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Animal Expression Quiz
This animal expression quiz focuses on expressions and words commonly used with animals. Match three related expressions or words to each animal. Animals

Task 2.
1. Use a word from the box in the correct form to complete each collocation.   shine dark light up sunny lighten darken

The Spell-Checker Poem
More than an exercise in homophonous humor, "Candidate for a Pullet Surprise" endures as a cautionary tale for all those who place too much trust in spell checkers.

Still - steal - steel
I think there should be no punishment for people who …….. food to survive. Most cars have some ……. in their body. 2. Choose the word in parentheses that

Task 5. Synonyms and confusable words
1. Choose the correct collocation.   2. The dentist told me to shut/close my mouth. 3. I didn’t know what to do when I got into my car and could

Achieve beat earn gain make defeat win
  1. I don’t have ambitions to………….a lot of money, I just want to be happy in life. 2. Jack has already…………….a very good reputation as a talented lawyer. 3. Kim has…

Task 6.
  1. Choose the opposite word.   1. high deep, little, small, low 2. wide

Adjective 2 noun 3 verb
-ist -hood -or -ese -ee -en -ision -some -ship -ise -ical - ify -ible -y -ant -ive -ness   2. Match a prefix with a word to make a new word. Then choose the appropriate

Task 8.
1. Complete the chart with the correct noun.   clue noun 1. s/he takes photographs 2. s/he pla

Ance, ence, ment, ness, th.
1. inherit 2. convenient 3. clumsy 4. obey 5. invest 6. develop 7. kind 8. effective 9. fair 10. prefer 11. innocent 12. improve 13. wil

Task 9. (Prefixes)
1. Write the opposites of the words underlined. Example: He's a very honest man. ...dishonest 1. I'msure she's discreet. 2. He

Task 10.
1. What do these abbreviations stand for? Example: ВВС The British Broadcasting Corporation The UN Unesco c/o Rd ID BSc FBI Fr ext. PIN e.g. asap dep.

Words from other languages
English has borrowed words from most of the other languages with which it has had contact. It has taken many expressions from the ancient languages, Latin and Greek, and these borrowings often have

Task 12.
Onomatopoeic words are those which seem to sound like their meaning. The most obvious examples are verbs relating to the noises which animals make, e.g. cows mooan

Task 13.
Analyse the idioms according to the given example Phraseological units E-R Dictionary Dictionary of English Idioms

I. Денотативное и коннотативное значение
Лексическое значение слова состоит из денотативного и коннотативного компонентов. Денотативный компонент (денотативное значение) передает общее логическое понятие, заключенное в слове, а коннотатив

II. Examples of metonyms
word original meaning metonymic use General damages destructive effects money paid

III. Понятие паронимии
В отличие от синонимии и антонимии паронимия основана на формальном сходстве между словами. Термин «пароним» (из греч. para - «около» и onima - «имя») относится к словам, обладающим близостью как ф

Commonly Confused Words
accept, except, and expect adapt and adopt adverse and averse advice and advise affect and effect aggravate and irritate all ready and alr

IV. Homophone List
affect - effect aisle - isle allowed - aloud ate - eight ball - bawl bear- bare base - bass billed- build blew - blue board - bored break - brake buy - by

VI. Abbreviations and acronyms
  Some abbreviations are read as individual letters. WHO[W-H-O] World Health Organisation IDIdentity [an identity card or passport]

Laser radar Esso
Some abbreviations are only written forms; they are always pronounced as the full word. Mr (Mister) Dr (Doctor) St (Saint or Street) Rd (Road) Within a written text some abbreviations