Unit 3 Vocabulary practice

Revision and exams Vocabulary extra

1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of 4 Write what the underlined words or expressions are
suitable verbs. examples of.
If you want to get good results, you have to revise for I come from Loughborough thats
your exams. LOUGHBOROUGH. spelling
1 If you me to buy the books, Ill 1 Listen and repeat: /lfbr/.
remember to bring them tomorrow. 2 I want to give up smoking.
2 If youre supposed to be working hard, why are you 3 Im afraid shes away on a business trip until next week.
a break?
3 If you dont take notes in class, you wont be able to 4 Purchase means the same as buy.
study and you might the exam.
4 If you attention in class, youll be 5 He knows how to make people feel bad. He really
able to take notes. put the knife in, you know.
5 If you speaking the language, youll 6 How do you say Estudias o trabajas? in English?
probably pass the oral exam.
7 The word fit can be used as a noun, verb and
Verb collocations adjective.
2 Correct the seven mistakes in the text with suitable verbs. 8 Homework Work that teachers give their students to
do at home.
I wasnt a very good student and I sometimes used to 9 Id like to live in a Mediterranean country like Spain.
miss
leave a day at school. I went school when I was sixteen

because I wanted to make a job and do some money. After 5 Write adjectives that collocate with the nouns.
monolingual / bilingual dictionary, speakers
a few years of working, I taught to drive and I received a
1 pronunciation, example, description
new car. However, I soon realized that my life wasnt going 2 verbs, noun plurals
to make better if I didnt get some qualifications, so I went 3 / letter,
discussion, negotiations
back to school! Next year, I hope to be to university at an
4 information, translation
age when most of my friends are leaving university and
6 Complete the text with the correct form of the words
looking for their first job! in the list.
build check habit idea look mean
do / make / take record revise
3 Complete the sentences with the correct form of Its a good idea to read a lot if you want to increase your
suitable nouns. vocabulary. When you find an unknown word, first use
I try to do my homework on Friday evening. the context to decide what it (1) . If
1 Everybody makes , but not youre still not sure, (2) up the word
everybody learns from them. in a dictionary and (3) the meaning
of the new word in a notebook. You should also get into
2 When I got to the stop, the I
the (4) of (5) all
usually take had already gone.
the new words that youve studied once a week. If you do
3 We cant study because the neighbours are making a this regularly, youll soon (6) up your
lot of . vocabulary and you wont need to (7)
4 Jenny works for a pharmaceutical company and shes your dictionary so often.
doing some into new medicines.
5 I need to take a for five minutes
and have something to eat.
6 A good way of making new at
university is by joining a club.

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