Uyen 2:4
Uyen 2:4
Uyen 2:4
8 amuse, amused,
d, amusing, am
amusement
a To his
s colleagues’ ............................
..... , John ended up
taking
ing the wrong briefcase home.
b I can’t
an’t sa
say that I was particularly ............................
by the antics my young son got up to yesterday.
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Part 3 Vocabulary Practice
1 Choose the correct answer.
1 Fortunately, we had a second plan to fall ..... .
A back on B behind C in with D out
2 Most people apply at least two ..... of paint when decorating.
A stages B coats C levels D courses
3 One day I’ll get ..... to finishing this project.
A over B round C about D up
4 The information he can provide will hopefully ..... more light on this difficult case.
A shine B reflect C direct D shed
5 Use a sharp ..... to cut the card.
A blade B point C metal D steel
6 Jackie has had more than her fair ..... of training opportunities.
A share B helping C entitlement D portion
7 I ..... to accompany him to the theatre.
A agreed B accepted C acquiesced D admitted
d
8 Several people agreed to ..... in the organisation of the party.
A support B aid C partake D assist
sis
9 One year after the crime was committed, there is still little ..... of it being solved.
solved
A demonstration B sign C token D manifestati
manifestation
10 My brother gave me no help ..... with the cooking.
A whatsoever B however C nonetheless
hele D in so far
11 I ..... myself on being a careful driver.
A please B pride C commentt D boast
12 I had some time to ..... before the performance,
anc so I looked
d round the shops.
A attack B kill C st
strangle D hang
1 Try some of this cream. It keeps the skin really 1 The film doesn’t paint a particularly pleasant
.................... . .................... of rural life in the eighteenth
century.
2 Many people think the judge was ....................
on the criminal and that he should have given 2 The police arrived at the .................... of the
him a longer prison sentence. crime minutes after they had been called.
3 A .................... breeze was blowing. 3 What was your favourite .................... in the film?
4 My doctor recommended I take some 4 I’ve got a .................... in my mind of what the
.................... exercise. place could look like.
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3 Fill in the correct verb in the appropriate form. 5 Fill in the correct verb in the appropriate form.
1 A high wall .......................... the prison. 1 Although his French is quite good, it tends to
be .................... with English words.
2 It is about time the authorities made sure that
the ban was actually .......................... . 2 His publisher advised him to .................... up
3 He .......................... in the army as soon as the account of his travels with a number of
war was declared. funny anecdotes.
4 I couldn’t work out how to use the machine 3 Politicians will do anything to ....................
and no one was able to .......................... me. favour with voters.
5 Those who were .......................... had little
choice but to do as they were told.
ES
6a Match the expressions with their meanin
meanings.
4 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the 2 make a move
ve .......
..
G
word given. 3 get a move on .......
A RACE 4 be (deeply)
deeply) moved b
by .......
2 Many gypsies are choosing to ....................... to 3 After only a year in Leeds, the family
Canada as they have heard they will enjoy a .................................................... again.
better quality of life there. 4 When the music stopped, the children playing
the game had to stand still,
................................................... .
D PERSECUTE
5 We .................................................... her kind
1 We must put a stop to the ....................... of words.
ethnic minorities in our country.
6 She always waits for someone else to
2 Adolf Hitler can be considered one of the main .................................................... instead of
....................... of the gypsies. doing so herself.
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