- •Topical vocabulary study
- •Topic: upbringing
- •Replace the underlined words with a word that has a similar meaning.
- •III. Write a word at the end of the line to describe each of these people.
- •Cross out the word which is wrong.
- •II. Rewrite the sentences starting with the words given. The meaning must stay the same. Use the words and expressions from the glossary.
- •III. Replace the underlined word(s) with a word that has a similar meaning.
- •III. Replace the underlined word(s) with a word that has a similar meaning.
- •I. Fill in the gaps with a suitable word.
- •II. Correct the mistake in each sentence.
- •I. Fill in the gaps using the correct form of the words in brackets.
- •II. Replace the underlined words with a word that has a similar meaning.
- •III. Correct the mistake in each sentence.
- •I. Replace the underlined word(s) with a word that has a similar meaning.
- •II. Cross out any words in italics which are not possible
- •I. Replace the underlined word(s) with words that have a similar meaning.
- •II. Fill in the gaps using the words from the glossary.
- •III. Correct the mistake in each sentence.
- •I. Rewrite the Sentences Using the Words or a Form of the Word in Capitals. Keep the Meaning the Same.
- •II. Fill in the gaps using the words from the glossary.
- •III. Replace the underlined word(s) with words that have a similar meaning.
- •Replace the underlined words with a word that has a similar meaning.
- •II. Fill in the gaps using the correct form of the words in brackets.
- •III. Fill in the gaps using the words from the glossary.
- •I. Replace the underlined word(s) with a word that has a similar meaning.
- •II. Fill in the gaps using the words from the glossary.
- •Fill in the gaps using the correct form of the words in brackets.
- •II. Fill in the gaps using the words from the glossary. Use the initial letters as tips.
- •Replace the underlined words with a word that has a similar meaning.
- •II. Fill in the gaps using the words from the glossary.
- •Fill in the gaps using the correct form of the words in brackets.
- •II. Fill in the gaps using the words from the glossary.
- •III. Replace the underlined words with a word that has a similar meaning.
- •Replace the underlined words with a word that has a similar meaning.
- •II. Insert the right preposition.
- •Fill in the gaps using the words from the glossary.
- •II. Insert the right preposition.
- •Replace the underlined words with a word that has a similar meaning.
- •II. Fill in the gaps using the correct form of the words in brackets.
- •III. Fill in the gaps using the words from the glossary.
- •I. Fill in the gaps using the correct form of the words in brackets.
- •II. Fill in the gaps using the words from the glossary.
- •III. Replace the underlined words with words that have similar meanings.
- •I. Replace the underlined words with words that have similar meanings.
- •II. Insert the right preposition.
- •III. Correct the mistake in each sentence.
- •I. Replace the underlined words with words that have similar meanings.
- •II. Fill in the gaps using the words from the glossary.
- •Topical vocabulary study Сборник заданий для изучения тематического словаря
- •Keys unit 1.
- •Unit 2.
Replace the underlined words with a word that has a similar meaning.
1. His offensive jokes were insulting.
2. Michael was a cunning and dishonest politician.
3. Nick was totally under his wife’s thumb.
4. The kids were easily annoyed after so long in the car.
5. Despite his strong dislike to publicity, Arnold was persuaded to talk to the press.
6. Martin expects his wife to be meek and willing to obey.
7. I think Winnie’s been unfaithful to him, but he can’t prove it.
II. Fill in the gaps using the correct form of the words in brackets.
1. They designed a … plot to overthrow the leader. (treachery)
2. His air of self-assured confidence made him a born leader. (assurance)
3. She heard a … note in his voice. (quarrel)
4. Her husband turned into a real … . (tyranny)
5. I wonder what makes a man so … and hard? (forgiveness)
III. Fill in the gaps using the words from the glossary.
1. Nick was always … over something or other.
2. He was ordered to pay … to his wife and two children.
3. The little girl seemed to … into a private world.
4. In most divorce cases the mother is awarded … of the children.
5. Stuart’s … because I told him he couldn’t go out and play.
6. His … upstart criticizing everyone else had become really annoying.
Topic: YOUTH PROBLEMS.
UNIT 16.
Glossary:
Nihilism ['naiəlizәm] – the idea that all social and political institutions should be destroyed. Noun nihilist, adj. nihilistic.
Frustration – the feeling of being annoyed, upset, or impatient, because you cannot control or change a situation, or achieve something.
Drug-addiction (dependency) – the need to have something regularly because you are addicted to it. Adj. addictive.
To abuse [ə'bju:z] (disapproving) – to deliberately use something for the wrong purpose; to treat something, especially power or knowledge, as an opportunity to gain an advantage for yourself; to drink or take so much of something that it harms your health; to treat a person or animal in a cruel or violent way. Noun abuse [ə'bju:s].
To smuggle – to take something or someone illegally from one country to another. Nouns a smuggler, smuggling.
To blunt (the senses) – to make a feeling less strong.
To hush up (sweep under the carpet) – to prevent the public from knowing about something dishonest or immoral.
To combat – to take action in an organized way in order to oppose something bad or harmful. Noun combat.
To annihilate [ə'naiəleit] – to destroy something or someone completely. Noun annihilation.
Belligerent – very unfriendly or unpleasant. Noun belligerence, belligerency.
Discontented (with) – unhappy or not satisfied with the situation you are in. Noun discontent.
(To drink) to excess – to do something too much or too often, so that it may harm you.
To take to drink – to start drinking a lot of alcohol regularly.
To have a drinking bout – to have an attack or period of illness.
I. Fill in the gaps using the correct form of the words in brackets.
1. Crack is a potent, highly … form of cocaine. (addiction)
2. Her attitude was becoming more and more … . (belligerence)
3. Eva was ambitious and was … with her job at the post-office. (discontent)
4. They had been fighting after a … bout. (drink)
5. … is a dangerous social phenomenon. (nihilist)