Wordbuilding-3. Exercise

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     Упражнение 1. Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the word in brackets. Use your dictionary if necessary.

1. My mother was such an ________ person, always, busy always in a hurry.

ENERGY

2. I made a stupid______________ and so things didn’t turn out as planned.

CALCULATE

3. I’d like to do it_____________ this time. I hope you don’t mind.

DIFFERENT

4. If you ate more __________ food, you wouldn’t have all these problems with your skin.

HEALTH

5. I want to be an important____________when I grow up.

SCIENCE

6.He’s ______________ at mending things. I’ll just have to do it myself.

USE

7. It is almost impossible to actually measure ____________.

INTELLIGENT


    Упражнение 2. Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the word in brackets. Use your dictionary if necessary.

1. The students carried on talking. They seemed completely ____________ of the teacher’s presence.

AWARE

2. The results of the survey were very ________________.

INTRIGUE

3. There is a danger that the new _____________ will alienate our older customers.

ADVERTISE

4. We have a ___________ towards future generations.

RESPONSIBLE

5. The public feel very ____________ with the government.

APPOINTED

6. His _____________ suffered as a result of the offensive comments he made.

POPULAR

7. My new car has got a much more _________ engine than my last one.

POWER

8. Can you tell the _________________ between French and

Spain wines?

DIFFERENT

9. He was a very___________ sportsman when he was younger.

SUCCESS

10. Regular physical ______________ helps you lose weight.

ACTIVE

11. Everybody is talking about teenage______________ nowadays.

VIOLENT

12. Mike was __________ injured in the accident.

BAD

13. Queen Mary is one of the most __________ people in English history.

INTEREST

14. During a safari in Kenya last year, I saw the most ________ animals.

FANTASY

15. Ken looked ________________ before the test.

NERVE

 

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    Упражнение 3. Прочитайте приведенный ниже текст. Преобразуйте слова, напечатанные заглавными буквами в конце строк, обозначенных номерами 1-6 так, чтобы они грамматически и лексически соответствовали содержанию текста. Заполните пропуски полученными словами. Каждый пропуск соответствует отдельному заданию.

With a frightened look our strange 1________ ran to the door

VISIT

And 2 _______ .

APPEARED

At eleven o’clock we heard heavy steps upon the stairs and


The 3 ___________ millionaire entered the room. As I

FAME

looked at him I understood the fear and dislike of his 4 _____

MANAGE

He was very tall, his face was hard and cruel, with 5 _______

DEPTH

lines upon it. Cold grey eyes looked at us each in turn.


Let me tell you, Mr. Holmes,” he began, “that money is


nothing for me in this case. Name the sum.”


I am not interested in money,” my friend answered 6 ______

COLD

 

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Упражнение 4. Прочитайте приведенный ниже текст. Преобразуйте слова, напечатанные заглавными буквами в конце строк, обозначенных номерами 1-6 так, чтобы они грамматически и лексически соответствовали содержанию текста. Заполните пропуски полученными словами. Каждый пропуск соответствует отдельному заданию.

I wrote a novel and sent it to the 1 ____________ , and it was

PUBLISH

accepted. It appeared during my last year at the hospital and


Was quite 2 ____________ . It was of course an accident, but

SUCCESS

3 _____________ I did not know that. I felt I could afford to

NATURAL

chuck medicine and make writing my profession; so three


Days after passing the final exams which gave me medical


4 __________ I set out for Spain to learn Spanish and write

QUALIFY

another book. Looking back now, as I do the terrible 5 ______

DIFFICULT

of making a living by writing, I realize that I was taking a


6 _____________ risk.

FEAR

  

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Answers

Exercise 1. 1 UNAWARE, 2 INTRIGUING, 3 ADVERTISEMENT, 4 RESPONSIBILITY, 5 DISAPPOINTED, 6 POPULARITY, 7 POWERFUL, 8 DIFFERENCE, 9 SUCCESSFUL, 10 ACTIVITY, 11 VIOLENCE, 12 BADLY, 13 INTERESTING, 14 FANTASTIC, 15 NERVOUS

Exercise 2. 1 VISITOR, 2 DISAPPEARED, 3 FAMOUS, 4 MANAGER, 5 DEEP, 6. COLDLY

Exercise 3. 1 PUBLISHER, 2 SUCCESSFUL, 3 NATURALLY, 4. QUALIFICATION, 5 DIFFICULTY, 6. FEARFUL

 





 

 

 
 
 
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