Word Formation Exercise

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For items 1–10
read the text below. Use the word given in capitals to form a new word that fits in the space in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0)
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When I was 11, my parents decided to send me to a private school. However, it was very difficult for them to afford it: my dad was from a working-class background and it was an “(0) investment”(INVEST). He had high hopes that private school would lead to the life he never had: a good degree and a stable, well-paying job.

(1)
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(THROUGH) my childhood, I was acutely aware that they struggled to keep up with the fees and was very conscious that my dad was working in horrendous conditions in dangerous parts of the world for my sake.

I turned out to be utterly (2)
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(ACADEMIC) and was encouraged by the school to pursue a career in the arts (rather than the traditional medicine, law or Stem subjects). This disappointed my dad and made my mum very anxious.

A little over a decade since leaving school, working in the arts has shattered me. I’m hyper-aware of the privileged position private school put me in, and the worlds it opened up culturally, but now I am trying to find a way out to something more financially and mentally (3)
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(SUSTAIN).

My dad is not fit enough to work, (4)
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(EMPLOY) with no pension, and I am terrified I can’t support my parents as they age because of the path I chose at 17. My dad still regularly jokes that I was “expensive”, but I now feel like a failed investment. I have extremely low self-esteem.

I loved my job, but even my parents aside, I couldn’t afford to stay in it. The (5)
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(COMBINE) of accumulated private school fees and my student loans has left a cloud of debt looming over my head.

How do I reconcile with this guilt?
I’m sure your parents were trying to do their best but (6)
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(CONSTANT) reminding you of that is corrosive and self-defeating.

It wasn’t about seeing who you really are either, or understanding that academic (7)
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(ACHIEVE) doesn’t always lead to happiness. In fact it rarely seems to if it’s the sole aim.

What does lead to internal happiness is seeing ourselves reflected back by the people we love, and being accepted for who we are, (8)
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(EVER) that is.

What you really need is self-acceptance. It’s a (9)
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(VALUE) lesson, as an adult child, to learn you can be angry with your parents, resent them, appreciate them, and love them all at the same time.

You are not a failed investment because you were never invested in. Your parents’ (10)
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(EXPECT) were.

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