CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH / ADVANCED / CAE / USE OF ENGLISH / word formation
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 |