Word Formation

• WF001-Word Formation Exercises

• Gap-fill exercise

• CAE Word Formation 

   

  

   

   Muscle Cars

  

  Muscle cars were never intended to be valuable. In fact, the whole idea behind
  muscle cars was to make them (1) ... and fast. Muscle cars were stripped-down	EXPENSIVE
  versions of the most (2) ... homely, and basic mass-produced cars to ever roll out	UTILITY
  of Detroit. These rattle trap, bare bones, crude devices were built to conform to
  a price point with little regard given to sophistication or (3) ..., and aimed squarely	LONG
  at the (4) ... market. And this market couldn't get enough of them. These were the	YOUNG
  cars every red-blooded American kid wanted. The image, the speed, the (5) ...	LIFE
  were all highly addictive. Looking back, the muscle car years were (6) ... brief	RELATIVE
  moment in time that we will never see the likes of again. It was a perfect storm,
  just what the market wanted, and was presented at the right place in the right time.
  So how did these seemingly (7) ... cars, built in large numbers and owned by	DISPOSE
  kids who (8) ... tried to kill them from the first twist of the key, become so valuable?	LITERAL
  More (9) ..., why did they become so valuable? Most people are astounded when	IMPORT
  they hear the recent sales results of the most (10) ... muscle cars. We call them	DESIRE
  two-comma cars, cars that are worth so much money that you need two commas
  to separate all the zeroes in the price.

CAE Open Cloze

CAE Open Cloze

For questions 1-15, read the text below and think of the word which fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap. You can use the "?" button to get a clue but by doing so you will lose points. Click Here for Description

The Wondrous World of Coffee

A cup of coffee, like any (1) ... experience, can be enriched by selection and consciousness. "No beans (2) ... it," the best coffee decisions (3) ... the ones most pleasant to one's own palate - the selection of one's coffee is a matter of personal preference. Choosing coffee beans can also be a perplexing experience, (4) ... there is a huge range of coffee types and beans blends from (5) ... around the world. The final flavour and quality involves (6) ... complex factors, beginning with the coffee seed, the beans' botanics, a wide variety of soil and climate conditions, cultivation altitudes, and the care (7) ... in harvesting the beans. Raw green coffee beans are then subjected (8) ... many influencing factors, including various processing, production, roasting, blending and brewing methods. On a global note, (9) ... many species and varieties of coffee trees from different areas of the world also offer their own distinctive flavours. (10) ... are more than forty-five coffee-exporting countries - all of (11) ... use different classification systems - that supply the world (12) ... coffee beans, in sizes ranging over sixty known species of coffee plants. (13) ... wonder coffee can involve a puzzling java jargon! Fortunately, the world's coffee nomenclature, from mountain to market, can be classified (14) ... simple categories. This briefly outlines the basics of bean botanics, coffee cultivation and processing, and global classifications used by the coffee trade (15) ... coffee-producing countries.

 

CAE OPEN CLOZE

CAE Open Cloze

For questions 1-15, read the text below and think of the word which fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap. You can use the "?" button to get a clue but by doing so you will lose points. Click Here for Description

An Ugly Habit

 

 

Smoking is one of the most common and deadliest habits in the world. You have probably seen thousands of cigarettes smoked in your lifetime, (1) ... perhaps not by your family. Even though fewer people smoke today (2) ... in the past, one (3) ... every four adults still smokes, and (4) ... are parts of the world (5) ... smoking is increasing. Most people (6) ... become regular smokers started when they were young. This is the time to get the facts straight: smoking does no one (7) ... good, and it does a great (8) ... of harm to your health. It also often means giving up a lot later in life, (9) ... as the chance to excel in sports, extra spending money, and even years of one’s life. There is a lot of to lose. Most smokers have a hard time explaining why they started – and why they continue. They know it is harmful, and many even know someone who (10) ... died from (11) ... smoking-related illness, like lung cancer or heart disease. But (12) ... the same time, these smokers continue lighting up when they go out for a drink, take a break from work, or hear alarming news. Some smokers even light up when they learn about the dangers of smoking, because they become worried. (13) ... the reason people start smoking, the habit soon loses (14) ... attraction. (15) ... from the obvious health risks, smoking is an ugly, unpleasant habit. Most people would prefer to avoid a room that someone was filling with smelly smoke.

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ENGLISH TESTS CAE

CAE  USE OF ENGLISH

For questions 1-12, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.

Scotland

People come to this small northern country for many reasons, lured, perhaps, by the promise of spectacular (1) ... , friendly natives, and a vibrant arts scene. Some are searching for their family (2) ... or others just want to get away from it all and, digging (3) ... old memories from their English Lit class of gallant heroes engaging in larger-than-life struggles, their (4) ... wander to faraway lands, to (5) ... familiar yet different destinations. Why not go to Scotland? But what kind of country are they coming to and what should they expect once they get there? Scotland (6) ... of an area of 30, 418 square miles - so it's a fairly compact and "doable" country - with a population of about five million people - not too small, not too big. It is one of three countries that form the political (7) ... called Great Britain, the other two being, of course, England and Wales, which, along (8) ... their fourth partner, Northern Ireland, becomes the United Kingdom. Scotland is bordered on three sides by water and on its fourth by England, which has had (9) ... its advantages and disadvantages. Geographically speaking, the country can be (10) ... into three broad areas, the Southern Uplands, the Central Lowlands, and the Highlands. Although the rugged Highlands (11) ... about two-thirds of the land area, the (12) ... majority of the population lives in the Central Belt between Glasgow, Scotland's largest city, and Edinburgh, Scotland's capital.

1. A scene B scenery C view D panorama

2. A roots B race C basis D source

3. A off B down C on D up

4. A head B brains C spirits D minds

5. A sometimes B someday C somehow D sometime

6. A consists B includes C embraces D comprises

7. A entirety B entitle C entry D entity

8. A with B to C in D for

9. A either B both C but D also

10. A separated B broke C parted D divided

11. A take out B take in C take up D take off

12. A expansive B vast C expanding D spacious

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CAE Writing

ADD THE PUNTUACTION

Add the punctuation (CAE Writing)

Add the punctuation, capital letters and paragraphs to these genuine CAE student texts

Text 1- letter
dear mr baton i am writing to you to express the committees concern about your plans for the sports facilities you asserted a lack of student interest so we conducted a survey which proved the opposite sixty percent of the students use the sports hall more than three times a week and the football ground is also used for training between matches therefore the committee decided to oppose your intention at least in this form students would not be able to practise if the hall were open for the public all day and it is certainly not fair that they should pay the high school fees as well the committee also had not heard that the college had to cut costs however i am sure we can talk about this matter and would be glad if we could arrange a meeting between you and the committee i look forward to hearing from you yours sincerely christopher halle

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