Word Formation revised past papers (answer key)

Grade 9 1 1 standardised 2 laborious 3 anxiety / anxieties 4 artistic 5 growth 6 bleeding 7 entitled 8 supposedly (1) 9 mixture 10 confidential 11 likewise (2) 12 rectangular 13 maintenance 14 mentally 15 carpentry (3) 16 descriptive 17 accustomed 18 uprooted 19 evolved 20 orphanage 21 pacify 22 ascertain 23 surgery 24 harmonious 25 revelation 26 typically 27 ignoble 28 receptive 29 offensive 30 indebted

2 31 expertise 32 vain 33 theoretically 34 competitors (4) 35 inscribed 36 personnel 37 miniature 38 fraudulent 39 bureaucratic 40 commemorate 41 numerous / innumerable / numberless 42 spectacular 43 quarrelsome 44 carriage 45 habitually 46 fingerprints 47 evaporating 48 illuminated 49 Tragically 50 retention 51 saviour 52 booklet 53 conclusively 54 vocal 55 underprivileged 56 fabulous / fabled (5)

57 cowardice 58 pacify 59 provocative 60 legendary

61 absorption 62 infuriated 63 deodorant 64 imperial 65 artistically 66 handful 67 obligatory 68 auctioneer 69 beneficiaries 70 impoverished 71 Norwegian 72 deterrent 73 evacuees 74 Bedridden 75 untimely (6) 76 rectify / correct 77 respondents 78 seductively 79 spontaneity (7) 80 omnivore 81 recruitment 82 subjectivity 83 servile 84 commemorate (8) 85 remnants 86 playwright 87 consensus 88 additives 89 organisms 90 undoubtedly / doubtless(ly) / (9) indubitably

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impressively independent unpolluted longest non-existent standing authorised alternatives indistinguishable

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incomparable deadened disgrace native celebrations refusal behavioural misplace flights inexhaustible insecticide(s) immeasurably ill-advised breathless profundity non-appearance spokesman / spokeswoman / spokesperson dependable standby / stand-in wrongdoings / misdeeds time-consuming impressionable polluting remembrance furthering antiviral

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(11)

deleterious self-destructive lookout untold inexcusably medicinally well-wishers slip-up Leadership success intentionally breath-taking breakdown poor / impoverished pleasantly reductions preferential deadly captives refusal non-existent attendance management Aquariums empower spoken unawares non-appearance impassable unprofessionally

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underestimation scenic compelled expiry / expiration 70 tastelessness 71 indestructible 72 prayer(s) 73 multinational / international 74 commentator 75 uneconomic(al) 76 responsive 77 belittled 78 celebratory 79 semi-finals 80 childhood 81 pleasantly 82 famine-stricken 83 break-in(s) 84 publicise 85 solidifies 86 unarguably / inarguably 87 irreducible 88 tutorials 89 erasure 90 outstandingly 91 invulnerability 92 prioritised 93 urgency 94 ill-equipped 95 joint 96 misinformed 97 Inexperienced 98 imaginary 99 micro-organisms 100 entry

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3 1 discomfort 2 seasick / (12) nauseous 3 fertility 4 unreachable 5 assignments 6 inaccessible 7 enrichment 8 further 9 picnicking 10 encouraging 11 compulsory 12 herbicide(s) 13 outspoken 14 irreparable 15 disrespectful 16 Cookery 17 recycling 18 carefree 19 hot-tempered 20 disconnected 21 malpractice 22 uncontrollable 23 blameworthy 24 foreseeable 25 misconception 26 acquisition 27 involuntarily

6 28 commercialised 29 consumption 30 triumphant 31 ghostly 32 pleasantries 33 advisory 34 succession 35 displeasure 36 undernourished / malnourished 37 drawbacks 38 wholeheartedness 39 disinterested 40 upbringing 41 phenomenal 42 Educationally 43 contestants 44 Zoology 45 underground 46 irreplaceable 47 duty-free 48 probability 49 proofread 50 broadening 51 flexibility 52 constraints 53 negligible 54 refrigerants

55 reluctantly 56 outbreak 57 mistreated / maltreated / ill-treated 58 likelihood 59 impairments 60 watchful 61 climatology 62 introductory 63 disinterested 64 worldwide (13) 65 hard-earned 66 exactitude / exactness 67 informative 68 Amazingly 69 availability 70 personalise 71 acknowledged 72 personifying 73 acquaintances 74 contaminants 75 surroundings 76 shortcomings 77 inexpensive 78 Basically 79 bewitching 80 infamous

11 successes 12 misappropriating 13 Hyperactive 14 premature 15 addictive 16 Urbanisation 17 entrust 18 intelligently / intellectually 19 non-recyclable 20 impersonation

21 disillusionment 22 acknowledgement 23 unaccountably 24 inscribed 25 vanity 26 domesticated 27 unawares 28 Explanatory 29 Extrasensory 30 numerous / innumerable / numberless

4 1 disaster-stricken 2 correspondingly 3 Ultrasound 4 necessitate 5 underwater 6 oxygenate 7 immeasurably 8 medicinal 9 compulsory 10 worshippers

5 1 horrifies 2 mistakenly 3 irreplaceable 4 accompanied 5 likelihood 6 lessen 7 accessible 8 precautions 9 unnoticed 10 presence

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various meanings communication similarity diversity surprising cultural spiritual tranquillity poetic spectacular fragrant voluntary behaviour recipient impersonal

5 scientific 6 recently 7 proof(s)

8 collection 9 grammatical 10 agreement

5 tasty 6 seductive 7 precisely

8 addictive 9 surrendering 10 elusive

5 colonial 8 delightful 6 neighbourhood 9 accompaniment 7 modernity 10 memorable 5 obligations 6 Refusal 7 necessity

8 generosity 9 approximately 10 significant

7 1 selflessly 2 unattended 3 survivors 4 straightening 5 underestimated 6 revolutionised 7 applause 8 Illegally (14) 9 hardened 10 indecisive 11 knowledgeable 12 boredom 13 readable

14 chaotic 15 Disused / Unused 16 prosperity 17 misbehaved 18 endanger 19 disadvantages 20 disappearance / non-appearance 21 uncontrollably 22 Numerous / Numberless / Innumerable 23 sensibility 24 (un)successfully 25 deadening

26 survivors 27 ages 28 utterly 29 deafening 30 drunken 31 repellent 32 grossly 33 practically 34 massive 35 simply 36 awfully 37 relatively

5 responsibility 6 retirement 7 appearance

8 proof 9 seasonal 10 unreliable

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peacefully remarkable originally including

COMMENTS On compiling this booklet, I have extended the answers in such a way as to encourage natural and contextual flexibility. I have also tried my best to keep the original questions though some of them really need modifying as far as accuracy is concerned. Common misunderstandings as well as advanced extensions will be discussed as follows. (1)

Can you find other derivations of mix in addition to mixer, mixup, mixed-up, mixture? Be able to find more than 5 derivations. (Those with inflectional suffixes do not count.) (2)

The stem should be angle instead of rectangle. However, this may cause unnecessary difficulties for students if they do not know (6) the Latin root rect (“straight” or “right”), which also appears in . Advanced English by blogchuyenanh 2014 | Page 2

(3), (4)

The Latin root scribere (“write”, as in script, describe, inscribe) appears in many combinations. Be able to find more than 15 derivations of this root. (Those with inflectional suffixes do not count.) (5), (8), (9)

Further discussions have been prompted in corresponding posts or past papers. (7)

The Latin root vore or vora (“eating”, “feeding on”) appears only in combining forms, which means it does not exist as a word. The question is aimed at testing the prefix omni- (“everywhere”, “all”). The better stem should be voracious or voracity. (10)

The stem should be distinct. Be able to tell the difference between indistinguishable and undistinguished. (11)

Though delete and deleterious bear a striking resemblance to each other in spelling, they do not share the same root, nor do they share any sense of meaning. deleterious by itself exists as one word, while delete is derived from the Latin root delet (“effaced”, “blotted out”). The question should be rewritten so as not to cause misunderstandings for students. Be able to find derivations of delete. (12)

We accept the answer nauseous seeing that it is close in meaning to seasick though they do not share much of the same root. seasick is a combining form of sea and sick, either of whose roots exists as a word. nauseous is derived from the Latin root nausea (“seasickness”), which bears a similarity to seasick in spelling, but nausea is derived from the Greek root naus (“ship”, not “sea”). In short, seasick and nauseous may share a sense of meaning, but come from slightly different origins. (13)

Can well-earned be used in this context? Is the word earnest a derivation of earn? (14)

Can self-hardened be used in this context?

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