1. Put in each space below a noun formed from the verb in brackets after the sentence
(a) John’s an expert, so I asked him for some ___________ .(advise)
(b) You need more _____________ before you can play the violin in public.(practise)
(c) The policeman wanted to see the motorist’s driving _________ .(license).
(d) He made a _____________ that she would marry and have three children.(prophesy)
(e) We can only get there by plane.There’s no __________ .(choose)
(f) ‘Now children, I hope you’ll all be on your best ______________ when we go to the museum.’ (behave)
(g) I have to make a __________about poor service and the rudeness of your staff.(complain)
(h) I think you’ve made an _____________ in the bill.Could you check it?(err)
(i) Naturally he’s very unhappy at the ____________ of so much money.(lose)
(j) I like a museum with a ________________ of objects – pictures, sculpture, furniture and other things.(mix)
(k) The company has shown rapid ______________ in the last two years.(grow)

2. Put in each space below a noun formed from the verb in brackets after the sentence.
(a) Newspapers in that country can say what they like.There’s no __________ .(censor)
(b) It took him a long time to recover from the ____________ of his mother.(die)
(c) The ______________ of poverty, disease and ignorance must be our principal aim.(conquer)
(d) It is my _______________ that there is life on mars and Venus.(believe)
(e) The police think that she committed the murder but they have no _________ (prove)
(f) It was a great _____________ to hear that your illness isn’t serious.(relieve)
(g) Most of the passengers were killed in the aircrash.The ____________were badly injured.(remain)
(h) Two miles from here, it’s still possible to see the ____________of a 2,OOO-year-old Roman town.(remain)
(i) Some people tie a knot in their handkerchiefs as a ________________of something important they must do.(remind)
(j) The priest asked us to say a _______________ for world peace.(pray)
(k) He put the two televisions together so that we could make a ____________ (compare)