CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH examinations / PROFICIENCY EXAM / CPE / 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.
The Moon
Anyone taking the trouble to look (1) ... on a clear moonlit night cannot fail to be moved by the sight of our sister planet hanging up there in the sky like a silver ball casting (2) ... shadows on the Earth below. Few (3) ... objects can have had such an influence over religion and the arts. And never is the Moon's visual impact more (4) ... than when it is full and just above the distant horizon. Under these conditions, the apparent (5) ... of the lunar disc to familiar terrestrial objects makes the Moon appear to be very much larger and closer than normal. But the fact that our (6) ... eyes still cannot discern more than just a few dark blotches on its surface demonstrates that this effect must indeed be just an (7) ... illusion. The light from the Moon cannot really become (8) ... as it passes at a grazing angle through our atmosphere.
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[answer="UPWARDS" label="UP"]
[answer="GHOSTLY" label="GHOST"]
[answer="INANIMATE" label="ANIMATE"]
[answer="IMPRESSIVE" label="IMPRESS"]
[answer="PROXIMITY" label="PROXIMATE"]
[answer="UNAIDED" label="AID"]
[answer="OPTICAL" label="OPTICS"]
[answer="INTENSIFIED" label="INTENSE"]
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ANSWER KEYS
| ADVERB TO ADVERB | UP => UPWARDS |
| SUFFIX (-WARDS) (in adverbs) - towards a particular direction or place: NORTHWARDS, FORWARDS |
| NOUN TO ADJECTIVE | GHOST => GHOSTLY |
| SUFFIX (-LY) (in adverbs and adjectives) - like a particular thing in manner, appearance, or nature: MOTHERLY, FATHERLY |
| ADJECTIVE TO NEGATIVE ADJECTIVE | ANIMATE => INANIMATE |
| PREFIX (IN-) (in adverbs, nouns and adjectives) - the opposite of, not: INSENSITIVE, INFINITE |
| VERB TO ADJECTIVE | IMPRESS => IMPRESSIVE |
| SUFFIX (-IVE) (in adjectives and nouns) - having the nature of, tending to: DESCRIPTIVE, ADOPTIVE |
| ADJECTIVE TO NOUN | PROXIMATE => PROXIMITY |
| SUFFIX (-ITY) (in nouns) - the state of having a particular quality: PURITY, REGULARITY |
| VERB TO ADJECTIVE | AID => UNAIDED |
| PREFIX (UN-) (in nouns, adjectives and adverbs) - used to show a negative, a lack, or an opposite: UNHAPPY, UNCONSCIOUSLY + SUFFIX (-ED) |
| NOUN TO ADJECTIVE | OPTICS => OPTICAL |
| SUFFIX (-AL) (in nouns and adjectives) - connected with: HISTORICAL, MAGICAL |
| ADJECTIVE TO VERB | INTENSE => INTENSIFIED |
| SUFFIX (-IFY) (in verbs) - to make or become: PURIFY, CLARIFY |