Cambridge English: certificate of Proficiency exam (CpE) / word formation

 

Task Type: Word formation.
Focus: Vocabulary.
Format: A text containing 8 gaps (150-170 words). 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:
prefixes
suffixes
internal changes
compound words
plurality

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:  certificate of proficiency exam (cpe) 
word formation

practice tests

 

                    Word Formation 1
                    Word Formation 2
                    Word Formation 3
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