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

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Exercises
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English Vocabulary in Use Advanced
Match the two parts of the collocations from the opposite page. Note the words are not 
all in bold.
1 coniferous 
a plantation
2 developed 
b industry
3 paddy 
c forest
4 chemical 
d field
5 sugar 
e nation
Here are some other words which collocate with the words in the right-hand column in 
the exercise above. There are three for each of the five words. Can you match them?
coffee deciduous dense developing manufacturing oil pharmaceutical
rain magnetic rubber tea textile wheat independent sovereign
Complete the sentences using a word from the box. There may be more than one 
possible answer.
descendants ancestors migrants emigrants immigrants
1 I believe my 
came to Britain from France in the 17th century.
2 Many 
left Russia for France after the Revolution in 1917.
3 The USA has traditionally welcomed 
from all over the world.
4 Our largest cities are full of 
looking for work and a better life.
5 Some Scots are said to be the 
of 16th century Spanish sailors shipwrecked off the 
Scottish coast.
Rewrite the underlined words using words and expressions from the opposite page.
1 Recently, the country’s economy has suffered a decline in industry concerned with making things.
2 The university has long been in a very important position in agricultural science.
3 The river delta tends to suffer catastrophic flooding on a regular basis.
4 One can often see local shepherds looking after large flocks of sheep on the hillsides.
5 In the late 18th century, migrants made their home in the uncultivated lands towards the north of 
the country.
6 In the extremely dry southern provinces, plant life is sparse.
7 In the cold northern regions, the landscape consists mostly of permanently frozen ground with 
no trees.
8 The tribes that have always existed naturally in the eastern jungles are now facing threats to their 
way of life.
9 The farmlands are dotted with woods that lose their leaves in winter, while the large forests of 
trees that are always in leaf provide the country with much-needed timber.
10 The flat grasslands of the northern USA experienced a severe long period with no rain last year.