Page 102 - B.J. Thomas - INTERMEDIATE Vocabulary

24 hard/hardly
(a) She's a worker.
(b) She works very _
(c) I was 50 tired I could speak.
(d) He had got home when the phone rang.
25 avoid/prevent
(a) I try to travelling in the rush hour. 11'550tiring.
(b) The police managed to the crowd from moving forward.
(c) We must do something to such a thing happening again.
(d) He swerved to the left to the car coming towards him.

26 rise rose risen/raise raised raised
e.g. Taxes will rise.
The sun rises in the east.
When the President entered, everyone rose.
He raised his hat.
Priceswill be raised by many shopkeepers.
Their hopes are rising. Raise your hand it you have a question.
Choose the correct verb in each sentence below.
(a) They (rose/raised) their glasses and drank to the happy couple.
(b) Of course prices always (rise/raise) in a time of inflation.
(c) The smoke (rose/raised) high into the air.
(d) College fees will be (risen/raised) from next September.
(e) The two parts of Tower Bridge (rise/raise) to allow ships to go through.
(f) The two parts of the bridge are (risen/raised) by very powerful machinery.
(g) She couldn't hear him 50 he (rose/raised) his voice.
(h) The water level has (risen/raised) six inches in the last three days.
(i) The number of deaths in traffic accidents (rises/raises) every year.
U) He (rose/raised) his head and looked at hero

27 steal stole stolen/rob robbed robbed
e.g. Someone stole f10 trom hero A gang robbed the bank ot f10,OOO.
f10 was stolen trom her. The bank was robbed ot f10,OOO.

Choose the correct verb in each sentence below.
(a) He (stole/robbed) a bottle of whisky from the shop.
(b) He was stopped and (stolen/robbed) by two armed men.
(c) Two banks were (stolen/robbed) last week.
(d) If you leave your money there, i1'lI be (stolen/robbed).
(e) Someone's (stolen/robbed) my wallet!
(f) They were planning to (steal/rob) a shop.
(g) She (stole/robbed) some clothes from her employers.
(h) We've been (stolen/robbed). Look, ali our silver's gone!
(i) In the old days they used to hang people who (stole/robbed) sheep.

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