Clue noun

1 he takes photographs …………………………………………..

2 he plays the guitar …………………………………………..

3 it washes dishes ………………………………………….

4 the state of being able to do something ……………………………………..

5 the relationship you have with your friend ………………………………….,

6 he designs roads, bridges and machines ……………………………………..

7 she writes for a newspaper …………………………………………………...

8 he acts in films and plays ……………………………………………………

9 the thing we make when we build …………………………………………..

10 the quality of being important ……………………………………………..

11 the period when you are a child ………………………………………….

12 the state of being happy ……………………………………………..

13 knowledge you get when you are educated …………………………..

14 the act of dividing something …………………………..

15 entering a place, or the cost of entering …………………………..

16. something we do when we are active …………………………..

17 the state or fact of being great …………………………..

18 the feeling of being excited ………………………….

19 the situation when people are employed …………………………..

20 the ability of being flexible ………………………….

Exercise 2. Use the words given at the end of each line to form a word that fits

in the gap in the same line. The first (0) is given as an example.

A Challenge for Europe.

Although recently there has been a small reduction (0) in the reduce

number of people out of work in Europe, ………….(1) employ

is still the number one …………(2) problem facing the fifteen member society

states of the European Union. Moreover, ………..(3) of opportunity equal

between men and women is still an issue that ……(4) in many countries political

have not come to grips with. In ……..(5) such as the law and profess

engineering women are still noticeable by their absence. ……….(6) employ

still discriminate against female …….(7) in a number of ways employ

even if their ………(8) are the same as those of men. qualify

It would be a pity if the ………..(9)of the EU on an economic achieve

level were married by ………….(10) in the vital area of social policy. fail

Exercise 3. Complete the spaces in the table. Use a dictionary, if necessary.

verb noun

1. divide ………………………....

2. intend ………………………….

3. investigate …………………………..

4. invite …………………………..

5. omit …………………………..

6. organize ………………………….

7. preserve ………………………….

8. prevent ……………………….....

9. produce ………………………...

10. repeat ………………………..

11. satisfy ………………………...

12. solve ………………………...

13. react ………………………..

14. tempt ………………………...

15. inform ………………………..

Exercise 4. Use a suitable form of the verbs below to fill in the spaces in the

sentences.

suggest attract recognize demonstrate hesitate

explain promote cancel

1. The ……… between Tom and Mary was immediate.

2. The Oscar award was in …….. of her great acting ability.

3. I can say without ………… that she’s the best student I’ve ever had.

4. He couldn’t give the court any ……….. for his strange behaviour.

5. I’d like a job with good ……….. prospects.

6. We are fully booked but sometimes there are last-minute ……...

7. Can I make a ……..? Why don’t we hire a car?

8. The students decided to hold a …………… against higher fees.

Exercise 5 We can use suffixes -tion or -sion to make nouns from verbs.

Complete the spaces in the table.