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RESOURCE PACK INDEX pages Words with similar meanings 1-3 Suffixes 46 Prefixes&stems 7-9 Verb tenses 10-11 Prepositions 12-17 Connecting words 18-19 Clause markers 19-22 Verb patterns 23-24 Miscellaneous 25-28 snswer choices don't look alike but have related definitions. Usually, all four choices have similar definitions, but choices have opposite meanings. Sometimes the words involved are function words (words used primarily to t nple Item: Function Words with Simnilal did not have questions for fe lecturer. Dame ecs Minas rate) none CuPc Sree geet any in function words are closely related and often appear in the same items. Following is a list of some of these essions with sentences that illustrate their use and explanatory notes. jnough | don’t have enough money to buy that sweater now. Besides, | don't think it's big enough for me. It's too expensive to buy right now. p The suitcase was so heavy that | could barely lift it. It was such a heavy suitcase that | could barely lift it. Enough is used to indicate that there is the correct amount of something needed to accomplish a certain goal is used to indicate that there is more than the correct amount, $ois used before an adjective (so heavy). is used before an adjective and a noun (such a heavy suitcase). h enough and too are generally used with infnitives; so and such ate generally used with that clauses. est Most people enjoy music. st of the /Most of the people at the concert seemed to enjoy it. Imost Almost all the parking spaces were taken. ‘most This is the most exciting book | have read in a tong time. fost means “the majority.” It is used to speak of a large, generalized group (most people). lst of the is used to speak of a specific group (most of the people at the concer) jost means “nearly.” Almost all the parking spaces means nearly all of them. ‘most is used with the superlative form of some adjectives (the most exciting). Lesson 5: Sentence Completion 195 yet Has Henrik arved yor? ‘tL No, hee sti not nee. already She has aeady four rms much tle, and amount are usod with nencount nouns (me, money, ane work. tems man. few, and qumbar aroused wih countale nour (Pours, dolar, and jobs) + Any ius + Semis used in questions anc: ever Have you ever gone saving? “No is uaed before nour: {ane means “not any" + Not ea function wor 10 coffe) ard eatin comparative words fo sooner, no longe. “rot one." ‘makes almost ary word or words nogative. 1 Aftorie wed aa prep play is ove. + Atterwards a an acverb and fs vavaly used at the ond of clause. ton bere nauns afar the taste) or as an advero-clause marker before a clause arth 2 Lesion 5: Sentence Completion toed ER 1) wopaducy ansans :¢uossoy g oreo se eeu 5 2 Beso ay i oue'> sa nove 94) 198 prnous nok os ueqaaRyA sa Lato aney ouy co pire HY aU Pio 18 sp) vezay 8} PUR WED 2 wero socuodhe ena 005-9 (1,010 us sonnnaexe so aus Jo sau au Aud00 a pe . a ropet Hoo OL | posse '¢ eonbesy aera wewhed'g nay = 0491 ueea Dy ou) axey seo Kip yeu Vonedod Buna. 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After A. advice You should ask Paul for some ASC A a B.advise B00 you rea fs that chaning be at hi tne eS FHS avior ©. adisable pBirecors, Wat he country needs fa few more honest Po i 2 Is yurinsurance company goin to reirbure you for your AS 9 vost hen you Qe our water? 8. tosng | was unable to rtive te QaS+ cata tose 0. oss Sentence Completion Rinoutes can help you gst ajo, (0). or 0) — best completes the sentence out this now © reohvory ‘The personnel manager ad al the 2. I went to 2 wonderful exhibit of by 9. To make ine proper decision, voters must be con the sue, Word Choice/Word Forms Some Par 6 items are combination of wore-cheice problems and word:forn problems. Pum ‘seh works _ excel. © cersistenty ge! 1 plge9 o fand. 10. This eystom alow us to forecast costa wit rex @ orn © prcesion © resone ® revolution Focus: Song sentence-completion lems that rea combination of word-choice and word-orm problems. Directions: Decide which ofthe choices — (8 (Dj —best completes the sentence 4. cercie can help stress, i aranging wip and ® contemplative ccompatiitty © bncuee @ rocvce © cvdscton © thoroughiy modyoanh manrer ps gaent Hoy erin fling ® concenations ©® compattion © focuses » Ins year-end report, the corporation reported — aves of prot “ @ record © recommend © recommendation © recording early-morning © recerty 128 Reading ICETINT OA Qc to help Sample item: Answer Choices with the Same Stems tisement in the newspaper zen oranges cost $100, Meaning copether se inactive, ines Using prefixes and stems to understand vocabulary. sbulary: Before you begin, you may want t9 tlk about these words with your classmates or loo them up in the vocabulary list atthe end ofthis lesson. speed of sound negotiate argue ive completed the exercise, you 1e answer choices or the words in ie also discuss or look up in a dictionary any of the that you do not know. Answer the questions by choosing (A) or (B). The frst one is dane as an example, > Leson §:SeteceComsetion, 1. A_ means “faster than the speed of 6. To come between two people who ae arguin saund isto A supesonic A mera 8 sso @ inenere Ba. Tospeak about something belo actualy 7. Sorething thats easy to cay 3 happens 510 gute e | @ portable @ pxecict 3. To renegotiate something i to negotiate G vain 8 carefully 4, If you visualize something, you your mind @ see B hear itin 5. A person who looks for problems is called @® inspector (BD inteniewer Exenise 529 Focus: nswering items with answer choices that i Vocabulary: Before you begin, you may wane ttl abo them up in che vocabulary Directions: Answer the questions by choosing {, and D). release hazardous bury 8 A.person who works under you i your i ® subordinate B) superior 9. A biography is__. BD the story of a person's life ‘an unbelievable story smething is very small ‘AD spectacuar @ microscopic 1 words with your classmates oF foc the end of eis Isson, 3. I need to hte some workers who don't require © 4. Ms. Harper’ book was accepted by Endicott Press after it ad been ___by five other 5. When the workers at National tee! Works hac a dsagreement with managemer government ‘A interspersed B intermixed tervened = ‘Sometimes hazardous chemicals must be burie in___ chambers as a good one, be wath me. @® disagreed 2 Michele decided tog to News Story ‘magazine because that was cheaper than ‘buying the magazine every month atthe neve stand ‘A) aniston {8 apresciption © a sutscription [Sample tem: Answer Choices with Look-Alike Compound Words serve. Remember that on the actual tests there will be Four answer _ some 5. Ms. Szepe moved to London in 2002 and he ived there since Al een downpour Bey downbeat @© ow downtown so he asked his boss 6, The new manager used a computer to find Irosteficent of machines on fe fac foot tion B lao layup ©) layout Bays very _ lar that can be ron in aost any nai. 21. Many fas fod restaurants have a igh @ tary ensoyee at, @ =, @ wove handy turnout turott 44. After the floods, public health doctors were ‘worried about an __ of ciseases. 8 's__ are creative, but they are to bout only a smal ‘any damage exnensive fo implement, fiction Exenise 53) Focus: Answering items with answer choices that have look-alike compound words or words swith similar spellings to alk about these words with your classmates. Vocabulary: Before you ” the end of this lesson, them up in 2 ‘savings account cfficient fast-food tavley factory oor implement i 7 = purchase Arr you have completed the exer, yos shold ao discus or lookup in a dstionary any ofthe 5 sword he answer eboices that you da nat know. ° avers Gl 8 coh Directions: Choose the answer—(A), (B), or (C)-—that completes the sentence ina grammatical a d © shop logical way : > begain Completion VERB TERSES correct tense or form othe ver coxoct frm of the verb parentheses. to ane busy ew 18, Ceroline (give) 35. guLsin, the baby a bath right now —~ can ene cal you back na few minutes? 14, this important that this product (promets) 1S prasrclee! heavy 48, You must have (dive) choo XS» allright in order to got her so soon. 1. Tris water was_GL tome by my grate 2. |_O._ those fies o Marea an hour age. 3 Kart aways _ | his wie dozen roses fr ther anniversay, 000 es, ‘00 over forty missions during the wa. 6 I wil be__F_ to Johannesburg ealy next week Agave 8. gives giving Di civen tying 8. fown c.tew Duty at sare uencekl hen a8 New Osan lat Zhu boeere one-tnity, saveraver Sw fog legs y hate you? © bashing in Qamatt, Suitaedand rdheng sail he might 2 totes cov aay I yt bine at ife. !may_O._s now earths yea, {4 Joel has been ©. a lt of ma, ‘Afew years ago, we {> _ a lot more fot trafic on this ste © cats © inal approach to the frpart wien it developed a problem with ts landing In Brazi, the lgest country &. 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Velez ® sora © seneing © have sont @ wre by the time you ost ® teasing @ hover ©uen © boien some tems, the key to choosing the corect pension isthe word that comes bet You must choose thao 4 fee ono, based on the blank, because carta * PKEPOSINOWRSS ie Prepositions appointment with influence on furnish with approach to grow into interfere with invest in participation in (a house or room) price of ity or country) plan on prepare for prohibit from Fecover from rely on replace with respond to experience with (something) resut in idea for subscribe to impact on substitute for improvernent in succeed in increase in talk about (a topic) iiciples + Prepositions accustomed to acquainted with afraid of angry at (something or someone) angry with (someone) attached to aware of based on capable of close to dependent on different from 136 Reading talk to (an audience or a person) talk with (a person) inspite of, instead of thanks to together with {2 Lesson 5: Sentence Complevor 13, Love this apartment, but it wouldn't be suitable flac someone with big family cooperite with deal with 4A. The source 6) our problems with the computer network was a comps 5. Peter was able to attend medical school thanks tr __ his parents financial F Phrasal Prepositions according to font account oF SX thanks to prior to diet with Exercise 512, Focus: Completing sentences with prepositions used after certain words Vocabulary: Before you begin, you may them up in the vocabulary ix talk about these words with your classmates or lo 1e end of this leson. corporate tax product name flu consult drug company suitable Directions: Fill in the sentence blank() with a preposition from the list below The first one is doe sean example, on to in for at with of 1. Thete was an increase __in_ corporate tax rats las yer. want a car that I can rely 20. ‘Aimee is one of those people who seem to succeed LO __ everything they do 1 not really acquainted Airy this type of sofware ‘The new offce building is right next chy _the Parkview Hotel id you consult as any experts before you decided: product name? Bi hasbeen married _ ch Marko for only 3 fw moths Allswimmers mast ake a shower prior ‘entering the poo Som employes wil probably lose thst jobs afer Markie Bank merges Sacitin Chinen Bank. 10, Ifa drug company coud find a cure cos and he, ie would a ot of mone. Although Dad iar ene enone doc oopete itis | conworker very wel 12, tnstexd 24 esmating Mr. Shim, I think you should cll im, ayes that Lesson 5: Sentence Completion sfternoon nthe evening) Tio foc writin i atso sed wth amounts of tine Hobe erat for many years, you shou santo rope —£c___it now. 14, Accending Paso expt ean may be more serous than was once ng-tem effect ot polation _ veiohtors ‘Ay contentions © neghborng @) conncs onn Bp cont 1) contractions 2. Last year, Ms. Momsa_a tig at arature presewe in iia 5. Don't dvi end ofthe wwas een simmng poo BK stalin Blow b> aw g > 5. inthe 19th century, machines that could produce rais of size were developed. 6, Economic actityis very slow _a depression A since ) unified a a @ during Dat 7. The chef burned _while he was cooking © interdcted D. dictated 9, Petra got some good __ from her father A: advisor B advise fey wesice D advisable 410. Mandarin Chinese is spoken than any other language mare people A of 8) into © trom & by 114, The hole thatthe laser cil in the piace of metal found. A. perfection BH vertectly © perfect D perfected 12, This ship_by a Korean company. 48, The sgn that had been destroyed inthe Although Mi. Kutsko ait have much vwinstorm vias ith anew signa management exoeience, he vas chosen fo few week I te South Arian project. A reduced Be oversee Breasigned overuse Ctemoved ©) overturn B replaced overlook 14, Technolgy makes workers more We coud have __ several outes to get & pod the shopping center B> expansive ® raking © exaggerated B) took @ toren D> increased ‘ © tke 45, like the ___of the architects design for the neo bung ® simple Bsinalty & sipicty >. simply 16. 8 a cd c D 117. Jack had so many successes at work this ye thathe___ to get promoted. A ved Be deserved © reserved D_ obsened ‘There are a umber of chemical compound vat can substitute sugar. Boer e 28 5 Sentence Completion

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