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.
What is Aromatherapy?
The concept that preventative therapy has a vital role to play in the area of (1) ... medicine is now constantly gaining ground. What this (2) ... is an attempt to re-establish the connection with our planet that was so naturally enjoyed by our ancestors who had a more (3) ... relationship with the earth. Sadly, modern Westernized societies have lost their former awareness of the planet. Although orthodox medicine has an (4) ... important function, the responsibility for maintaining our personal (5) ... and well-being is ultimately our own. Our bodies, like all living things, need to be nurtured in order to prosper. As we are integrated into the living processes of earth, it naturally follows that we are (6) ... on the planet for survival. Our ancestors knew this; they took from and gave back to the earth; but we have severed these connections. Now we must re-establish them to (7) ... our future existence. Preventative medicine is an approach that is available to us all, and plants are among the most (8) ... gifts for this purpose that our planet has to offer.
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[answer="COMPLEMENTARY" label="COMPLEMENT"]
[answer="SIGNIFIES" label="SIGN"]
[answer="SYNERGISTIC" label="SYNERGY"]
[answer="INDISPUTABLY" label="DISPUTE"]
[answer="HEALTH" label="HALE"]
[answer="DEPENDENT" label="DEPEND"]
[answer="SAFEGUARD" label="SAFE"]
[answer="PRECIOUS" label="PRICE"]
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ANSWER KEYS
NOUN TO ADJECTIVE | COMPLEMENT => COMPLEMENTARY |
SUFFIX (-ARY) (in adjectives and nouns) - connected with: PLANETARY, BUDGETARY |
NOUN TO VERB | SIGN => SIGNIFIES |
SUFFIX (-IFY) (in verbs) - to make or become: PURIFY, SOLIDIFY |
NOUN TO ADJECTIVE | SYNERGY => SYNERGISTIC |
SUFFIX (-ISTIC) (in nouns and adjectives) - equivalent to a combination of '-ist' and '-ic': IMPRESSIONISTIC, COMMUNISTIC |
VERB TO ADVERB | DISPUTE => INDISPUTABLY |
PREFIX (IN-) (in nouns, adverbs and adjectives) - not; the opposite of: INFINITE, INFORMAL + SUFFIX (-ABLY) (in adverbs) - in a way that can or must be: NOTICEABLY, ADMIRABLY |
INTERNAL CHANGE | HALE => HEALTH |
INTERNAL CHANGE - HALE => HEALTH |
VERB TO ADJECTIVE | DEPEND => DEPENDENT |
SUFFIX (-END) (in adjectives and nouns) - that is or does something: DIFFERENT, EFFICIENT |
COMPOUND VERB | SAFE + GUARD |
SAFEGUARD - to protect something/somebody from loss, harm or damage. |
NOUN TO ADJECTIVE | PRICE => PRECIOUS |
SUFFIX (-OUS) (in adjectives) - having the nature or quality of: POISONOUS, MOUNTAINOUS |