Grammar
- Gradable Or Ungradable? List Of Adjectives
Gradable Adjectives Some people find this site by googling "Is xyz gradable?". Some others are looking for lists of gradable and ungradable adjectives. So I thought I'd try and make a table. This is not meant to be a complete list, but as...
- Forming Abstract Nouns Using Suffixes
Two quizzes based on a 'bank' of more than 200 abstract nouns. View by base word type or go for a random selection. Traditional grammar divides nouns into: Proper nouns - the names of people, organisations, products and places etc....
- Negative Prefixes With Adjectives - Quiz
We often use prefixes to give adjectives a negative meaning: un- The most common, can appear before any letter in- The next most common, appears mainly before the letters a,c,d,e,f,h,o,s,v il- Appears...
- Random Quiz - Dependent Prepositions After Nouns
This quiz is based on a list of around 60 nouns with their dependent prepositions. Instructions and basic principles. When you press Start quiz, the program will randomise the list and show you the first ten questions. When you've completed...
- Random Quiz - Dependent Prepositions After Adjectives
This quiz is based on a list of around 100 adjectives with their dependent prepositions. Instructions and basic principles When you press Start quiz, the program will randomise the whole list and show you the first ten questions. When you've...
Grammar
Word families
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Complete the word families from the word given. Based loosely on the Academic Word List (AWL), these exercises will give you some practice in word formation.
Notes
- Where two possibilities exist, I've gone for the simpler one, so creation rather than creativity, conceive rather than conceptualise, etc.
- Verbs like realise, recognise etc are spelt with the British -ise ending.
- Word families are taken from the Academic Word List, and the lists reflect the sublists in the AWL. So List 1 contains the most common words, List 10 the least common words. The idea is to master the earlier goups before going on to the later groups.
- Adjectives in these lists are usually formed with suffixes, such as -able, -ive, -ical. I've only used -ed, -ing adjectives when they are the only possibility. I these few cases I've chosen the most common.
- The exercises currently cover the first four sublists of the AWL. More to follow.
- Printing - the exercise will print cleanly on Page 2
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Randomised
Complete the tables using the appropriate form of the word family
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
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- Gradable Or Ungradable? List Of Adjectives
Gradable Adjectives Some people find this site by googling "Is xyz gradable?". Some others are looking for lists of gradable and ungradable adjectives. So I thought I'd try and make a table. This is not meant to be a complete list, but as...
- Forming Abstract Nouns Using Suffixes
Two quizzes based on a 'bank' of more than 200 abstract nouns. View by base word type or go for a random selection. Traditional grammar divides nouns into: Proper nouns - the names of people, organisations, products and places etc....
- Negative Prefixes With Adjectives - Quiz
We often use prefixes to give adjectives a negative meaning: un- The most common, can appear before any letter in- The next most common, appears mainly before the letters a,c,d,e,f,h,o,s,v il- Appears...
- Random Quiz - Dependent Prepositions After Nouns
This quiz is based on a list of around 60 nouns with their dependent prepositions. Instructions and basic principles. When you press Start quiz, the program will randomise the list and show you the first ten questions. When you've completed...
- Random Quiz - Dependent Prepositions After Adjectives
This quiz is based on a list of around 100 adjectives with their dependent prepositions. Instructions and basic principles When you press Start quiz, the program will randomise the whole list and show you the first ten questions. When you've...