CAE Word Formation

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For questions 1-8, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. You can use the "?" button to get a clue but by doing so you will lose points. EXAM DESCRIPTION

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The Worlds of Christopher Columbus
In the world of the late twentieth century, events on one continent (1) ... influence	ROUTINE
developments on the others, for good or for ill. In the broad expanse of (2) ...	HISTORY
time, however, these (3) ... connections developed quite recently, starting	EXTEND
in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. In one sense, the process began
with Christopher Columbus's four voyages, the first (4) ... excursions to have	ATLANTIC
far-reaching and long-lasting consequences. In another sense, however,
Columbus's voyages were less a beginning than the (5) ... of a centuries-old	CONTINUE
human process of (6) ... and migration. When Columbus was born , Europe,	EXPLORE
Africa, and Asia were each part of the Old World of the Easter Hemisphere,
but they were also separate worlds culturally, (7) ... and politically. Columbus's	RELIGION
voyages shattered that (8) ... once and for all, in what is arguably the most	ISOLATE
fateful encounter between disparate human groups that history has ever known.

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7)	8)

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ROUTINELY

NOUN TO ADVERB

ROUTINE => ROUTINELY

SUFFIX (-LY) A suffix forming adverbs from adjectives: GLADLY

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HISTORICAL

NOUN TO ADJECTIVE

HISTORY => HISTORICAL

HISTORIC is often confused with HISTORICAL.
HISTORIC means something important or influential in history.
HISTORICAL, on the other hand, refers to anything from the past, important or not.

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EXTENSIVE

VERB TO ADJECTIVE

EXTEND => EXTENSIVE

SUFFIX (-IVE) A suffix of adjectives expressing tendency, disposition, function, connection, etc.: DESTRUCTIVE

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TRANSATLANTIC

NOUN TO ADJECTIVE

ATLANTIC => TRANSATLANTIC

PREFIX(TRANS-) A prefix denoting across, beyond, crossing, on the other side: TRANSOCEANIC

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