CHECK YOUR ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR IELTS - Emigra a

Emphasis & misunderstanding
A. (Emphasis) Match the sentences on the left with an appropriate sentence on the right.
1. The minister’s emphasis on the word
‘peace’ was noticeable.
2. Our guide accentuated the importance of
remaining calm if there was trouble.
3. Our teacher explained that it was crucially
important to pace ourselves while revising
for the exam.
4. At the People’s Party conference, the accent
was on youth unemployment.
5. Prominent trade unionists have called for a
boycott of imported goods.
6. It is of crucial importance that we make
more use of technology if we are to make
progress.
A. The government will have to sit up and
take note of what these important people
have to say.
B. She emphasised the fact that panicking
would only make matters worse.
C. The leader gave prominence to the need to
create better job opportunities.
D. We consider progress in this field to be
extremely important.
E. He put great stress on the maxim that ‘All
work and no play makes Jack a dull boy’.
F. He stressed again and again the importance
of an established détente.
general vocabulary
B. (Emphasis) Now complete these sentences with an expression in bold from the above
exercise. In some cases, more than one answer may be possible.
1. Some medical treatments do very little to help the patient. In fact, in some cases, they only
__________________________ the pain.
2. The revolution began when a __________________________ member of the ruling party was
assassinated.
3. At the meeting of the Students’ Council, the __________________________ was on better standards of
accommodation.
4. She __________________________ the need to be fully prepared for all eventualities while travelling.
5. The Minister of Transport __________________________ on the need for an integrated transport policy.
6. It is __________________________ that we try to improve relations between our countries.
7. She banged the table for __________________________ as she spoke.
C. (Misunderstanding) Complete sentences 1 - 9 with an appropriate word or expression from
the box. In some cases, more than one answer is possible.
mix-up • obscure • impression • distorted
misapprehension • mistaken • confusion • assumed • confused
1. She was __________________________ by the journalist’s questions.
2. There were scenes of ____________________ at the airport when the snowstorm stopped all the flights.
3. We nearly didn’t catch our flight because of a __________________________ over the tickets.
4. There are several __________________________ points in his letter. It’s not very clear.
5. He _____________________ the meaning of my speech, creating the false impression that I was a racist.
6. He was under the __________________________ that socialism and communism were the same thing.
7. The jury __________________________ , wrongly, that he was innocent.
8. They were __________________________ in the belief that the refugees were in the country for
economic rather than political reasons.
9. The press were under the __________________________ that the Prime Minister was about to resign.
For reference, see the Easier English Dictionary for Students (978 0 7475 6624 3)
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