Focus on Words

1. Insert words from the vocabulary making necessary changes.
1. It was a question of ... importance.
2. It is ... to act at once.
3. We must give top ... to housing.
4. He lost his ... with me .
5. I don’t think he will ... well with us.
6. Can you ... me ...?
7. He has been in a bad ... all morning
8. All ... with the north has been stopped by snowstorm.
9. It’s high time you learnt to control your ... .
10. The heart performs a ... bodily function.
11. It is absolutely ... that this should be kept a secret.
12. Len’s weakness made him feel strong and ... .
2. Can you use the phrases: first and foremost, at all costs, fit in?
Word-building
1. Make nouns from the following verbs by using the suffixes –tion
and –sion.
negotiate, admit, clarify, indicate, decide, permit.
PHRASAL VERBS
2. Find the phrasal verbs in the text which mean
1. get information
2. show your feelings
3. let go
4. refuse
5. continue
6. rise to your feet
7. be careful
8. return
9. work well with the others
3. In pairs, take it in turns to answer the following questions.
1. Have you ever turned any job down?
2. Have you ever filled in a form and then regretted it?
3. What is the best thing you have set up?
4. Have you ever found out an important secret?
5. Do you fit in well with your classmates?
6. How do you react to have your mistakes pointed out to you?
7. Have you ever given anything up?
8. Do you know when to stop or do you tend to go on talking?
4. Use the words in brackets in correct word order.
1. She made me a good offer but ( I’ve turned down it)
2. Unfortunately it was a secret (which found out I had)
3. Nobody believed he would ( be up would smoking give able to )
4. The chairman wants the meeting in the morning so ( I’ve at set up o’clock ten it)
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