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Unit Seven
Interpersonal Relationship
Enhance Your Language Awareness
Words in Action
Working with Words and Expressions
1.
Listed in the
box below are some of the words that you need to
be very familiar with. Now work in pairs
and
make
sentences
with
each
of
them
to
see
if
you
have
really
mastered
their
usages.
You
are
encouraged to consult a dictionary if
you are still not quite sure about their meanings
and usages.
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Sample
sentences for reference:
1)
Every year before Christmas, we
decorate
our house with
colourful lights.
2)
Mother
scolded
John for not taking good care of his
younger brother when she went out.
3)
I quickly
picked up a stick to
defend
myself when I saw a big dog running
towards me.
4)
Please don’t
interrupt
—
wait until I
have finished what I have to say.
5)
The mother
embraced
her son warmly as
soon as he came into the house.
6)
Jimmy’s car is
quite
ancient
; he bought it
15 years ago and it is still in good condition.
7)
When I arrived
I saw that the place had already been
occupied
by two strangers.
8)
You have
written a very good paper. I only made a few
minor
changes in the
wording.
9)
At
different stages of our life, we
encounter
different kinds of
problems.
10)
If
you need any
assistance
,
please let me know and I’ll be more than happy to
help.
11)
Some people tend to
blame
others for what they themselves have
done wrong.
12)
Children’s education is becoming too
heavy a
burden
for many
families to bear these days.
13)
I can’t
endure
to see /
endure
seeing animals suffer
like that.
14)
Davis was one of the most
significant
musicians of the
last century.
2.
In the box below are some of the words
you have learned in this unit. Complete the
following sentences
with them. Change
the form where necessary.
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Answers:
1)
delivered
2)
released
3)
permission
4)
rented
5)
miserable
6)
exploded
7)
pressed
8)
motion
9)
enthusiasm
10)
blesses
11)
trembled
12)
attached
13)
inquired
14)
deserve
3.
In
the
box
below
are
some
of
the
expressions
you
have
learned
in
this
unit.
Do
you
understand
their
meanings? Do
you
know
how
to
use
them
in
the
proper
context?
Now
check
for
yourself
by
doing
the
blank-filling exercise.
Change the form where necessary.
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Answers:
1)
go wrong
2)
broke down
3)
on my way to
4)
by himself
5)
in time
6)
deal with
7)
breezed
through
8)
had
gone by
9)
To my
surprise
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Increasing Your Word Power
1.
A
synonym
is
a
word
that
has
the
same
or
nearly
the
same
meaning
as
another
word.
Now
identify
synonyms by
matching a word in Column A with another in Column
B. Then complete the sentences
with an
appropriate word either in Column A or in Column
B. Change the form where necessary.
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Answers:
Column A
Column B
miserable -----------
wretched
wearily
-----------
tiredly
present
-----------
gift
stubborn
-----------
persistent
merry
-----------
happy
depart
-----------
leave
reply
-----------
respond
blame
-----------
scold
conscientious -------
serious
significant
----------
meaningful
career
-----------
profession
need
-----------
require
assist
-----------
help
1)
miserable
2)
respond
3)
career
4)
required
5)
wearily
6)
assisted
7)
gift
8)
stubborn
9)
serious
10)
merry
11)
departs
12)
scolded
13)
significant
2.
An
antonym is a word that means the opposite of
another word. Now identify antonyms by matching a
word in Column A with another in Column
B. Then complete the sentences with an appropriate
word
either in Column A or in Column B.
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Answers:
Column A
Column B
merrily ----------
miserably
boring
----------
interesting
carelessly ----------
carefully
monotonously
----------
cheerfully
unpleasant ----------
pleasant
lively
----------
dull
wealthy
----------
poor
absolutely
----------
relatively
desperately ----------
hopefully
blame
----------
praise
succeed
----------
fail
safety
----------
danger
1)
safety
2)
miserably
3)
cheerfully
4)
carelessly
5)
absolutely
6)
desperately
7)
blame
8)
wealthy
9)
boring/dull
10)
succeeded
3.
The words in the box below can be used
both as nouns and as verbs. Use either the noun
form or the
verb form of the words to
complete the following sentences. Change the form
where necessary.
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Answers:
1)
slapped
2)
present
3)
lit
4)
burden
5)
slap
6)
presented
7)
ordered
8)
light
9)
combat
10)
motioned
11)
strain
12)
order
13)
strained
14)
burden
15)
motion
16)
volunteered
17)
combat
18)
volunteer
4.
Did you notice the suffixes
-ness
,
-ment
in words such as
illness
,
disappointment
in this unit?
The suffix