General Vocabulary

Spelling
! 1 Exercise There are eleven words in this passage which are spelled incorrectly. Can you find and correct them?
Apart from condemming tobacco companies and rising the price of cigarettes, the goverment's antismoking campain has failed to have any long-term affects, and the only people bennefitting from it are the Treasury Departement. Meanwhile, some doctors have said that they may refuse to treat persistant smokers. Of course, this hasn't prevented the big tobbaco companys spending vast amounts of money on advertiseing.

Exercise 2 Instructions as above.

It is argueable whether good pronounciation is more important than good grammer and vocabulery. Consientious students balance their aquisition of these skills, hopeing to acheive both fluency and accuracey. Teachers should encourage there students to practice all the relavant language skills.

Exercise 3 Instructions as above.

It is becomming increasingly difficcult for many people to find decent accomodations in Los Angeles at a price they can afford. To put it simpley, most people just don't have the necesary funds. Organizeations such as Home Front can offer advise, but it is widely agreed that the situation is no longer managable. The fact that the LA city council is building cheap, tempory housing for lower-paid profesionals is the only official acknowlegment of this problem.

Exercise 4 Here are some more words which students of English (and many native English speakers) often spell incorrectly. Can you identify and correct the mistake in each case? Be careful: 3 of the words are spelled correctly!
1. reversable 5. begining 9. liason 13. address 17. questionaire 21. wierd 25. occurence 2. proffessional 6. percieve 10. tendancy 14. recommend 18. miniscule 22. iresistible 26. independant 3. critisize 7. indespensable 11. definately 15. responsable 19. intergrate 23. acheivement 27. supercede 4. neccesary 8. refering 12. embarass 16. seperate 20. categories 24. millenium 28. harrassment

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Note that while all of these words have a similar meaning to the underlined words in the sentences, not all of them could ! be used to replace those words without partly changing the meaning of the sentence.

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Exercise 1 Apart from condemning tobacco companies and raising the price of cigarettes, the government's anti-smoking campaign has failed to have any long-term effects, and the only people benefiting from it are the Treasury Department. Meanwhile, the some doctors have said that they may refuse to treat persistent smokers. Of course, this hasn't prevented the big tobacco companies spending vast amounts of money on advertising.

Exercise 2 It is arguable whether good pronunciation is more important than good grammar and vocabulary. Conscientious students balance their acquisition of these skills, hoping to achieve both fluency and accuracy. Teachers should encourage their students to practice* all the relevant language skills. * Practice is a noun and a verb in American English. In British English, practice is the noun and practise is the verb. Exercise 3 It is becoming increasingly difficult for many to find decent accommodations in Los Angeles at a price they can afford. To put it simply, most people just don't have the necessary funds. Organizations such as Home Front can offer advice, but it is widely agreed that the situation is no longer manageable. The fact that the LA city council is building cheap, temporary housing for lower-paid professionals is the only official acknowledgment of this problem. Exercise 4 1. reversible 2. professional 3. criticize 4. necessary 5. beginning 6. perceive 7. indispensable 8. referring 9. liaison 10. tendency 11. definitely 12. embarrass 13. 14. 15. responsible 16. separate 17. questionnaire 18. minuscule 19. integrate 20. 21. weird 22. irresistible 23. achievement 24. millennium 25. occurrence 26. independent 27. supersede 28. harassment

! ! and stopping (pages 61 62) Starting ! The words ! in the box are: abolish ! arise back out cancel cease closure delete deter discontinue dismiss dissuade embark eradicate establish expel fire freeze inception initiate kick off launch outbreak phase in phase out quash quit ! resign retire set off shut down suppress suspend take off take up terminate turn down ! ! 1. canceled 2. deleted 3. backed out or pulled out 4. outbreak 5. set up or established / shut down 6. embarking ! off 7. suppress or quash 8. eradicated 9. deter or prevent 10. dissuade / initiated 11. launched / took or setting off 12. ! suspended 13. took up 14. phased in / phased out 15. inception / closure 16. ceased 17. retiring 18. quit !(= informal) or resign / fired (= informal) or dismissed 19. turndown 20. freeze 21. discontinued 22. abolish 23. kick off (= informal) 24. arisen 25. expelled ! ! ! Task commands (pages 63 64) ! Across: ! 2. identify 4. account (in this context, this is part of a phrasal verb: to account for) 6. argue 8. trace 9. estimate ! 12. compare 13. define 15. illustrate 16. assess 17. predict 18. examine ! ! Down:
1. outline 3. elaborate (in this context, this is part of a phrasal verb: to elaborate on) 10. evaluate 11. analyze 13. discuss 14. justify 5. summarize 7. demonstrate

Note that many of the first sentences in each sentence pair in this exercise sound rather long and awkward. The use of the task command words in the exercise help to shorten and simplify the original sentences.

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