CPE Word Formation
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
⇐ SCROLL THE TEXT TO THE RIGHT/LEFT ⇒ First Flights |
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| The idea of flight is nearly as old as human imagination. Inspired by birds and religion, | |
| (1) ... every epoch of recorded human history includes references to flight in its art, | VIRTUE |
| history, music, and literature. The ancient Egyptians (2) ... winged gods, the Greeks | WORTH |
| (3) ... the legend of Icarus's risky business, and formidable Teutonic maidens celebrated | COUNT |
| the ride of the Valkyries in song. Despite all of that, ancient civilisations left almost no | |
| credible records of attempts to achieve mechanical-powered flight. The (4) ... are few and | EXCEPT |
| far between. In about 400 B.C., the mysterious (5) ... figure of Archytas of Tarentum may | HISTORY |
| have built and flown a wooden dove powered by a steam jet. Armin Firmen, an Arab savant, | |
| attempted a flight at Cordoba, Spain, in 852. Four centuries later, Roger Bacon, an | |
| English Franciscan friar, made vague (6) ... in his writings to an ornithopter. It was a man-powered | REFER |
| machine that duplicated the flapping motion of birds. However, since human muscles are not | |
| strong enough to (7) ... a man to fly, that contraption was doomed to failure. Others who | ABLE |
| replicated his machine in one form or another achieved equally (8) ... results. | SATISFY |
⇐ SCROLL THE TABLE TO THE RIGHT/LEFT ⇒ ANSWERS
VIRTUALLY
| NOUN TO ADVERB | VIRTUE => VIRTUALLY |
| SUFFIX (-LY) (in adverbs and adjectives) - like a particular thing in manner, appearance, or nature: MOTHERLY, FATHERLY |
WORSHIPPED
| NOUN TO VERB | WORTH => WORSHIPPED |
| SUFFIX (-SHIP) + ED - to show respect for God or a god, especially by saying prayers, singing, etc |
RECOUNTED
| NOUN TO VERB | COUNT => RECOUNTED |
| PREFIX (RE-) (in adverbs, nouns, verbs and adjectives) - again, again in a better way, back to a former state: REDO, REUNITE |
EXCEPTIONS
| VERB TO NOUN | EXCEPT => EXCEPTIONS |
| SUFFIX (-ION) (in nouns) - the action or state of: CONFESSION, COMPETITION |
HISTORICAL
| NOUN TO ADJECTIVE | HISTORY => HISTORICAL |
| SUFFIX (-ICAL) (in adjectives) - connected with: COMICAL, CHEMICAL |
REFERENCES
| VERB TO NOUN | REFER => REFERENCES |
| SUFFIX (-ENCE) (in nouns) - the action or state of: EXISTENCE, CONFIDENCE |
ENABLE
| ADJECTIVE TO VERB | ABLE => ENABLE |
| PREFIX (EN-) (in verbs) - to put into the thing or condition mentioned, to cause to be: ENCASE, ENLARGE |
UNSATISFACTORY
| VERB TO NEGATIVE ADJECTIVE | SATISFY => UNSATISFACTORY |
| PREFIX (UN-) (in nouns, adjectives and adverbs) - not; the opposite of: UNTRUE + SUFFIX (-ORY) (in adjectives) - involving the action concerned: EXPLANATORY |
