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Review

Word formation
In 1-6 below, one of the four words is not normally used. Underline the word.
1 undercook
2 overgrown
overeat
! misbehave
" dislove
6 manageress
undercharge
overweight
oversing
misunderstand
dishonesty
doctoress
underestimate
overlittle
overslee#
miss#ell
disa##earance
actress
underslee#
overcrowded
overwork
missuceeed
disobedience
waitress
2 $or %uestions 1-6, com#lete each of the s#aces with the correct form of one of t
words from e&ercise 1.
1 'hese (eans should have cost )*, but the assistant made a mistake and me.
I only #aid )2* for them.
2 'he house has been abandoned for years. 'hat+s why the garden is looking so
I+m sorry I+m late. ,y alarm didn+t go off, so I-------------------.
! .ou+ve-----------------my surname. 'here are two +t+s in /utton, not one.
0olice are investigating the .
0rime ,inister+s office.
! 1hall I ask the----------- for the bill2
of confidential documents fror
3ow write five sentences of your own using some of the other words from e&erci
4eave a s#ace in each sentence where the word should be and ask another studei
com#lete them.
Word formation
Read the following te&t about the s#ort of free-diving. Use the word given in
ca#itals at the end of each line to form a word that fits the s#ace in the same line
'here is an e&am#le at the beginning 5*6.
Former swimming
(0).
thought was (1)____
lungful of air. (2)___
(3)_____________into the depths of the ocean. Rigorous training has helped
Tana to go deeper than male (!)___________and "rea# one of the most
difficult di$ing records.
Free%di$ing is a dangerous sport. &eaths are fre'uent and it is not
(()_____________to pass out or ha$e a nose "leed on the descent. Tana)
who
can hold her "reath for fi$e minutes (*)___________) sas that man men
tried
to (+)__________
her from attempting to "rea# the record. ,The all said
___that a woman could reach such depths without
"reathing
___________m a"ilities and - pro$ed them wrong., -n
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__________0uc 1esson made a film a"out free%di$ing)
Le Grand Bleu, which "ecame the "iggest "o2%office hit in France of all
time.
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_______and di$ed to 3+0 feet "elow the sea on a
single
it was (/)
_______________
e'uipment. The
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