Vocabulary complete each sentence with a word or phrase from the box

Complete each sentence with a word from the box.

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■ applies ■ available ■ confusing ■ curve Ш demand ■ exception

1 impressive ■ increase H a w

■ limited ■ set S shift К taxes

Some of the puzzles in this book are really

Newton’s ………………………of gravity explains whу things fall towards the earth.

There is a lot o f ………………………for organic fruit and vegetables these days.

When you throw a ball, it follows a ……………………..back down to earth.

Gold is expensive because there is only a very……………………..supply.

When a company stops making a product, it isn’t……………………..any more.

Normally I arrive at work at 8.00 am, but Thursday is an ………………………

This ru le………………………to everyone in the school,even teachers.

Everyone who earns a salary must pay……………………. to the government.

There has been a …………………….in public opinion about the environment recently.

There has been a h u ge……………………..in demand for air conditioners due to the hot weather.

12 Prices have b e e n …………………….too high and nobody can afford the goods.

13I found the work you’ve managed to do very……………………… Well done!

1.       Underline the most suitable word or phrase.

a)     
I like this book, and I’ve read
six capitals/chapters/prefaces
already.

b)     
It’s not a proper drawing, only a
rough/plan/sketch.

c)      
The play is very long but there
are three breaks/intervals/rests.

d)     
At the cinema I don’t like
sitting too near the film/screen/stage.

e)     
We heard a piece by Mozart
performed by a German
band/group/orchestra.

f)      
Her second book was very popular
and became a best buy/seller/volume.

g)     
I like the painting but I can’t
stand its ugly border/frame/square.

h)     
Robert’s new book will be broadcast/published/typed.

i)       
I liked the acting, and the costumes/dressing/outfits were good
too.

j)       
The best act/place/scene in the film is when Jack meets Kate.

2.       Complete each sentence with a
word from the box. Use each word once only.

announcer                         composer           critic      editor   playwright         author                  conductor           director               novelist               sculptor

a)      The orchestra would not be successful with a different …… conductor………..

b)      I want a book on art, but I don’t know the name of the …………………..

c)       We must see the new film by that Italian …………………………..

d)      The ……………………….. said that the sports programme is on after the news.

e)      Harry writes for the theatre, but he is not only a …………………….

f)       We saw some interesting metal objects made by a French ………………………

g)      That’s a nice piece of music. Who is the …………………………..

h)      Peter Smith was the only ………………….. who wrote in praise of the film.

i)       
Charles Dickens is probably the
best known British ……………………

j)       
The ………………. of the newspaper usually
decides what it contains.

3.       Complete each sentence by putting
in, on, at or out of in each space.

a)     
Harry Smith is hard ……at……….. work writing his new screenplay.

b)     
The music was terrible and the
singer was …………………… tune.

c)      
I can’t tell what that is ………………
the background of the picture.

d)     
Jane’s new book is coming out ……………………..
paperback next year.

e)     
Is there anything good ……………………..
Channel 4 this evening?

f)      
The school put on Hamlet ……………….. modern dress.

g)     
The critics found Joe’s kind of
writing rather ………………. date.

h)     
In the last scene, all the actors
are ……………….. stage together.

Correct
answers.

1. a)chapters                    b)
sketch             c) intervals         d) screen             e) orchestra       f)
seller                 g) frame              h) published            i) costumes        j) scene

2.  a) conductor                               b) author            c) director           d) announcer                    e)
playwright                    f) sculptor                g) composer                      h) critic                 i) novelist            j) editor

3. a) at                 b) out of              c) in       d) in                      e)
on                     f) in        g) out of              h) on

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Complete each sentence with a word or phrase from the box.

■ balance ■ compensation ■complex ■ influences ■ leisure ■ play a / an ■ rate ■ role ■ skills ■ substitution ■ switch off 1At the weekend everyone needs to relax and .

From school or work.

2Employers.

Important .

In the economy.

3. is what you receive if you are badly affected by something.

4. means replacing one thing with another.

5Most people’s.

Time is at the weekend and in the evenings.

6 It can be difficult to get the right.

Between work and free time.

7 The money you can earn.

People’s choice of job.

8 Some economic problems are very.

There is no easy solution.

9 The hourly.

For this job is seven pounds an hour.

10 The ability to speak foreign languages is one of the.

Needed for this job.

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