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Словообразование упражнение №2

Read the texts below and decide what part of speech in A, B, C or D best fits each gap in the sentences.

In 332 BC Alexander the Great, king of Macedonia, (1) _______ Egypt. In 305 BC Alexander's general Ptolemy became king of Egypt, and for almost 300 years his (2) _______ , the Ptolemies, ruled Egypt. Although Ptolemy was Macedonian by birth and the Ptolemies remained (3) ________ to Greek culture, they were (4) _______ for one of the greatest periods of building and decorating temples in Egypt.
The Ptolemies did so to win (5) _______ for their rule from their Egyptian (6) _______ . The Ptolemaic dynasty ended when Cleopatn, queen of Egypt, (7) _______ suicide after the Romans (8) _______ her forces at the Battle of Actium in 31 BC.
The Roman victory marked the end of ancient Egypt as an (9) _______ power.


1.
conquered
conquer
conquering
conquest

2.
descend
descending
descendible
descendants

3.
ties
tied
tier
tiring

4.
responsible
responsibly
responsibility
responsive

5.
accept
accepted
acceptance
acceptability

6.
subjects
subjective
subjacent
subjectify

7.
commitment
committed
committing
committal

8.
defeatism
defeat
defeating
defeated

9.
depend
independence
independent
depending