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TENSES REVISION

It's important that you revise all verbal tenses and use them properly in use and form. Here you have more online exercises to practise. If you have any question, please don't hesitate to contact me.

1. Mixed tense revision
2. Mixed tense revision
3. Rephrasing exercise
4. Fill in the blanks

STATIVE VERBS

Read the following explanation about the difference between stative and action verbs.
Stative verb?

Now, try to do this exercise to check if you have understood the theory.
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3

SUFFIXES TO FORM NOUNS. 
1) Forming nouns related to jobs

- er / -or. -ist, -ian, -ant
Use the word in bold to form the noun which refers to the person who does that job.

1. A person who acts for a living is called an .......... .
2. A ..... is someone who earns money from writing music.
3. She didn't become famous as a ..... until her 17th novel was published.
4. In Part 5 of the FCE Exam your speaking ability will be assessed by the ..... .
5. At the end of the interview the ..... asked if he could be shown around the company.

6. The waiter asked the ..... if she would help him deal with a difficult customer.

7. An ..... is someone who will be able to go through your accounts and work out how much money you have.

8. ..... to the castle are expected to come during visiting times only.

2) Forming other nouns

This exercise looks at forming nouns from verbs, nouns and adjectives by using suffixes.
Some of the suffixes are: -ment, -ity, -ship, -ness, -ence, -ance, -ian, -th, -cy, -tion, -sion
1. My teacher says there has been a big (IMPROVE) .......... in my English lately.
2. The recipe says you only need to add two (SPOON) .......... of salt.
3. Why did you do that? I thought you had more (INTELLIGENT) .......... than that.
4. The singer gave a briliant (PERFORM) .......... on stage yesterday.
5. Have you seen her magazine (COLLECT) ..........? She must have over 200 editions.

6. On hearing the news, everyone was overcome with a feeling of (SAD) .......... .

7. When you take the FCE Speaking paper you will be given marks for your (ACCURATE) .......... and also on how fluent you are.

8. She has the (ABLE) .......... to pass the exam first time round providing she works hard.

Online exercises:
SUFFIXES FOR NOUNS

SUFFIXES TO FORM ADJECTIVES
 Adjective suffixes 
  -able/-ible: with verbs, it means “can be done”
  drink --- drinkable  / wash --- washable  /  read --- readable
 count --- countable /  eat --- edible   /  recognize --- recognizable

 -al: used to make adjectives from nouns or verbs
 practice --- practical  /  option --- optional   /  magic --- magical
 sphere --- spherica /  l arrive --- arrival /   refuse --- refusal

 -ful: it makes adjectives from nouns or verbs and means “a great quantity of”
  help --- helpful /   use --- useful /  cheer --- cheerful
 hope --- hopeful /   care --- careful  /  wonder --- wonderful

 -ish: used to make adjectives from nouns and means “with the quality of”
  red --- reddish/   green --- greenish  /   child --- childish

 -ive: used to make adjectives from verbs
  pass --- passive /   destruct --- destructive /   attract --- attractive
 act --- active /  produce --- productive /   progress --- progressive

 -less: used to make adjectives from nouns or verbs and means “without”
  hope --- hopeless /   use --- useless /   harm --- harmless
 help --- helpless /  care --- careless /   cloud --- cloudless

 -ous: used to make adjectives from nouns
  danger --- dangerous  /   fury --- furious

 -y: used to make adjectives from nouns
  luck --- lucky /   trick --- tricky

 Irregular forms 
 live --- life               die --- death                 succeed --- success
see -- sight              young --- youth              hot ---- heat
fly --- flight               true --- truth                 angry --- anger

 Expressions of size: adjectives & nouns
  broad ------ breadth                       deep ------ depth              high ------ height
 long -------- length                          wide ------ width

Exercise 1
Exercise 2