Exercises excellent 2

B- Vocabulary
I- Match the words and their meanings:
1. Masterpiece a. a story written in a form suitable for a film
2. Sob b. distressing
3. Screenplay c. a piece of work, especially art done with wonderful skill.
4. Trying d. without limit
5. Sweeping e. to weep, cry
6. Incredible f. never having happened before
7. Unprecedented g. surprising and wonderful
II-Match the words and their meanings:
1. Brainless a. without value
2. Jobless b. not able to speak.
3. Penniless c. courageous.
4. Scoreless d. stupid
5. Speechless e. having no children.
6. Worthless f. without any points.
7. Hairless g. hurting
8. Childless h. unemployed
9. Painful i. Having no money
10. Fearless j. bald
III-Match the words and their definitions:
1. Crash a. to blow up or burst.
2. Explode b. great overflow of water.
3. Battlefield c. to hurt or damage.
4. Harm d. to have a sudden, violent and noisy accident.
5. Flood e. to go down to the bottom of water.
6. Powerful f. a place where a battle is or was fought.
7. Sink g. very strong or having a strong effect.
IV-Match these words and their definitions:

1. Abolish a. in good health
2. Burden b. extremely fat
3. Deadline c. to stop and bring to an end.
4. Fit d. like a man
5. Manly e. feeling of nervous strain.
6. Obese f. a heavy load.
7. Promotion g. advancement in rank or position.
8. Tension h. a date or time before which something must be
done.
V-Match the words and their and their definitions:
1. Garbage a. intended to be used once and then thrown
away.
2. Appetite b. the act of getting rid of.
3. Give off c. waste material to be thrown away.
4. Law d. something which causes damage.
5. Spoil e. set of rules which govern a country.
6. Disposable f. suitable, qualified
7. Instant g. of food which can be made up easily for use.
8. Recycle h. to make bad.
9. Disposal i. sent out.
10. Harmful j. to pass a substance that has already been used through a system of treatment so that it is fit to
use again
VI-Match the words and their meanings:
1. Poison a. to move or advance slowly and quietly.
2. Squander b. completely destructive.
3. Devastating c. to become worse.
4. Deteriorate d. dad things and troubles.
5. Creep e. to make dangerously impure.
6. Ultimately f. amount if something compared to something
else.
7. Ills g. to waste and spend foolishly.
8. Rate h. in the end.
VII-Match the words and their definitions:

1. Threat a. necessary and very important.
2. Amount b. to keep in existence.
3. Prevent c. something regarded as a possible danger.
4. Essential d. to ruin completely.
5. agreement e. quantity
6. Destroy f. to finish, especially in a particular place.
7. Maintain g. to stop something happening.
8. End up h. an arrangement or promise, as made between
people.
VIII-Match these words and their definitions and meanings:
1. lag a. a person who is able to read and write
2. link b. to move or develop more slowly than others
3. literate c. connection
4. fearless d. believable
5. restful e. eatable
6. credible f. desirable
7. restless g. brave
8. edible h. never quiet
9. eligible i. peaceful
10. Base j. something that need consideration, service, attention…
11. pregnancy k. the bottom of something
12. Handicap l. the condition of having an unborn baby.
VIV-Match these words and their synonyms

1. run out a. bad –tempered
2. discontented b. obligatory
3. irritable c. end
4. expand d. unlucky
5. compulsory e. selfish
6. obstacle f. displeased
7. self-centered g. barrier
8. unfortunate h. enlarge

VV-Match the words and their meanings:
1. Capture a. with not enough of
2. Wealthy b. Commerce.
3. Outbreak c. rich
4. Short of d. To take prisoner.
5. Refuge e. To cause to fail.
6. characteristic f. An effort made to do something.
7. Trade g. Shelter or a place of protection.
8. Deprive of h. A sudden appearance of something.
9. Defeat i. Established socially accepted practice.
10. Prejudice j. To take away from by force.
11. Custom k. Unreasoning opinion or dislike.
12. Attempt l. feature
VVI- Match these words and their synonyms:
1. Discrimination a. Extremist
2. Fanatic b. Varied
3. Achievement c. Accomplishment
4. Tolerance d. Bias
5. Attempt e. Permissiveness
6. Trade f. Try
7. Heterogeneous g. commerce.

C-Functions
II-Match the statement and their functions:
1. I am absolutely sure he is ill. a. improbability
2. I bet he’ll pass the exam b. possibility
3. It is unlikely he’ll meet her at the airport. c. probability.
4. There’s a chance he’ll win the race. d. certainty.
5. I’m sure he can’t ride a bicycle. e. impossibility
III-What would you say in thee situations:
1. A: Do you think Brazil will win the 2010 World Cup?
B: (express possibility)
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2. A: do you think you’ll have a good mark in the next test:
B: (express certainty)
……………………………………………………………………..
3. A: Do you think America will have bases on the moon.
B: (express probability)
……………………………………………………………………..
4. A: do you think scientists will find a cure for AIDS this year?
B:(express improbability)
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IV-Start the following sentences with the given words:
1. “Let’s go to the cinema.”
2. My father suggests that we………………………………………................
3. “Why don’t we paint the kitchen white?”
4. the wife suggests that we………………………………………..................
5. “Let’s not start yet.”
6. he suggests that we………………………………………………………….
7. “Shall we send him a letter?”
8. My friend suggests that………………………………………………….....
9. “Let’s wash the car, shall we?”
10. I suggest that we………………………………………………...................

D-Vocabulary exercises
I-Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words from the box:
Recovery setting harmless last reject disaster

1. I don’t ………………………………………….you your journeys in this bad weather.
2. The dog seems fierce, but it is……………………………….….because it has never bitten anyone.
3. I am sorry to……………………………………...…..all your suggestions because they don’t seem reasonable.
4. Our club includes people from all ……………………….………….of life.
5. The death of her five children was a……………………………………..
6. Our story has its………………………………………….…………in ancient Rome.
7. Our holidays never seem to……………………………….. for good health.
8. Sunshine, fresh air and rest often………………a person’s……………. from sickness.
II-Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words from the box:

1. It was very ..................of you to give me a lift.
2. She remained ......................to her husband all her life. She never betrayed him.
3. A Careless driver is a danger for us.
4. The dog seems fierce, but it is…………………….….because it has never bitten anyone.
5. Ahmed’s intelligence and hard work make him……………………..in his life.
6. Look at this beautiful parrot with……………………..wings.
7. It’s good to be………………………..to your friends when they are in need of you.

I-Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words from the box:

1. Yogurt pots, plastic bottles, and paper plates are ................. products.
2. The bad weather ................ our holidays last weekend.
3. Gases from cars are poisoning the air of our cities.
4. The machines can deteriorate rapidly if they are not taken care of.
5. Illness ................... him form doing his work.
6. If you continue to steal you’ll .................in prison.
7. He is so ............... right now because he failed to get a promotion.
8. The ..................... amounts of money spent on weapons should be better spent on medical research.
9. Your father, your mother, your grandfather, your grandmother and so on back are your ........................
10. All my memories of my childhood in the countryside ................ from my mind.

Make any necessary changes.
e.g. -The baby got upbecause of the sound of the telephone.
-The baby woke up because of the sound of the telephone
Put off, put on, wake up, hand out, make up, and look up

1. The teacher distributed the prizes among the students.
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2. Please, would you lift these newspapers from the floor?
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3. You should remove your shoes in the mosque.
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4. I’ll wear my coat today.
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5. The policeman tookdown my name and my address in his notebook.
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6. He only invented the whole story.
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7. He decided to delay our holiday until next week because of bad weather.
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8. He forgot to switch off the radio.
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9. Please, search for the word in your dictionary.
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Put off, put on, wake up, hand out, make up, look up