CAE 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
Carnivorous Plants |
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| Most carnivorous plants stand alone in the plant world not only in their unique | |
| method of (1) ... nutrition, but in the extraordinary degree to which the leaves | SUPPLEMENT |
| have been changed from our idea of a typical leaf-blade to meet this end. | |
| Some have evolved into pitcher forms, often (2) ... of strange flowers, while | REMINISCE |
| others have developed the power of movement, reminding one in their actions | |
| of steel traps, mouse traps, or even sea anemones. The (3) ... to bizarre | USUAL |
| appearance of most is curious enough, but the varied and often (4) ... artful | ASTONISH |
| methods employed in the (5) ... of the prey, frequently combined with added | SEDUCE |
| (6) ... of technique which may be peculiar to a species, cannot fail to fascinate. | REFINE |
| Carnivorous plants occur both amongst the flowering plants and in the Fungi. | |
| While some reference will be made to the principle trap types of the latter, they | |
| remain a subject in themselves, and it will be the former which concerns us | |
| here. On these, a number of works have already been published In English, | |
| mainly in the United States. While the (7) ... of these have been brief works | MAJOR |
| of a popular kind there have been some (8) ... exceptions. Quite apart from | NOTE |
| the interest provided by their traps, it should be not forgotten that they are | |
| attractive plants in themselves; some are indeed beautiful. | |
ANSWERS
SUPPLEMENTARY
| NOUN TO ADJECTIVE | SUPPLEMENT => SUPPLEMENTARY |
| SUFFIX (-ARY) A suffix occurring originally in loanwords from Classical and Medieval Latin, on adjectives: ELEMENTARY |
REMINISCENT
| VERB TO ADJECTIVE | REMINISCE => REMINISCENT |
| SUFFIX (-ENT) A suffix, equivalent to -ant, appearing in nouns and adjectives of Latin origin: DEPENDENT |
MOVEMENT
| VERB TO NOUN | MOVE => MOVEMENT |
| SUFFIX (MENT) A suffix of nouns, often concrete, denoting an action or resulting state: REFRESHMENT |
UNUSUAL
| ADJECTIVE TO NEGATIVE | USUAL => UNUSUAL |
| PREFIX (-UN) A prefix meaning "not," freely used as an English formative, giving negative or opposite force in adjectives and their derivative adverbs and nouns: UNFAIR |
ASTONISHINGLY
| VERB TO ADVERB | ASTONISH => ASTONISHINGLY |
| SUFFIX (-LY) A suffix forming adverbs: GRADUALLY |
SEDUCTION
| VERB TO NOUN | SEDUCE => SEDUCTION |
| SUFFIX (-TION) A suffix occurring in words of Latin origin, used to form abstract nouns from verbs or stems not identical with verbs: STARVATION |
REFINEMENTS
| VERB TO NOUN | REFINE => REFINEMENT |
| SUFFIX (-MENT) a suffix of nouns, often concrete, denoting an action or resulting state, a product or means: REFRESHMENT |
REFERENCE
| VERB TO NOUN | REFER => REFERENCE |
| SUFFIX (-ENCE) A noun suffix equivalent to -ance, corresponding to the suffix -ent in adjectives: DIFFERENCE |
MAJORITY
| ADJECTIVE TO NOUN | MAJOR => MAJORITY |
| SUFFIX (-ITY) A suffix used to form abstract nouns expressing state or condition: CIVILITY |
NOTABLE
| VERB TO ADJECTIVE | NOTE => NOTABLE |
| SUFFIX (-ABLE) A suffix meaning "capable of, susceptible of, fit for, tending to, given to," associated in meaning with the word 'able': LAUDABLE |
