Collins English for Exams Speaking for ielts

Vocabulary: Suffixes
Exercise 6
1 1 m otherhood; 2 forgetfulness; 3 addressee;
4 treatm e nt; 5 alcoholism ; 6 craftsm anship;
7 awareness; 8 employee; 9 disappointm ent;
10 heroism ; 11 leadership; 12 neighbourhood
2 
Sample answers: -ship: 
apprenticeship, 
sponsorship; 
-ness: 
completeness, fairness;
-ee: 
absentee, trainee; 
-ism: 
sexism, Com m unism ; 
-hood: 
likelihood, livelihood
3 1 shortage; 2 em ploym ent; 3 scarcity;
4 Hom esickness; 5 preference
Exercise 7
1 1 m ountainous; 2 roadworthy; 3 childproof;
4 messy; 5 plentiful
2 
Sample answers: -ous: 
cancerous, advantageous; 
-worthy: 
trustw orth y, cringew orthy;
-proof: 
waterproof, foolproof;
-y: 
sticky, classy;
-ful: 
handful, gra te ful
Exercise 8
1 1 hospitalised; 2 classify; 3 shortens; 4 widened;
5 beautify
2 
Sample answers: -ise: 
economise, legalise;
-en: 
slacken, whiten;
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Speaking for IELTS

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Units 9 -1 0
-ify : 
sim plify, ju stify;
-ate: graduate, duplicate, elongate, accelerate 
Pronunciation: Silent letters
Exercise 10
1 Newcastle
2 a / e / Leicester; Reading; Greenwich 
b / a / Leicester; Plymouth
c / e i / Cambridge
3 Leteester Newcastle Reading Greenwich
Exercise 11
1 island; 2 calm ; 3 camera; 4 half;
5 interesting; 6 vineyard; 7 w alk;
8 Wednesday; 9 foreigner; 10 restaurant
Grammar: The passive
Exercise 13
a My local Italian is said to be the best restaurant 
in town. / It is said that my local Italian is the best 
restaurant in town.
b The agent 
[my mum)
is known and im p ortan t so we 
w ould not use the passive.
c The new canal has been found to be a flood risk. / It 
has been found that the new canal is a flood risk.