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15 Instructions as above.
satisfy oppose explain publish abolish
receive describe destroy deceive detain
(a) The earthquake caused the complete of the village.
(b) The party, or parties, against the government is called the _
(c) He's finished writing his new book. will be next year.
(d) The new film has had a very poor by the critics.
(e) She did not get the money honestly and legally. She got it by _
(f) Many people would like to see the of all nuclear weapons.
(g) He had to give his boss an for his absence.
(h) Seven illegal immigrants are being held in at the port.
(i) His work is well-paid but doesn't give him much _
(j) If you send us a of the missing property, we'll try to find it.
16 -ion

Make nouns tram the tollowing verbs by adding -ion to the end. Put each
noun in its correct place in the sentences below.
prevent interrupt elect protect suggest
predict select react invent addict
(a) If I can work all day without any , I can finish the job by this evening.
(b) I can't make any about the result. 1don't know how the
voting will go.
(c) What was his to the news? Was he pleased or angry?
(d) RSPCAstands for the Royal Society for the of Cruelty to Animals.
(e) His of a new type of car engine brought him a lot of money.
(f) His to drugs nearly killed him.
(g) RSPBstands for the Royal Society for the of Birds.
(h) What shall we do tomorrow? Swimming? Film? Museum? Has anyone got a
better ?
(i) He was delighted by his for the school football team.

17 -ation
In each space below put a noun ending in -ation made tram the verb in
brackets below the phrase.
(a) a police (investigate) U) a senous (accuse)
(b) a wild (exaggerate) (k)
the of a meeting (cancel)
(I)
(c) a heart (operate) I'm fuli of (admire)
(d) Ieather (imitate) (m)
the of words (abbreviate)
(e) good (pronounce) (n)
exam (prepare)
(f) the manager's (resign) (o) a political (demonstrate)
(g) a stone (found)
(p) state or private (educate)
(h) links (communicate) (q)
___ from poor countries (emigrate)
(r)
(i) a vivid (imagine) ___ to rich countries (immigrate)

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