Word Detectives: Mastering C1 Word Formation

A whole-class Millionaire-style challenge where teens practise transforming root words—like fashion, persuade and complex—into the correct part of speech for C1 exam-style sentences.

A free Millionaire Quiz for Teens at CEFR C1 level. Topic: Word Formation Type questions.

Questions

  1. Teenagers often feel pressured to keep up with the latest ______ trends, spending considerable amounts of money on clothes they will barely wear twice. (FASHION) — A) fashionable B) fashioned C) fashioning D) fashionably
  2. The government introduced new policies designed to ______ disadvantaged communities, giving them better access to education and healthcare. (RICH) — A) richen B) richly C) richness D) enrich
  3. The scientists achieved a remarkable ______ of traditional methods and cutting-edge technology in their latest research project. (COMBINE) — A) combinative B) combining C) combination D) combiner
  4. Her argument was so ______ that even the most skeptical board members agreed to approve the new strategy immediately. (PERSUADE) — A) persuasion B) persuasive C) persuadable D) persuasively
  5. As a highly acclaimed ______, she has published over a dozen bestselling books translated into more than twenty languages. (NOVEL) — A) novelism B) novelist C) novelty D) novelistic
  6. Our ______ of risk tends to be heavily influenced by media coverage, even when statistics suggest the actual danger is minimal. (PERCEIVE) — A) perceptiveness B) perceiving C) perceptivity D) perception
  7. Although the merger seemed financially sound at the time, the long-term damage to employee morale was simply not ______ by the management team. (FORESEE) — A) foreseen B) foreseeable C) foreseeing D) foresight
  8. Critics have long argued that his analysis of the economic crisis is overly ______, reflecting his personal political bias rather than objective data. (SUBJECT) — A) subjectivity B) subjected C) subjective D) subjection
  9. The sheer ______ of the legal proceedings meant that even experienced lawyers struggled to predict the eventual outcome of the case. (COMPLEX) — A) complexness B) complexity C) complexly D) complexation
  10. When tackling a C1 word-formation task, which strategy most reliably helps you choose between forms like 'persuasive', 'persuasion', and 'persuasively' in a gapped sentence? — A) Pick the form that shares the most letters with the original base word B) Choose the longest word, since advanced exams…

Printable worksheet

This Millionaire Quiz comes with a free printable worksheet: 2 parts for students to do after the game, and an answer key for the teacher. It prints at three levels (Support, Core and Challenge); this is the Challenge sheet. Sign in free to print the whole sheet.

What's on the worksheet

  1. Answer from memory · No options this time. Write the answer.
  2. Write your own question · Write a new question about word formation type questions, with one right answer and three wrong ones.

Part 1: Answer from memory

No options this time. Write the answer.

  1. Teenagers often feel pressured to keep up with the latest ______ trends, spending considerable amounts of money on clothes they will barely wear twice. (FASHION)
  2. The government introduced new policies designed to ______ disadvantaged communities, giving them better access to education and healthcare. (RICH)
  3. The scientists achieved a remarkable ______ of traditional methods and cutting-edge technology in their latest research project. (COMBINE)

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