English Vocabulary in Use: Advanced Book with Answers and Enhanced eBook Vocabulary Reference and Practice 3rd Edition

Now use the words above and their prepositions in these sentences.
1 The state of Maine in the USA is not 
parts of Scandinavia. They both have lakes 
and forests.
2 To pretend I didn’t want to be with her would be 
telling a lie.
3 What you say 
what I’ve heard too. I’m sure it’s correct.
4 His life story is more 
a novel by Charles Dickens than a James Bond film.
5 The culture of the north of the country is quite 
that of the south, and it’s a mistake 
to think they are the same.
Fill in the missing words.
1 There is a close affinity 
Singapore 
Hong Kong; 
both are crowded, vibrant cities 
existing in a confined space.
2 I just cannot feel any affinity 
his poetry; it’s too dark 
and cruel.
3 This version of her essay is 
indistinguishable 
the 
first version. I can’t see any changes.
4 It would be a great mistake to equate 
his shyness 
coldness 
or unfriendliness.
5 His ideas are not that dissimilar 
mine.
6 The temperatures in Moscow are 
currently comparable 
those in New York.
Choose the appropriate word in these sentences.
1 Spanish and Portuguese cultures are quite 
diverse 
/
 distinct
, even though, to the outsider, they 
may sometimes appear similar.
2 The way they weave carpets in this region is not 
dissimilar 
/
 divergent
to the way they are made in 
neighbouring countries.
3 English verbs do not always fit very easily into 
distinctive 
/
 discrete
categories. For instance, is the 
verb 
used to
an ordinary verb or a modal verb like 
would
?
4 Seen from the widely 
disparate 
/
 divergent
viewpoints of left and right, the problem either 
originates in too much freedom or in too much state control.
5 It would be very difficult to unite the 
disparate 
/
 discrete
tribes and ethnic groups to form one 
coherent political force.
6 Her CD collection contains quite a 
divergent 
/
 diverse
selection of music, with everything from 
classical to heavy metal.
7 The two suits I liked are a 
comparable 
/
 comparative
price.
8 We walked part of the way home together and then our paths 
differentiated 
/
 diverged
.
9 As he’d been to a boarding school, John loved the 
comparable 
/
 comparative 
freedom he had 
at university.
10 The business used only to make bicycles, but they’ve now 
diversified 
/
 distinguished
into a range 
of other cycling products.