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5 Complete this text with the correct article: a/an, Tokyo is a capital of Japan.
the or no article (Ø). For some gaps, more than one Nowadays the technology is everywhere.
answer is possible. I have basic knowledge of French, German and
Spanish.
Even though he hasn’t got the degree, he should find
the work in the IT.

7 Work in pairs. First discuss why the words in bold
are used in the following sentences, and then talk
about the subjects themselves.
t 5IF first thing you remember
t 5IF most frightening or UIF most exciting thing that
has happened to you
t " job you’d like to do
t 5IF advantages and disadvantages of being single (or
married)

(1) South China tiger population was estimated Vocabulary
to number 4,000 individuals in (2) early 1950s,
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but over (3) following 30 years, approximately
3,000 tigers were killed as the subspecies was officially 1 What are the noun forms for each of these verbs
hunted as (4) pest. Although (5) Chinese from the article about Alex the parrot?
government banned (6) hunting in 1979, and
apologise communicate conclude convince
declared the tiger’s survival (7) conservation
describe perform propose prosper suspect
priority, by 1996 (8) surviving population was
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estimated to be less than (9) hundred individuals.
2 What are the verbs related to these nouns from the
And, as no tiger has been sighted in (10) wild article?
for more than 25 years, (11) scientists believe
that it is ‘functionally extinct’. It is thought that even assumption behaviour combination evolution
if (12) few individuals remain, the existing explanation progress response
protected areas or (13) habitat are not sufficiently
large or undisturbed to sustain (14) viable tiger 3 Some words, like progress and suspect, can be nouns
population. or verbs.
t If they are used as verbs, the stress is on the second
syllable: Some researchers sus'pect that Alex’s abilities
6 The following sentences contain mistakes with are no more than a circus trick.
articles made by exam candidates. There may be t If they are used as nouns, the stress is on the first
more than one mistake in each sentence. Find and syllable: Investigating the case of the strange phone
correct the mistakes.
message, police consider a parrot to be the prime
Make sure you wear suit and tie if it’s formal occasion. 'suspect.
You should get job even though you haven’t got high- Make pairs of sentences using these words as verbs
level qualifications. and nouns. Then say or read your sentences to a
This report aims to describe advantages and partner, putting the stress in the right place.
disadvantages of green taxes.
Students can access Internet in their classrooms. contest convict increase insult export present
Society needs to provide affordable accommodation produce progress protest rebel refuse reject
for homeless.
A most important thing is to get people talking about
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the issues.

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