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Exercises

4.1 Look at the paragraph about register in F opposite. Find at least three examples of each of
the following:
1 nouns ............................... ......... ............................................................................
2 verbs ............................. .. .................................................................................
3 adjectives ......................... ... ..............................................................................
4 adverbs ............................. .. ...............................................................................
5 prepositions .................... ... ..............................................................................

Considering the words in their context in F opposite, mark the nouns you've written in 4.1
with a C (countable) or UC (uncountable). Mark the verbs R (regular) or IR (irregular) and
T (transitive) or IT intransitive.

4r 3 Complete the following table.

verb infinitive -ing form past participle
define .....................................................................................................
mean .................... .. ........ ... ..................... ... ...........................................
write ................................ ...................................................................

.4 Think about the word informal.
1 What is its root, its prefix and its suffix?
2 What is its opposite or antonym?
3 Has it got any synonyms?
4 What words are included in its word family?
5 Use it in (a) a phrase and (b) a sentence.

Look at all the words in bold in sections E, F and G opposite. In each case mark which
syllable is stressed.

Match the following colloquial words with their more formal equivalents below.
1 chat (verb) 2 loo 3 chap 4 put up with 5 fiddle (noun)
man violin lavatory converse tolerate

The following pairs of words are close in meaning but one word in each case is pejorative.
Which?
1 terrorist / freedom-fighter 3 fluent /wordy 5 cunning / shrewd
2 slim / skinny 4 mean /thrifty 6 generous / extravagant

4.8 Give examples of collocations based on the words noun, word and colloquial.
Example: uncountable noun

4.9 Cover the left-hand page and write the names of the following punctuation marks.

English Vocabulary in Use