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VOCABULARY REVIEW AND PRACTICE 1 A. Match the verbs in the left column with the noun phrases in the right to make collocations from the news quiz. The first one has been done for you. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. came step down revealed was laid retired served caused said make government secrets a lot of controversy to an end headlines his family as the leader to rest as the manager goodbye three terms
10. support
Try to remember in what context the above collocations were used. What stories made headlines or caused a lot of controversy in your country last year? Did any important figures step down or retire?
B. Some of the verbs above can also go with the following nouns. Which ones? _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ the truth / her full name a lot of damage / problems as a shock / to power myself / Manchester United
C. Match the verbs in the first column with the adjectives in the second and the nouns in the third. The first one has been done for you. 11. was elected 12. caused 13. receive 14. met 15. won 16. came up 17. pay 18. start 19. suffering a lot of media from poor as the new a drug their last severe his tragic the mens with a controversial business final plan destruction death respects head health attention
D. Rewrite the following sentences using the Passive so that the meaning is the same. The Philippines suffered the most as a result of Typhoon Haiyian = The Phillippines were_____________________________________. Pope Francis became the new head of the Catholic Church = Pope Francis was ________________________________________. Many European supermarkets stopped selling meat products. = Meat products were_______________________________________. The Russian government gave Snowden permission to stay in Russia. = Snowden was ____________________________________________. Look back at the news quiz to check your answers. E. For each of the words in the first box find a partner from the second box.
loud football
huge meat
former remote
human successful
baby bang
explosion village
products crisis
club rights
financial
Insert them where they belong in the sentences below. 1. Typhoon Haiyan caused destruction and killed more than 5,000 people. 2. The birth of George Alexander Louis received a lot of attention. 3. Thousands of people gathered in the village of Qunu in December 2013 to 4. pay their respects to Nelson Mandela. 5. In order to save the country from a crisis, the government of Cyprus came 6. up with a plan. 7. The star of the Fast & Furious series Paul Walker met his death in a car crash. 8. Residents of Chelyabinsk in Central Russia heard a bang as the asteroid fell to the earth.