Formation Flashcards

Question

attract

Answer 1

(un)attractive(ly), attraction

Answer 2

unaware, awareness

Answer 3

beautiful(ly)

Answer 4

disbelief, believe, (un)believable, (un)believably

Answer 5

beneficial

Answer 6

boring(ly), bored, boredom

Answer 7

breadth, broaden

Answer 8

builder, building

Answer 9

careful(ly), careless(ly), (un)caring

Answer 10

certificate, certified

Answer 11

discomfort, (un)comfortable, (un)comfortably

Answer 12

commercial(ly)

Answer 13

communication, (un)communicative, communicator

Answer 14

competition, competitor, competitive(ly)

Answer 15

container, content(s)

Answer 16

conversation

Answer 17

convicted, conviction

Answer 18

convinced, (un)convincing

Answer 19

correspondence

Answer 20

creative(ly), creation, creator, creativity, creator

Answer 21

cultural(ly), (un)cultured

Answer 22

dangerous(ly), endanger, endangered

Answer 23

daily, everyday

Answer 24

decision, (in)decisive(ly), undecided

Answer 25

dedicated, dedication

Answer 26

(un)desirable

Answer 27

(un)developed, developing, developer, development

Answer 28

different(ly), difference

Answer 29

direct(ly), direction, director, (in)directly

Answer 30

discussion

Answer 31

disgusting, disgusted

Answer 32

distance, distantly

Answer 33

economic, (un)economical(ly), economics, economist

Answer 34

editor, editorial, edited

Answer 35

education, educator, educational(ly)

Answer 36

(in)effective(ly)

Answer 37

emphasise, emphatic

Answer 38

(un)employed, (un)employable, (un)employment, employer, employee

Answer 39

endless(ly), ending, unending

Answer 40

enjoyment, enjoyable

Answer 41

entertaining, entertainment, entertainer

Answer 42

(un)enthusiastic(ally), enthusiasm, enthusiast

Answer 43

environmental(ly), environmentalist

Answer 44

equipment, equipped

Answer 45

evidence, evidently

Answer 46

(un)excited, exciting(ly), excitement

Answer 47

(un)expected(ly), expectation, expectancy

Answer 48

(in)expensive(ly), expenses

Answer 49

explanation

Answer 50

extremely, extremity, extremist

Answer 51

failure, failing

Answer 52

(in)famous(ly)

Answer 53

(un)fashionable, (un)fashionably

Answer 54

financial(ly), finances

Answer 55

forgery, forger

Answer 56

misfortune, (un)fortunate(ly)

Answer 57

froze, frozen, freezing, freezer

Answer 58

friendship, (un)friendly

Answer 59

global(ly)

Answer 60

greatly, greatness

Answer 61

growth, grown-up, growing, grown, home-grown

Answer 62

unhappy, (un)happiness, (un)happily

Answer 63

harmful(ly), harmless(ly), (un)harmed

Answer 64

(un)helpful(ly), helpless(ly), helping, helper

Answer 65

dishonest(dishonestly), (dis)honesty

Answer 66

humorous, humourless

Answer 67

unimportant, importance, importantly

Answer 68

improvement, improved

Answer 69

industrial(ly), industrious(ly)

Answer 70

(un)informative, (un)informed, information

Answer 71

inhabitation, inhabitant

Answer 72

injury, injuries

Answer 73

intensity, intensify, intensely

Answer 74

(un)interesting(ly)

Answer 75

introduction, introductory

Answer 76

invention, inventor

Answer 77

investment, investor

Answer 78

investigation, investigator, investigative

Answer 79

(un)involved, involvement

Answer 80

jealously, jealousy

Answer 81

journalist, journalism, journalistic

Answer 82

unkind, (un)kindness, kindly

Answer 83

knowledge, (un)knowledgeable

Answer 84

lawyer, (un)lawful

Answer 85

alike, dislike, unlike, likeness, (un)likeable, liking

Answer 86

unlikely, likelihood

Answer 87

illiterate, (il)literacy, literature

Answer 88

lost, loss

Answer 89

lower, lowness

Answer 90

luxuries, luxurious(ly)

Answer 91

maintenance

Answer 92

managing, management, manager

Answer 93

marriage, (un)married

Answer 94

medalist, medallion

Answer 95

met, meeting

Answer 96

mixed, mixture, mixer

Answer 97

(un)natural(ly)

Answer 98

neighbour(ing), neighbouring, neighbourhood

Answer 99

nervous(ly), nervousness

Answer 100

disobey, (dis)obedient(ly), (dis)obedience

Answer 101

observer, observation

Answer 102

offensive, offend, offender

Answer 103

operation, operator, operating, cooperate, cooperation, (un)cooperative

Answer 104

opposition, opponent, opposite, opposing

Answer 105

(un)original(ly), originate, originator

Answer 106

paid, payment, payable

Answer 107

performing, performance, performer

Answer 108

(im)personally, personality

Answer 109

photography, photographer, photographic

Answer 110

poisonous, poisoning

Answer 111

impolite, (im)politely, (im)politeness

Answer 112

political(ly), politician

Answer 113

(un)polluted, pollution, pollutant

Answer 114

poorly, poverty

Answer 115

(un)popular(ly), popularity

Answer 116

impossible, (im)possibility, (im)possibly

Answer 117

powerful(ly), powerless(ly), empower

Answer 118

practice, (im)practical(ly)

Answer 119

preparation, preparatory, (un)prepared

Answer 120

prisoner, imprisonment, imprison

Answer 121

product, producer, production, (un)productive(ly)

Answer 122

(un)professional(ly)

Answer 123

proof, (un)proven, disprove

Answer 124

psychologist, psychological(ly)

Answer 125

(un)qualified, qualifying, qualification

Answer 126

(un)real, really, realisation, reality, realistically

Answer 127

(un)reasonable, (un)reasonably, reasoning

Answer 128

(un)recognisable, recognition

Answer 129

relatively, relation, relationship

Answer 130

researcher, research, researched

Answer 131

residential, resident, residence

Answer 132

irresponsible, (ir)responsibly, (ir)responsibility

Answer 133

revision, revised

Answer 134

revolutionary

Answer 135

ridiculously, ridiculousness

Answer 136

robber, robbery

Answer 137

unsafe, (un)safely, save, safety, saviour

Answer 138

scholarship, scholarly, scholastic

Answer 139

scientist, (un)scientific(ally)

Answer 140

secondly, secondary

Answer 141

insecure, (in)security

Answer 142

dissimilar(ly), similarity

Answer 143

solution, (un)solvable

Answer 144

strength, strengthen, strongly

Answer 145

student, studies, studious

Answer 146

(un)stylish(ly), stylist, stylishness

Answer 147

success, (un)successful(ly)

Answer 148

suggested, suggestive(ly), suggestion

Answer 149

sunny, sunshine

Answer 150

supervision, supervisor

Answer 151

surgeon, surgical(ly)

Answer 152

(un)surprising(ly), surprised

Answer 153

sweetly, sweetener, sweetness

Answer 154

teacher, taught, teaching

Answer 155

technological(ly), technical(ly), technique

Answer 156

thought, (un)thinkable, thoughtful, thoughtless

Answer 157

thoroughly, thoroughness

Answer 158

tourism, tourist

Answer 159

retrain, trainer, training

Answer 160

(mis)understanding, (mis)understood

Answer 161

usable, usage, useful(ly), useless(ly), user, (un)usable

Answer 162

(in)valuable, (in)valuably, valueless, valuation

Answer 163

(in)variable, (in)variably, varying, varied, various(ly), variation, variety

Answer 164

willing, unwilling(ness), (un)willingly

Answer 165

winning, won, winner

Answer 166

working, (un)workable, worker, works

Answer 167

writer, writing, wrote, (un)written

Answer 168

ability – I admire your ability to speak so many different languages.

Answer 169

disabled – Lots of disabled people have jobs.

Answer 170

unable – I’m unable to attend the meeting tomorrow.

Answer 171

action – They say that actions speak louder than words.

Answer 172

actor – I would love to be an actor.

Answer 173

active – Johnnie is six years old, so he’s very active and has a lot of energy.

Answer 174

inactive – I’ve been a bit inactive since I got a job in an office.

Answer 175

addition – The team is much better with the addition of Simon Jones.

Answer 176

admiration – I’m full of admiration for Jamie.

Answer 177

advise – I would advise you not to get that MP3 player.

Answer 178

adviser – Phil works as a housing adviser for the local council.

Answer 179

affordable – The homes we sell are very affordable.

Answer 180

agreement – We’re all in agreement about this.

Answer 181

disagree – I’m afraid I disagree.

Answer 182

artist – Picasso was a great artist.

Answer 183

artistic – Ralph has always been artistic and he loves drawing.

Answer 184

assistant – My mum has an assistant at work who helps her.

Answer 185

assistance – The police officer offered her assistance to the old woman.

Answer 186

athletic – You need to be very athletic to play volleyball.

Answer 187

athletics – When we go to the Olympics, I want to see the athletics.

Answer 188

attractive – The south of England is really attractive at this time of year.

Answer 189

attraction – The old castle is probably the most popular attraction in this area.

Answer 190

backwards – Have you ever tried running backwards?

Answer 191

baker – The baker is making a cake for the party.

Answer 192

bakery – I’ll go to the bakery to get some bread.

Answer 193

beggar – I was surprised to see beggars on the streets of London.

Answer 194

began – The lesson began at ten o’clock.

Answer 195

begun – We’d already begun when Sam arrived.

Answer 196

beginner – She lost the game, but she is only a beginner.

Answer 197

beginning – I missed the end of the film, but I saw the beginning.

Answer 198

believe – I don’t believe you!

Answer 199

believable – The film was completely believable.

Answer 200

unbelievable – That’s unbelievable! It can’t be true!

Answer 201

bent – I had an accident on my bike and now the front wheel is bent.

Answer 202

boiler – There’s a problem with the boiler, so there’s no hot water.

Answer 203

boiling – The pan was full of boiling water.

Answer 204

boring – This game is really boring. Let’s do something else.

Answer 205

bored – The start of the film was okay, but I soon got bored.

Answer 206

bossy – Stop telling me what to do and don’t be so bossy all the time!

Answer 207

bravery – The police officer got an award for bravery.

Answer 208

broke – I dropped the cup on the floor and it broke.

Answer 209

broken – You can’t use my MP3 player because it’s broken.

Answer 210

breakable – Are these pots breakable?

Answer 211

unbreakable – This window is made out of unbreakable glass.

Answer 212

careful – Be careful!

Answer 213

careless – I made a lot of silly mistakes because I was careless.

Answer 214

central – They live in central London.

Answer 215

certainly – The weather is certainly getting better, isn’t it?

Answer 216

certainty – ‘Matt must have left,’ George said with certainty.

Answer 217

chemical – Sodium is a chemical.

Answer 218

chemistry – I like doing chemistry at school.

Answer 219

children – I watched some children playing in the playground.

Answer 220

childhood – My mum spent her childhood in France.

Answer 221

chose – Sylvia finally chose chocolate ice cream.

Answer 222

chosen – Take the book you have chosen and get it stamped by the librarian.

Answer 223

choice – You have a choice – you can either have strawberry or chocolate ice cream.

Answer 224

circular – Our dining table is circular.

Answer 225

collection – John has got a great collection of football shirts.

Answer 226

collector – I sold my old stamps to a collector.

Answer 227

comedian – My favourite comedian is Jim Carrey.

Answer 228

comfortable – That sofa looks very comfortable, doesn’t it?

Answer 229

uncomfortable – After four hours on the plane, I was beginning to feel uncomfortable.

Answer 230

communication – This course is designed to improve your communication skills.

Answer 231

comparison – You can’t draw a comparison between Tim and Alex – they’re completely different.

Answer 232

composition – Please give me your compositions on Thursday.

Answer 233

composer – Mozart is my favourite composer.

Answer 234

truth – Now, I want you to tell me the truth.

Answer 235

untrue – What she said is untrue – I didn’t hit her at all!

Answer 236

truthful – To be truthful, I don’t really like Liz.

Answer 237

useful – My laptop is really useful – I don’t know what I would do without it.

Answer 238

useless – You’ve broken the DVD player and now it’s useless!

Answer 239

valuable – Are any of these paintings valuable?

Answer 240

visitor – The zoo has about 250,000 visitors a year.

Answer 241

weight – You don’t need to lose weight.

Answer 242

conclusion – I’ve come to the conclusion that exams are useful.

Answer 243

confidence – You need confidence to perform in public.

Answer 244

confused – I’m still confused about what happened.

Answer 245

confusion – There was a lot of confusion when the fire alarm went off.

Answer 246

connection – My connection to the Internet costs about €30 a month.

Answer 247

disconnect – You need to disconnect the DVD player from the TV before you connect the PlayStation.

Answer 248

cooker – We bought a new gas cooker yesterday.

Answer 249

cookery – Can I borrow your cookery book?

Answer 250

correction – I’ve made a few corrections to your article.

Answer 251

incorrect – I’m afraid that’s incorrect.

Answer 252

courageous – That was very courageous of you.

Answer 253

dangerous – It’s dangerous to drive very fast.

Answer 254

decision – So, what’s your final decision?

Answer 255

deeply – That’s when I fell deeply in love with him.

Answer 256

depth – What’s the depth of the swimming pool?

Answer 257

delivery – There’s a van outside – are you expecting a delivery?

Answer 258

departure – British Airways announces the departure of flight BA 632 to Moscow.

Answer 259

destruction – We’ve got to stop the destruction of the local environment.

Answer 260

destructive – Storms can be very destructive.

Answer 261

direction – Which direction did he go in?

Answer 262

division – I’m good at multiplication, but not division.

Answer 263

drove – I can’t believe you drove all the way to Paris.

Answer 264

driven – Can electric cars be driven on the roads in the UK?

Answer 265

driver – I asked the taxi driver to slow down.

Answer 266

education – Every child should get an education.

Answer 267

election – Who are you going to vote for in the election?

Answer 268

emotional – Nigel is quite an emotional person and gets upset very easily.

Answer 269

employment – What kind of employment are you looking for, Mr Rogers?

Answer 270

unemployment – Unemployment is a really big problem in this area.

Answer 271

employer – Your employer is responsible for providing training.

Answer 272

employee – Our boss doesn’t always let all the employees know what’s happening.

Answer 273

unemployed – My uncle has been unemployed for more than five years now.

Answer 274

energetic – Jack is really energetic. I can’t keep up with him!

Answer 275

entertainment – There isn’t much entertainment in the evenings in my town.

Answer 276

equality – I believe in equality for women.

Answer 277

unequal – They had 15 people in their team and we only had 12, so it was unequal.

Answer 278

exam/ examination – I’ve got a French exam(ination) tomorrow.

Answer 279

examiner – The examiner was very friendly.

Answer 280

exception – Everyone, with the exception of James, passed the test.

Answer 281

excitement – Come to Adventure World for fun and excitement!

Answer 282

exciting – Swimming with dolphins must be really exciting.

Answer 283

excited – I’m so excited about Georgia’s party!

Answer 284

exhibition – Have you seen the Egyptian exhibition at the museum?

Answer 285

expensive – It’s nice, but isn’t it a bit expensive?

Answer 286

inexpensive – The clothes in that shop are good quality, and quite inexpensive.

Answer 287

expression – What does the expression ‘save someone’s bacon’ mean?

Answer 288

expressive – French seems to me to be a very expressive language.

Answer 289

famous – I’m quite shy, so I don’t think I’d like to be famous.

Answer 290

fascination – Where did your fascination for cars come from?

Answer 291

fascinating – I’ve always found cars fascinating.

Answer 292

felt – I’ve never felt so happy in my whole life.

Answer 293

feeling – I have a feeling that I’ve been here before.

Answer 294

feelings – You really hurt my feelings last night.

Answer 295

flew – A bird flew past the window.

Answer 296

flown – Have you ever flown in such a small plane?

Answer 297

flight – Our flight leaves at three in the morning.

Answer 298

foggy – It was so foggy I couldn’t see my feet!

Answer 299

forgave – Colin apologised, so I forgave him.

Answer 300

forgiven – I’ve forgiven you.

Answer 301

forgiveness – I’m asking for your forgiveness.

Answer 302

freedom – People often have to fight for their freedom.

Answer 303

gardener – My grandfather is an amateur gardener.

Answer 304

gardening – Gardening is a very relaxing pastime.

Answer 305

handful – I asked my dad for some money and he gave me a handful of coins.

Answer 306

handle – Put the money in, pull the handle and your chocolate bar comes out here.

Answer 307

unhappy – You seem a little unhappy. Can I help?

Answer 308

happiness – I don’t think that money brings you happiness.

Answer 309

unhappiness – There’s a lot of unhappiness in the world.

Answer 310

hatred – Why is there so much hatred between people from these two countries?

Answer 311

helpful – Thank you, you’ve been very helpful.

Answer 312

unhelpful – That shop assistant was really unhelpful.

Answer 313

helpless – I felt helpless and didn’t know what to do.

Answer 314

heroic – The story was all about two heroic young men.

Answer 315

heroine – The heroine of the book finally gets married.

Answer 316

historic – It’s a(n) historic building.

Answer 317

historian – I want to be a(n) historian.

Answer 318

dishonest – I don’t like people who are dishonest.

Answer 319

honesty – Honesty is a very important quality in a friend.

Answer 320

identity – She hid her identity by wearing a disguise.

Answer 321

identical – These two pictures are identical.

Answer 322

imagination – Theresa has got a lot of imagination.

Answer 323

imaginative – Your story was really imaginative.

Answer 324

informative – Your e-mail was very informative – thanks.

Answer 325

information – Have they got any more information about the explorers yet?

Answer 326

instruction – Listen carefully to the instructions before you do the exercise.

Answer 327

instructor – She’s a driving instructor.

Answer 328

intelligence – It’s not easy to measure the intelligence of chimpanzees.

Answer 329

intention – It wasn’t my intention to upset you.

Answer 330

intentional – It wasn’t intentional! I did it by mistake!

Answer 331

introduction – I didn’t read the introduction to the book.

Answer 332

invasion – Julius Caesar led the Roman invasion of Britain.

Answer 333

invader – Local people fought against the invaders.

Answer 334

jogging – I go jogging every morning.

Answer 335

jogger – The park is full of joggers in the morning.

Answer 336

judgement – Nobody was surprised at the judgement – not even the criminal himself.

Answer 337

liar – You’re a liar!

Answer 338

lying – Lying to your friends is very bad.

Answer 339

live – I used to live in Canada.

Answer 340

alive – I’m glad I’m alive!

Answer 341

length – I swam the length of the swimming pool.

Answer 342

lucky – Do you think you’re a lucky person generally?

Answer 343

unlucky – We were unlucky to lose the match.

Answer 344

luckily – Luckily, I won the game.

Answer 345

unluckily – Unluckily, our car broke down.

Answer 346

measurement – They took measurements of the level of pollution in the river.

Answer 347

medical – Is it a serious medical problem?

Answer 348

memorise – Do we have to memorise all these irregular verbs?

Answer 349

memorial – There’s a memorial to Mr Watkins in the school garden.

Answer 350

musical – Do you have much musical talent?

Answer 351

musician – It’s not easy becoming a professional musician.

Answer 352

nationality – What’s her nationality? Is she French?

Answer 353

national – Tomorrow is a national holiday.

Answer 354

international – We’re an international organisation.

Answer 355

natural – It’s an area of great natural beauty.

Answer 356

naturally – Is your hair naturally curly?

Answer 357

noisy – It’s very noisy in here! I can’t hear what you’re saying.

Answer 358

noisily – Larry came in at four in the morning and noisily took his boots off.

Answer 359

occupation – The form asked for my occupation and I wrote ‘Student’.

Answer 360

officer – A police officer saw the man take the bicycle and started to chase after him.

Answer 361

official – They haven’t made an official announcement of the reason for the delay yet.

Answer 362

unofficial – The decision is unofficial until the boss signs the agreement.

Answer 363

painful – My knee is very painful.

Answer 364

painless – The operation is painless – it won’t hurt at all.

Answer 365

peaceful – You looked very peaceful when you were asleep.

Answer 366

peacefully – The dog was sleeping peacefully when it suddenly heard a noise.

Answer 367

perfection – You can make your painting better and better, but perfection is impossible.

Answer 368

imperfect – Don’t feel too bad about what you did. We’re all imperfect.

Answer 369

personality – Fiona has got a great personality.

Answer 370

personal – I’ve got a few personal problems to sort out.

Answer 371

player – One of the players was injured when he scored a goal.

Answer 372

playful – My baby brother is very playful.

Answer 373

pollution – There are lots of different kinds of pollution.

Answer 374

polluted – Polluted rivers are not safe to swim in.

Answer 375

prediction – My prediction is that City will win the match 2–0 on Sunday.

Answer 376

predictable – You’re so predictable – I knew you were going to say that!

Answer 377

unpredictable – Be careful! Their dog is quite unpredictable.

Answer 378

preference – I’d like pizza, but that’s just my personal preference.

Answer 379

preferable – I think flying is preferable to going there by train.

Answer 380

preparation – The key to a good performance is a lot of preparation.

Answer 381

prisoner – The prisoner asked the guard for a blanket.

Answer 382

recommendation – We made a number of recommendations to the manager.

Answer 383

reduction – There’s been a small reduction in the price of petrol.

Answer 384

reference – I’m applying for a job, so could you write me a reference?

Answer 385

refusal – We were all surprised by Danny’s refusal to apologise.

Answer 386

relative – Are all your relatives coming to the wedding?

Answer 387

relation – Are all your relations coming to the wedding?

Answer 388

relationship – I have a great relationship with all my teachers.

Answer 389

retired – My grandad is retired and has lots of hobbies.

Answer 390

retirement – My dad seems to be looking forward to retirement.

Answer 391

save – The man next to me saved me when I almost fell in front of the train.

Answer 392

unsafe – Don’t go into that old house – it’s unsafe.

Answer 393

safety – Safety at work is very important.

Answer 394

sailing – I love sailing and I try to go every summer.

Answer 395

sailor – A sailor helped us put our bags onto the ship.

Answer 396

scientist – Albert Einstein was a scientist.

Answer 397

secretly – Jim secretly placed the love letter in Andrea’s bag.

Answer 398

secrecy – I don’t like all this secrecy. Why don’t we tell Mary the truth?

Answer 399

sensible – It was sensible to bring an umbrella.

Answer 400

sensitive – Dave is very sensitive, so don’t criticise him.

Answer 401

service – The service here is terrible!

Answer 402

servant – What was it like to live in a big house with dozens of servants?

Answer 403

shot – Ronald Reagan was shot when he was President of the USA.

Answer 404

shooting – We go shooting a lot, but we never shoot animals or birds.

Answer 405

silence – I want absolute silence in the exam.

Answer 406

silently – The students all worked silently.

Answer 407

simplify – It’s very difficult, so I’ll simplify it for you.

Answer 408

simplicity – Simplicity is important in good written communication.

Answer 409

sang – I sang in the choir when I was young.

Answer 410

sung – When my dad was at school, they had a song which was sung every morning.

Answer 411

singer – Kylie Minogue is one of my favourite singers.

Answer 412

singing – I love Katy’s singing – she’s got a good voice.

Answer 413

solution – I hope we can find a solution to this problem soon.

Answer 414

spoke – I didn’t know Len spoke Turkish.

Answer 415

spoken – Can you name four countries where English is spoken?

Answer 416

speaker – I can’t hear what the speaker is saying.

Answer 417

speech – I have to give a speech at school and I’m really nervous.

Answer 418

success – What’s the secret of your success?

Answer 419

successful – Work hard and I’m sure you’ll be successful.

Answer 420

unsuccessful – I was unsuccessful in changing his mind.

Answer 421

suggestion – Can I make a suggestion?

Answer 422

sympathise – I can sympathise with you because I’ve been through the same problems.

Answer 423

sympathetic – Jody was very sympathetic when I told her about my bad luck.

Answer 424

translation – I haven’t read War and Peace in Russian, but I’ve read a translation.

Answer 425

translator – You need to work hard to get a job as a translator.

Answer 426

traveller – If you’re an experienced traveller, you’ll know how important it is to be organised.

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