Page 8 - B.J. Thomas - INTERMEDIATE Vocabulary

Word Parts

Give the piurai of these nouns.
potato stratum deer crisis shelf
thesis chateau thief sheep phenomenon
2 Make compound nouns or adjectives, using the word on the left as the
first part, to fit the meanings given.
e.g. head (car front light) Answer: head-Iamp
foot (having aching feet)
(sound of someone walking)
dog (person given ali the hard, boring work)
(exhausted, worn out)

sea (iII because of ship's motion)
(plant growing in the sea)

Word Use
1 Complete these sentences with 'is' or 'are'.
(a) Ali her furniture Italian.
(b) What the police like in your country?
(c) I'm afraid the news bad.
(d) Public transport getting expensive.
(e) The people next door from Australia.
(f) Billiards a popular indoor game.
(g) Accommodation in Tokyo very expensive.
(h) His c10thes always trendy.

2 Finish each incomplete sentence below s.othat it means the same as the
sentence above it.
e.g. I regret doing it.
I wish ... (Answer: I wish I hadn't done it.)
She advised them not to go there.
She discouraged ...
I begged her to help me.
I pleaded ...
We managed to finish in time.
We succeeded ...
They didn't allow him to leave.
They prevented ...

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