Chapter 4 exercises
Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Exercise 4B
| a. | strength | g. | Kojak | ||
| b. | crease | h. | shutter | ||
| c. | walk | i. | boxing | ||
| d. | flashing | j. | mystery | ||
| e. | knees | k. | illusion | ||
| f. | those | l. | music |
Exercise 4C
| a. | sculpt | g. | yellow | ||
| b. | twelve | h. | yacht | ||
| c. | golf | i. | canyon | ||
| d. | ladle | j. | junior | ||
| e. | loyal | k. | million | ||
| f. | follow | l. | music | ||
| a. | cheap | g. | giant | ||
| b. | furniture | h. | lodge | ||
| c. | poach | i. | agent | ||
| d. | watches | j. | page | ||
| e. | cello | k. | jam | ||
| f. | natural | l. | angel |
| a. | potato | g. | growth | ||
| b. | taxi | h. | thirsty | ||
| c. | walked | i. | both | ||
| d. | letter | j. | think | ||
| e. | crept | k. | pithy | ||
| f. | train | l. | birthday | ||
| a. | tax | g. | anxious | ||
| b. | best | h. | national | ||
| c. | sword | i. | special | ||
| d. | phonetics | j. | sugar | ||
| e. | perhaps | k. | machine | ||
| f. | whistle | l. | ship |
| a. | whole | g. | smooth | ||
| b. | haughty | h. | this | ||
| c. | behold | i. | mother | ||
| d. | hopeful | j. | teethe | ||
| e. | rehash | k. | either | ||
| f. | help | l. | though | ||
| a. | casual | g. | tomorrow | ||
| b. | beige | h. | trick | ||
| c. | fusion | i. | already | ||
| d. | pleasure | j. | rapid | ||
| e. | occasion | k. | hurry | ||
| f. | usual | l. | scrape |
Exercise 4D
| a. | heel | g. | vowel | ||
| b. | pride | h. | beacon | ||
| c. | anger | i. | butter | ||
| d. | wash | j. | hijack | ||
| e. | note | k. | cushion | ||
| f. | naughty | l. | watches |
Exercise 4E
| a. | eat | g. | catch | ||
| b. | bead | h. | unravel | ||
| c. | mean | i. | canteen | ||
| d. | city | j. | hand | ||
| e. | evil | k. | banish | ||
| f. | ski | l. | cabbage | ||
| a. | foolish | g. | door | ||
| b. | rude | h. | autumn | ||
| c. | view | i. | hall | ||
| d. | shoe | j. | saw | ||
| e. | ooze | k. | explore | ||
| f. | tomb | l. | shore |
| a. | hood | g. | crow | ||
| b. | pull | h. | home | ||
| c. | woman | i. | know | ||
| d. | push | j. | only | ||
| e. | should | k. | Snowwhite | ||
| f. | pudding | l. | phone | ||
| a. | round | g. | certain | ||
| b. | hour | h. | girl | ||
| c. | allow | i. | earth | ||
| d. | pout | j. | rehearse | ||
| e. | howl | k. | further | ||
| f. | foul | l. | worm |
| a. | path | g. | well | ||
| b. | Arthur | h. | bread | ||
| c. | alarm | i. | tennis | ||
| d. | farther | j. | many | ||
| e. | sergeant | k. | treasure | ||
| f. | palm | l. | friend | ||
| a. | women | g. | other | ||
| b. | hymn | h. | jumped | ||
| c. | busy | i. | does | ||
| d. | lift | j. | hull | ||
| e. | ninja | k. | nothing | ||
| f. | plastic | l. | scrunched |
Exercise 4F
| a. | condemn | f. | commute | ||
| b. | buttoning | g. | adjust | ||
| c. | gallop | h. | guitar | ||
| d. | adapt | i. | spider | ||
| e. | kazoo | j. | delete |
Exercise 4G
| 1. | 2. | ||||
| a. | talcum | a. | cobra | ||
| b. | umbrellas | b. | serrated | ||
| c. | opal | c. | rhapsody | ||
| d. | Amelia | d. | broker | ||
| e. | panda | e. | tomorrow | ||
| f. | Alan | f. | limber | ||
| g. | today | g. | collision | ||
| h. | delta | h. | polar | ||
| i. | gossip | i. | grammer | ||
| j. | corrosion | j. | lapel | ||
| 3. | 4. | ||||
| a. | amid | a. | abound | ||
| b. | boxes | b. | syrup | ||
| c. | arrive | c. | probable | ||
| d. | suffocate | d. | bushes | ||
| e. | roses | e. | Europe | ||
| f. | rushes | f. | begin | ||
| g. | bishop | g. | Asia | ||
| h. | atone | h. | alpha | ||
| i. | alias | i. | support | ||
| j. | computer | j. | photographer |
Exercise 4H
| 1. | 2. | ||||
| a. | avert | a. | tighten | ||
| b. | raven | b. | target | ||
| c. | prefer | c. | cemetary | ||
| d. | pattern | d. | mallet | ||
| e. | deserve | e. | harness | ||
| f. | approach | f. | anchor | ||
| g. | apart | g. | eaten | ||
| h. | locket | h. | farther | ||
| i. | iron | i. | agent | ||
| j. | exit | j. | scamper | ||
| k | flower | k | waiver | ||
| l | master | l | rapid | ||
| 3. | 4. | ||||
| a. | anger | a. | pasta | ||
| b. | thinner | b. | carrot | ||
| c. | conductor | c. | habit | ||
| d. | rider | d. | compute | ||
| e. | Saturn | e. | parrot | ||
| f. | pastor | f. | rabid | ||
| g. | abbot | g. | ferret | ||
| h. | furthest | h. | report | ||
| i. | merit | i. | today | ||
| j. | suggest | j. | describe | ||
| k | rabbit | k | amount | ||
| l | prejudice | l | enough |
Exercise 4I
| 1. | 2. | ||||
| a. | orthodox | a. | cauliflower | ||
| b. | earthly | b. | predicament | ||
| c. | greenhouse | c. | anonymous | ||
| d. | Adelaide | d. | alfalfa | ||
| e. | miniscule | e. | museum | ||
| f. | procrastinate | f. | paranoia | ||
| g. | generalise | g. | bazooka | ||
| h. | iodine | h. | macaroni | ||
| i. | Halloween | i. | manufacture | ||
| j. | anaemia | j. | kangaroo | ||
| 3. | 4. | ||||
| a. | balcony | a. | cantaloupe | ||
| b. | conspicuous | b. | hacker | ||
| c. | amphibian | c. | elaborate | ||
| d. | opportune | d. | accelerate | ||
| e. | mercenary | e. | epidemic | ||
| f. | souvenir | f. | alien | ||
| g. | aquarium | g. | accuser | ||
| h. | masquerade | h. | serenade | ||
| i. | tangerine | i. | mascara | ||
| j. | armadillo | j. | liberate |
| 5. | 6. | ||||
| a. | alibi | a. | cafe | ||
| b. | absent | b. | consume | ||
| c. | cemetary | c. | absentee | ||
| d. | adapt | d. | clarinet | ||
| e. | bassinet | e. | dandelion | ||
| f. | athletic | f. | deactivate | ||
| g. | paragraph | g. | disagree | ||
| h. | circumstances | h. | disapproval | ||
| i. | bikini | i. | discourteous | ||
| j. | bombard | j. | earthy | ||
| 7. | 8. | ||||
| a. | equaliser | a. | happily | ||
| b. | evaporate | b. | helicopter | ||
| c. | exterior | c. | hurricane | ||
| d. | feminine | d. | incoherent | ||
| e. | lemonade | e. | neighbour | ||
| f. | forecast | f. | insulate | ||
| g. | missionary | g. | liberation | ||
| h. | gallop | h. | nectarine | ||
| i. | giant | i. | malfunction | ||
| j. | guitar | j. | feminism |
| 9. | 10. | ||||
| a. | martini | a. | steamer | ||
| b. | mispronounce | b. | porcelain | ||
| c. | mighty | c. | porcupine | ||
| d. | rainbow | d. | potassium | ||
| e. | obtain | e. | strengthen | ||
| f. | obedient | f. | preferably | ||
| g. | optimism | g. | proclaim | ||
| h. | caution | h. | sarcastic | ||
| i. | peninsula | i. | prolong | ||
| j. | recording | j. | qualify | ||
| 11. | 12. | ||||
| a. | salamander | a. | advertise | ||
| b. | subdivide | b. | highway | ||
| c. | abundant | c. | Australia | ||
| d. | rodeo | d. | underwear | ||
| e. | sterile | e. | tiger | ||
| f. | condescending | f. | victorious | ||
| g. | vegemite | g. | avian | ||
| h. | spider | h. | canine | ||
| i. | unclean | i. | gallery | ||
| j. | trombone | j. | undercurrent |
Exercise 4J
| 1. | 2. | ||||
| a. | vigil | a. | chicken | ||
| b. | angle | b. | sudden | ||
| c. | horrible | c. | bevel | ||
| d. | cousin | d. | hackle | ||
| e. | alum | e. | readable | ||
| f. | subtle | f. | often | ||
| g. | brazen | g. | carol | ||
| h. | trample | h. | hassle | ||
| i. | nasal | i. | dabble | ||
| j | dapple | j. | pebble | ||
| k. | Athol | k. | petal | ||
| 3. | 4. | ||||
| a. | gravel | a. | raffle | ||
| b. | battle | b. | coffin | ||
| c. | pestle | c. | axle | ||
| d. | ethyl | d. | Sweden | ||
| e. | Neville | e. | poison | ||
| f. | special | f. | solemn | ||
| g. | jaffle | g. | lotion | ||
| h. | Ethan | h. | Willem | ||
| i. | pedal | i. | phantom | ||
| j. | cabin | j. | ankle | ||
| k. | fathom | k. | bottom |
Exercise 4K
| a. | They were hoping to see his band play last night. | |
| b. | Her dog is white with some black spots. | |
| c. | Karen walked away from the open window. | |
| d. | Christmas carols remind me of my childhood in the country. | |
| e. | That vase looks just like Aladdin’s lamp. |
Exercise 4L
| a. | I saw him chasing her round the yard. | |
| b. | Now is the time for all of us to get down to studying. | |
| c. | Whenever I eat dinner our Alsatian dog begs for food. | |
| d. | Over at the park Nancy saw a man in a yellow and grey overcoat. | |
| e. | Mum bought the raw ingredients for mince pies. |
Exercise 4M
| 1. | 2. | ||||
| a. | smitten | a. | precipitate | ||
| b. | fanatical | b. | photographic | ||
| c. | accommodation | c. | unbroken | ||
| d. | satin | d. | lighthouse | ||
| e. | cattle | e. | billion | ||
| f. | cotton | f. | carbuncle | ||
| g. | outshine | g. | constellation | ||
| 3. | 4. | ||||
| a. | detrimental | a. | certainty | ||
| b. | coronation | b. | methodical | ||
| c. | diabetes | c. | obsession | ||
| d. | outdoors | d. | unbelievable | ||
| e. | influenza | e. | escalator | ||
| f. | tomato | f. | alligator | ||
| g. | anatomy | g. | caterpillar |
Exercise 4N
| a. | Lisa and Kim loved to ski in Italy. | |
| b. | Prince Harry opened their art exhibition while the audience cheered. | |
| c. | We’ll eat most of her cake tonight. | |
| d. | Those buttons always come undone. | |
| e. | Have you seen those guys riding their paddleboards out in the ocean? |
Exercise 4O
| a. | At Christmas time our family tradition is to play cricket in the backyard. | |
| b. | Amelia’s holiday in Venice was certainly exciting. | |
| c. | We found bright green handmade soap at the markets. | |
| d. | My last job was to collect shells. | |
| e. | They erected a wooden plaque to commemorate Tom’s victory. | |
| f. | I saw him exactly six months ago today. | |
| g. | Would you be annoyed if I watched Tracey and not Karen? | |
| h. | You might get a cold if you’re not careful. | |
| i. | Caroline was convinced that this shack was haunted. | |
| j. | The postman was bitten by the old black dog next door. |
Exercise 4P
a) Diagnostic Sentences
| a. | The children were busy building bridges and pretty women solved mysteries near damaged eucalypts. | |
| b. | These city people eat eel while police seize debris from the fields. | |
| c. | Her pen friend said she met many leopards leisurely headed west for better weather. | |
| d. | The millionaire didn’t care that his scared heir was wary of prayer. | |
| e. | Jan’s cat scratched my hand while attacking dancing Atlantic salmon. | |
| f. | In a bizarre heart-stopping farce, father laughed as the guard’s car started down the path after Aunt Marge. | |
| g. | The couple lunched with their son under the floodlights at the front of the punt. | |
| h. | On John’s yacht we scoffed hot sausages and watched the seagulls quarrel and cough. | |
| i. | The court order warned that we all ought to obey the law and walk out the door before we’re caught. | |
| j. | Should the courier wolf down the full pudding the good woman cooked? | |
| k. | Two news crews who queued for food got beautiful fruit on Tuesday. | |
| l. | Colonel Byrne turned a perfect first sojourn into the worst journey on Earth. | |
| m. | The foreign composers, Beryl and Michael, promised to write another thoroughly awesome anthem about the mountains. | |
| n. | Waiting for the ballet matinee they tasted champagne and ate steak in a cafe. | |
| o. | The island choir might guide us in style through a night of fine dining. | |
| p. | Roy’s lawyer was buoyed by the boiled oyster. | |
| q. | Clowns ploughing the ground are now outlawed in our town. | |
| r. | Joe sews old coats and knows a bowl of cocoa soothes the soul. | |
| s. | The weird bearded seer heard cheering near the pier. |
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