<p>Pronunciation:</p><p>Check the pronunciations of the word in bold in these pairs of phrases and decide if they are the same or different. </p><p>The cost is rising. It’s on the coast. </p><p>A hole in the ozone layer the whole day </p><p>Do they match each other? There isn’t much.</p><p>The colour is white measure the weight </p><p>Its hidden from sight a construction site.</p><p>The cause of the fire the end of the course. </p><p>General vocabulary .</p><p>Opposites.</p><p>Replace the words in bold in these sentences with a word from the box which has an opposite meaning.</p><p>VERBS </p><p>1. They accepted the offer of a ceasefire.</p><p>2. He admitted telling lies in his original statement.</p><p>3. The army slowly advanced , leaving a trail of devastation in its path.</p><p>4. They agreed to meet to discuss the future of the organization.</p><p>5. The minister attacked his party’s policies in a speech in parliament.</p><p>6. The apartments blocks they built were the ugliest in the city.</p><p>7. He complicated matters by rewriting the original proposal. 8. They continued with their plans to assassinate the king when he opened the parliament.</p><p>9. He deposited 7000 pounds –half his college fees for the forthcoming year.</p><p>10. Relations between the two countries have improved considerably in the last year.</p><p>11. He permitted us to present our petition directly to the president.</p><p>12. The members of the commune were punished for their part in the revolution .</p><p>13. He raised the overall standards of the company within two months of his appointment.</p><p>14. As soon as the sun rose , the demonstrators began to appear on the streets.</p><p>15. Prices rose sharply in the first three months of the financial year.</p><p>16. As soon as he had tightened the knots, he pushed the boat out.</p><p>Task commands </p><p>Look at the list of tasks in the first list. In particular, look at the words in bold, which are telling the writer/speaker what he /she must do. Match these words with a suitable definition of the task command in the second list. Two of these definitions can be used more than once.</p><p>1. Account for the increased use of the technology in modern society.</p><p>2. Analyse the effects of climactic change around the world.</p><p>3. Assess the improvement you have made in your English since you started using this book. </p><p>4. Compare the lifestyles of young people in Britain and young people in your country.</p><p>5. Define the word hope.</p><p>6. Demonstrate the different features of this computer.</p><p>7. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of growing up in a single-parent family.</p><p>8. Elaborate on your feelings about capital punishment.</p><p>9. Estimate the costs of setting up a website for the company.</p><p>10. Evaluate how useful our class visit to the bank of England was.</p><p>11. Examine the causes of global warming.</p><p>12. Explain the sudden interest in old –fashioned toys such as yo-yos. 13. Identify the person who attacked you.</p><p>14. Illustrate the problems the National Health Service is currently facing.</p><p>15. Justify your reasons for refusing to help me.</p><p>16. Outline the history of the motor car in the last fifty years.</p><p>17. Predict the changes that we are going to see in information technology in the next ten years.</p><p>18. Suggest ways in which you can become a more efficient students.</p><p>19. Summarise your feelings towards a united Europe .</p><p>20. Trace the development of nuclear technology from its earliest days.</p><p>------</p><p>A. Describe what you think can be done in order to achieve something.</p><p>B. Tell in advance what you think will happen.</p><p>C. Explain, with real examples, why something has happened or is happening.</p><p>D. Give a brief history of something, in order in which it happened .</p><p>E. Give the meaning of something.</p><p>F. Talk about something with someone else, or write about it from different viewpoints.</p><p>G. Calculate (but not exactly) the value or cost of something.</p><p>H. Give a broad description of something without giving too much detail.</p><p>I. Explain something closely and scientifically.</p><p>J. Write or talk about the different aspects (e.g, causes, results) of something.</p><p>K. Explain something in more detail than you did previously.</p><p>L. Look at two things side by side to see how they are similar or different.</p><p>M. Explain something in a few main points, without giving too much detail.</p><p>N. Say why something has happened.</p><p>O. Show or prove that something is right or good.</p><p>P. the other person knows what it does and how it works. Q. Give a physical description of somebody.</p><p>R. Calculate the value of something</p>