Education vocabulary word formation

Complete First Unit 5

Write variations on the words below, e.g. other parts of speech or opposites. Each variation must be one word (not compound nouns etc that are split into two words) and must be at least slightly different from the form given below. Even small changes are fine.

academy                                                        assist

attend                                                            certify

doctor                                                            enter

graduate                                                        lecture

multiply                                                          nation

qualify                                                            revise

scholar                                                           school

second                                                           study

take                                                               tutor

Choose one of the words above which you have many variations which you are sure about. You will get one point for each correct form, but lose all the points for that round if anyone successfully challenges you.

Compare your words with those under the fold below.

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Suggested answers

Other forms are possible, so please check if you wrote something different.

  • academy – academies/ academic/ academics/ academically
  • assist – assisting/ assisted/ assists/ assistant/ assistants/ assistance
  • attend – attending/ attends/ attended/ attendee/ attendees/ attendance
  • certify – certifying/ certifies/ certified/ certificate/ certificates/ certification
  • doctor – doctoring/ doctors/ doctored/ doctorate/ doctorates
  • enter – entering/ enters/ entered/ entrance/ entrances
  • graduate – graduating/ graduates/ graduated/ graduation/ postgraduate/ undergraduate
  • lecture – lectures/ lectured/ lecturing/ lecturer
  • multiply – multiplied/ multiplying/ multiplies/ multiple/ multiples
  • nation – nations/ national/ nationally/ international/ nationality
  • qualify – qualified/ qualifies/ qualification
  • revise – revises/ revised/ revision/ revisions
  • scholar – scholars/ scholarship/ scholarships/ scholarly
  • school – schools/ pre-school/ schooling/ schooled
  • second – seconds/ secondly/ secondary/ secondarily
  • study – studies/ studied/ student/ students/ studious
  • take – takes/ took/ retake/ retakes/ retook
  • tutor – tutors/ tutorship/ tuition/ tutoring/ tutorial

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