WORD FORMATION KEY

	A. Write the word between parentheses in the correct form.
1. Hamid is a friendly person. 2. The heat destroyed all the crops. 3. Our teacher has a profound knowledge of Moroccan history. 4. Walt Disney is the creation of Mickey Mouse. 5. We need to join efforts and work together to find a solution to the problem of pollution. 6. Literature is a source of great wisdom 7. At the age of just 14 Lauren Murray was addicted to heroin. 8. Edith Piaf was famous not only for her magnificent voice but also for her black dress. 9. In this poem, Robert expresses his patriotic pride. 10. The children were very noisy when their mother was out. 11. Childhood is the period of time in which we learn to become a personality. 11. Try not to become a man of success but a man of value. A. Einstein 12. Don't worry about failure as long as you are ready to try again. 13. A basic premise of American jurisprudence is that a person is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. 14. “The situation of human rights in the Arab world has increasingly deteriorated in 2008,” the CIHRS said. 15. Ignorance of the law excuses no man.
	B. Choose the correct word.
1. The school expects students to dress in proper attire and maintain a respectful level of deportment throughout the day. 2. There has been an outbreak of racial violence in the south of Spain recently. 3. The soldiers were responsible for the death of many civilians in the South of the country. 4. The company’s director lacks leadership skills. 5. Sugar is harmful for your teeth because it sticks to them causing plaque and decay. 6. The first key to beating drug addiction lies in understanding it and identifying its causes. 7. Mounir Alhamdaoui holds joint citizenship in Morocco and Holland. 8. My daughter Hajar received many gifts for her birthday. 9. It is illegal to drive a car if you don’t have a driver’s licence. 10. Taha Hussein lost his sight at an early age.
	C. Add the right suffix from the list given:  -hood, -ship, -th, -ful, -dom,–en, –ous, –less.
1. Most people reach adulthood at 18. 2. All love that has not friendship for its base is like a Manson built upon sand. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. 3. The longer I live, the more beautiful life becomes. Frank Lloyd Wright. 4. Its cold. Why don’t you put a sweater on for extra warmth 5. B. Obama is hopeful about the future of American economy. 6. The fire gutted all the wooden buildings in our neighborhood. 7. A teenage girl died under mysterious circumstances and the investigation process is now under way. 8. Thousands of people are still homeless two weeks after floods in Sidi Slimane, Morocco. 9. Arrogance is like a kingdom without a crown. 10. Only the unknown frightens men. But once a man has faced the unknown that terror becomes the known. Antoine De Saint-Exupery.
	D. Add the right prefix:
1. Our team were unlucky to lose as they had a lot of chances but they missed them. 2. We must not be impolite to our teachers. They are our mentors and our greatest resource. 3. The government and the trade unions had a disagreement over the wage hikes. 4. Our association launched a campaign to raise awareness of biodiversity and its importance in all our lives. 5. The teacher asked me to rewrite my essay as it was full of spelling mistakes. 6. Hundreds of people joined the anti-war protest in Copley Square in Boston. 7. If you think corruption can be solved by punishment alone, you completely misunderstand problem. 8. Let's not prejudge the situation until we hear more details. 9. Under-developed countries lose their human capital to the developed countries. 10. I grew up in a bilingual family who spoke both Berber and Arabic at home.
	E. Write the words between parentheses in the correct form using the right affixes (prefix or/and suffix)
1.    Instability could prevent countries from developing and progressing. 2.    Raja fans outnumbered those of IZK last Sunday at Mohammed V Stadium in Casablanca. 3.    In case of war, it is usually children, the sick, the elderly, and the disabled who get stuck in the crossfire. 4.    During wars civilians may be unable to obtain food, water, shelter, and medical care. 5.    Deforestation causes the extinction of species which depend on the forest for survival. 6.    Poverty is undoubtedly a determinant factor in the use of child labor. 7.    Growth deficiency is prevalent among working children. 8.    Bilal's mother often blames him for his carelessness. 9.    Many people in developing countries are poorly remunerated for all the hard work they do. 10. The Moroccan and Spanish authorities co-operate to fight terrorism.

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