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7 Put in each space belowa noun tormed trom the verb in brackets after
the sentence.
(a) John's an expert, 50 I asked him for some o (advise)
(b) You need more before you can play the violin in public. (practise)
(c) The policeman wanted to see the motorist's driving o (Iicense).
(d) He made a that she would marry and have three children. (praphesy)
(e) We can only get there by piane. There's no o (choose)
(f) 'Now children, I hope you'lI ali be on your best when we go to the
museum.' (behave)
(g) I have to make a about poor service and the rudeness of your staff.
(complain)
(h) I think you've made an in the bill. Could you check it? (err)
(i) Naturally he's very unhappy at the of 50 much money. (Iose)
(j) I like a museum with a of objects - pictures, sculpture, furniture and
other things. (mix)
(k) The company has shown rapid in the last two years. (graw)

8 Instructions as above.
(a) Newspapers in that country can say what they like. There's no o (censor)
(b) It took him a long time to recover fram the of his mother. (die)
(c) The of poverty, disease and ignorance must be our principal aim.
(conquer)
(d) It is my that there is life on mars and Venus. (believe)
(e) The police think that she committed the murder but they have no _
(prove)
(f) It was a great to hear that your illness isn't serious. (relieve)
(g) Most of the passengers were killed in the aircrash. The were badly
injured. (remain)
(h) Two miles from here, it's still possible to see the of a 2,OOO-year-old
Roman town. (remain)
(i) Some people tie a knot in their handkerchiefs as a of something
important they must do. (remind)
(j) The priest asked us to say a for world peace. (pray)
(k) He put the two televisions together 50 that we could make a o
(compare)
9 Instructions as above.
(a) The police car crashed into a traffic-light while it was in of a stolen car.
(pursue)
(b) He feels a deep for the people who killed his brather. (hate)
(c) Of course the of a mountain takes longer than the o (ascend ...
descend)
(d) Not far from here you can see the of an old church. Only the walls are
left. (ruin)
(e) If you want to know what's in a book, look at the page at the front.
(contain)
(f) He has a very wide of African affairs. (know)
(g) You'll have to make a soon. (decide)
(h) She's very nice but she has a to talk tOG much. (tend)
(i) I'm not sure, but I have a that he was the boy who stole my bike.
(suspect)

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