Question

Fill each space in the sentences below with the correct form of the word in bold print above it: 1) divide a. The Rio Grande _____________________ Mexico from the United States. b. The team won the _____________________ championship. c. The current _____________________ of labor between workers and management will alter. 2) efficient a. Their communication systems are an example of excellent __________________ and perfect hierarchy. b. The positive result of recession was the closure of outdated and _____________________ factories. c. I work very _____________________ and I am decisive, and accurate in my judgement. d. Energy prices have been kept low, so energy is used _____________________. e. The _____________________ of the distribution system resulted in huge losses in 2013. 3) hierarchy a. Not everybody can fit into the traditional _____________________ system of military organization. b. Some cultural _____________________ are stronger than others. c. He sounded patronising and announced the news quite ____________________.

Answer 1

1

a. divides

b. division

c. division

2

a. efficiency

b. inefficient

c. efficiently

d. efficiently

e. inefficiency

3

a. hierarchical

b. hierarchies

c. hierarchically

Answer 2

1. divide a. The Rio Grande divides Mexico from the United States. b. The team won the division championship. c. The current division of labor between workers and management will alter.

2. efficient a. Their communication systems are an example of excellent efficiency and perfect hierarchy. b. The positive result of the recession was the closure of outdated and inefficient factories. c. I work very efficiently and I am decisive and accurate in my judgment. d. Energy prices have been kept low, so energy is used efficiently. e. The inefficiency of the distribution system resulted in huge losses in 2013.

3. hierarchy a. Not everybody can fit into the traditional hierarchy system of military organization. b. Some cultural hierarchies are stronger than others. c. He sounded patronizing and announced the news quite hierarchically.