Choosing Word Forms with

Suffixes
1. Three (mountains / mountainous) regions of
the globe are (fame / famous) for the
(longevity / long) of their inhabitants. There
may be (variety / various) reasons for their
long lives.

Mountainous
Famous
Longevity
Various
2. According to (science / scientific) research, many
elderly inhabitants of the Himalayan Mountains
are still in good (physics / physical) health. One
(reason / reasonable) for their amazing
condition might be the low level of (pollution /
polluted) in their (environment /
environmental).

Scientific
Physical
Reason
Pollution
environment
3. Is a simple, (nature / naturally) (nutrition /
nutritious) diet (benefit / beneficial) to
human health? Is physical work also
(advantages / advantageous)?

Naturally
Nutritious
Beneficial
Advantageous
4. Farmers in the countryside (usual / usually)
lead (action / active) lives—that is to say, they
fill their days with (activity / actively) and
physical (move / movement).

Usually
Active
Activity
Movement
5. Official birth records of (special / especially)
long-lived people are seldom (availability /
available). Nevertheless, health specialists are in
(agreement / agreeable): These amazing people
are (general / generally) in good health in their
old age.

Especially
Available
Agreement
Generally
6. In some regions, the (types / typical) diet of
inhabitants consists of (most / mostly) meat
and dairy products; in contrast, other groups
consume (main / mainly) fruits and
vegetables and use (tradition / traditional)
herbs as medicine.

Typical
Mostly
Mainly
Traditional
7. How (importance / important) is the
(environment / environmentally) to human
health? There is some (confusion / confused)
about the (validity / valid) of the research
into the matter.

Important
Environment
Confusion
Validity
8. The amount of (availability / available)
medical (information / informative) on the
Internet is amazing. This (combination /
combined) of proven fact and opinion changing
(culture / cultural) attitudes of people about
their own healthcare.

Available
Information
Combination
Cultural
9. Some patients are (ignorance / ignorant) of
the facts they need to make the best
(medicine / medical) (decisions / decisive).
These people may benefit from the
(recommendations / recommend) of a
number of health experts.

Ignorant
Medical
Decisions
Recommendations
10.Many scientists believe in the (value / valuable)
of (genes / genetic) research and engineering.
They hope they can make (defects / defective)
genes healthy and prevent (biology / biological)
diseases.

Value
Genetic
Defective
Biological