SOLUTIONS FCE Use of English PART 3.1

here you have the solutions for the Use of english part 3.1
Remember that some times it is neccesary to use prefix and suffix in the same word. Have a look at the list of the most common words if you need it. Some words are irregular too.

1   DELIGHTFUL

2   CHOICE

3   IMPRESSIVE

4   HIGHLY

5   ATTRACTIONS

6   ANNUALLY

7   STORMY

8   UNSUITABLE

9   EASILY

10  RELIABLE

FCE Use of English PART 3.1

More practise. Tomorrow the answers. Good luck!

WORD FORMATION: the most common ones

Here you have a list of the most common words used in the third part of the cambridge exams (level b2 and c1).

Word formation is an important part of the USE OF ENGLISH. 

Don't study a list. You just have to read it and try to get used to writing the word correctly as there are no rules for using SUFFIXES or PREFIXES.

ABLE

- Ability

- Enable

- Disable

- Disabled

-Disability

ACCEPT

- Acceptable

- Acceptably

- Unacceptable

- Unacceptability

- Acceptability

- Acceptance

ACCESS

- Accessible

- Inaccessible

- Accessibility

- Accession

ACCURATE

- Inaccurate

- Accuracy

- Inaccuracy

ACTIVE

- Inactive

- Actively

- Activate

- Activist

- Activity

- Activism

- Activator

- Activation

ADD

- Addition

- Additional

- Additionally

- Additive

- Addable

- Add-on

ADMIT

- Admission

- Admittance

- Admissible

- Inadmissible

- Admiteddly

- Readmit

APPROVE

- Approval

- Disapproval

- Approving

- Disapproving

- Disapprovingly

ASSESS

- Assessment

- Assessor

ASSIST

- Assistant

- Assistance

ATTEND

- Attendance

- Attendant

- Inattention

- Attentive

- Inattentive

BELIEF

- Disbelief

- Believe

- Disbelieve

- Believer

- Believable

- Unbelievable

- Unbelievably

BREAK

- Breakable

- Unbreakable

- Outbreak

- Breakaway

- Breakdown

- Breakthrough

BROAD

- Broaden

- Breadth

- Broadminded

- Broadside

- Broadcast

- Broadcaster

CARE

- Careless

- Carelessly

- Careful

- Carefully

- Carefree

- Caring

- Caringly

CHARACTER

- Characterless

- Characterize

- Characterization

- Characteristic

- Characteristically

CHILD

- Childhood

- Childish

- Childishly

- Childless

- Childlike

CLEAR

- Unclear

- Clearly

- Clearance

- Clarity

- Clarify

- Clarification

CLOSE

- Closely

- Closeness

- Closure

- Disclose

- Disclosure

- Enclose

COMFORT

- Discomfort

- Comfortable

- Uncomfortable

- Comforting

- Comfortably

COMPARE

- Comparison

- Comparable

- Comparably

- Comparative

- Comparability

- Incomparable

- Incomparably

COMPETE

- Competition

- Competitor

- Competitive

- Uncompetitive

CREATE

- Creation

- Creator

- Creature

- Creativity

- Creative

- Creatively

- Uncreative

- Uncreatively

- Recreate

- Recreation

- Creacionist

- Creationism

DIE

- Dead

- Death

- Deathly

DELIVER

- Delivery

- Deliverer

- Deliverable

- Undeliverable

- Deliverance

- Undelivered

DEPEND

- Dependence

- Independence

- Dependent

- Independent

- Dependant

- Independently

- Dependability

DEVELOP

- Development

- Developmental

- Developmentally

- Developer

- Developing

- Underdeveloped

DIFFER

- Difference

- Indifference

- Different

- Differently

- Differential

- Differentiation

- Indifferent

- Differentiate

DIRECT

- Direction

- Directive

- Directly

- Director

- Directory

- Indirect

- Indirectly

- Redirect

DIVIDE

- Division

- Divisible

- Dividable

DOUBT

- Doubtless

- Doubtful

- Doubtlessly

EASY
- Ease
- Easily

EFFECT

- Effective

- Effectively

- Effectiveness

- Ineffective

- Ineffectively

- Ineffectiveness

EDUCATE

- Educator

- Educated

- Educational

- Educationally

EMPLOY

- Employer

- Employee

- Employment

- Unemployment

- Employed

- Unemployed

- Employable

EQUAL

- Equality

- Inequality

- Equalizer

- Unequal

- Unequally

EXCEPT

- Exception

- Exceptional

- Exceptionally

EXIST

- Existing

- Existence

- Existent

- Coexist

- Coexistence

- Non-existence

- Non-existent

- Existential

EXPAND

- Expansive

- Expandable

EXPECT

- Expectation

- Expentancy

- Expectant

- Unexpected

- Unexpectedly

EXTEND

- Extent

- Extension

- Extensive

- Extensively

- Extendable

FAIL

- Failure

- Failed

FAMILIAR

- Familiarity

- Familiarize

- Familiarly

- Unfamiliar

- Unfamiliarity

- Familiarization

FASHION

- Fashionable

- Unfashionable

- Unfashionably

FAT

- Fatty

- Fatten

- Fatness

FREE

- Freedom

GROW

- Growth

GUIDE

- Guidance

- Guideline

- Misguide

HARM

- Harmful

- Harmless

- Harmfully

HAZARD

- Hazardous

- Hazardously

HOME

- Homecoming

- Homeland

- Homeless

- Homelessness

- Homesick

- Homework

IMPRESS

- Impression

- Impressive

- Impressively

- Unimpressive

- Unimpressively

- Impressionist

- Impressionistic

INDUSTRY

- Industrial

- Industrially

- Industrialize

- Industrialization

- Industrious

- Industriously

INFORM

- Informative

- Information

- Misinform

- Misinformed

- Informer

INHABIT

- Inhabitants

- Inhabited

- Uninhabited

INJURE

- Injury

- Injurious

- Injured

INTEND

- Intention

- Intentional

- Intentionally

- Unintentional

INVENT

- Invention

- Inventor

- Inventive

INVEST

- Investor

- Investment

INVOLVE

- Involvement

- Involving

JOY

- Joyful

- Enjoy

- Enjoyable

- Enjoyment

JUDGE

- Judgement

- Judicious

- Misjudge

JUST

- Justify

- Justice

- Justifiable

- Justification

- Unjustified

KNOW

- Knowledge

- Knowledgeable

- Acknowledge

- Acknowledgement

- Unknown

- Well-known

LABOUR

- Labourers

- Labourious

LIKE

- Alike

- Dislike

- Unlike

- Likeable

- Likely

- Unlikely

LONG

- Length

- Longitude

LOSE

- Loss

- Lost

- Loser

MARRY

- Married

- Marriage

MASS

- Massive

- Massively

MEAN

- Meaning

- Meaningful

- Meaningless

MEMORY

- Memorize

- Memorable

- Memorization

- Memorably

MOVE

- Movement

- Moving

NATION
- National
- Nationalism
- Nationalist
- Nationality
- International
- Multinational


PREFER
- Preference
- Preferable
- Preferential
- Preferably


PRODUCE
- Product
- Productive
- Productively
- Production
- Producer
- Reproduce
- Reproduction
- Reproductive
- Unproductive


PROPOSE
- Proposal
- Proposition


REAL
- Really
- Unreal
- Realistic
- Reality
- Realism
- Realize
- Realization


RECEIVE
- Receiver
- Reception
- Receiving


RECOGNIZE
- Recognition
- Recognizable
- Recognizably
- Unrecognizable


REFER
- Reference
- Referee
- Referential


REFUSE
- Refusal


RELY
- Reliable
- Unreliable
- Reliance


SAFE
- Safety
- Safely


SATISFY
- Satisfaction
- Dissatisfaction
- Satisfying


SENSE
- Nonsence
- Senseless
- Sensible
- Sensitive


SHORT
- Shorten
- Shortage


SUBSTANCE
- Substantial
- Substantially
- Unsubstantial


SUIT
- Suitable
- Suitability
- Unsuitable


TEMPT
- Tempter
- Temptation
- Tempting


THINK
- Thoughtful
- Thoughtfully
- Thoughtfulness


TOLERATE
- Tolerance
- Intolerance
- Tolerant
- Intolerant
- Tolerable
- Intolerable


TRUE
- Truly
- Truth
- Untrue


UNDERSTAND
- Understanding
- Understandable
- Understandably
- Misunderstand
- Misunderstanding


VALUE
- Valuable
- Invaluable
- Devalue
- Overvalue
- Revalue


VARY
- Varied
- Invariable
- Invariably
- Variability
- Variable
- Variety
- Variably


WEIGH
- Weight
- Weightless
- Weighty
- Overweight
- Underweight
- Outweight


WISE
- Unwise
- Wisdom

SOLUTIONS CAE Use of English PART 3

In this part of the exam you have to be very careful about the words. Remember to pay attention to the sentence and identify the category needed. It is possible that may need both, suffix and prefix so be careful!
Have a look to the posts "WORD FORMATION" if you need help with it. Sorry, there is no rule in using one suffix or other. There are even some irregular formation.

Here you have the answers. If you still need help, write a comment and I will help.

17      favourable / favorable   (the UK spelling / the US spelling)
18      unexpected
19      beginners
20      desperation
21      endanger
22      solution
23      alternatively
24      mountaineer(s)

CAE Use of English PART 3

More about USE OF ENGLISH. Here it is the third exercise.
It consists in one text with gaps and some words on the right side ready for the word formation.
Pay attention to the sentence and try to identify which category of word you need. For example if it is a verb, a noun, an adjective.... Tomorrow you will have the answers.

FCE Use of English PART 3

More about USE OF ENGLISH. Here it is the third exercise.
It consists in one text with gaps and some words on the right side ready for the word formation.
Pay attention to the sentence and try to identify which category of word you need. For example if it is a verb, a noun, an adjective.... Tomorrow you will have the answers.

WORD FORMATION Tips - Prefixes

Now it is the turn of the PREFIXES.
Here you have a list of them to create new words.

PREFIX	MEANING	EXAMPLES
ante-	before	antenatal, anteroom, antedate
anti-	against, opposing	antibiotic, antidepressant, antidote
circum-	around	circumstance, circumvent, circumnavigate
co-	with	co-worker, co-pilot, co-operation
de-	off, down, away from	devalue, defrost, derail, demotivate
dis-	opposite of, not	disagree, disappear, disintegrate, disapprove
em-, en-	cause to, put into	embrace, encode, embed, enclose, engulf
epi-	upon, close to, after	epicentre, episcope, epidermis
ex-	former, out of	ex-president, ex-boyfriend, exterminate
extra-	beyond, more than	extracurricular, extraordinary, extra-terrestrial
fore-	before	forecast, forehead, foresee, foreword, foremost
homo-	same	homosexual, homonuclear, homoplasticprefi
hyper-	over, above	hyperactive, hyperventilate
il-, im-, in-, ir-	not	impossible, illegal, irresponsible, indefinite
im-, in-	into	insert, import, inside
infra-	beneath, below	infrastructure, infrared, infrasonic, infraspecific
inter-, intra-	between	interact, intermediate, intergalactic, intranet
macro-	large	macroeconomics, macromolecule
micro-	small	microscope, microbiology, microfilm, microwave
mid-	middle	midfielder, midway, midsummer
mis-	wrongly	misinterpret, misfire, mistake, misunderstand
mono-	one, singular	monotone, monobrow, monolithic
non-	not, without	nonsense, nonentity, nondescript
omni-	all, every	omnibus, omnivore, omnipotent
para-	beside	parachute, paramedic, paradox
post-	after	post-mortem, postpone, post-natal
pre-	before	prefix, predetermine, pre-intermediate
re-	again	return, rediscover, reiterate, reunite
semi-	half	semicircle, semi-final, semiconscious
sub-	under	submerge, submarine, sub-category, subtitle
super-	above, over	superfood, superstar, supernatural, superimpose
therm-	heat	thermometer, thermostat, thermodynamic
trans-	across, beyond	transport, transnational, transatlantic
tri-	three	triangle, tripod, tricycle
un-	not	unfinished, unfriendly, undone, unknown
uni-	one	unicycle, universal, unilateral, unanimous

WORD FORMATION Tips - How can I create verbs?

Last category...

Here you have a list of suffixes you will need in order to build VERBS.

VERB SUFFIXES	MEANING	EXAMPLES
-ate	become	mediate, collaborate, create
-en	become	sharpen, strengthen, loosen
-ify, -fy	make or become	justify, simplify, magnify, satisfy
-ise, -ize	become	publicise, synthesise, hypnotise

WORD FORMATION Tips - How can I create adverbs?

An extra help. We are finishing about categories..

Here you have a list of suffixes you will need in order to build ADVERBS.

ADVERB SUFFIXES	MEANING	EXAMPLES
-ly	related to or quality	softly, slowly, happily, crazily, madly
-ward, -wards	direction	towards, afterwards, backwards, inward
-wise	in relation to	otherwise, likewise, clockwise

WORD FORMATION Tips - How can I create adjectives?

 Before trying the third part of the exam we need a little help.

Here you have a list of suffixes you will need in order to build ADJECTIVES.

ADJECTIVE SUFFIXES	MEANING	EXAMPLES
-able, -ible	capable of being	edible, fallible, incredible, audible
-al	having the form or character of	fiscal, thermal, herbal, colonial
-esque	in a manner of or resembling	picturesque, burlesque, grotesque
-ful	notable for	handful, playful, hopeful, skilful
-ic, -ical	having the form or character of	psychological, hypocritical, methodical, nonsensical, musical
-ious, -ous	characterised by	pious, jealous, religious, ridiculous
-ish	having the quality of	squeamish, sheepish, childish
-ive	having the nature of	inquisitive, informative, attentive
-less	without	meaningless, hopeless, homeless
-y	characterised by	dainty, beauty, airy, jealousy

WORD FORMATION Tips - How can I create nouns?

 Let's have a break here. The next part of the FCE exam is about WORD FORMATION. 

Here you have a list of suffixes you will need in order to build NOUNS.

SUFFIX	MEANING	EXAMPLE
NOUN SUFFIXES
-acy	state or quality	democracy, accuracy, lunacy
-al	the action or process of	remedial, denial, trial, criminal
-ance, -ence	state or quality of	nuisance, ambience, tolerance
-dom	place or state of being	freedom, stardom, boredom
-er, -or	person or object that does a specified action	reader, creator, interpreter, inventor, collaborator, teacher
-ism	doctrine, belief	Judaism, scepticism, escapism
-ist	person or object that does a specified action	Geologist, protagonist, sexist, scientist, theorist, communist
-ity, -ty	quality of	extremity, validity, enormity
-ment	condition	enchantment, argument
-ness	state of being	heaviness, highness, sickness
-ship	position held	friendship, hardship, internship
-sion, -tion	state of being	position, promotion, cohesion