FCE Prefixes and Suffixes | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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Word formation exercises for FCE, with a focus on prefixes and a suffixes

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Don't act so ________!(child)

childish

childly

childive

childful

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Myxomatosis" Huh? That word looks ______. (pronounce)

unpronounceable

dispronouncesome

antipronounceable

unpronounceablic

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They had to ____ the lion before moving it to the new zoo. (tranquil)

tranquilive

tranquily

tranquilify

tranquilize

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The film was extremely _________. (bore)

boring

bored

boreful

borive

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She had no ______ to see him today. (intend)

intention

intentive

distention

intended

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Last year, the city ______ the roads to add bike lanes. (wide)

widive

widenized

wode

widened

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He didn't pass the exam. He was ______. (succeed)

countersuccessful

successful

unsuccessive

unsuccessful

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Beijing is incredibly ______. (crowd)

crowdid

crowdful

crowded

crowds

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I ate a _______ of candy without eating breakfast and now I feel ill. (hand)

handful

handsome

handsize

handity

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The company has at least 50 _______. (employ)

employs

employds

employees

employisms

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Norm MacDonald is my favorite _________. (comedy)

comedic

comedian

comediess

comediast

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Hopefully, none of the students ______ today after visiting Moose's last night. (sleep)

preslept

overslept

outslept

extraslept

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Thanks for the gift! How _______ of you. (think)

thoughtable

thoughtless

thoughtful

thoughtly

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You're not Mary? Sorry, I must have been _____. (take)

untaken

taken

took

mistaken

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The food was not ________. I didn't like the taste and want to eat something else. (satisfy)

satisfied

satisfying

satisfy

satisfical

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He smiled ______. (happy)

happiness

happily

happyable

happy

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