Word formation / Gaps

Question 1

Tony is a really …………………………………. OPINION
person. (someone who is .. has very strong opinions that they refuse to change even when they are clearly unreasonable)

Answer 1

Opinionated

Question 2

Stefan was a …………………………………. COMPEL

collector of gadgets throughout his life. (used about people who have a habit they cannot control)

Answer 2

Compulsive

Question 3

…………………………………. seems to suit Ella DOMESTIC
- she’s really happy with her home life.

Answer 3

DOMESTICITY

Question 4

I believe she had the …………………………………. FORTUNE
to have been seriously ill as a child.

Answer 4

MISfortune

Question 5

the (1 ) .. …….. .. …. of body decoration points to the… (ANTIQUE)

Answer 5

ANTIQUITY/ænˈtɪkwəti/

Question 6

Within each tribe, this helped them to mark out

differences of role, status, and (4) ……………. . (KIN)

Answer 6

KINSHIP

Question 7

7) ………… …. (ARGUE), without the expressive

capabilities of such ‘body language….

Answer 7

ARGUABLY:

used for stating your opinion or belief, especially when you think other people may DISAGREE

Question 8

we would have been

(8) …….. …….. (FINITE) less successful as a species.

Answer 8

INFINITELY

Question 9

one in seven people are thought to experience anxiety when flying, with women _______ (Number) men two to one in these feelings of ____ (Quiet)

Answer 9

OUTNUMBERING

DISQUIET

Question 10

most of these fears are ___________ (LOGIC): both options

Answer 10

LOGICAL / ILLOGICAL

Question 11

which appear awkward and ____ (WIELD) on the ground

Answer 11

UNWIELDLY

Question 12

REWRITING:

• Could you tell her my address if, by any chance,
  you see her.

Should…

Answer 12

Should you see her, could you please tell her my address?

Question 13

REWRITING:
I wouldn’t have been able to afford to go to
university except that my grandmother left me
some money.

But for ……………………………………………………………………………………….. .

Answer 13

But for my grandmother leaving me some money, I wouldn’t have been able to afford to go to university.

Question 14

He believed that photography ( 1 ) ……………. capture the meaning of outward
appearance

Answer 14

COULD/WOULD/SHOULD

Question 15

This type of camera was particularly
relevant to Cartier-Bresson . It lent (4) ……………. not only to spontaneity but to
anonymity as wel l .

Answer 15

LENT

Question 16

To such an extent (5) ……………. Cartier-Bresson wish to remain a silent

Answer 16

DID

Question 17

Cartier-Bresson travelled unceasingly, but there was (6) … ……. …… compulsive or hurried about his travels or his
photography.

Answer 17

NOTHING / LITTLE

Question 18

he continued to take photographs at the (8) ……………. of about four per hour

Answer 18

RATE

Question 19

Key word transformation: (likelihood)

It’s unlikely that the product would have taken off, if they hadn’t run such a massive TV campaign.

Without such a massive TV campaign , there _________________ the product taking off.

Answer 19

WOULD HAVE BEEN LITTLE LIKELIHOOD OF

Question 20

Key word transformation: (PUT)

The group leader’s poor judgement jeopardised the safety of the climbers.

The climbers’ safety ___________________ by the poor judgement of the g roup leader

Answer 20

WAS PUT IN JEOPARDY

WAS PUT AT RISK

Question 21

KT: (DATES)

Paula and I have been friends since 2008.

My _______________________ 2008.

Answer 21

FRIENDSHIP WITH PAULA DATES BACK

Question 22

KT (RESPONSIBILITY):

‘It wasn’t my fault that the window got broken, ‘ Gary said.

Gary denied ___________________ the window.

Answer 22

ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR HAVING BROKEN

Question 23

KT: (TERMS)

My grandmother has finally got used to living alone.

My grandmother ……………………………………………………………………. living alone

Answer 23

HAS FINALLY COME TO TERMS WITH

Question 24

That afternoon my father (1) ……………. to show

me Ven ice (take)

Answer 24

undertook

Question 25

the greatest m iracle was the city itself, (3) ……………. (CIRCLE) by sea and ___(marisma).

Answer 25

ENCIRCLED

MARSH

Question 26

o protect Ven ice throughout her history, separating her from the
(7) . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . feuding cities of the mainland (PERPETUATE)

Answer 26

PERPETUALLY

Question 27

Today, more than ever, we have cause for

8) . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .. : (GRATEFUL

Answer 27

GRATITUDE

Question 28

KWT:
I’m afraid the only option open to me is to ask
you to leave the restaurant.
(alternative)
I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . you to leave
the restaurant.

Answer 28

I have no alternative but to ask you to leave the restaurant.

Question 29

KWT:
If I had known the flight was going to be late
leaving, I wouldn’t have bothered rushing to the
airport.
(delay)
Had I .. .. . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . to my flight, I wouldn’t have bothered rushing to the
airport.

Answer 29

Had I known about the delay to my flight..

Question 30

KWT:
If you need to contact me urgently, then ring
this number.
(necessary)
Should …………………………………………….. , ring this number.

Answer 30

YOU FIND IT/ IT BE NECESSARY TO CONTACT ME URGENTLY

Question 31

these statistics and stereotypes _______ a worrying picture

Answer 31

provide
give
present

Question 32

worrying, without hope:

The future looks ___.

Answer 32

grim