Unit 11 On becoming a better student. Vocabulary.
1. Explain the underlined part in each sentence in your own words. (1)view again at another time from a different perspective; (2)with immense pleasant surprise;
(3) be provided with ready answers and ideas; (4)do pioneering work;
(5)Don’t let the knowledge you have acquired be a hindrance to your learning of something new.
2. Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word taken from the box in the proper form.
(1)precedence; (2)stigma; (3)proportional; (4)strain; (5)pertinent; (6)injurious; (7)relevance; (8)therapy
3. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words. (1)substantial; (2)motivation; (3)committed; (4)restrictions; (5)subtle; (6)thrilling;(7)complacently; (8)unprecedented;
4.Fill in the blank in each sentence with an appropriate phrasal verb or collocation taken from the text.
(1)goes out of the way; (2) breaking through; (3)consists of; (4)hold on to; (5)object to;(6) live up to;(7)gave up;(8)based on
5. Give a synonym or an antonym of the word underlined in each sentence in the sense it is used.
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(1)demonstrated(reveal, manifest); (2) flexible;
(3)interesting(extraordinary, outstanding) (4)abandon (yield, renounce) (5)lead; (6) dissatisfaction(discontentment); (7)mild(gentle); (8)harry (pester, harass)
6. Explain the underlined phrasal verbs in your own words. (1)submitted; (2)take care of; (3)attentive in; (4)written in honor of; (5)accept; (6)so involved; (7)enthralled; (8)began considering; Grammar.
1. Complete the following sentences using the appropriate form of the verbs given.
(1) Being; (2)to spend, to make; (3)Hearing/To hear (4)To complete (5)to be; (6) to be; (7)to sit, to hear, howling (8) Teasing; (9)Playing;(10)Learning
3.Rewrite the underlined parts of the following sentences with…. (1)sitting at the back; (2)for you to do as you are told; (3) to have swum across the Channel;
(4) to hear that he had already left the company; (5) to open the window; (6) to trifle with;
(7) Being a qualified plumber, Paul had no difficulty in finding the leak.; (8)ever written;(9) Left to himself, he usually gets the job done quickly. (10) Hoping to find the will, she searched everywhere.
4. Complete the following sentences with the –ing participle of verbs.
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(1) to his working, living. (2) having; (3) to stealing; (4) from stealing; (5)for playing; (6) for doing; (7) being talked; (8) on becoming, from putting, for making.
5. Put in the correct prepositions or adverbs. (1) up, for; (2) out; (3) to; (4)out , of; (5)up, against (6) round to; (7) in, with; (8) on; Translation.
1. He felt heavily weighted with such high expectations from his parents. 2. He interpreted the incident in a favorable light.
3. I detest him, for he often goes out of his way to backbite others. 4. Many religious teachings urge people to transcend the mundane success.
5. Personal initiative is one of the essential elements in promoting your career.
6. I don’t think it is a good method of teaching to spoon-feed students. 7. I will spare no efforts to accomplish the task by the end of the next month, for I don’t want to suffer from the stigma of having broken my promise.
8. I’ve got much information pertinent to the new policies in education. Exercises for integrated skills.
2. Fill in each blank in the passage below with ONE word you think appropriate.
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(1) used (2)first (3)have (4)going (5)with (6)offended (7)Rather (8)sign (9)being (10)address (11)rule (12)would
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