Test use of English 1

Transform the following words.

1. Boozing and clubbing- my two favourite Saturday night .............................. . (ACTIVE)
2. It is impossible to .............................. everybody. (PLEASURE)

3. The monitoring programme is .............................. well developed in our school.(SPECTACULAR)

4.  You need to work on your orthography so you don't (spell) these words.

5.  The weather (cast) looks bad for a picnic--rainy and windy!

6.  I hate being around Mary Lou, she is so so (friendly).

7. Chestnut honey provides fast and ............. relief.(EFFECT)

8. Only a fool will …………………… his worth. (estimate)

9. The judge ordered that the accused should be …………………… (behead)

10. It was a (breath) ………………………………… experience.

Transform the following sentences.

1.He behaved like a coward. WAY

He behaved……………

2. Please don’t forget that you promised to buy me a Ferrari. BEAR

Please.......................

3.  Biedronka has employed over one hundred people. TAKEN

Biedronka.......................

4. Asking for help is useless. POINT

..................................................................

5. Both my sisters and her husband were refused a pay rise. NOR

..........................................................................

słowotwórstwo 8

Transform the words in brackets.

1. That was my hubby, the same man who mopped my floors , who won this year’s Mr Universe .......................... . (COMPETE)
2. I felt so relaxed and ............................. when Alan said ‘Forget your husband tonight.’(ATTRACT)
3. The drawback for the great sportsmen is that the satisfaction of ......................................... rarely lasts very long. (ACCOMPLISH)
4. When thugs burst into a man’s flat, beat him brainless with a baseball bat, strangle him, dump him into a bathtub, drain his blood by slitting his wrists and then saw him into pieces, then it is called .......................... (SANE)
5. White is the colour of ............................... , so never wear it if you are upset about a bloke- it will only make you feel worse.(LONE)
6. Food like bananas and oysters are presumed to be aphrodisiac mainly due to their ..................... to certain body parts. (RESEMBLE)
7. Enjoy nicotine, alcohol and caffeine only in ............................... (MODERATE)
8. His ........................... were not as serious as the previous time. Just broken ribs, dislocated shoulders and sprained ankles.(INJURE) WORD FORMATION Exercise II

9. Don’t ........................! Nothing bad really happened. (DRAMA)
10. I’m unable to .......................between these perfumes, they all smell the same. (DIFFERENT)

klucz:

1. competition

2. attractive

3. accomplishment

4. insane

5. loneliness

6. resemblance

7. moderation

8. injuries

9. dramatise

10. differentiate

open cloze 1

Fill in the missing words. 

US publication Rolling Stone magazine is    1.                          launch in China. The magazine,  2.                       should hit shelves early next year, will focus on China's emerging youth culture as well   3.                             foreign arts and entertainment. Rolling Stone   4.                      first published in San Francisco in 1967 to chronicle cultural changes in the US. "We feel Chinese music and arts   5.                              maturing rapidly and that a Chinese edition      6.              be viable," said Jimmy Jung, of One World Publishing. Rolling Stone  7.                    licensed Hong Kong-based One World to publish the Chinese-language edition. Mr Jung said the magazine, to be printed in simplified Chinese characters, will  8.                         a mix of local content 9.         primarily by Beijing-based staff and translations of articles from the US     10.                          . "We want to make 11.                                 that we're faithful to the spirit of the brand," said Jung. He added that   12.                           Hong Kong and Taiwan had more developed pop cultures, mainland China 13.                                 more important. "We feel China offers greater potential and we want to be there from the  14.                       ," said Jung, whose company also  15.                     Chinese editions of British car magazine, Top Gear and gadget magazine T3.

Klucz:

1. to
2. which
3. as
4. was
5. are
6. will
7. has
8. contain
9. written
10. edition
11. sure
12. while
13. was
14. start
15. publishes

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słowotwórstwo 7

Transform the following words.

1. The lower salaries would be a slight ..................................... from the original project.(DEVIATE)
2. It is impossible to .............................. everybody. (PLEASURE)
3. There was no ............................. on her side so he proceeded with his work.(RESIST)
4. If you need anything I am at your ......................., madam. (SERVE)
5. ............................... in the wardrobe he waited for her husband to fall asleep. (HIDE)
6. “Will you ............................... your theory?” a curious student asked his professor.(CLEAR)
7. We can’t go together anywhere as my holiday doesn’t ..................................with yours.(COINCIDENCE)
8. Boozing and clubbing- my two favourite Saturday night .............................. . (ACTIVE)
9. On the Valentine’s day I got a cordless electric drill with .......................... batteries. (RECHARGE)
10. His eyes .......................... with surprise when I told him I was pregnant.(WIDE)

klucz:

1. deviation
2. please
3. resistance
4. service
5. hiding
6. clarify
7. coincide
8. activities
9. rechargeable
10. widened

słowotwórstwo 6

Transform the following words.

1. Your .......................... to me really bothers me. I told you a hundred times that I’m not the guy you need.(ATTACH)
2. It is an ............................. fact that the search will go on for another couple of months.(DENY)
3. The most important feast of Islam, Eid ul-Adha (which means Celebration of Sacrifice) marks Abraham’s ...................... to sacrifice his son in ................................ to Allah with a three-day festival.(WILLING; OBEY)
4. The monitoring programme is .............................. well developed in our school.(SPECTACULAR)
5. For much of the last decade, Italy’s leaning tower of Pisa was a huge .................................. site.(CONSTRUCT)
6. When planning began in 1989, Prof. Piero Pierotti called the rescue effort “irresponsible .......................” that would put the tower at risk.(MAD)
7. Once and for all - fingers crossed - the leaning tower has been .................................. .(RIGHT)
8. I ............................. this morning and was late for my English classes.(SLEEP).

9. The film, though poor in artistic values, was a ............................... success. (FINANCE)
10. The doctor ......................................my illness as a rare ape-like syndrome, taking into ......................... my strange facial mimics. (DIAGNOSIS; CONSIDER)

klucz:

1. attachment
2. undeniable
3. willingness/obedience
4. spectacularly
5. construction
6. madness
7. upright
8. overslept
9. financial
10. diagnosed/consideration

słowotwórstwo 5

1. I think we should try something else. That strategy seems way too          (risk).
2. My father's death left me with a great           (empty) in my heart.
3. George W. Bush is pretending that he attacked Iraq to          (liberty) the Iraqis.
4. Americans fought hard to earn their           (free) from Britain.
5. When you work at a nuclear power plant, you have to be extremely         (care).
6. Every time I think I've beaten you, you          (do) me!
7. I had to take three months off when I was pregnant, but my boss has been very                 (understand).
8. He will               (cork) the wine as soon as we are ready for dinner.
9. You need to work on your orthography so you don't             (spell) these words.
10. The weather                  (cast) looks bad for a picnic--rainy and windy!

Klucz:

1. risky
2. emtiness
3. liberate
4. freedom
5. careful
6. outdo
7. understanding
8. uncork
9. misspell
10. forecast

słowotwórstwo 4

1. It's totally                  (understand) that you stayed home when you were sick.
2. Don't laugh at his stupid jokes! You'll only                (courage) him to say them again.
3. That sidewalk is                (slip), I almost fell!
4. After Monday, I will no longer be a foreigner--I am receiving my          (citizen)!
5. Arthur will be very lonely unless you               (friend) him.
6. Every afternoon, the cooks             (sharp) their knives in preparation for dinner.
7. I hate being around Mary Lou, she is so so                (friendly).
8. The stock market crash of 1929 left my great-grandfather              (penny).
9. I have a class at 8:00 a.m. but I always               (sleep).
10. The groom may                 (veil) the bride only when their vows have been exchanged.

Klucz:

1. understandable
2. encourage
3. slippery
4. citizenship
5. befriend
6. sharpen
7. unfriendly
8. penniless
9. oversleep
10. unveil