NEWORKS2030: 2BAC: EXERCISES: VOCABULARY WORK

1. make compound adjective out of the underlined phrases:

a) John has got blue eyes = John is a ....................... boy

b) Our school forms athletes = it is an.................................... school

c) The meal was cooked well = it was a ............................... meal

d) Her father has a very narrow mind = she has a very ........................ father

e) I have a plant that eats meat = I have a ........................... plant

f) Models must have long legs = Models are ...................................women

g) My mother makes all my clothes by hand = I wear ............................... clothes

h) People know this writer very well = he is a .............................writer

i) My nephew Stuart is a serious boy. He works hard = he is a .................................. student

j) This cottage is covered with snow = it’s a ................................. cottage

k) He is a boy with dark hair = he is a ................................................ boy

2. fill in the gaps with the appropriate compound adjectives:

Red-handed/ absent-minded/ well-informed/ open-minded/ tight-fisted

a) The criminal was caught…………..he was seen stealing the young lady’s hand bag

b) People should be tolerant towards other cultures. They should be…………………….

c) Sarah couldn't answer the teacher’s question because she was…………………………

d) Don’t expect him to invite you for dinner. He is…………………………………………………..

e) To be a translator you need to be…………………………..about linguistics

3. match the words in column A with the words in column B to make correct compound adjectives:

	Column A		Column B
1	Broad
2	Cold
3	Warm	A	witted
4	Narrow	B	consuming
5	Oil	C	headed
6	Absent	D	breaking
7	Two	E	eyed
8	Strong	F	faced
9	Open	G	producing
10	Crossed	H	Blooded
11	Record	I	Minded
12	Big
13	Time

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Collocations with hot verbs: "do" and "make"

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Fill in the blanks with the appropriate hot verbs: “do” or “make”.

− He felt very tired. He……. Himself a cup of tea.

− At times of economic down turn, every one has to work to ……ends meet.

− He excels in every subject in the teacher education programme. We believe he will…….. a very good teacher .

− Smoking will…… great harm to your lungs.

− He ……. Good deeds throughout his life.

− I hate to………the washing up after dinner.

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Prefixes and Suffixes

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i. put the words in brackets into the correct form, you will have to use prefixes and / or suffixes:

a. He was sitting (comfort)……….in his seat on the train.

b. He was acting in a very (child)………way.

c. I couldn’t find any (weak)……….in his theory.

d. The road was too narrow, so they had to (wide)……….it.

e. She looked at her (reflect)……….in the mirror

f. Failing her driving test was a great (appoint)……..to her

g. The rate of (employ)………in Brazil has been rising steadily.

ii. Turn the verbs in the box into nouns by adding any of the following suffixes(tion, ation, ance, ment)

verbs	-tion	-ation	-ance	-ment
prevent treat resist achieve restore accept

iii. Turn the following adjectives into nouns by adding the correct suffixes:

Adjectives		Nouns
Polite Responsible Kind Accurate creative		................................. ................................. ................................. ................................ ...............................