Practice 1: Word Families

What does an inventor do?

• invent

• direct

• collect

• invention

Answer explanation

'Invent' is a verb or an action that an inventor does.

Thomas Alfa Edison is a great (1) _____. He (2) ____ the light bulb.

• (1) inventor (2) invention

• (1) invented (2) inventor

• (1) inventor (2) invented

• (1) invention (2) inventor

Answer explanation

Thomas Alfa Edison was a great (1) inventor. He (2) invented the light bulb.

God is the (1) ____ of this universe. Humans are one of God's (2) ____.

• (1) creator (2) creates

• (1) creations (2) creator

• (1) creator (2) creates

• (1) creator (2) creations

Answer explanation

God is the (1) creator of this universe. Humans are one of God's (2) creations.

My dad (1) ____ Lego figurines. He is a Lego (2) ____. He has lots of Lego (3) ____.

• (1) collection (2) collector (3) collects

• (1) collects (2) collector (3) collections

• (1) collector (2) collects (3) collections

• (1) collects (2) collections (3) collector

Answer explanation

My dad (1) collects Lego figurines. He is a Lego (2) collector. He has lots of Lego (3) collections.

Which one of these words refers to a person?

• direct

• direction

• collector

• collection

Answer explanation

direct = do

direction = thing

collector = person

collection = thing

Sam Raimi is a famous movie ____. He directs a lot of movies, such as Spiderman and Doctor Strange.

• inventor

• collector

• director

• creator

Answer explanation

a collector = a person who collects things.

a inventor = a person who invents things.

a director = a person who directs things.

a creator = a person who creates things

A film director gives _____ to the actors.

• creations

• directions

• inventions

• collections

Answer explanation

A film director gives directions to the actors.

Which of these words refers to a verb (something we do)?

• direction

• inventor

• create

• collector

Answer explanation

create is a verb

collector and inventor are people

direction is a thing (noun)

Group these words.

Groups:

(a) person

,

(b) do

,

(c) thing

• invention

• collect

• direction

• creator

• invent

• director

• create

• collector

• direct

• creation

• collection

• inventor

Arrange these words into a correct sentence.

(a)  

(1) - (b)  

(2) - (c)  

(3) - (d)  

(4) - (e)  

• The director
• directs
• the film
• in
• a good direction