Vocabulary

Lesson 1 - Education 

Make or Do

Complete the phrases with make or do (in the correct form and tense).
 

I'm an engineer. What do you ______ ?
I'll be late back. I'm going to ______ the shopping.
I just cannot find the time to ______ the accounts. I'm way behind with my work.
I'd like you to ______ more of an effort.
I'm going to night school. I really want to ______ something of myself.
Do you like this skirt? I ______ it myself.
I didn't win the competition but I ______ my best.
I'm ______ enquiries about flights to Miami.
I know you want to help but you are ______ more harm than good.
Could you ______ me a favour?
I was really frightened. He was ______ more than 200 kpm. That's about 125 mph!
I don't promise anything but I'll ______ my best.
Is there anywhere I could ______ a phone call?
Don't tell them about it. It's not worth ______ a fuss.
I don't see how we can ______ a profit in this market.
I've ______ all the necessary arrangements.
Someone has to ______ a decision.
What shall we ______ now?
I don't usually go to parties but in this case I will ______ an exception.
Could you ______ me a favour? Extension Exercise: College/University

Lesson 2 - Responsibilities

 Household Chores (tasks)


 1. My mother asked me to do the (dishes/plates).

2. My father asked me to (make/do) my bed.

3. My brother asked me to (wet/water) the plants.

4. My grandmother asked me to (cleanse/clean) the litter box.

5. My roommate asked me to do the (clothes/laundry).

6. My wife asked me to (mow/cut) the lawn.

7. My boyfriend asked me to (vaccuum/vacate) the living room.

8. My mother asked me to (scrub/scrape) the toilet.

9. My parents asked me to (tidy/tighten) up my room.

10. My grandfather asked me to (take/make) out the trash.

Extension Exercise: Around the House

 Lesson 3 - Confusing Word Pairs

Commonly Confused Pairs
 

beside/besides

·       I put your bag ________________ your coat.

·       Who was at the meeting, _________________ Tom and Harry?

clothes/cloths

·       You should take your _________________ out of the washing machine.

·       Micro-fibre ___________________ are best for cleaning glass.

experiment/experience 

The ___________________ was conducted by scientists at Oxford.
Climbing Mount Everest is a once in a lifetime _________________.

last/latest

·       Have you read Dan Brown’s ________________ novel?

·       Finnegan’s Wake was the _________________ James Joyce novel publish before his death.

lose/loose

·       I need to ______________ some weight before the summer.

·       If you do, your clothes will be ________________ on you.

principle/principal

·       The _________________ makes all the decisions in the school.

·       You should have called, as a matter of _____________________.

quite/quiet

·       Karen’s baby is really ______________. You wouldn’t even know she was in the room.

·       Karen’s baby is _____________ cute. She looks like her mother.

sensible/sensitive

·       Patrick is a very ________________ man. He cries watching sad movies!

·       Sheila is a very _________________ girl. She always makes the right decision.

shade/shadow

·       Can we sit in the _______________? I’m very hot.

·       My dog’s a coward. He barks at his own ________________.

some time/sometimes

·       You should come visit us __________________. We only live ten minutes away.

·       My sister _________________ comes to visit us. She lives in Paris.
 

Extension Exercise: Confusing Synonyms





Lesson 4 - Weather and Climate 

1. We're in the middle of a heat- (streak/wave). It has been very hot for two weeks.

2. It looks like the sky is (shining/clearing) up. It's going to be a beautiful day.

3. That man was (struck/beaten) by lightning twice in the past year.

4. A (drought/draft) is a long period without any rain.

5. Summers in states like Tennessee are very hot and very (humidity/humid).

6. We got caught in the thunderstorm and got completely (socked/soaked).

7. The coastal areas of California have an (ideally/ideal) climate.

8. Did you check the weather (forecast/foreplay) for tomorrow? Is it going to rain?

9. Was it cold in Canada? Yes, it was 20 (under/below) zero.

10. Another word for "cloudy" is "" (clouded/overcast).

11. It's very cold = It's (frozen/freezing)

12. It was cold in the morning, but it (warmed/heated) up by the afternoon.

13. Many homes were (destructed/destroyed) by the hurricane.

14. Small pellets of ice that fall from the sky during a storm are called (rain/hail).

15. Don't go outside! You could get (struck/stroked) by lightning!

16. The (thunder/lightning) was very loud.

17. It was so (wind/windy) outside that my hat was blown off my head.

18. A (gutsy/gusty) wind = A very strong wind

19. A snowstorm = A (blizzard/buzzard)

20. If the weather is mild and pleasant, you can say it's (balmy/calming).

Extension Exercise: Homonyms

Lesson 5 - The Media 

The radio, the television and the press constitute the .....................

In England newspapers fall into two categories: the .................... Papers (Tabloids) interested in scandals and the Quality Papers (Broadsheets) interested in more serious topics.

A  newspaper is different from a magazine.

'The Independent' is a British .................... . It's published every day, it's called a .....................

'Time Magazine' is an American magazine; it's printed every week, it's called a .....................

'Newsweek' is another famous magazine which sells more than 3 million ....................; it has a very large ______________.

In fact, the number of people who actually read it -its .................... - is superior to this number.

Many people buy their papers from a ...................., but others prefer to receive it at home, that's why they ....................  to their favourite paper.

The front page is covered with big headlines while the .................... of a magazine is often a colour photograph.

a. newsagent
b. publication
c. popular
d. media
e. readership
f.  weekly
g. daily
h. copies
i.  circulation
j.  cover
k. subscribe
Extension Exercise: The Media