Vocabulary

Lesson 1 - Commonly Confused Words 

 

beside/besides

·       I put your bag ________________ your coat.

·       Who was at the meeting, _________________ Tom and Harry?

clothes/cloths

·       You should take your _________________ out of the washing machine.

·       Micro-fibre ___________________ are best for cleaning glass.

experiment/experience 
  The ___________________ was conducted by scientists at Oxford.
Climbing Mount Everest is a once in a lifetime _________________.

last/latest

·       Have you read Dan Brown’s ________________ novel?

·       Finnegan’s Wake was the _________________ James Joyce novel publish before his death.

lose/loose

·       -I need to ______________ some weight before the summer.

·       -If you _____________ any more weight, your clothes will be ________________ on you.

principle/principal

·       The _________________ makes all the decisions in the school.

·       You should have called, as a matter of _____________________.

quite/quiet

·       Karen’s baby is really ______________. You wouldn’t even know she was in the room.

·       Karen’s baby is ______________ cute. She looks like her mother.

sensible/sensitive

·       Patrick is a very ________________ man. He cries watching sad movies!

·       Sheila is a very _________________ girl. She always makes the right decision.

shade/shadow

·       Can we sit in the _______________? I’m very hot.

·       My dog’s a coward. He barks at his own ________________.

some time/sometimes

·       You should come visit us __________________. We only live ten minutes away.

            Lesson 2 - The Press 

            

      The radio, the television and the press constitute the .....................

     In England newspapers fall into two categories: the .................... Papers (Tabloids) interested in scandals and the Quality Papers (Broadsheets) interested in more serious topics.

       A  newspaper is different from a magazine.

'    The Independent' is a British .................... . It's published every day, it's called a .....................

'    Time Magazine' is an American magazine; it's printed every week, it's called a .....................

'       Newsweek' is another famous magazine which sells more than 3 million ....................; it has a very large ______________.

      In fact, the number of people who actually read it -its .................... - is superior to this number.

        Many people buy their papers from a ...................., but others prefer to receive it at home, that's why they ....................  to their favourite paper.

The front page is covered with big headlines while the .................... of a magazine is often a colour photograph.

a. newsagent
b. publication
c. popular
d. media
e. readership
f.  weekly
g. daily
h. copies
i.  circulation
j.  cover
k. subscribe

Lesson 4 - Weather and Climate 
 1. 1. We're in the middle of a heat- (streak/wave). It has been very hot for two weeks.

2. It looks like the sky is (shining/clearing) up. It's going to be a beautiful day.

3. That man was (struck/beaten) by lightning twice in the past year.

4. A (drought/draft) is a long period without any rain.

5. Summers in states like Tennessee are very hot and very (humidity/humid).

6. We got caught in the thunderstorm and got completely (socked/soaked).

7. The coastal areas of California have an (ideally/ideal) climate.

8. Did you check the weather (forecast/foreplay) for tomorrow? Is it going to rain?

9. Was it cold in Canada? Yes, it was 20 (under/below) zero.

10. Another word for "cloudy" is "" (clouded/overcast).

11. It's very cold = It's (frozen/freezing)

12. It was cold in the morning, but it (warmed/heated) up by the afternoon.

13. Many homes were (destructed/destroyed) by the hurricane.

14. Small pellets of ice that fall from the sky during a storm are called (rain/hail).

15. Don't go outside! You could get (struck/stroked) by lightning!

16. The (thunder/lightning) was very loud.

17. It was so (wind/windy) outside that my hat was blown off my head.

18. A (gutsy/gusty) wind = A very strong wind

19. A snowstorm = A (blizzard/buzzard)

20. If the weather is mild and pleasant, you can say it's (balmy/calming).

    Lesson 5 - Prepositions after adjectives 

Q1 - I'm afraid _____ spiders.

of
to
from
by

Q2 - I'm scared ____ heights.

of
to
from

Q3 - I'm worried _____ the exam.

of
for
about

Q4 - He's jealous ____ her success.

with
by
of
for

Q5 - I'm envious ____ them.

with
for
by
of

Q6 - I was confused ____ what she said.

about
for
of
to

Q7 - I'm sick ____ all this stress.

for
of
to

Q8 - I was shocked ____ their behaviour.

by
for
of

Q9 - I'm no good ____ word games.

by
at
for

Q10 - Fruit is good ____ you.

at
to
for

Q11 - She was very good ____ us.

to
at

Q12 - I'm not very keen ____ maths.

at
of
on
for

Q13 - She's hungry ____ success.

for
of
to
from

Q14 - I'm tired ____ studying all the time.

by
at
to
of

Q15 - I was happy ____ them.

of
by
for

Q16 - I was sickened ____ the sight.

by
of
Either could be used here.

Q17 - She isn't capable _____ like that.

to behave
of behaving

Q18 - Smoking is bad ____ your health.

to
at
for

Q19 - I was angry ____ the way they reacted.

for
about

Q20 - They are associated ____ our company.

with
for
of

Q21 - She was dressed ____ black.

in
with
by

     Lesson 6 - Emergencies 

         In major emergencies such as road traffic accidents, most people in Britain are
treated under the National Health Service, known as the NHS. If you are badly
injured, you will be taken by ambulance to Accident and Emergency.
Once any bleeding has been stemmed, you will be x-rayed to see if you have
broken any bones. If you have fractured your femur or patella, you may be
operated on by an orthopaedic surgeon fairly quickly. If you have done serious
damage to your pelvis, you may need to be transferred to a large city hospital
where surgeons specialize in complex fractures and pelvic reconstruction. Many
unlucky motorcyclists require specialist surgery and often their legs are put in
traction until they enter the operating theatre.
Soon after the operation, the patient is usually introduced to the physiotherapist.
Some patients are put on a special machine which gently moves their knee and
hip joints. If progress is maintained, they will be mobilized - moved from bed to
wheelchair and then to zimmer-frame or crutches. When they are walking on
crutches, they will be taught how to climb steps. Providing their surgical wounds
have healed and once they are no longer in pain, they can look forward to their
discharge from hospital.
HEALTH
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