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Complete the passage with the correct form of words from Exercise 1.
The university is situated in the city centre and includes the faculties of Science, 
Engineering, Hum anities, and Art. Each faculty has three subdivisions. Teaching is
in the form of lectures, sem inars and (1 )___________ , w ith the addition of labs and
practical w orkshops fo r science and engineering courses. Each (2 )___________ has
a personal tuto r, but o ther staff such as (3 )___________ take some of the classes
too. Assessm ent is through a variety of w ritte n w o rk such as essays as w e ll as oral 
(4 )____________
Listening for IELTS

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Learning which suffixes are used with verbs, nouns, and adjectives is a useful way to
improve your gram m atical accuracy in the IELTS Listening exam. Complete the table with
the correct word forms.
I Noun (subject)
Noun (person)
Adjective
Adverb
1 
.................
a stro n o m e r
a stro n o m ica l
a stro n o m ica lly
philosophy
philosop her
philosop hical
?
sociology
sociologist
sociologically
s ta tistics
L
s ta tis tic a l
s ta tis tic a lly
5
p o litician
p o litic a l
p o litic a lly
biology
6 
..........
biological
biologica lly
econom ics
econom ist
7
econom ically
physics
8
physical
physically
C om plete the sentences 1-5 w ith the c o rre ct fo rm of w o rd s fro m Exercise 3.
1 
I find it so frustrating th a t_______________ never give a straight answ er when they are
being interviewed on television. A fter all, we voted fo r them and they should be answerable 
to us.
2
I don’t w ant to go out w ith John again. He’s always a s k in g _______________ questions
and m aking me th in k about the m eaning of life. I w ould ra th e r ju s t ta lk about w hat 
happened during the day.
3 W h ile _______________ can be useful, people can always manipulate numbers to suit th e ir
needs.
U
_______________ is the study of the nature of m a tte r and energy.
5 
I bought my frie n d a new telescope fo r her birthday. She loves looking at the stars; 
sh e ’s an a m a te u r________________
W hat w o rd types end w ith the su ffixe s 1-8? W rite
N
(noun), 
NP
(noun person),
A
(adjective) o r 
AD
(adverb).
1 
- i t y _____
3 
- a lly _____
5 
- f u l _____
7 
- o r _____
2 
- a b le _____
U
- ia n _____
6 
- m e n t_____
8 
- i c ---------
C om plete the passage w ith the c o rre c t fo rm of the w o rd s in brackets.
My name is Donald, and I’m a research student at Glasgow University. I w o rk in the 
B io ch e m istry d e p a rtm e n t and I’ m researching how to make suntan cream from pure
plant products. I find my w o rk (1 )___________
[enjoy]
and fu lfillin g . At firs t I found it
d iffic u lt to w o rk alone, but now it ’s m uch easier. My (2 )___________ (superwse) has
been really (3 )___________
[help]
and sh e ’s shown me how to manage my tim e
(4 )___________
{effect} so
that my daily workload is (5)____________
[manage].
A fter I've
completed this project, I’d like to continue doing (6)------------------- (sc/ence) research.