Page 14 - English Vocabulary in Use Pre Intermediate

Exercises

If you find these exercises difficult, it may mean that you need to practise using a dictionary
more often, or you need to buy yourself a better dictionary.
3.8 Use a dictionary to find/check the answers to these questions. (They are all based on words
from the opposite page.)
What does dreadful mean?
How do you pronounce lose? {Is it the same as ‘choose’ or ‘chose’?)
AWNH What part of speech is choose?
What part of speech is homesick?
ANNUM Homework and chaos are both nouns, but what type of noun are they?
What adjectives are often used before chaos? (Give two.)
What two prepositions are often used after choose?
Write down a sentence example of choose used with a preposition.

3.2, When you look up a word, you can also use your dictionary to increase your vocabulary by
learning related words and phrases. Find out if your dictionary helps you to answer these
questions, also about words from the opposite page.
1 Choose is a verb, but what is the noun with the same meaning?
2 Advice is a noun, but what is the verb with the same meaning?
3 Advice is also uncountable, but you can make it countable using another word. Can you
complete this sentence: ‘He gave me a very useful ................ of advice.”
4 What adjective is formed from chaos?
5 What is the opposite of dirty?
6 What is the difference between homework and housework?
7 What is the opposite of lose a game?
8 What is the opposite of lose weight?
9 Law often appears in the phrase law and ................ . What is the missing word?
0 If you want to sit at a table in a cafe and you see that one person is sitting there already,
but another seat is empty, what can you say to the person sitting down?

3.3 In the word ‘island’ /ailond/, the letter ‘s’ is silent (= not pronounced). Use the pronunciation
guide in your dictionary to find the silent letters in each of these words. (Do not include the
letter ‘e’ at the end of a word.)
knife bomb psychology receipt castle doubt wrist calm
Note: Students often ask if the letter ‘t’ is pronounced in ‘often’. Some people pronounce it,
others don’t. What does your dictionary say?
3.4 Look at the entry for suit on the right, then match the definitions with the sentences on the
left.
suit? v (T] 1 to be. acceptable or conventent fora par- (S]
1 I’m afraid black doesn’t suit me — my
ticular person or in a particular situation: Finding date. [wy
a
hair is the wrong colour. tht tts usa ts vay dificult | Haya database program
to suit your needs. | suit
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complete)
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e)
=be
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2 a: Pm not going, so don’t ask me again. acceptable) “highto'elock?” “That suits mefine."|saitel
B: OK. Suit yourself. down to the ground (=be exactly right for someone)
. . Yup, this little car suits medown tatheground. 2 {notin
look
3 If we have the meeting this afternoon, passive) to make someone attractive: That coat re.
would 2.30 suit you? ally suits Paul.|Red. suits you. —-see rr’ (USAGE)
3. .well/best/ideally suited to have the right qualities to
do something: Dirk would be ideally suited ta the job.
4 suit yourself spoken used to tell someone they can do
whatever they want to, even though it annoys you: “/
don't really feel like going out after all.” "Suit yourself.”
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