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CAE Part 3: Word Formation A

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  • There's every ______ that she'll be able to help us. (LIKE)
    likelyhood
    likeliness
    likelihood
    likeness
  • I thought that the party was ______ as there was hardly enough room to dance. (CROWD)
    crowding
    overcrowded
    outcrowded
    crowded
  • The best buys of the week are carrots and cabbages, which are _____ and cheap. (PLENTY)
    plentifull
    plentative
    plentyfull
    plentiful
  • The bath water was so ______ hot that it burned my skin. (PAIN)
    painfuly
    painfully
    painly
    painful
  • The main problem with the weather in Britain is that it is very _____ . (CHANGE)
    changable
    changeful
    changeable
    changing
  • A half-hour daily walk can be more ______ than one hard session of exercise a week. (BENEFIT)
    beneficious
    benefical
    beneficial
    benefitial
  • She appealed ______ against her conviction for murder and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. (SUCCEED)
    successfully
    unsuccessfully
    unsucessfully
    unsuccesfully
  • Bringing up children ________ hard work and extremely expensive too. (DENY)
    undenyably
    undenyingly
    deniably
    undeniably
  • It is said that Cleopatra's ______ beauty and charm captivated all those who met her. (COMPARE)
    uncomparing
    uncompared
    incomparable
    uncomparable
  • The ______ of COVID-19 brought the world to a virtual standstill in early 2020. (BREAK)
    breakout
    breakdown
    outbreak
    breakthrough
  • A crowd of curious ________ soon gathered to see what was happening during the parade. (LOOK)
    lookalikes
    outlookers
    onlookers
    lookers
  • After 32 days adrift on the high seas, they caught _____ of a small island. (SEE)
    eyesight
    oversight
    sight
    seeing
  • The book's weakness is the author's ______ to sustain an a convincing argument. (ABLE)
    abiltiy
    disability
    unability
    inability
  • He efforts in baking bread usually produce _______ results. (DISASTER)
    disastrious
    disasterful
    disasterous
    disastrous
  • The standard of workmanship on this table is _________ high; it must be worth a fortune. (ORDINARY)
    unordinarily
    overordinarily
    ordinarily
    extraordinarily