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.


Mountains and Man

The presence of mountains (1) ... transfigures the earth and greatly alters the character and distribution of natural phenomena. The extent to which this is true can perhaps best be seen by thinking (2) ... about what the world would be like without mountains or hills. Imagine a land surface with no slopes or (3) ... except for coastlines, and how this would affect the nature and distribution of environments. Probable the major change would be the (4) ... of the earth's surface and of its habitats. There would be fewer climatic-biotic regions; they would occupy vast areas and merge (5) ... into one another. Mountains serve to delineate, (6) ..., and modify the global patterns of climate, vegetation, soil, and wildlife. Mountains establish the fundamental scenery of the earth and set the stage upon which the (7) ... play takes place. The ebb and flow of wind and water, of life and living processes, are expressed against this (8) ... Limitations to human activities are imposed and potentials are provided as the scenario unfolds.

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[answer="FUNDAMENTALLY" label="FOUND"]

[answer="MOMENTARILY" label="MOMENTARY"]

[answer="INEQUALITIES" label="EQUAL"]

[answer="HOMOGENIZATION" label="HOMOGENIZE"]

[answer="IMPERCEPTIBLY" label="PERCEPTION"]

[answer="ACCENTUATE" label="ACCENT"]

[answer="TERRESTRIAL" label="TERRA"]

[answer="BACKDROP" label="BACK"]

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ANSWER KEYS

 

1)    FUNDAMENTALLY
VERB TO ADVERB FOUND => FUNDAMENTALLY
SUFFIX (-LY) (in adverbs and adjectives) - like a particular thing in manner, appearance, or nature: MOTHERLY, FATHERLY

 
2)    MOMENTARILY
ADJECTIVE TO ADVERB MOMENTARY => MOMENTARILY
SUFFIX (-LY) (in adverbs and adjectives) - like a particular thing in manner, appearance, or nature: MOTHERLY, FATHERLY

 
3)    INEQUALITIES
ADJECTIVE TO NOUN EQUAL => INEQUALITIES
PREFIX (IN-) (in nouns, adjectives and adverbs) - not; the opposite of: INFINITIVE, INFAMOUS + SUFFIX (-ITY) (in nouns) the quality or state of: PURITY, ODDITY

 
4)    HOMOGENIZATION
VERB TO NOUN HOMOGENIZE => HOMOGENIZATION
SUFFIX (-ATION) (in nouns) - the action or state of: HESITATION, ANTICIPATION

 
5)    IMPERCEPTIBLY
NOUN TO ADVERB PERCEPTION => IMPERCEPTIBLY
PREFIX (IM-) (in nouns, adjectives and adverbs) - not; the opposite of: IMMORALLY, IMMATURE + SUFFIX (-IBLY) (in adverbs) in a way that has or shows the quality mentioned: ACCESSIBLY, HORRIBLY

 
6)    ACCENTUATE
NOUN TO VERB ACCENT => ACCENTUATE
SUFFIX (-ATE) (in verbs, nouns and adjectives) - to give the thing or quality mentioned to: ACTIVATE, HYPHENATE

 
7)    TERRESTRIAL
NOUN TO ADJECTIVE TERRA => TERRESTRIAL
SUFFIX (-AL) (in nouns and adjectives) - connected with: MAGICAL, VERBAL

 
8)    BACKDROP
COMPOUND NOUN BACK + DROP
BACKDROP => the general conditions in which an event takes place, which sometimes help to explain that event.