Suggested procedure

   

   1 Read the whole text through first to get a general idea of the subject.

   2 Read the text sentence by sentence, looking at the specific context of each missing word.

   3 Decide on the part of speech of the missing word and whether it should have a positive or
   negative meaning. (Some items may require the addition of a prefix as well as a change to the
   end of the word.)

   4 Write the correct form of each word paying careful attention to accurate spelling.

   

   

   Each of these words contains a suffix. Group them into nouns, adjectives and verbs.

   

   harmful  popularize        observation      reliable

   disagreement    happiness         behavioural      ability

   attractive          helpless            relationship

   

   Read through sentences 1-11 and insert the correct form of the word in brackets. Look back at
   the noun, adjective and verb groups in previous exercise to help you decide on the word
   ending.

   

   1 Mike's extremely ..................................; he never hides his feelings.
   (demonstrate)

   2 The two French chefs went into ................................ and opened a restaurant in
   Mayfair. (partner)

   3 'This office equipment badly needs to be ............................. . Look at this
   typewriter - it's completely out of date!' (modern)

   4 After working together for several days, their initial ............................
   disappeared. (shy)

   5 When talks between the two governments broke down, military ...............................
   seemed inevitable. (confront)

   6 After moving house, changing job, and getting married, Susan reflected on what an
   .............................. year it had been. (event)

   7 'There's no point in trying to negotiate improved working conditions, the situation is
   .............................. - we must all go out on strike!' (hope)

   8 I must admit that I find Simon's sarcasm absolutely ................................!
   (detest)

   9 There was a strong sense of  ............................... in the village; most families
   had lived there for generation after generation. (continue)

   10 Joe was extremely nervous about his driving test, so passing it the first time was quite an
   .............................. . (achieve)

   11 It was only when the company went bankrupt that the extent of its
   ................................ problems were revealed. (finance)