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Look up the semantically related words below and explain their difference.a) Appliance – device – gadget – instrument – machine – tool – utensil; b) Female – feminine – feminist – womanly – womanish/ effeminate; c) Male – manly – mannish – masculine; d) To conceal – hide; e) To model – design.
7. Choose the most suitable word to fill in the gaps. a) female – feminine – feminist – womanly – womanish/ effeminate 1. She showed a ___ concern about their health. 2. The company employs 230 ___ workers. 3. Though not yet sixteen, the girl had a fine ___ figure. 4. Frank raised his hands and let out a piercing ___ cry. 5. The room was decorated in ___ pinks and pastels. 6. Dorian was very young and handsome in a slightly ___ way. 7. In the family she was notorious for being a revolutionary and a radical ___ who rejected the conventional ___ roles as wife and mother. b) male – manly – masculine – mannish 1. It’s a magazine with a predominantly ___ readership. 2. He had a deep, rich voice, so ___ and reassuring. 3. I don’t like her straightforward ___ behaviour. 4. “Drake” is a ___ word for “duck”. 5. The boy walked with a confident ___ stride. c) operating household appliances; things out of order 1. A food processor has become an indispensable ___ in the household. a) device; b) machine; c) gadget 2. As a birthday present I gave him a clever little ___ for opening bottles (infml). a) machine; b) gadget; ñ) appliance 3. I need some ___ like a screwdriver to fix the screws. a) appliance; b) instrument; c) tool 4. We packed a few essential kitchen ___ such as a couple of pots, a knife and a tin opener for our camping trip. a) appliances; b) utensils; c) tools 5. Plug the iron into that ___, will you? a) wire; b) socket; c) switch 6. When you turn off the TV set, please pull out the ___, too. a) plug; b) wire; c) switch 7. He wanted to fill the bath but couldn’t find the ___. a) stopper; b) plug; c) cork 8. The radio wasn’t working because of the loose connection of the ___. a) conductors; b) strings; c) wires 9. The bath water doesn’t run away properly; I think the ___ must be blocked. a) hole; b) tube; c) pipe 10. The tap was ___ because it needed a new washer. a) dripping; b) oozing; c) leaking 11. There is water on the floor; the washing machine must be ___. a) dripping; c) leaking; d) oozing 12. I can smell gas – there must be a ___ somewhere. a) break; b) drip; c) leak 13. When I turned on the switch, the lights ___ . a) cracked; b) expired; c) fused 14. We shall have the deck-chairs repaired. The canvas has ___ . a) burst; b) cracked; c) split 15. I’ll lend you my ___ to chop down the tree. a) jack; b) saw; c) axe 16. The screw on the chair has worked loose, I need a ___ to fix it. a) spanner; b) screwdriver; c) hammer 17. These bolts are too stiff to loosen by hand. Have you got a ___. a) screwdriver; b) spanner; c) chisel 18. What’s the use of having a hammer if you have no ___ . a) nails; b) screws; c) bolts 19. “___” can be defined as a tool handy for minor electrical jobs in the house. a) hammer; b) nail; c) pliers 20. We normally open bottles with the help of ___ . a) pliers; b) a chisel; c) a corkscrew d) miscellaneous 1. The pilot studied his ____ anxiously. a) devices; b) tools; c) instruments 2. Jake hated being ____ in the hands of some unscrupulous people. a) a tool; b) a machine; c) an instrument 3. Celia bore him no grudge for she fully realized that he was a mere ___ of fate. a) appliance; b) instrument; c) tool 4. He was a smart devil, especially clever at various ___ of evading law. a) devices; b) tools; c) instruments 5. The cottage was ___ from view by a row of thick bushes. a) hidden; b) concealed 6. Despite all his efforts Harris was unable to ___ his boredom from his hosts. a) hide; b) conceal 7. Tom and Huck ___ in the attic and kept watching Injun Joe from there. a) hid; b) concealed; c) hid themselves 8. His favourite pastime was ___ horses and other toys out of clay. a) designing; b) modeling 9. Ann wants to be an actress, but now she is ___ – to keep the wolf from the door. a) designing; b) modeling 10. Who ___ the Sydney Opera House? a) designed; b) modeled Date: 2016-01-14; view: 1292
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