For questions 1-9, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals to form a word that fits in the gap.
Too many emails
Some years ago, there were (1)…………… (PREDICT) that email would soon be replaced as the most common means of online communication by social (2)…………… (WORK) sites. Since then, however, the number of emails sent has increased (3)…………… (STEADY), to the point that the volume received on a daily basis has become (4)…………… (STRESS) for many people.
For some users, the situation has become so (5)…………… (BEAR) that they regularly delete all the emails they receive without even bothering to read them, which is rather (6)…………… (RISK), to say the least. A less extreme measure is to install software that sorts incoming mail into different categories. By doing this, promotions from (7)…………… (COMMERCE) organisations, for instance, go into a separate folder from messages arriving from friends or employers, (8)…………… (ABLE) us to see which emails are more important than others. Not all of us, though, may be so keen to let software make such (9)…………… (DECIDE) for us.
Answer
1 predictions
2 network/networking: a noun is needed to collocate with both ‘social’ and ‘sites’. Adding ‘net’ to ‘work’ forms a compound. ‘Networking’ is also possible, with a similar meaning.
3 steadily: an adverb is required. The ‘y’ changes to ‘i’ and the suffix ‘ly’ are added.
4 stressful: The adjective required means something that causes stress. The suffix ‘ful’ (with one ‘l’ only) is added.
5 unbearable: An adjective meaning ‘too unpleasant for them to continue experiencing’ is required. The negative prefix ‘un’ and the suffix ‘able’ is added.
6 risky: An adjective is needed, so the suffix ‘y’ is added.
7 commercial: The final ‘e’ is dropped and the suffix ‘-ial’ is added, to form the collocation ‘commercial organisations’.
8 enabling: A verb formed from ‘able’ is needed. The prefix ‘en’ is added, the ‘e’ is dropped and the ‘–ing’ form is used as the present participle is required here.
9 decisions: A plural noun is needed. The ‘d’ becomes ‘s’ and the ‘e’ is dropped. The suffix ‘ion’ is added, and then an ‘s’.
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