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 |