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Students form verbs with -en, -ise, -ify, en- and re-, put them in the right form for the sentence, and practise them in two exam-style Part 3 texts.
Word formation · Verbs · Suffixes
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Download all (ZIP, 2 PDFs)Match each verb with its meaning. There is one extra meaning.
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Which ending makes a verb from each word? Put each word in the right group.
tight
weak
summary
just
bright
hard
pure
clear
soft
sharp
critic
apology
Use the word in capitals to form a verb that fits the gap. Check the form: base form, -s, -ed or -ing.
Too much sugar your teeth over time.
WEAKWe painted the walls yellow last week, and it has really the room.
BRIGHTLeave the clay in the sun until it .
HARDMy boss is always my work in front of other people.
CRITICThe airline for the delay and gave everyone a free meal.
APOLOGYThe new road has hundreds of rare plants.
DANGERI ate too much at dinner, so I my belt.
LOOSEThe mechanic all the wheels before I drove off.
TIGHTEach sentence has one mistake in a verb. Find it and write the correction.
Could you clearify what you mean by that?
The sun had softenned the chocolate in my bag.
Please summary the article in fifty words.
This filter is used to purefy drinking water.
She tried to sharp the knife but cut her finger.
Could you short these trousers by two centimetres?
Read the text. Use the word in capitals to form a word that fits each gap.
When a fire destroyed the old cinema in our town, the owners promised to 1BUILD it. They 2LARGE the café at the front, which is now twice its old size, and 3LONG the opening hours so that the cinema now stays open until midnight.
To 4SURE that regular customers didn't lose interest, they showed films in the town hall while the work went on. The owners soon 5REAL that a cinema needs more than films to survive, so they now show concerts too, and even the 6CRITIC of the plan admit that it was a good idea.
Read the text. Use the word in capitals to form a word that fits each gap.
Exam task: Reading and Use of English, Part 3
Tip: Before you write a verb, look at the word just before the gap: to, has, had, is or was tells you which form you need. Then check whether the sentence is active or passive.
Twenty years ago, waste from two factories was 1THREAT the fish in our river. Local people were 2WORRY about it, but most of them felt powerless. Then Margaret Hollis, a retired science teacher, began to 3COURAGE her neighbours to act.
She started by testing the water every week and by 4CLASS the insects she found, because they show how clean a river is. Her results were impossible to ignore, and they 5ABLE the campaign to put pressure on the factories. Within five years, both factories had 6MODERN their equipment and stopped the waste.
Today the river is 7HEALTH than it has been for a century, and the council has 8WIDE the path along its banks so that more people can enjoy it.
Read the text. Use the word in capitals to form a word that fits each gap.
Exam task: Reading and Use of English, Part 3
Tip: Not every answer is a verb. Read the whole sentence first and decide whether the gap needs a verb, a noun, an adjective or an adverb.
At school, the thought of speaking in front of the class 1FRIGHT me so much that I used to feel sick. My teachers 2SYMPATHY with me, but they still made me do it.
At university, a tutor showed me how to 3SIMPLE my notes so that each slide had just three key points. She also told me not to 4MEMORY every word, because it makes you sound like a robot. Instead, she taught me to 5IDENTITY the moments when the audience was losing interest.
My biggest 6WEAK was speaking too fast when I was nervous. Breathing exercises helped to 7STRONG my voice, and a timer taught me to slow down. Last month I gave a talk to two hundred people, and I felt 8SURPRISE calm.
Write 80–110 words.
Choose a place you know well: a street, a park, your school or your workplace. Say what is wrong with it now and what you would change. Use at least five verbs from this lesson, in different forms (for example will widen, has been modernised, by simplifying).
Suggested minimum: 80 words
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