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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.

Windsor Castle

 

Standing at the very heart of the British national identity, Windsor is the   
oldest and largest castle in Britain and, with 1,000 rooms, the largest   
occupied castle in the world. The present queen, Elisabeth II, spent   
much of her childhood here, so it is not surprising that her publie felt   
her pain when a devastating fire (1) ... destroyed 100 rooms in the  PART
state and private apartments in 1992, her annus horribilis. A   
magnificent $53 million (2) ... completed in 1997 employed a beehive of RESTORE
(3) ... using the same techniques as when the castle was begun under ART
William the Conqueror, 900 years ago. It has been lived in by eight   
(4) ... royal houses since then. In 1916, King George V assumed the  SUCCESS
name of the place out of fondness – and to (5) ... the royal family from  ASSOCIATE
its Germanic origins. Highlights of a trip to Windsor Castle include the   
Changing of the Guards, which takes place even when the queen is not   
in (6) ... ; the Queen Mary's Doll House, an exquisite gift in miniature  RESIDE
designed in 1923 by architect Sir Edwin Lutyens; and the 16th-century (7) ... ARCHITECT
jewel of St. George's Chapel which, together with Westminster Abbey,   
shares the (8) ... of being a pantheon of many English monarchs. DISTINCT

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[answer="PARTIALLY" label="PART"]

[answer="RESTORATION" label="RESTORE"]

[answer="ARTISANS" label="ART"]

[answer="SUCCESSIVE" label="SUCCESS"]

[answer="DISASSOCIATE" label="ASSOCIATE"]

[answer=" RESIDENCE" label="RESIDE"]

[answer="ARCHITECTURAL" label="ARCHITECTURE"]

[answer="DISTINCTION" label="DISTINCT"]

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ANSWER KEYS

 

1)    PARTIALLY
NOUN TO ADVERB PART => PARTIALLY
SUFFIX (-LY) A suffix forming adverbs from adjectives: GLADLY

 
2)    RESTORATION
VERB TO NOUN RESTORE => RESTORATION
SUFFIX (-TION) 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 

 
3)    ARTISANS
NOUN TO NOUN ART => ARTISANS
SUFFIX (ART + ISAN) From Latin artitus, past participle of artire "to instruct in the arts," from ars (genitive artis) "art": ARTISAN 

 
4)    SUCCESSIVE
NOUN TO ADJECTIVE SUCCESS => SUCCESSIVE
SUFFIX (-IVE) A suffix of adjectives (and nouns of adjectival origin) expressing tendency, disposition, function, connection, etc.: DESTRUCTIVE

 

5)    DISASSOCIATE
VERB TO VERB ASSOCIATE => DISASSOCIATE
PREFIX (DIS-) Indicating negation, lack, or deprivation: DISGRACE

 


 
6)    RESIDENCE
VERB TO NOUN RESIDE => RESIDENCE
SUFFIX (ENCE) A noun suffix equivalent to -ance, corresponding to the suffix -ent in adjectives:: DIFFERENCE

7)    ARCHITECTURAL
NOUN TO ADJECTIVE ARCHITECTURE => ARCHITECTURAL
SUFFIX (-AL) Of; related to; connected with: FUNCTIONAL

 
8)    DISTINCTION
ADJECTIVE TO NOUN DISTINCT => DISTINCTION
SUFFIX (-TION) 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