Prec if) Wotd formation 1 Use your dietionary to complete the word in each sentence, a) The children never do what I tell them to! They are very dis..obedient. b) It won't rain in August, surely! That seems extremely un. ©) No, I told you not to sell the shares! You must have mis, 4) Jack gets very good marks, and is an out student 8) Ifyou co with the police you will receive a light sentence. 4) Dave was in the first sub that sailed to the North Pole, 2) Just heat up the rice, its been pre. 1b) Mr Jones is incredibly rich. In fact he's a multi, Complete each sentence with a word formed from the word in ills, beginning as shown. Begin the word with a prefix from the box. @ie in mon. over- re un vice trans a) Tim not satisfied with your work. Lam dissatisfied... with it b) She doesn’t have the usual kind of haircut, It's very. ©) Mary is sailing across the Atlantic. She is on a. voyage. 4) Dan is the President's assistant. He is the. ©) Tenry is no longer a smoker. Now he is a ) Don't wear a formal suit. The dinner is quite 2) You haven't written this clearly, Il have to be. h) This steak is cooked too much. Its. Complete each sentence with a word formed from a word in the box, ending as shown, astonish fool music_—thought back fee lead short 2) don't want tobe a slave! I demand my nen @C...dom. ) How kind of you to bring flowers! That was very. fil, ©) Martin plays the guitar, but he isn't a very good. jan, 4) Our school has closed because there is a age of teachers. ©) Brian is one of the world's ing architects. 1) Imagine my ‘ment when the cat started to speak! 2) Don't be. ish! There is no such thing as a ghost! h) I profer to begin at the end and go. wards.FIRST CERTIFICATE LANGUAGE PRACTICE 4 Complete each sentence with a word formed from a word in box A. Use one of the prefixes or suffixes in box B. A care employ home ~—postpone satisfied charge friend ight pronounce _ skirts i Bais mis out, ome less sent ship ee 2) I travelled to Scotland the... avermight tain and slept all the vay t) Youte always breaking things! Why ate you sa, » 6) Jane knows alot of French word, but she tends to them ) We al tive in between the people of different nations ©) Bad weather caused the of nearly all the football programme 1) George was very wrth the service atthe hotel £2) We ive inflaton the of London 1) Patsy thought the shop assistant had her 1). David was tted of being a/an so be started his own company. 5). The goverament is providing more money to help. yeople 5 Complete the compound word in each sentence with a word from the box. bow cut helmet powder storm case fire place steps writing i 4) I could hear the sound of gun.......fire...... coming from the main square. by We had to take shelter di ©) Nobody can read the doctor's hand 4) You look awful. Why don't you have a hair 2 ing a severe thunder. ©) T wanted to do some washing but I've run out of soap, 1) Ifyou ride a motorbike you have to wear a crash. 2) There isn’t room in here for another book, bh) After the shower, the sun came out and there was a rain. ’) Tcould hear the sound of foot Someone was coming! 3) Atone end of the room is @ lovely old stone fire 2886 VOCABULARY 19 WORD FORMATION 1 Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. Evening classes Recently I decided to go to evening classes twice a week, During the day I work in a (I) secretarial agency as a telephonist. It is not a very interesting (2) and I get bored. T also got tired of coming home every evening, putting a (3) meal in the oven and then watching TV. So I decided to take up (4) as a hobby. Perhaps I should give you an (5) for ‘my choice. Learning a skill is a good (6) to the problem of boring work. Also, I felt I was @ (7) because any time I tried to put up a shelf, for example, it always fell down! Now I am quite a (8) wood worker! Tam working on the (9) of some furniture at the moment. And although there are oaly wo other girls in the class, I don't feel any (10). I've turned out to be the best student in the class! Underline the most suitable word or phrase. a) Helen doesn't look well. Ske is extremely slimthin, b) Ie’ really hot today, but it's nice and chilly/cool in here. ©) Peter noddded’shook his head in agreement 4) 1 can't pay you anything for this old coin, It's priceless/worthless ©) The house was surrounded by a high/all fence. 1) The sun is shining, and it’s a/an arractivelovely day 8) This chicken is good. I's very tasieful/tasty h) Be careful of the next corer. It's rather dangerous/harmfil i) Graham left the film before the end because he was bored i) When T saw him seratch my car I got very angry/nervous SECRETARY occury FREEZE CARPENTER EXPLAIN SOLVE FAIL success CONSTRUCT EMBARRAS: 289FIRST CERTIFICATE LANGUAGE PRACTICE 8 Complete each sentence with a word formed {rom a word in the box. do fall get make set draw feel give put take 8) Those children next door are......making . a lot of noise ») I don't really like going out this evening ©) You don't have to hurry. You can your time. 4) Asmstrong was the first person to. foot on the Moon, «) The director us permission to park our motorbikes here ) Can you me @ favour? I need some help with the garden 2g) Tcan't talk now. I'm just Junch. bb) When something goes wrong, people always. the blame on 4). Tom has just in love yet again! i) T would like to your attention to these instructions, ® Rewrite each sentence so that it has the same meaning, and contains the word given in capitals. Do not change the word in any way. ) The forest outside the town started burning last night. CAUGHT _~The forest outside the town caught fie last night. b) Suddenly Janet started erying. TEARS, ©) What's your occupation? bo 4) Well have to decide soon, DECISION ©) Can you look after my plants while I'm away? TAKE £) You will write oF phone, won't you? ToucH 2) Diane had a baby boy last week. Gave by) Peter always remains elm in an emergency. HEAD Stop holding th e steering wheel! LT ji) He can't possibly win the race STANDS 290Sree et 20 Word formation 2 ‘Add one of the prefixes in the box to each incomplete word so that it makes sense. Use each prefix once only. auto dis ex: in- miss non- ewes semi- sub un a) Dick was very tired and suffering from........0VeR....... work b) We couldn't see the magician! He had become visible ©) T could only eross the road by going down a way. 4) Nobody believed what Mary wrote in her biography. ©) Let me introduce you to Janet, my wife 1) What he said was not clear. In fact it was rather, leading, 8) Unfortunately our football team lost in the -final bh) Mr Smith regrets that he is able to accept your invitation i) This is @ good train, it goes to Manchester stop, i) Oh bother, my pencil sharpener has, appeared again. Complete each sentence with a word formed from a word in the box, ending as shown drink equal hand hope partner employ _—_green harm — neighbour wide 8) Carol and Andy have just moved into a new ...neighbour...hood. b) My new cr is paying me a much higher salary ©) The local council have decided to fen the main road, @) Jerry picked up a fil of the money and smiled. ©) 1'm a terrible card player. I'm really. less 1) It’s a kind of blue colour, but a bit ish t00, 2) Bill now works in. ship with two other architects. 1h) Don't drink from the stream. You don't know if the water is able. i) Most people say that they believe in the. ity of men and i) Doctors have proved that smoking is fi 201FIRST CERTH CATE LANGUAGE PRACTICE Complete each sentence with a word farmed from a word in box A. Use one of the prefixes or suffixes in box B. art cycle friend hope national circle edible ground ‘mountain young fore He inter semi trie eer ful ist’ ly ster 1) Toan’teatthis! I's completely.nedible. ) Joba has been interested in sailing ever since he was a/an ) The teacher arranged the desks in afan 4) I like it here. The people are really ) There are two figures in the of the pic ) You have to have a good head for heights if you are a 2) It’s much safer for a young child to ride a/an hy Scientists are. that a cure for the disease will be found, i) Most countries have signed alan agreement banning whaling, 3) Paintings by this ‘have been sold for millions of pounds Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits In the space in the same line How to become Prime Minister Jack had never wanted fo be a (1) politician. First of all, he POLITICS suffered from terrible @). and blushed violently sw when he had t make a speech. He also (3) with, SYMPATHY people who refused to vote. After all, what difference did it make? As a speaker, he was slow and (4) and ORGANIZI never knew what to say. He began his career as a last-minute o Jor a speaker who failed to turn up. Later he PLACE leamed to (6) his tie, give a big smile, and read the STRAIGHT speech which had been prepared by his (7) speech- PERSON writer, People liked him. ‘He has a kind of (8) : INNOCENT they said. They did not mind that he had no (9) . IMAGINE and seemed quite (10) in what he was saying INTEREST. They applauded him and then made him Prime Minister.VOCABULARY 20 WORD FORMATION 2 the most suitable compound word a) The bus fom Glasgow arrives at the central bus station/bus stop. b) Bob only works halftime/part-time at the moment ©) Joan has lovely clothes and is always well-dressed/well-worn 4) Some of Bill's ideas are rather old-aged/old-fashioned. @) We left our car in the multi-storey car park/car parking. 1) Martin is now a well-known/well-writen novelist 8) Thank you, You gave me a good haireu/haircutting, b) Excellent. That was a frst classfirst course lunch! i) 1 prefer selfmade homemade jam to the jam you buy in shops. 6 Complete the compound word in each sentence with a word from the box. aia oe 8) Thank you forhelping me, andbeing sokind-hearted. b) We searched all day, but had to return home empty ©) Paul didn't have time to think, but jumped into the river fully 4) It seems that long ‘people can run faster ©) Try to concentrate and remember! You are so absent. 1) Mary is very attractive, and her husband is good 100. 2) Stop shouting! I'm tired of your loud comments! h) Mike gets angry easily, He's a bit short= a) Steve's book was dirty and dog- 7 Complete each sentence with one suit word in Malic. word which is the opposite of the 8) Theteamexpectedan easy victory, butsufferedacrushingdefeat 1b) The bridge is dangerous! I's not 10 cross it. ©) I'm sory, I ean't accept your invitation. I have to it, 4) David thought he would fail the exam, but he managed to ©) We had a good take-off, but the was a bit bumpy. 1) This loaf isn't fresh! Do you always sell bread? 2) The pirates dug up the treasure, and then. it somewhere else h) These books are supposed to be diffrent, but they are very. ') T enjoyed the opening of the film, but not the: 293FIRST CERTIFICATE LANGUAGE PRACTICE 204 8 Complete each sentence with one of the words in the box. Use each word once only a) Don's... make... such a fuss! Il only be gone a week! b) L try not to touch with my old friends. ) What this paper says doesn't much relation to the truth. 8) Please, me @ line and tell me all your news. ©) Come on, hurry up, don't time 1) Imanaged to. ‘sight of the prince through the crowd. 2) He says he's going to walk, but he'll probably better of it bh) Ann was able to 4 lot of experience in her first job. i) Please. a seat, Tl be with you in just a moment, i Twill ‘the news to Dave of his sister's accident, Rewrite each sentence so that it has the same meaning, and contains the word siven in capitals. Do not change the word in any way. 4) Nothing you do will alter anything DIFFERENCE ~-Nothing you do will make any difference, ....c..cscvsvsvsviveseisees ) [hope I'm not inconveniencing you. ‘TROUBLE, €) Let's measure the room, TAKE, 4) Mark looked disappointed when I told him my name. ra ©) The old car suddenly started burning, FLAMES 1) Susan didn't know where she was. way 8) I can't bear to look at that boy! siGut hh) Helen became responsible for the business. CHARGE, ’) What did you do while you were waiting for the train? TIME i) now think differently about this matter. MIND10 VOCABULARY 20 WORD FORMATION 2 Complete each sentence with one suitable word 8) Go away, E want to bes... By... myself 'b) I'met Jack at the airport completely. chance. «) This wasn't an accident! You did it purpose. 4) We have similar tastes, and a lot of other things common, ©) Don't worry! Everything is control 9) I'm going to study much harder now on, 8) Our birthday presents took him completely, surprise hn) This painting is now. Joan to the National Gallery j) Let's go to Brighton this year a change, 3) The little boy who had lost his parents was. tears 295