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Expand your English Vocabulary – Part 1

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Expand your English Vocabulary – Part 1

ACTIVITY NO 1 – COMPOUND ADJECTIVES

Examples:

a man-eating tiger.
I live in a Spanish-speaking country.
He is a well-known singer
I live in a 6-storey building.

Read the sentences and complete the compound adjectives with the missing letters.

EXAMPLE: Brian was always relaxed and easy-going which made our relationship much easier.

1) I’m not sure what’s happening, but she can’t focus on her work and she’s been …………..nt-minded recently.
2) My friends’ children are so well-be…………..d that it seems unreal.
3) Unfortunately, it was a …………..nd-rate film that I can’t recommend to anyone.
4) The book raises many interesting and thought-…………..oking questions.
5) The family was very well-………….., so he inherited a fortune from his parents.
6) You can’t resist the mouth-…………..ing desserts the restaurant has on its menu.
7) I found their behaviour quite rude and ill-…………..nered, to be honest.
8) You look tired and …………..n-out. Stop working so much!
9) Thanks to her hard work and talent, she quickly became a world-…………..s player.
10) Pro…………..-oriented companies focus mainly on financial gain.
11) The organization is looking forward to another record-…………..ing year in terms of growth next year.
12) Their theory sounds ridiculously far-…………..ed. Does anyone believe them?


ACTIVITY NO 2 – TRIOS (GAPPED SENTENCES)

Think of one word which can be used in each set of three sentences. Then, complete the jokes with the words you used in the sentences. Do you find the jokes funny?

PART 1

a) It’s dangerous here! Keep ……………..….. !
These shoes look very worn-……………..….. .
Some people have been ……………..….. of work for years.

b) Life isn’t always a ……………..….. of roses.
They’ve found many strange creatures deep down on the sea ……………..….. .
He went upstairs and made the ……………..….. .

c) The story ……………..….. the headlines and she became famous overnight.
Your brownie was a real ……………..….. at the party.
The plane was seen to ……………..….. the ground and crash.

d) If you want to ……………..….. a new charitable organization, you need to raise a large sum of money.
Because of controversy, the film has never ……………..….. its way to the cinema.
We haven’t ……………..….. enough money to pay the rent.


JOKE NO 1: My wife just ……………..….. ……………..….. I replaced our ……………..….. with a trampoline. She ……………..….. the ceiling.