2. Vocabulary Focus

A. Name the words from which the following derivates are made. Translate both the derivative and the root-word:

strictly; engineer; enlarged; improvement; variety; boiler; employment; inventor; steamer; attachment; considerably; government; pavement; amazement.

B. Arrange the following words in suitable pairs:

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uneven tyre terrible hill ____________________________

strict line smooth seat ____________________________

rubber road steep jolting ____________________________

straight rule comfortable road ____________________________

C. Form verbs by placing the prefix en- before the following words. Translate both the derivative and the root-word:

joy, large, trust, courage, able, lighten, list, rich, sure.

3. Vocabulary Development

Match each adjective on the left with a noun on the right. Use each word once only. Write your answers in the boxes.

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Set 1

1. courageous a. achievement

2. dangerous b. behaviour

3. horrendous c. ceremony

4. infectious d. deeds

5. industrious e. disaster

6. luxurious f. disease

7. nutritious g. drugs

8. outrageous h. food

9. religious i. student

10. tremendous j. surroundings

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Now do the same with these words.

1. enviable a. clothes

2. fashionable b. disease

3. foreseeable c. future

4. incurable d. neighbours

5. interminable e. position

6. portable f. request

7. sociable g. television

8. unbeatable h. urge

9. uncontrollable i. value

10. unreasonable j. wait

Now write some sentences of your own using some of the word partnerships.

4. Vocabulary Exercises

A. Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. Give one answer only to each question:

1. I’m sorry I’m late. I was _____ in the traffic.

a. held back b. held down c. held over d. held up

2. The bonnet of the car was badly ______ in the crash.

a. creased. b. dented c. crumpled d. bruised

3. You should always carry a(n) ______ tyre in case of a puncture.

a. additional b. extra c. spare d. supplementary

4. You’re not allowed to ______ on the brow of a hill.

a. by pass b. overtake c. pass by d. take over

5. Traffic is being _____ from the main road while it’s under repair.

a. averted b. converted c. diverted d. perverted

6. We had a flat tyre, which ______ our departure.

a. detained b. sent back c. delayed d. called off

7. The larger your car is, the fewer kilometers it will _____ to the litre.

a. do b. break up c. get d. make

8. The van was so badly damaged that it was a complete _____

a. breakdown b. break up c. write-off d. ruin

9. There’s something wrong with the engine but I can’t _____ the exact problem.

a. focus b. highlight c. pinpoint d. point at

10. Unless you _____ you’re in danger of having an accident.

a. decrease b. reduce c. slow down d. retard

11. Instead of talking to me while you’re driving, you should _____ on the road.

a. concentrate b. give attention c. pay attention d. be absorbed

12. The driver _____ to avoid the child who ran out into the road.

a. deviated b. skidded c. dodged d. swerved

13. If he hadn’t managed to brake _____, he’d have certainly killed him.

a. by the time b. for the time being c. in the nick of time d. on time

14. During the rush hour, traffic often comes to a _____

a. standpoint b. stoppage c. standstill d. stand

15. The cyclist was knocked down by a lorry and received ______ injuries.

a. lethal b. fatal c. mortal d. deadly

16. We were _____ a mile of our destination when we ran out of petrol.

a. hardly b. inside c. only d. within

17. The two lorries were involved in a ______ collision.

a. headlong b. head-on c. headstrong d. headway

18. If you take the ______ you’ll be able to avoid the town centre.

a. by-pass b. lay-by c. lay-out d. outlet