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
general vocabulary
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Shape & features
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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
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__________________A._cubed'>A. spherous
B. spherical
C. spherocous
2. cube
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A. cubed
B. cubous
C. cubal
3. cone
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A. conacular
B. conous
C. conical
4. rectangle
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A. rectanglous
B. rectanglis
C. rectangular
5. triangle
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A. triangular
B. trianglous
C. triangled
6. circle
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A. circled
B. circulous
C. circular
7. square
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A. square
B. squaret
C. squarous
8. cylinder
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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