Each question gives you a word before a set of brackets and a word after the brackets. You must find the ONE word that goes in the brackets so that it completes the word before it and begins the word after it, making two new real words (or, occasionally, a real word plus a very common two-word phrase). Study the worked example below, then choose your answer from options A to E for each question. Only one option is correct: check that your chosen word fits BOTH gaps, not just one, before you pick it. This is Practice Set 2, with all-new questions using the same rule. The questions start off easier and get harder as you go.
Worked example. PINE ( ) SAUCE Answer: APPLE. PINE + APPLE = PINEAPPLE and APPLE + SAUCE = APPLESAUCE are both real words, so APPLE is the word that completes both gaps.
1
DOOR ( ) SON
A) Step
B) Mat
C) God
D) Window
E) Daughter
(Total for Question 1 is 1 mark)
2
GOLD ( ) BOWL
A) Mine
B) Fish
C) Salad
D) Silver
E) Dish
(Total for Question 2 is 1 mark)
3
HONEY ( ) HIVE
A) Dew
B) Nest
C) Bee
D) Swarm
E) Sting
(Total for Question 3 is 1 mark)
4
BLUE ( ) BOTTOM
A) Print
B) Navy
C) Rock
D) Bell
E) Base
(Total for Question 4 is 1 mark)
5
SEA ( ) KILLER
A) Shell
B) Pain
C) Creature
D) Spree
E) Weed
(Total for Question 5 is 1 mark)
6
SPACE ( ) WRECK
A) Ship
B) Suit
C) Train
D) Rocket
E) Crash
(Total for Question 6 is 1 mark)
7
KNEE ( ) SIZE
A) Pad
B) Cap
C) Super
D) Scrape
E) Large
(Total for Question 7 is 1 mark)
8
RIVER ( ) ROLL
A) Boat
B) Stream
C) Bank
D) Pay
E) Scroll
(Total for Question 8 is 1 mark)
9
SPIDER ( ) SITE
A) Camp
B) Crawl
C) Lace
D) Web
E) Wort
(Total for Question 9 is 1 mark)
10
FLASH ( ) BLANK
A) Mob
B) Spark
C) Empty
D) Dash
E) Point
(Total for Question 10 is 1 mark)
11
CROSS ( ) PLAY
A) Word
B) Examine
C) Screen
D) Angry
E) Acting
(Total for Question 11 is 1 mark)
12
UNDER ( ) HOG
A) Dog
B) Ground
C) Wart
D) Below
E) Pig
(Total for Question 12 is 1 mark)
13
OVER ( ) CHART
A) Seas
B) Above
C) Flow
D) Pie
E) Graph
(Total for Question 13 is 1 mark)
14
DAY ( ) LIKE
A) Break
B) Morning
C) God
D) Dream
E) Similar
(Total for Question 14 is 1 mark)
15
DOWN ( ) HALL
A) Pour
B) Beneath
C) City
D) Corridor
E) Town
(Total for Question 15 is 1 mark)
16
THUNDER ( ) TROOPER
A) Storm
B) Clap
C) Para
D) Lightning
E) Soldier
(Total for Question 16 is 1 mark)
17
SPELL ( ) LESS
A) Bind
B) Bound
C) Care
D) Magic
E) Leap
(Total for Question 17 is 1 mark)
18
MASTER ( ) MEAL
A) Mind
B) Expert
C) Piece
D) Oat
E) Lunch
(Total for Question 18 is 1 mark)
19
SCATTER ( ) WASH
A) Gun
B) Spread
C) White
D) Brain
E) Mind
(Total for Question 19 is 1 mark)
20
RATTLE ( ) SKIN
A) Trap
B) Rumble
C) Deep
D) Hide
E) Snake
(Total for Question 20 is 1 mark)
Mark scheme · EP.V15B Create the Middle Word: Practice Set 2
Question 1
B1 A) Step - DOORSTEP and STEPSON are both real words
Question 2
B1 B) Fish - GOLDFISH and FISHBOWL are both real words
Question 3
B1 C) Bee - HONEYBEE and BEEHIVE are both real words
Question 4
B1 D) Bell - BLUEBELL and BELLBOTTOM are both real words
Question 5
B1 E) Weed - SEAWEED and WEEDKILLER are both real words
Question 6
B1 A) Ship - SPACESHIP and SHIPWRECK are both real words
Question 7
B1 B) Cap - KNEECAP and CAPSIZE are both real words
Question 8
B1 C) Bank - RIVERBANK and BANKROLL are both real words
Question 9
B1 D) Web - SPIDERWEB and WEBSITE are both real words
Question 10
B1 E) Point - FLASHPOINT and POINT BLANK are both real words
Question 11
B1 A) Word - CROSSWORD and WORDPLAY are both real words
Question 12
B1 B) Ground - UNDERGROUND and GROUNDHOG are both real words
Question 13
B1 C) Flow - OVERFLOW and FLOWCHART are both real words
Question 14
B1 D) Dream - DAYDREAM and DREAMLIKE are both real words
Question 15
B1 E) Town - DOWNTOWN and TOWN HALL are both real words
Question 16
B1 A) Storm - THUNDERSTORM and STORMTROOPER are both real words
Question 17
B1 B) Bound - SPELLBOUND and BOUNDLESS are both real words
Question 18
B1 C) Piece - MASTERPIECE and PIECEMEAL are both real words
Question 19
B1 D) Brain - SCATTERBRAIN and BRAINWASH are both real words
Question 20
B1 E) Snake - RATTLESNAKE and SNAKESKIN are both real words