Name : ___________________________________________________________________

Date : ___________________________________________________________________

A.

Match the words/phrases in the first column with those in the second
column.
01.

_____ incident

02.

_____ sway

03.

_____ conscience

04.

_____ universal

05.

_____ grief

06.

_____ virulent

07.

_____ moved

08.

_____ undergo

09.

_____ presumably

10.

_____ perpetrate

11.

_____ outpouring

12.

_____ motive

13.

_____ enduring

14.

_____ abuse

15.

_____ pervade

16.

_____ injunction

17.

_____ gloomy

18.

_____ ravages

19.

_____ artificial

20.

_____ indelible

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)

a persons sense of right and wrong

great sadness
to experience a change or something unpleasant
reason for doing something
unhappy and without hope
made or created by humans rather than occurring
naturally
g) influence or persuade
h) full of hostility and bitterness
i) cannot be removed or erased
j) an order/instruction issued by a court of law
k) damaging effects of something
l) an unpleasant or unusual event
m) lasting a long time
n) to be present everywhere
o) commit a crime or an immoral or harmful act
p) cruel and violent treatment or behaviour
q) probably
r) affected emotionally
s) a continuous expression of strong emotions in an
uncontrolled way
t) affecting everyone

B.

Fill in the blanks below with one appropriate word.

01.

_______________ time immemorial, mankind has

_______________ wiping itself _______________.

been

bent

02.

The killer _______________ to committing the crime and then went on

to explain that he had had no choice as the victim had threatened him.

03.

Jakes workaholic tendencies brought _______________

deterioration of both his marriage and his well-_____________.

04.

Terry is absolutely dedicated _______________ her step-children.

05.

After the washing machine gave _______________, Sarah had to do

the laundry _______________ hand.

06.

The disease first manifests _______________ severe insomnia.

07.

The court has ______________ an injunction banning the newspaper

from publishing the scandalous photographs.

08.

There were many discrepancies ________________ the two versions of

the story.

09.

My husband was ____________ redundant last week, after 35 years at

that factory.

10.

How is this evidence relevant ____________ your case?

11.

The mayors daughter ____________ entangled ____________ the son

of a terrorist. The mayor had to help her disentangle herself from the
relationship.

12.

In the summer, I like to while ____________ my afternoons sitting on

my balcony and enjoying my coffee.

13.

If you really want to pass your proficiency exam, you have to

____________ up with a better study technique than the one you have.

14.

The mayor ____________ his resignation after the scandal broke.

the

C.

Use the correct form of the words given in the box to complete the
sentences below.

incident
manifest
lingerer

moving
presume
controversial

feign
permanent
outpouring

capital

assume
confess
anonymous

01.

Abortion,
euthanasia
and
_________________ topics.

punishment

are

all

02.

A Walk to Remember is a __________________ story about love and

loss.

03.

The police doubted the suspects guilt even though he had

______________ to the crime. They thought he was just another
nutball who claimed to be guilty of a crime he did not commit in order to
attract attention.

04.

Were you present when the _______________ took place? Can you fill
me in on what happened?

05.

Is the stain ______________ or can it be removed?

06.

The disease _____________ itself in stages rather than all at once.

07.

The informant wished to remain _______________ as he didnt want

his employer to find out that it was he who had provided the police with
evidence against him.

08.

It was wrong of you to _______________ that I didnt want to go to

the party. You should have asked me.

09.

I was overwhelmed by Jakes _______________ of emotion. I hadnt

realized he was such a sensitive guy.

10.

After the party ended, a few _______________ remained behind,

unwilling to go home.

11.

The young child _______________ illness to get out of going to school.

12.

The captain was eager to _______________ command of the new

battleship.

D.

Fill in the blanks in the sentences below with the appropriate form of
the verbs given in bold.

01.

If he hadnt behaved so ___________________,

he wouldnt have been given the sack.

SCRUPULOUS

02.

The rap artists record was banned because of its

____________________ lyrics.

CONTROVERSY

03.

It was a _________________ task, but someone

had to do it.

BURDEN

04.

Their ___________________ relationship has

survived many bad patches.

ENDURE

05.

Clara criticized her mother for treating the

children so __________________.

INDULGE

06.

Fortunately, the ___________________ was

caught before he could commit any more crimes.

PERPETRATE

07.

Would it be too much of an _________________

to ask you to pick up the kids from school today?

IMPOSE

08.

It was rather ___________________ of you to

criticize Margarets work habits, especially since
she is a very conscientious worker.

PRESUME

09.

Like so many people, Martin is _______________

by greed.

MOTIVE

10.

Unfortunately, the injured skier never regained

____________________.

CONSCIOUS

E.

Write a 250-word passage describing the environmental problems that

plague your city. Use at least eight of the sixteen words below (or
their derivatives) in your composition.
drought
rubbish dump
consequence
universal

ineffectual
dominant
abuse
illegible

presumably
consciousness
surface
inedible

filth
pervade
virulent
tedious

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