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6. Arrange the following words into pairs of (a) antonyms and (b) synonyms.

a)

to construct

swift

to exclude

to overtake

harmful

gratitude

overt

consensus

despite

grief

harm

relaxation

to involve

harmless

benefit

due to

tension

slow

happiness

to destroy

to fall behind

ingratitude

disagreement

covert

b)

to dissect

thankful

route

to involve

overt

instant

to ponder

consensus

dimensions

scorn

rapid

issue

contempt

size

point

swift

to cut into pieces

to include

outward

way

moment

to think

agreement

grateful

7. Read this review of a television programme and choose between the alternatives to complete each gap. The first one (0) has been done for you. The Truth about Love

This week we celebrated Valentine’s Day … or rather (0)..C.. romantics and those of us who are a bit soft in the head did! The fourteenth of February always gives everyone who’s anyone a chance to cast a few pearls of (1) … before their fellow suffers about the nature of ‘the universal migraine’ – love. Francis Farnsworth is a case in point. I’m sure the poor old fellow has a heart of (2) … but he really does talk a (3) … of rubbish sometimes! His appearance last night on BBC 1’s ‘Let’s Talk It Over’ was no exception. He started off by having what I will politely call a (4) … of opinion with Tania Di Monte, author of “Tell me the Truth about Love”. Ms Di Monte always expresses the most extraordinary views without any apparent (5) … of contradiction. Last night she was boldly setting out her rules for a perfect relationship when poor old Farnsworth accidentally called her Tina. Tina is of course the name of her ex-husband Darren’s second wife and we all know that any mention of him – or her – is like (6) … to Tania. Farnsworth kept apologizing and saying that it had been a (7) … of the tongue brought about by a momentary (8) … of concentration, but it took all presenter Greg Lazaree’s skills to calm our Tania down again. Francis then started calling her ‘darling’, which only succeeded in making her even more furious. ‘(9) … of endearment,’ he stammered as she glared at him. She had been vehemently denying that there was even a (10) … of truth in rumours about her forthcoming engagement to football star Nick Perez. Nevertheless, I’m sure it is only a(n) (11) … of time before we see Tania and Nick on the cover of ‘hi There!’ celebrating ‘the wedding of the century’. If marrying someone like Tania is what happens to you if you’re incredibly successful, as Perez undoubtedly is, I shudder to think what the (12) … of failure might be!

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4

5

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10

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12

a) insufferable

a) knowledge

a) gold

a) mound

a) disagreement

a) worry

a) a bull in a china shop

a) mistake

a) lapse

a) expression

a) grain

a) issue

a) payment

b) untreatable

b) wisdom

b) silver

b) load

b) conflict

b) anxiety

b) the bull by the horns

b) slip

b) error

b) Idiom

b) fragment

b) question

b) expense

c) incurable

c) intelligence

c) brass

c) pile

c) contrast

c) concern

c) a red rag to a bull

c) error

c) mistake

c) term

c) particle

c) problem

c) price

d) unrecoverable

d) sense

d) steel

d) stack

d) difference

d) fear

d) a bull mark

d) lapse

d) slip

d) Phrase

d) pellet

d) topic

d) `sum

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