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For questions 1- 8, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line.

Digital Photo

 

The best thing about a digital photo is that you can manipulate it to the  
extent of your (1) ...... . This manipulation can be achieved thanks to IMAGINE
(2)... software packages available on the market, varying in VARY
(3) ... from the feature packed Adobe Photoshop to Paint Shop Pro. COMPLEX
Still, there is magic when a digital photo is modified by experienced   
hands and eyes, allowing that (4) ... moment to be captured in such a way BELIEVE
as to never be forgotten, but even then they can be refined further.  
It is the story or the impression behind that moment that keeps the viewer  
(5) ... with the photo for a longer period of time. It takes time  AMOUR
to become a perfect photographer and one needs to grow through experimentation  
and experiences. However a basic (6) ... of the techniques of photographing  KNOW
is must. A digital camera is not all that is required to make a good photographer.   
(7) ... , know your camera well. Read the manual top to bottom, and then go out PRIMARY
go out to play with the machine. Now come back to the basics and learn about   
other things like exposure, shutter speed, aperture etc. that helps you to  CUSTOM
(8) ... your digital photo in real time

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[answer="IMAGINATION" label="IMAGINE"]

[answer="VARIOUS" label="VARY"]

[answer="COMPLEXITY" label="COMPLEX"]

[answer="UNBELIEVABLE" label="BELIEVE"]

[answer="ENAMOURED" label="AMOUR"]

[answer=" KNOWLEDGE" label="KNOW"]

[answer="PRIMARILY" label="PRIMARY"]

[answer="CUSTOMISE" label="CUSTOM"]

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ANSWER KEYS

 

1)    IMAGINATION
VERB TO NOUN IMAGINE => IMAGINATION
SUFFIX (-ATION) a suffix occurring in words of Latin origin, used to form abstract nouns from verbs or stems not identical with verbs, whether as expressing action , or a state, or associated meanings: STARVATION 

 
2)    VARIOUS
VERB TO ADJECTIVE VARY => VARIOUS
SUFFIX (-OUS) A suffix forming adjectives having, full of, or characterized by: SPACIOUS 

 
3)    COMPLEXITY
ADJECTIVE TO NOUN COMPLEX => COMPLEXITY
SUFFIX (-ITY) A suffix used to form abstract nouns expressing state or condition: CIVILITY 

 
4)    UNBELIEVABLE
VERB TO ADJECTIVE BELIEVE => UNBELIEVABLE
PREFIX (UN-) + SUFFIX (-ABLE) A suffix meaning "capable of, susceptible of, fit for, tending to, given to," associated in meaning with the word able, occurring in loanwords from Latin: LAUDABLE 

 
5)    ENAMOURED
NOUN TO ADJECTIVE AMOUR => ENAMOURED
PREFIX (EN-) A prefix occurring originally in loanwords from French and productive in English on this model: ENSHIELD

 
6)    KNOWLEDGE
VERB TO NOUN KNOW => KNOWLEDGE
KNOW + LEDGE She sent the letter without my knowledge.: KNOWLEDGE

 
7)    PRIMARILY
ADJECTIVE TO ADVERB PRIMARY => PRIMARILY
SUFFIX (-LY) A suffix forming adverbs from adjectives: GLADLY

 
8)    CUSTOMISE/CUSTOMIZE
NOUN TO VERB CUSTOME =>CUSTOMISE
SUFFIX (-ISE) To make something have more of a particular quality: MODERNIZE