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Which words are being defined? Try to write the answers without looking back at the
previous exercises.
1 .............................: a group of people that controls a group or organization
2
...........................
: a group of people chosen or appointed to perform a specified service
or function
3 ............................. : a person who handles correspondence, keeps records, and does
general clerical work for an individual, organization, etc.
4 .............................: an official record of the proceedings of a meeting, conference,
convention, etc.
5 .............................: a person who has authority at a meeting, a committee, a debate, 
a
department, etc.
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In English, the normal word order is subject-verb-object, so we are used to seeing a verb 
and its subject together. However, sometimes the noun immediately before the verb is not 
the subject, so when you are skim-reading be careful to look at the whole subject.
The sta ff members who need to speak to the parents are not here today.
(It is not the parents, but the staff members, who need to speak to the parents, who are 
not here.)
The decision which was made by the school council is not popular.
(It is the decision made by the school council, not the school council, that is unpopular.)
2 
Read the sentences and answer the questions with the full subject. Then underline the most
important noun in the subject.
1 
The photographs o f the people partying on the beach with m y sisters are beautiful.
Who or what are beautiful?
2 
The importance o f the education I received in the UK should not be forgotten.
What should not be forgotten?
3 
The details o f the cases involving the teenagers who travelled w ithout passports are
not known yet.
What is not known?
4
The secret o f a successful career
; 
according to m y mother, is to have children first,
when you are still young.
What is this sentence mainly about: the secret, a career or a mother?
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