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.
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
4 +18 | productive / efficient |
Elena Sgarbo (X)
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3 +4 | (PRODUCT) / (RELAX) |
jerrie
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5 | (Motivation) - motivated |
John Bowden
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3 +1 | relaxed/productive |
Aoife Kennedy
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3 | create |
sergey (X)
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Responses
+18
3 mins
Selected
productive / efficient
A couple of options.
Good luck, Bence.
Elena
Good luck, Bence.
Elena
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 ;-)
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
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Thanks, Hamo
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agree |
airmailrpl
: Product==>productive
1 hr
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agree |
RHELLER
: product
1 hr
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Thanks
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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
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Thanks
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+1
4 mins
relaxed/productive
a suggestion
12 mins
create
.
26 mins
(Motivation) - motivated
perhaps?
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