CAE / USE OF ENGLISH / Word Formation
Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) / WORD FORMATION
Task Type: Word formation.
Focus: Vocabulary.
Format: A text containing 8 gaps. Each gap represents a word. At the end of the line is a ‘prompt’ word which you have to change in some way to complete the sentence correctly.
Number of questions: 8.
How many marks are there: One mark for each correct answer.
What is testing:
- conversions from noun to adjective
- conversions from verb to noun
- conversions from adjective to adverb
- conversions from verb to adjective
- conversions from a positive to negative form
General Advice:
- Never leave the base word unchanged.
- Look at each sentence and decide what kind of word is required.
- Check the spelling carefully.
- The words you need might have to change into a negative or a plural.
cambridge english: ADVANCED (cea)
WORD FORMATION
practice tests
- Word Formation 1
- Word Formation 2
- Word Formation 3
- Word Formation 4
- Word Formation 5
- Word Formation 6
- Word Formation 7
- Word Formation 8
- Word Formation 9
- Word Formation 10
- Word Formation 11
- Word Formation 12
- Word Formation 13
- Word Formation 14
- Word Formation 15
- Word Formation 16
- Word Formation 17
- Word Formation 18
- Word Formation 19
- Word Formation 20