Vocabulary Practice

Look at the underlined words in the text and try to explain them.

5. Fill in the correct word(s) from the list below:

concentrate on tolerance participate approach
issues abandon merely

motivation concept skills

1. Reading and writing are two of the ___________ which are considered to be most important in life. (learnt abilities)

2. The Parent-Teacher Association meets monthly to discuss __________concerning the school. (topics)

3. A very complex subject is best taught using a simple _____________. (method)

4. When reading a text, language learners need to ____________the sentence structure and prepositions, as well as the vocabulary. (pay full attention to)

5. Teaching a subject in a lively, interesting way increases a student's___________ to learn. (willingness)

6. Miss Dean has so much_________ that she can handle even the most difficult of students. (patience)

7. Many teachers want to ___________continual testing and concentrate more on teaching. (stop doing)

8. If you want to _______________ in this game, you must listen to the instructions first. (take part)

9. Arithmetic is ____________the introduction to advanced mathematics, but it must be learnt thoroughly. (just)

10. The ________________ of formal examinations dates back to ancient China. (idea)

Fill in the correct word(s) from the list below. Use the words only once.

to go on

to tear

to work

education

life

lo solve

cooperative

mathematics

changing

to feed

operating

to share

1. __________ learning

2. ________sb with information

3. ___________ theater

4. ________ skills

5. ____________ consultant

6. ___________ to say

7. ___________ ideas

8. _________ in pairs

9. a(n) __________world

10. ___________ the problems

11. ___________ department

12. ____________my hair out

Underline the correct word.

1. A new teacher is joining our English part/department/ section this term.

2. Cookery is a useful subject for girls and boys like/alike/ likely.

3. My brother, who speaks fluent French, coached/ studied/practised me in the subject before the exam,

4. The student paused/stopped/ended before answering the question,

5. Her teaching process/technique/way involves getting to know each student's needs.

Fill in the gaps with the correct particle(s).

1. Cooperation brings____the best in people. (reveals)

2. Heavy smoking brought _________his death. (caused)

3. Mary managed to bring her father________to her point of view. (persuade sb to change an opinion)

4. They brought him ________ by splashing water on him. (made him regain consciousness)

5. Its very hard to bring______a child. (raise)

Fill in the correct preposition, then choose any five items and make sentences.

1) alien____sb: 2) to concentrate_______sth: 3) to feed sb____sth: 4) to be responsible_______sth'sb: 5) to share sth______sb; 6) to be the key_____sth: 7) to participate_______sth: 8) to discuss sth____sb; 9) to be important____sb'sth: 10)_____detail; 11) all_______all; 12) ___my own; 13) to be suitable_____ sb.'sth

(taken from Virginia Evans and Jenny Dooley Enterprise 4 Intermediate Coursebook, pp. 121-122)

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