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PRACTICAL ASSIGNMENTS

Exercise 1. Insert these borrowed words into the sentences below:

chalk pine blind kettle
antenna problems tango garage
dishes alibi pepper episode

 

1) Salt can be replaced by a wide range of herbs, spices, lemon juice, vinegars or freshly ground black_________.

2) Do you have any __________with this?

3) There were several tasty ________listed on the menu.

4) _______is a soft limestone that is white, gray or yellow or something made of this substance.

5) _________is a building for housing a motor vehicle or vehicles.

6) Here's a pretty _________of fish.

Is like beauty, science, and the arts.

8) An___________ is a wire that receives and conducts electromagnetic waves, typically to transmit information.

9) An__________ is an excuse used by a person when they’re trying to avoid getting into trouble, so they say they were somewhere they weren’t.

10) ______trees do not have leaves that turn different colors in autumn.

11) ________is the branch of biology that studies plants .

12) That __________of The Simpsons was spectacular!

 

Keys:

1) pepper 3) dishes 5) garage 7) tango 9) alibi 11) botany

2) problems 4) chalk 6) kettle 8) antenna 10)pine 12) episode

 

Exercise 2.Fill in the blank with the necessary word .

opponent premonition contact defect
deduction success effect accession
conductor affection advisor production

 

1) _____________ is a person who collects fares and sells tickets on a bus.

2) __________ is the acting of making or manufacturing from components or raw materials.

3) _____________ is a person who gives advice in a particular field.

4) ______________ is a person who disagrees or resists a proposal or practice.

5) ______________ is the attainment of fame, wealth or social status.

6 ______________ is a strong feeling that something is about to happen.

7) _____________ is a gentle feeling of fondness.

8 _______________ is a shortcoming, imperfection.

9) ______________ is a change which is a result or consequence of an action.

10) _____________ is the action of formality joining or being accepted by an institution or group.

11 ______________ is the state of physical touching.

12) _____________ is the inference of particular instances by reference to a general principle.

Keys:

1) conductor 4) opponent 7) affection 10) accession

2) production 5) success 8) defect 11) contact

3) advisor 6)premonition 9) effect 12) deduction

 

Exercise 3. Draw lines to match each foreign-born word with its English meaning.

1) pirouette a) mixture of dried flowers and spices
2) ad hoc b) argument attacking a person, not a position
3) faux pas c) reminder to buyers to be careful
4) matinee d) ballet step turning on one foot
5) potpourri e) ready to accept control or instruction
6) ad hominem f) created on the spot, improvised
7) intangible g) embarrassing use of bad manners
8) caveat emptor h) a favorite food the world over
9) docile i) an afternoon performance in a theatre
10) pizza j) unable to be touched
11) candid k) ostentatiously costly and luxurious
12) turbulent l) abundant in supply quantity
13) juncture m) truthful and straighforward
14) copious n) a place where things join
15) opulent o) moving unsteadily or violently

 



Keys:

1) – d) 6) – b) 11) – m)

2) – f) 7) – j) 12) – o)

3) – g) 8) – c) 13) – n)

4) – i) 9) – e) 14) – l)

5) – a) 10) – h) 15) – k)

 


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