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CAE Part 3: Word Formation A

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