Словообразование упражнение №3
Read the texts below and decide what part of speech in A, B, C or D best fits each gap in the sentences.
Although the Smithsonian Institution may seem an American enterprise, its (1) _______ . He in the bequest of an Englishman, Smithson, who never even visited the United States. In October 1826, James Smithson (2) _______ his will, (3) _______ his vast (4) _______ to his nephew with one proviso: if the nephew died with no (5) _______ , Smithson's estate was to be given "to the United States of America, (6) _______ at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an Establishment for the increase and (7) _______ of knowledge among men". His nephew died, heirless, (8) _______ than seven years after his uncle.