VOCABULARY IN USE

Vocabulary in use
classroom language
I/ Answer these questions.
1 What do you rub off the board?
2 What do you put in a rape recorder?
3 What do you put on an OHP?
4 What do you keep in a file?
5 What do you put in a briefcase?
6 What do you put in a socket?
7 What do you use a dictionary for?
8 What do you use a rubber for?
9 What do you use a photocopier for?
10 Why do you turn up a tape recorder?
II/ Match the verbs on the left with the nouns on the right.
1 clean places
2 turn up a word
3 borrow mistakes
4 swap the board
5 video a dictionary
6 do the OHP
7 correct the tape recorder
8 look up a programme
9 plug in an exercise

IV/Think about your last lesson. Did you do any these things?
clean the board swap places with someone
use a rubber look up a word
borrow something make a mistake
watch a video write something down in a notebook
V/ Here are some answers. What are the possible questions?
A: ........................................... .........? B: It means to exchange places. A:.....................................................? B: /swop/ Like `cop` or `stop`.
A: .....................................................? B: S-W-A-P.
A: .....................................................? B: I can`t see the board from here. Will you swap places with me?
prefixes
I Which prefix forms the opposite of these words? (The bottom line are all verbs, the rest are adjectives.)
.....happy .....patient .....polite .....legal
.....correct .....regular .....visible .....possible
..... legible ..... friendly ..... employed ..... honest
..... pack ..... lock ..... agree ..... like

II/ Agree with these statements, using words from the box which have the same meaning as the underlined words.
Example: A: He doesn`t have a job, does he?
B: No, ...he unemployed................
1.It`s against the law, isn`t it?
..................................................
2.His room is always in a mess, isn`t it?
Yes...................................................
3. He took of his clothes !
Yes....................................................
4 This handwriting is impossible to read.
Yes I know,...................................................
5 She can never wait for five minutes, can she?
No...................................................
6 I thought it was rude, didn`t you?
Yes, it was very ...............................................
III/ Complete the verbs in these sentences.
1 I`m sorry, I mis..................... her message completely.
2 We un..................... as soon as we got to the hotel, then went out for a walk.
3 She was here a minute ago, but then she dis...................... I`m afraid I don`t know where she is now.
4 We normally have similar opinions but I dis..................... with him totally on the subject of drugs.
5 My homework was so bad that I`ll have to re..................... it.
6 Apparently her alarm clock didn`t ring and she over..................
7 She finally managed to un..................... the door and we were able to go inside.
8 I dis..................... the film, but the others enjoyed it.
9 I don`t think I`ll pass the exam, but I can always re..................... it in September.
10 The post office shuts for lunch but it should re.......at 2.00 p.m.
11 She`s over..................... at the moment. She really needs a holiday and a complete break from her job.
12 My sister wrapped up my present so well that it took me about five minutes to un..................... it.

adjective suffixes
I/ Write down an adjective (or adjectives) formed from these nouns or verbs.
thought dirt pain comfort
attract care knowledge fame
create danger suit rely
fog politics sun wash
home enjoy music break
use
II/ Fill the gaps with suitable adjectives from the opposite page.
1 You must be very ..................... when you drive in wet weather.
2 It was so ..................... this morning that I couldn`t see more than twenty metres in front of me.
3 Everyone in my country has heard other; she`s very .....................
4 The people in the tourist information office were very ............... .. and answered all our questions without any problems.
5 This is a very............. road; there were at least three serious accidents on it last year.

6 It was very ..................... when I hit my leg against the corner of the table.
7 This bag is very..................... because I can use it for work or when I go on holiday.
8 We`ve never had any problems with our TV in ten years; it`s been very.....................
9 The factory is in the middle of the .................... part of the city, surrounded by other
factories.
10 I made some coffee but it was horrible. In fact, my sister said it was ......................
11 I`m afraid my working hours are very .................; I have to start at exactly the same
time every day and finish at the same time every day.
12 It seems terrible to me that there are so many ..................... people living in a city with thousands of empty houses.

III/ How many of these words can form opposites with the suffix -less?
painful wonderful useful careful
beautiful tactful awful thoughtful
Can you think of words which mean the opposite of the other words (the ones without -less)?
IV/ From the adjectives on this page and the opposite page, choose three which could describe each of these people or things. (You can use the same adjective more than once.)
1 the weather ..............................................................................
2 someone who is a very bad driver ........................................
3 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ................................................
4 a large city .......................................................................
5 Albert Einstein ..................................................................
6 a new car .............................................................................
7 a speech .............................................................................
8 yourself ........ ............................................................
Zero affixation What is zero affixation?
Many words in English can function as a noun and verb, or noun and adjective) or verb and adjective, with no change in form. The meaning is not always the same, hut this unit looks at examples where the words do have the same meaning.
What`s the answer? (noun) I must clean my room. (verb)
Answer the question, (verb) It`s a clean room. (adjective)
I don`t like the cold. (noun) I didn`t reply to the letter, (verb)
I don`t like cold weather, (adjective) I wrote a reply to the letter, (noun)
Note: Other examples in the hook are marked like this: ache (n, v), damage (n, v), dry (v, adj). Keep a record of them in your notebook.
brake (= stop a car using the brake on the floor) ring (= phone)
diet (= eat less and lose weight) push (?pull)
guess (= give an answer without knowing the facts) murder (= kill someone)
Note: Other words in this group include: stay, drink, rest, look, cost, and wait. Use a dictionary if you need to check the meaning. Here arc a few examples:
We queued for half an hour. We waited in a queue for half an hour.
This orange smells/tastes strange. This orange has got a strange smell/taste.
I didn`t know the answer, so I guessed. I didn`t know the answer, so I had a guess.

Which verb?
When you use these words as nouns, you need to choose the correct verb to use with it.
Verb Noun
We stayed in Paris for a short time. We had a short stay in Paris.
We rested for a while. We had a short rest.
She braked quickly. She put on the brakes quickly.
He needs to diet. He needs to go on a diet.
I`m going to ring him. I`m going to give him a ring.
I looked in the paper. I had a look in the paper.
He pushed me. He gave me a push.
I dreamt about you last night. I had a dream about yon last night.

I Rewrite these sentences using the underlined nouns as verbs. The meaning must stay the
same. Look at the example first.
Example: There was a lot of rain yesterday.
It rained a lot yesterday.
1 We had a long wait.
2 I had a dream about you last night.
3 We waited in the queue for half an hour.
4 The cost of the holiday was about $500.
5 I wrote a reply to his letter yesterday.
II Now rewrite these sentences using the underlined verbs as nouns. The meaning must stay the same.
1 I`ll ring him this evening.
2 I diet if I put on weight.
3 It was very hot, so we rested for a while after lunch.
4 I braked but I still couldn`t stop in time.
5 He pushed me.
6 Did you look in the paper?

III Sometimes the same word form can be a verb and noun but with a very different meaning. Read these pairs of sentences. Does the verb have the same meaning as the noun, a similar meaning, or a completely different meaning?
1 We had a long wait for the bus.
If we wait any longer, we may miss the train.
2 Could we have another bottle of water, please?
I asked her to water the garden.
3 I gave him the book.
Did you book the table in the restaurant?
4 They always take a break after an hour`s work.
Did he break his arm skiing?
5 I go for a run most mornings.
I was late so I had to run to get to school on time.