Vocabulary and language in use
I Supply the missing noun, verb and adjective forms (if they exist) and use the appropriate form in the sentences below.
NOUN |
VERB |
ADJECTIVE |
Category/ categorization |
categorize |
categorical |
Structure |
To structure |
structural |
Experience |
experience |
Experiential |
Conjugation |
conjugate |
conjugational |
Influence |
influence |
influential |
Standardization |
standardize |
standard |
argument |
argue |
arguable |
Descendant |
descend |
Descending order/ ascending order |
perception |
perceive |
Perceivable perceptive |
Implication |
Imply implicate |
Implied implicated |
Necessity necessities / |
Necessitate |
necessary |
- Languages are usually ……………………………………. according to ancestry.
- He subtly ……………………………………. that race was an issue in the case.
- New achievement tests ……………………………………. a curriculum change.
- The book explores the changing …………………………………….s about gender.
- You essay needs ……………………………………. .
- He possesses the kind of ……………………………………. knowledge that is gained only from a long and eventful life.
- How is this verb …………………………………….?
- That is an ……………………………………. point of view.
- He claims to be ……………………………………. from a Spanish prince.
- Language ……………………………………. is the process by which conventional forms of a language are established and maintained.
- It is considered to be one the most …………………………………. books of the era.
II Use the following words with the words below to form collocations:
intrinsic/intimate, solve, source of, mode of, develop, perennial, immediate, doomed, closely, pay, peculiar, play, fundamentally.
1. __________________ connection
2. __________________ tools
3. __________________ tasks
4. __________________ different
5. __________________ thought
6. __________________ knowledge
7. __________________ to fail
8. __________________ connected
9. __________________ implication
10. __________________ problems
11. __________________ attention
12. __________________ a part
13. __________________ characteristics
III Use the following verbs with the objects below: perceive, carry out, interpret, enjoy, lack.
1. __________________ difference/world/reality/need/danger
2. __________________ data/dream/role/result/text/meaning/symbol
3. __________________ action/analysis/assessment/plan/project/task/wish/murder
4. __________________ freedom/experience/life/popularity/autonomy/reputation/time
5. __________________ ambition/authority/competence/depth/education/
experience/inspiration/maturity/self-confidence/motivation
IV Use the following verbs in the sentences below: hesitate, postulate, be named, argue, be perceived.
1. She ………………. for a moment, before saying `yes`.
2. The General`s words ……… ……………….. as a threat to countries in the region.
3. The hospital ….. ………. in honour of its principle benefactor.
4. In her paper she goes on ………………. that scientists do not yet know enough about the nature of the disease.
5. Ptolemy …………………… that the Earth was at the centre of the Universe.