Complete the text adding suffixes, prefixes or the both with the root words given in the parenthesis.
9. Mobile phone is a great (a)___ (invent) ___ of modern science. The (b)___ (consume) ___ of mobile phone are increasing day by day. People are getting benefits. But it is (c)___(fortunate) ___ that mobile phone sometimes (d)____(comes) ___ a cause of health hazard, especially the (e)____(child) ___ are affected much. According to the (f)____(science) ___ mobile phone causes brain tumours, (g)___ (gene) ___ damage and many other (h)____(cure) ___ diseases.
Answer:
a. invention; b. consumers;
c. unfortunate; d. becomes; e. children; f. scientists; g. genetic; h. incurable;
i. invisible; j. irreparable; k. government; l. Alongside; m. harmful; n. excessively
10. Education is essential for any kind of (a)____(develop)____. The poor socio-economic condition of our country can be (b)____(large)____ attributed to many people’s (c)____(accessibility)____to education. Many (d)____(literate)____ people do not have any knowledge of health, sanitation and (e)____(populate)____ control. It (f) ____(able)____ us to perform our duties (g) ____(proper)____. It enhances our (h) ____(able)____ to raise crops, store food and protect the (i) ____(environ)____. Education helps us to adopt a (j) ____(ration)____ attitude. It provides us with an (k) ____(lightened)____ awareness about things and this awareness is a (l) ____(requisite)____ for social development. So, we should make people aware of the (m) ____(import)____ of education so that the country can make progress (n) ____(rapid)____.
Answer:
a. development; b. largely; c. inaccessibility; d. illiterate; e. population; f. enables; g. properly; h. ability; i. environment; j. rational; k. enlightened; 1. prerequisite; m. importance; n. rapidly.
11. A (a) ____(west)____ survey was conducted on this (b) ____(quest)____, “Are social (c) ____(work)____ making us social?” The participants are mainly the (d) ____(net)____ users of the west. 81.% opined (e) ____(affirm)____. One commented that (f) ____(smart)____ detach you from your family and (g)____(company)____ in exchange of an addition to fun. Another comment was that many (h) (virtue) relations are maintained at a time and so they (i) ____(hard)____ become deep and reliable. Another (j) ____(remark)____ comment was that direct (k) ____(action)____ has no alternative for a safe (l) ____(relate)____ So it is clear that social networks are often (m) (harm) to our normal (n) ____(social)____.
Answer:
a. western; b. question; c. networks; d. Internet; e. affirmatively; f. smart phones; g. companions; h. virtual; i. hardly; j. remarkable; k. interaction; l. relation; m. harmful; n. socialization
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