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Vocabulary exercises

I. Match the words with their definitions

1. contribution

a) a traditional skill of making things by hand, for example furniture or jewellery.

2. craft

b) a way of organizing work in which different people do different tasks in a process in order to make the best use of time and money and produce as many goods as possible.

3. division of labour

c) something that happens or exists in society, science, or nature, especially something that is studied because it is difficult to understand.

4. extent

d) something that you give or do in order to help something be successful.

5. phenomenon

e) the ability to achieve something or make something happen.

6. power

f) the cause of a problem or the place where it began.

7. prosperity

g) the practice of limiting your interests or activities to one particular subject.

8. specialization

h) the situation of being successful and having a lot of money.

9. source

i) the size or area of something.

10. standard of living

j) the type of life that a person or society has according to the amount of money they have.

II. Match the verbs on the left with their corresponding definitions on the right

1. to enjoy

a) to bring something into existence or use for the first time.

2. to gain

b) to complete an action or activity, especially a complicated one.

3. to introduce

c) to continue to be in a particular situation or condition.

4. to invent

d) to design or create something such as a machine or process that did not exist before.

5. to owe

e) to get or achieve something, usually as a result of a lot of effort.

6. to perform

f) to get pleasure from something.

7. to remain

g) to have something only because someone or something has helped you.

8. to speed

h) to make something go faster or happen faster.

III. Match the words in column a with their synonyms in column b and antonyms in column c

A

B

C

Word

Synonym

Antonym

1. acute

2a. contemporary

3a. broken

2. high

2b. dull

3b. credible

3. boring

2c. emotional

3c. exciting

4. bountiful

2d. faraway

3d. low

5. con­tinuous

2e. imperceptible

3e. meagre

6. fashionable

2f. plentiful

3f. near

7. incredible

2g. shiny

3g. obtuse

8. invisible

2h. shrewd

3h. out-of-date

9. modern

2i. tall

3i. realistic

10. distant

2j. unbelievable

3j. rough

11. sentimental

2k. uninterrupted

3k. unfashionable

12. sleek

2l. up-to-dare

3l. visible