks.

3. It ______ him that she had changed so little.

4.  It was _______ to watch them perform.

5.  Her reply ______ me.

6.  It was _______ to everyone that the court had made such a decision.

7.  I'm _______ that you should even think such a thing!

8.  We were _________ to find the temple still in its original condition.

9.  The truck can hold an _______ amount of stuff.

10. It ________ us that they were able to survive.

Fill in the gaps with captive or captivating:

 

1. Both gods and mortal men found her ______.

2.  Our communities should not be _____ to the mistakes of the past.

3.  He talked to her with ______ frankness

4.  Roosevelt was a ______ speaker.

5.  The ______ soldiers planned their escape.

6. The play has been ______ audiences for years.

7.  He was held ______ for a week before he was ransomed and returned to his family.

8. _____ audiences for TV commercials can become brainwashed consumers.

Fill in the gaps with captivity or capture:

 

1. He was released after 865 days in _____.

2. The birds have been successfully reared in _____.

3. He was killed while resisting ______.

4. The hostages were released from _______.

5. So far he has evaded _______.

 

Fill in the gaps with legalization or legality:

 

1. The hippies marched for the ______ of marijuana.

2. Several ministers have questioned the _____ of the ban.

3. The senator questioned the ______ of the proposed espionage operation.

4. A campaign calling for the ______ of certain drugs.

 

Fill in gaps with dissolve, dilute, melt:

 

1. The chef _____ the chocolate and poured it over the cake.

2. If you ______ the tablet in water, it is easier to take.

3. ________ the household cleaner in a bucket before mopping the floor.

4. You can ______ the medicine with water.

5.  Ice needs heat to ______.

6.  Add water to ______ the solution to the required strength.

7. Plastic will _______ if it gets too hot.

8.  If you ______ the soup with hot water it will feed more people.

9.  Sugar ______ in water.

10.  ______ the paint with a little oil.

11.  Glucose _______ easily in water.

12.  Bleach can be ______ with cold water.

13.  ____ the butter in a saucepan.

14.  This detergent is highly concentrated and thus you will need to ______ it.

15.  _______ a stock cube in a pint of hot water.

 

Fill in the gaps with plunge, dive, dip, sink, or drown, using an appropriate form:

 

1. After bombing, the warship slowly ______ to the bottom of the sea.

2. One of the tourist attractions are local men who _____ off a high waterfall.

3. She ____ her toe in the water to test its temperature.

4. He drank to _____ his sorrows.

5. All of a sudden the room was ______ into darkness.

6. Let's take a ____ in the lake.

7. After the death of her puppy, she was _____ into despair.

8. The crowd _____ his last few words in cheers.

9. He ____ his hand in the water.

10. We had to _____ for cover when the shooting started.

11. His face was _____ in tears.

12. We watched the sun ____ below the horizon.

13. The price of oranges ______ after the record harvest.

14. The man _______ into water to rescue the dog.

15. But for the life jacket, he would have _____.

16. _____ the strawberries into chocolate.

17. Monica always _______ for the phone the minute it starts ringing.

18. He thought he was going to ______ to his death, but the parachute finally opened.

19.  The road _____ over the hill.

20.  He ____ into a chair.

21.  He _____ himself.

22.  I blew out the candle and ____ into a deep sleep.

23.  I was ____ in work.

24.  Her voice _____ to a whisper.

 

Tick the correct boxes:

 

	Derive	Originate	Stem
Spaghetti is known to				from China.
Her insecurities				from a bad childhood.
Children				great pleasure from playing games.
An idea for a toy can				from watching children play.
Many antibiotics				from tropical plants.
Many of the universities' problems				from rapid expansion.
He didn’t				the idea.

 

Fill in the gaps with derive, originate, or stem, using the appropriate form:

 

1. The technique was ______ by an Italian artist.

2.  Her success ______ from hard work.

3.  The drug is _______ from an African plant.

4.  The town ______ as a small fishing port.

5.  Dependence on alcohol often ______ from unhappiness in the home.

6.  Many European internationalisms ________ in Latin or in Greek.

7.  The river _________ its name from a Native American tribe.

8.  The sound seemed to ______ from outside the room.

9.  Much of the book's appeal ______ from the personality of its central character.

10. The custom is believed to have ______ in the western U.S.

 

 

Choose historic or historical:

 

1. I like _______ novels, especially the ones that set in the 18^th and 19^th centuries.

2. The building is of special ______ interest; the fight for independence was decided here.

3. After WW ll, world leaders met and took _____ decisions which changed the world order.

4. Jonathan is doing some _______ research for his professor.

 

 

Choose the correct answer:

 

1. They come from a very old French family that can be ____ over four centuries.
a. lined up
b. looked up
c. traced back
d. followed through

2. The foreman objected to all the workers’ ideas but couldn’t __ up with any of his own.
a. come
b. fetch
c. bring
d. keep

3. Shopping through the Internet is ___ fast, despite the dangers of using a credit card.
a. turning
b. catching
c. holding
d. running

4. The latest economic scandal has ___ a shadow over the minister’s future in the government.
a. shed
b. thrown
c. cast
d. dropped

5. Mary has decided to move to the country. I heard it from her own ___.
a. mouth
b. lips
c. voice
d. tongue

6. No ___ what you say, I’m not leaving here tonight.
a. wonder
b. chance
c. problem
d. matter

 

 

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