Word Formation Activities
• Fill in the chart.
What part of speech is “acceptable”?
Verb Noun Adjective
acceptable
What part of speech is “accept”?
Verb Noun Adjective
accept acceptable
What part of speech is “visit”?
Verb Noun Adjective
accept acceptable
visit
What part of speech is “visitor”?
Verb Noun Adjective
accept acceptable
visit visitor
What part of speech is “meet”?
Verb Noun Adjective
accept acceptable
visit visitor
meet
What part of speech is “meeting”?
Verb Noun Adjective
accept acceptable
visit visitor
meet meeting
What part of speech is “competitor”?
Verb Noun Adjective
accept acceptable
visit visitor
meet meeting
competitor
What part of speech is “compete”?
Verb Noun Adjective
accept acceptable
visit visitor
meet meeting
compete competitor
What part of speech is “competition”?
Verb Noun Adjective
accept acceptable
visit visitor
meet meeting
compete competitor competition
What part of speech is “interested”?
Verb Noun Adjective
accept acceptable
visit visitor
meet meeting
compete competitor competition
interested
What part of speech is “interesting”?
Verb Noun Adjective
accept acceptable
visit visitor
meet meeting
compete competitor competition
interesting interested
What part of speech is “bored”?
Verb Noun Adjective
accept acceptable
visit visitor
meet meeting
compete competitor competition
interesting interested
bored
What part of speech is “boring”?
Verb Noun Adjective
accept acceptable
visit visitor
meet meeting
compete competitor competition
interesting interested
boring bored
What part of speech is “unemployed”?
Verb Noun Adjective
accept acceptable
visit visitor
meet meeting
compete competitor competition
interesting interested
boring bored
unemployed
What part of speech is “employee”?
Verb Noun Adjective
accept acceptable
visit visitor
meet meeting
compete competitor competition
interesting interested
boring bored
employee unemployed
What part of speech is “employ”?
Verb Noun Adjective
accept acceptable
visit visitor
meet meeting
compete competitor competition
interesting interested
boring bored
employ employee unemployed
What part of speech is “unemployment”?
Verb Noun Adjective
accept acceptable
visit visitor
meet meeting
compete competitor competition
interesting interested
boring bored
employ employee unemployed
unemployment
What part of speech is “employer”?
Verb Noun Adjective
accept acceptable
visit visitor
meet meeting
compete competitor competition
interesting interested
boring bored
employ employee employer unemployed
unemployment
• Fill in the blanks using the
correct forms of the words
accept (v) / acceptable (adj)
Do you ______credit
accept cards or
should I pay cash?
visit (v) / visitor (n)
My grandparents love
visitors and they
_________,
always cook delicious
cookies for their
guests.
meet (v) / meeting (n)
I have an important __________
meeting on
Friday with my general manager, so I
have a lot to do. Without wasting
time, I must get down to work.
compete (v) / competition (n) /
competitor (n)
Every year, thousands of international
_________ run over the Bosphorus
competitors
Bridge during the Eurasia Marathon.
interesting (adj) / interested (adj)
My brother is ________
interested in fast cars,
but my father doesn’t allow him to
buy one.
boring (adj) / bored (adj)
According to a team of Cambridge
scientists, the most ______
boring day of the
20th Century was 11th April, 1954. There
wasn’t an important event like birth or
death of any famous people on that day.
employ (v) / employer (n) /
employee (n)
My aunt runs a small restaurant in
Burgazada. She has only three
_________.
employees
Circle the correct
word form.
My grandmother thinks that
young people shouldn’t cross
their legs when they are with
older people. She still believes
that it is not an accept /
acceptable behaviour in Turkish
culture.
Millions of people visit /
visitor YouTube everyday
and they watch nearly 2
billion videos daily.
Why don’t we meet /
meeting for dinner on
Friday?I know a
restaurant which serves
wonderful food.
Bursaspor must have a
strong team to compete /
competition / competitor
successfully in the
champions league.
There are many interest /
interesting / interested
Korean movies. For
instance, you can watch
‘My Sassy Girl’ when you
have time.
My sister eats a lot when
she is bored / boring.
Developing countries like Egypt have
a high employer / employee /
unemployment rate. This means it is
not easy to find a job in Egypt.
Wal-Mart is one of the biggest American
stores where you can find everything from
food to electronics. Also, it is the largest
employ / employer / employee /
employment / unemployment in the world
with 1.8 million workers.
