Jun 4, 2004 13:02
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I am preparing my student for an FCE exam, and one of the word formation practise tasks has a missing word, and I can\'t find it. Can anybody, please, help me? If you look at the task, you\'ll see that # 8 does not give a word in capitals. What word could fit that space? Thanks a lot!!!

For Questions 1 - 10 Read the text below. Use the word given in CAPITALS in each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line.

Example: (0) CRITICISM

Dress Code
UK companies have received (0) ... (CRITIC) from
a business forum for what their report refers to as
a rather narrow-minded attitude towards the dress
code for office workers. This follows a case in
which a male (1) ... (EMPLOY) working in the post room of a large (2) ... (ORGANIZE) in the United Kingdom received a
(3) ... (SUSPEND) for wearing jeans to work.
Whilst the report accepts that there is a need for
people dealing with (4) ... (CUSTOM) to look well dressed,
it questions whether employees who work behind
the scenes necessarily need to dress formally.
The authors of the report made a (5) ... (COMPARE) between
the UK and other European nations where
employers seem (6) ... (CONCERN) about the need for their workers to wear smart clothes in the office.
Their (7) ... (ARGUE) is based on research that claims
workers are far more (8) ... when they have the
(9) ... (FREE) to dress in a way that they feel most
(10) ... (COMFORT) in.

Responses

+18
3 mins
Selected

productive / efficient

A couple of options.

Good luck, Bence.

Elena
Peer comment(s):

agree Hacene : in this sample (past exam Winter 2002, No 8 is Production==>productive): Sorry Ruth but in this case, the root used is the noun, not the verb, hence Production
3 mins
Thanks Hacene
agree User (X)
3 mins
Thanks Ilaria
agree Mag. Sabine Senn : productive
4 mins
Yes, productive I think is what fits best here. Thanks Mag. Sabine
agree fcl
11 mins
Thanks Francois
agree Vicky Papaprodromou
12 mins
Hi Vicky, thanks :-)
agree Rajan Chopra
24 mins
Thanks, langclinic :-)
agree Mario Marcolin : :-)
37 mins
Mario, come va? THank you :-)
agree Asghar Bhatti
58 mins
Thanks Asghar
agree Alfa Trans (X)
1 hr
Thanks, Marju
agree Kim Metzger
1 hr
Thanks, Kim
agree airmailrpl : Product==>productive
1 hr
Thanks, airmailrpl
agree RHELLER : product
1 hr
Thanks, Rita!
agree Enza Longo : product
2 hrs
Ciao, Enza, buon fine settimana :-)
agree Refugio : PRODUCE (not product) > productive
2 hrs
Thanks, Ruth
agree cologne
7 hrs
Thanks Jane
agree trautlady : your word fits best.
10 hrs
Thanks trautlady, I appreciate it
agree blabli blablou
3 days 4 hrs
Thanks tonja
agree Rajiv Arora
30 days
Thanks Rajiv
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks a lot"
+4
3 mins

(PRODUCT) / (RELAX)

are far more productive / relaxed

to kick things off ;-)
Peer comment(s):

agree Roddy Stegemann : Yeah, my first thought was relaxed, but productive would also be very appropriate.
33 mins
Thanks, Hamo
agree airmailrpl : Product==>productive
1 hr
agree RHELLER : product
1 hr
Thanks
agree Henry Hinds : Right, this is the word form that would fit according to the pattern, and it would be my best guess at what it should be, because let's face it, you just have to invent it!
16 hrs
Thanks
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+1
4 mins

relaxed/productive

a suggestion
Peer comment(s):

agree airmailrpl : Product==>productive
1 hr
Thank you!
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12 mins

create

.
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26 mins

(Motivation) - motivated

perhaps?
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