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

SOLUTIONS FCE Use of English PART 2

Remember in this kind of exercises it is used relatives pronouns, auxiliary verbs...
Here you have now the answers. If you still have doubts write a comment and I will help you.


9     CAN / MAY                           
10   SO                                                   
11   WITH
12   NOT / HARDLY / SCARCELY     
13   AND
14   HAVE
15   WHERE
16   IF

SOLUTIONS FCE Use of English PART 1

As I said before, you have to pay attention to collocations, verb patterns etc... In this kind of exercises, prepositions are something you have to take into account. It could be the difference you need to choose the right answer.

Here you have the answers with some explanations. If you still have doutbs please write a comment and I will help you.


1   B
2   D   'Step on'
3   D   'Struggle' means 'have difficulty'
4   A 
5   D   'Take direction'
6   B   'In search of' means 'look for, seek'
7   A   'Aimless' means 'with no purpose'
8   C   'Variety of' means

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

FCE Use of English PART 2

Continuing with the USE OF ENGLISH here it is the second exercise.
It consists in one text with gaps. You will have to fill in the text with ONE WORD but this time, there are no choices. Remember to pay attention to the whole sentence.
Phrasal verbs, collocations, verb patterns or auxiliary verbs are needed. Tomorrow you will have the answers.

FCE Use of English PART 1

Here we have the first part of the FCE exam. Starting with the USE OF ENGLISH here it is the first exercise.
It consists in one text with gaps and multiple choice. Remember to pay attention to the whole sentence.
Phrasal verbs, collocations, verb patterns are needed. Tomorrow you will have the answers.