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Word Formation Exercises Lingua Inglesa 3 2023/2024

Complete each of the texts below with a word related to the one in brackets:

1. A LETTER FROM A READER


We have all had the experience, I am sure, of feeling ________(POWER) in the face of civil
servants. All nations need bureaucrats, but too many have become ________(INSTITUTE) and
inflexible. While some carry out their jobs ________(DUTY), others apply the letter of the law
but not the spirit, and behave in an ________(OFFICE) manner, relying on computers and rules
to tell them what is ________(PERMIT) and what is not. The number of civil servants has
increased ________(SIGNIFY) under this current government, which I believe is a good
________(INDICATE) of where their priorities lie. I agree with Jack Turner (Letters, 16th May) that
it is a ________(CRIME) waste of taxpayers’ money and I find his argument that we only need
one third of them very ________(PERSUADE) indeed. We in this country have ________(ARGUE)
the biggest civil service in this part of the world and it is time something was done about it.
Yours sincerely, A. P. Kennedy (Mrs)

2. INDIA’S RAINFOREST BY NIGHT


India has amazing countryside with some of the most remarkable wildlife on Earth, and its 96
National Parks are becoming ________(INCREASE) popular. These parks contain a huge
________(VARIOUS) of creatures, from multi-coloured butterflies to magnificent tigers, but
________(FORTUNATE) for visitors, many of them are active mainly at night and then seem to
________(APPEAR) during the day. In southern India’s Periyar National Park, however, they have
found a solution to this problem: night tours.
Walking through the rainforest in the dark is a wonderful way to observe creatures in their
natural ________(SURROUND). You quickly become more ________(SENSE) to the sounds of
birds and animals, and you soon begin to recognize some of their calls. You are accompanied by
local guides to prevent you getting lost, and also for ________(SAFE) reasons: there are big cats
around, and ________(POISON) snakes, too.
Many visitors want to continue their ________(EXPLORE) of the jungle all night, but if you want
a break from the tropical ________(HOT) there are rivers where you can go for a colling swim
by moonlight.

3. THE CITY OF MIAMI


The American city of Miami was founded in 1896 by Julia Tuttle, a ________(WEALTH) Florida
businesswoman. From a population of just 300, it has become a vast urban are of 5.5 million
________(INHABIT), attracting ________(VISIT) from all over the world. Its excellent transport
links mean it can ________(EASY) be reached by road, rail, air or sea.
The city’s continuing ________(GROW) as a tourist and financial centre has led to a construction
boom. Many of the new building are over 120 metres in ________(HIGH), giving Miami the most
impressive skyline in the country after New York and Chicago.
Its wide variety of ________(ATTRACT) includes sandy beaches, nightclubs, music and dancing,
as well as activities such as skateboarding and cycling in the world-famous, ________(FASHION)
South Beach area. The city centre has a number of ________(DELIGHT) parks and gardens, and
of course there is the wonderful weather: ________(LIKE) any other major city in the USA, it has
a genuinely tropical climate.
Word Formation Exercises Lingua Inglesa 3 2023/2024

4. CARNIVOROUS PLANTS
Most carnivorous plants stand alone in the plant world not only in their unique method of
________(SUPPLEMENT) nutrition, but in the extraordinary degree to which the leaves have
become changed from our idea of a typical leaf-blade to meet this end.
Some have evolved into pitcher forms, often ________(REMINISCE) of strange flowers, while
others have developed the power of movement, reminding one in their actions of steel traps,
mouse traps, or even sea anemones. The ________(USUAL) to bizarre appearance of most is
curious enough, but the varied and often ________(ASTONISH) artful methods employed in the
________(SEDUCE) of the prey, frequently combined with added ________(REFINE) of
technique which may be peculiar to a species, cannot fail to fascinate.
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
________(MAJOR) of these have been brief works of a popular kind there have been some
________(NOTE) exceptions. Quite apart from the interest provided by their traps, it should be
not forgotten that they are attractive plants in themselves; some are indeed beautiful.

5. A NEW SUPERMARKET FOR THE TOWN


At a public meeting held recently, residents of the town of Oxwell met local politicians and shop
owners to discuss plans to build a large supermarket in the town. A wide ________(VARY) of
opinions was expressed, some in favour and some against the project. A ________(DIRECT) of
the supermarket group, who was present at the meeting, stated that the supermarket would
benefit the ________(INHABIT) of Oxwell as it would give people more ________(CHOOSE)
when shopping. He also pointed out that it would lead to a ________(GROW) in the number of
jobs available in the town, which has a high rate of ________(EMPLOY).
Although there was general ________(AGREE) on the need for new jobs, some of those present
claimed that the presence of the proposed new supermarket would actually lead to the
________(LOSE) of jobs. They pointed out that small shops would be forced to close as they
would be ________(ABLE) to compete with supermarket prices. The final ________(DECIDE) on
whether or not to build the supermarket will be made next month.

6. MODERN CULTURE
When people talk about contemporary culture they are just as _______(LIKE) to be talking about
fast cars, trainers or high heels as they are to be talking about Shostakovich or Shakespeare.
Goods have become as ________(MEAN) a measure and marker of culture as the Great and the
Good. The word “culture” can now cover just about anything. Culture is no longer merely the
beautiful and ________(SINGLE). It wasn’t until the late twentieth century that a
________(SCHOOL) interest in objects began to ________ (PLACE) the traditional interest in –
isms, with historians, ________(LITERATE) critics and philosophers all suddenly becoming
fascinated by the meaning of objects, large and small. Is this a sign, perhaps, of a society cracking
under the strain of too many things?
Our current obsession with material culture, one might argue, is simply a ________(RESPOND)
to the Western crisis of abundance. There are obvious problems with the materialist
________(CONCEPT) of culture. If our experience of everyday life is so ________(SATISFY), then
how much so is the ________(SPECTATOR) of our everyday things under scrutiny.

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