These
exercises have been taken from the students workbook AMRA in accordance with
the lesson (Unit 16)
1) Match each
word on the left with the opposite meaning on the right.
|
1 |
national |
|
a |
perish |
|
2 |
little |
|
b |
international |
|
3 |
to lower |
|
c |
winch |
|
4 |
emaciated |
|
d |
well-fed |
|
5 |
elected |
|
e |
enormous |
|
6 |
danger |
|
f |
safety |
|
7 |
survive |
|
g |
appointed |
2) Read and match
|
1 |
fact finding |
|
a |
a candidate |
|
2 |
draw up |
|
b |
a country |
|
3 |
elect |
|
c |
an accident |
|
4 |
survive |
|
d |
ones mind |
|
5 |
make up |
|
e |
a list |
|
6 |
invade |
|
f |
mission |
3) Add one of
the prepositions / particles from the box to complete the verb
|
down of
on
out
up |
1)
Different
people come
with different answers.
2)
The
Upper House consists
200 members.
3)
After
3 weeks, the team ran
. of food.
4)
Britain
declared war
Germany in 1939.
5)
When
I am a little older, I will settle
.
4) Choose a word
to complete each sentence. There are more words than you need!
|
citizens |
embargo |
conscience |
starve |
conscious |
|
cultures |
weapon |
sovereign |
thirst |
civilisations |
1)
It
is important that we understand other
.
2)
In
a democracy, the
have certain rights.
3)
When
there is a drought, people sometimes die of
. .
4)
The
UN imposed an arms
. on the country which started
the war.
5)
He
had the terrible incident on his
for the rest of his life.
5) Rewrite these
sentences using the words below to give the same meaning.
1)
I
am almost certain that she is French.
.. must
..
2)
He
never comes late.
always
..
3)
They
didnt have enough rations so they became weak.
If
they
.
4)
The
UN also encourages economic and social progress. This is another important job.
Another
important job
5)
A
meeting with the manager has been arranged for you tomorrow.
You
are
6) Choose the
correct form.
1)
He ( must /
cant / wont) be the manager because he speaks with authority.
2)
Iraq (situated
/ situates / is situated) east of Jordan.
3)
If the weather
( did / had / has ) not got worse, they (would / will / had ) have completed
the rescue.
4)
In many
countries the UN has monitors ( they support / supporting / they are supporting
) human rights.
5)
I stopped
(writing / to write / write) the letter ( to listen / listening / listen ) to
the news headlines.