І. Word Formation

1. Complete the following sentences using words formed from the verb impress.

1. It was an ………………. presentation of Pr Howard Gardener, who was working at the theory of Multiple Intelligences.

2. He found the lecture rather ………………. saying that he had expected to hear more about the recent research.

3. He was anxious to make a good …………….. on his teacher, so kept well-ordered vocabulary notes in English.

4. Jeremy was …………... вy Shona’s display of anger; after all, he was used to her losing her temper.

5. Tony is only 16 and he is easily influenced by those around him; he’s rather …………... young man.

2. Complete the following sentences using words from the words in bold.

1. apply

• His ……………. for the post of students’ counselor was successful.

• It seems to me that these considerations are not ……… in this case.

2. perceive

• His teaching completely altered Jane’s ……….… of how life should be lived.

• He’s very ……... and quickly understands people’ hidden motives.

3. certain

• There are few established ……..…. about the future of the primary and secondary education in our country.

• It was …………… as to whether or not it was worth paying so much for his tuition.

4. simple

• You need to ……….. your explanations to the students; they don’t seem to understand you.

• Jenny was annoyed by the …………… of the new theory she read about in the scientific journal.

5. produce

• Learners engaged in a ……………. task can become very frustrated when they lack the words they need to express themselves.

• Language ………………. activities are not only practice activities.

6. create

• Teachers should not expect instant fluency and ……………. of their students, they should build up their confidence ‘bit by bit’.

• Teachers need to plan production activities that will provoke students …………… abilities.

3. Complete each space in the text with a word formed from the word in capitals.

Last year I resigned my post as a Head of Department at a large

comprehensive school. After 23 years of teaching, I had simply

had enough of a job which is becoming increasingly

(1)...problematic . As a Departmental Head, I saw at PROBLEM

close hand the effect of the government’s (2)……..….. …..INVOLVE

increased in educational matters; the job is now

ten times more than it was when I started out.(3)………....BUREAU

Not content with loading teachers down

with paperwork, the government has also

imposed standard national tests on pupils as young as six,

a fact which has left many teachers with their (4) ………..ENCHANT

profession. But that side of things is by no means all.

There is also the growing (5)……………………………...AGGRESSIVE

of the pupils, including the girls. There are the frequent

little acts of which teachers have become (6) ……..…........RUDE

(7)……………… almost to stop, now that the right to POWER

discipline pupils has been all but taken from them. There

is the restlessness and sheer (8) ………………………….. BORING

of children brought up on a diet of computer games

and violent videos. Some people dismiss any link

between computer games and a (9) ……………………….REDUCE

in attention span, but few of them are teachers. When I started

out, I used to enjoy teaching history, my chosen discipline,

to (10) ……………… pupils; now I do so every RESPECT

Tuesday evening, teaching local history to pensioners.

4. Read the text. Use the words below it to form words that fit in the same numbered spaces in the text.