Introduction:
This task is for you to practise matching adjectives that end in suffixes with
nouns that collocate.
Some suffixes can be used to create or coin new words.
Thus, a stress-free life is a life without any stress and a tax-free shop is a
shop where there is no tax. Other common examples include:
-led; e.g. community-led, technology-led, market-led, customer-led, meaning that something is the leader or
organiser, or the leading or organising principle, so a market-led
company will produce products and services that their customer research shows
that consumers want, but a technology-led company will use its leading
technology to produce high-tech products that customers could not previously
imagine.
Instructions:
Match the items in the boxes on the left with the items on the right:
In the following exercise select the word from the list of answers that best matches the question word.
What word matches with 'additive-free'?
Choices:
businesswoman; city; company; corpse; diet; gloves; grand-mother; jacket; protest; story
Question: What word matches with 'additive-free'?
Answer:
The words 'additive-free diet' match together.
What word matches with 'student-led'?
Choices:
businesswoman; city; company; corpse; diet; gloves; grand-mother; jacket; protest; story
Question: What word matches with 'student-led'?
Answer:
The words 'student-led protest' match together.
What word matches with 'safety-conscious'?
Choices:
businesswoman; city; company; corpse; diet; gloves; grand-mother; jacket; protest; story
Question: What word matches with 'safety-conscious'?
Answer:
The words 'safety-conscious company' match together.
What word matches with 'crime-ridden'?
Choices:
businesswoman; city; company; corpse; diet; gloves; grand-mother; jacket; protest; story
Question: What word matches with 'crime-ridden'?
Answer:
The words 'crime-ridden city' match together.
What word matches with 'news-worthy'?
Choices:
businesswoman; city; company; corpse; diet; gloves; grand-mother; jacket; protest; story
Question: What word matches with 'news-worthy'?
Answer:
The words 'news-worthy story' match together.
What word matches with 'career-minded'?
Choices:
businesswoman; city; company; corpse; diet; gloves; grand-mother; jacket; protest; story
Question: What word matches with 'career-minded'?
Answer:
The words 'career-minded businesswoman' match together.
What word matches with 'ovenproof'?
Choices:
businesswoman; city; company; corpse; diet; gloves; grand-mother; jacket; protest; story
Question: What word matches with 'ovenproof'?
Answer:
The words 'ovenproof gloves' match together.
What word matches with 'bed-ridden'?
Choices:
businesswoman; city; company; corpse; diet; gloves; grand-mother; jacket; protest; story
Question: What word matches with 'bed-ridden'?
Answer:
The words 'bed-ridden grand-mother' match together.
What word matches with 'waterproof'?
Choices:
businesswoman; city; company; corpse; diet; gloves; grand-mother; jacket; protest; story
Question: What word matches with 'waterproof'?
Answer:
The words 'waterproof jacket' match together.
What word matches with 'bullet-ridden'?
Choices:
businesswoman; city; company; corpse; diet; gloves; grand-mother; jacket; protest; story
Question: What word matches with 'bullet-ridden'?
Answer:
The words 'bullet-ridden corpse' match together.
- Click in the table cell containing the
item
you want to move.
- Click in the table cell where you want the item to go. The words will swap position.
- If an item is in the right position, it will have a green background and a tick.
- When all the table cells are green and have ticks, you have finished.
Last updated on: Monday, March 26, 2012
