Check your english vocabulary for rawdon Wyatt

A. (Shape) Match the words below with the picture that best represents each word.
1. pyramid
2. cube
3. crescent
4. spiral
5. cone
6. sphere
7. rectangle 8. triangle
9. square
10. circle 
11. cylinder 12. oval
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Shape & features
For reference, see the 
Easier English Dictionary for Students
(978 0 7475 6624 3) 
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B. (Shape) Look at the following list of words and decide what the correct adjective form is,
A, B or C.
1. sphere
______________
__________________A._cubed'>A. spherous
B. spherical
C. spherocous
2. cube
______________
A. cubed
B. cubous
C. cubal
3. cone
______________
A. conacular
B. conous
C. conical
4. rectangle
______________
A. rectanglous
B. rectanglis
C. rectangular
5. triangle
______________
A. triangular
B. trianglous
C. triangled
6. circle
______________
A. circled
B. circulous
C. circular
7. square
______________
A. square
B. squaret
C. squarous
8. cylinder
______________
A. cylindrous
B. cylindal
C. cylindrical
C. (Features) Match the descriptions on the left with the objects, geographical features, etc.,
on the right.
A. a country road in very poor condition
B. somebody’s hair
C. a very old tree
D. a knife
E. a slow-moving river
F. a mountain
G. a banana
H. agricultural countryside
I. an application form
1. a sharp edge with jagged teeth
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2. steep, with a pointed peak
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3. rolling, with undulating wheat fields
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4. curved, with a smooth surface
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5. flat, with words and dotted lines
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6. wavy, with blonde highlights
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7. meandering, with a calm surface
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8. winding and bumpy, with deep potholes
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9. hollow, with rough bark
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Emphasis & misunderstanding
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For reference, see the 
Easier English Dictionary for Students
(978 0 7475 6624 3)
A. (Emphasis) Match the sentences on the left with an appropriate sentence on the right.
1. The minister’s 
emphasis
on the word
‘peace’ was noticeable.
2. Our guide 
accentuated 
the importance of
remaining calm if there was trouble.
3. Our teacher explained that it was 
crucially
important 
to pace ourselves while revising
for the exam.
4. At the People’s Party conference, the 
accent
was on youth unemployment.
5.
Prominent 
trade unionists have called for a
boycott of imported goods.
6. It is 
of crucial importance 
that we make
more use of technology if we are to make
progress.
A. The government will have to sit up and
take note of what these 
important 
people
have to say.
B. She 
emphasised 
the fact that panicking
would only make matters worse.
C. The leader 
gave prominence 
to the need to
create better job opportunities.
D. We consider progress in this field to be
extremely important.
E. He 
put great stress 
on the maxim that ‘All
work and no play makes Jack a dull boy’.
F.
He 
stressed 
again and again the importance
of an established détente.
B. (Emphasis) Now complete these sentences with an expression in 
bold
from the above
exercise. In some cases, more than one answer may be possible.
1. Some medical treatments do very little to help the patient. In fact, in some cases, they only
__________________________ the pain.
2. The revolution began when a __________________________ member of the ruling party was
assassinated.
3. At the meeting of the Students’ Council, the __________________________ was on better standards of
accommodation.
4. She __________________________ the need to be fully prepared for all eventualities while travelling.
5. The Minister of Transport __________________________ on the need for an integrated transport policy.
6. It is __________________________ that we try to improve relations between our countries.
7. She banged the table for __________________________ as she spoke.
C. (Misunderstanding) Complete sentences 1 - 9 with an appropriate word or expression from
the box. In some cases, more than one answer is possible. 
mix-up • obscure • impression • distorted
misapprehension • mistaken • confusion • assumed • confused
1. She was __________________________ by the journalist’s questions. 
2. There were scenes of ____________________ at the airport when the snowstorm stopped all the flights.
3. We nearly didn’t catch our flight because of a __________________________ over the tickets.
4. There are several __________________________ points in his letter. It’s not very clear.
5. He _____________________ the meaning of my speech, creating the false impression that I was a racist.
6. He was under the __________________________ that socialism and communism were the same thing.
7. The jury __________________________ , wrongly, that he was innocent.
8. They were __________________________ in the belief that the refugees were in the country for
economic rather than political reasons.
9. The press were under the __________________________ that the Prime Minister was about to resign.

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