Fill in the gaps with the suitable derivative of the word given in capitals.

1. FLY

I want to be a pilot. I’m having …. lessons. adjective

2.DAY

Is the Times the best ….. newspaper? adjective

3. ILL

Sam’s got a very serious …... noun

4. ANGRY

Pat’s …. didn’t go away. It got worse. noun

5. COMPOSE

Some people think Mozart was the greatest ….. noun

6. FAULT

My new radio is …… adjective

7. POLITICS

Greg’s a left-wing …... noun

8. STORM

It was very ….. last night. adjective

9. POSSIBLE

There are lots of ….. noun

10. SHORT

They want to …. our lunch break! verb

11. HEALTH

A … mind in a …. body. adjective

12. HEAR

Sue’s …. was damaged when the bomb went off. noun

Write down any word corresponding to the parts of speech given below. After you’ve done this task, fill in the gaps in the text on p. 84.

1. name of woman in room 2. noun 3. adjective 4. adjective 5. name of person in room 6. adjective 7. adjective 8. plural noun 9. adjective 10. adjective

11. adjective 12. adjective 13. adjective 14. adjective 15. adjective 16. adjective 17. adjective 18. noun 19. adverb 20. name of man in room

 

A (SECRET) LETTER FROM AN ADMIRER

Dear Miss 1,

You may not recall my______ 2__, but I met you at the

____3____ cocktail party given by our ____4____

friend____5____. We had a/an ____6____ talk about____7____ _____8_____, and I was impressed by your _____9____conversation and your grasp of^: the _____10____situation. Also, I was very much attracted by your_____11__eyes, your____12___little chin, and your ____13____ teeth. If you’ll pardon me for seeming ____14____,

I was fascinated by your _____15_____walk

and by your _____16_____figure.

I hope I made a/an____17____ impression_, and that we can

get together for a nice____18____ next week.

_________19_______________yours,

___________20_________

 

Complete the box where possible.

verb	noun (person)	noun (abstract)	adjective	adverb
protect	protector	protection	protective	protectively
research
annual
secure
install
effect
value
prevent
employ
use

Translate the following words.

untrue, prehistoric, ultramodern, postwar, ex-champion, anti-body, decompose, decode, deform, depart, discover, disappearance, reread, reconstruct, coauthor, unequal, misunderstand, undress, disarm, anti-fascist, cooperation, co-existence, interaction, superhuman, ultra-violet.

 

Distribute the following words into nouns, adjectives, adverbs and verbs.

nouns	adjectives	adverbs	verbs

 

beautiful, function, artist, musician, heartless, economic, worker, badly, act, action, active, basic, fruitless, population, movement, historic, democratic, work, daily, literature, picture, organization, friendship, highly, leader, fight, fighter, national, im­pressive, hopeful, hopeless, beautiful, special, specialist, define, definition, humanism, humanist, humanistic, use, useful, useless.

 

Choose the correct word for each sentence.

1. I know Jim Kerry is very popular but I find him totally childish / childlike.

2. I couldn’t work out whom the letter was from. The signature was childish / childlike. 3. Sarah is so childish / childlike. She always plays trick on her friends.

4. It was wonderful to watch the tiny lambs playing. I got such childish / childlike pleasure from the experience.

5. Sophie is extremely sensitive / sensible at the moment. Anything you say seems to upset her.

6. Karen is not a very sensitive / sensible person. She wore high-heeled shoes for our four-mile walk.

7. I’ve never known her to tell a lie. She’s a very true / truthful person.

8. I can never watch sad films that are based on true / truthful a story. They always make me cry.

9. Susan is so intolerable / intolerant of other people. She never accepts anyone else’s opinion, and she always thinks she knows best.

10. I find Mark’s behaviour intolerable / intolerant. It’s unfair to be so selfish.

11. We’re having an economic / economical crisis at the moment. James has lost his job and I don’t know how we are going to pay the rent.

12. It’s more economic / economical to drive slowly. You can do a lot more miles to the gallop.

 

Make a negative form of the words by using the prefix or suffix.

kind, honest, credible, appear, fair, equal, pleased, continue, fasten, normal, employed, friendly, trust, professional, known, cover, safe, use, probable, important, emotional.