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English in Use 43 ouauwne anaune 40 Use the prefixes in-or un-to form the opposites of ‘the following adjectives. admissible .--€ontrollable 13 audible 7. _condlusive 8 interesting 14 ..dear 9 appreciative appropriate 15. ..willing Conspicuous 10 ...fequent 16 ...eliable compromising 11 ...determined 17 ....decsive approachable 12 ....trustworthy 18 ....setting Use the prefixes dis-, im; il-or ir-to form the ‘opposites of the following adjectives. balanced 7 ...seputable 13 ._..mobile revocable 8 .resistible 14 ....loyal connected = «9...esolute 15... polite engaged 10 literate 16 ....moral wteducble 11 ...honest 17 legible regular 12 ..televant 18 ..logical Select one word which is appropriate forall three ‘gaps in each of the following sets of sentences. STRATEGY POINT ‘The missing word wil be a faity common one — don’t try to find difficult words. The missing words wil al be the same part of speech e.g. nouns, verbs, etc. In each sentence the word will have a different, meaning. 11+ The figure was momentariy silhouetted in the .- of his bike's headlight, and then disappeared into the darkness. = This seems to have been attacked by woodworm, so when you have the roof redone, you had better make sure it is replaced. ‘* She opened the door to her quests with a(n) Of pleasure on her face. 2 * My cheque was returned, as | had forgotten to : it, * These traditional dances, though still popular today, ... . back to the Middle Ages. ‘+ Those hats Sally wears really... her: they‘ like the ones my grandmother wore Professor Jenkins is considered to be one of the world's leading experts in his ‘The players took the to deafening applause This years contest features pethaps the strongest ‘ever assembled for an international golf competition Your subtle hint seems to have missed its {perhaps you should try being less subtle! All schools and businesses remained closed for the day as ain) of respect to the victims of the disaster. The con She received for her project was one of the highest in the class. Surgeons announced that the Con their famous patient had been a success. Although the revised system has only been in for a few weeks, we ae alr Sing promising results It was clear that the President was against any kind of military ‘Not many people swim during the winter, so the is not very crowded. The company has an) of cars that are used by members ofthe sales team They were not exactly friends, but had played together afew times inthe café Prices seem to have co Up in the last few months, while salaries have remained relatively stable. The story is set in Paris, but most of the film was ‘on location in Palm Springs. ‘On realising his silly mistake, he ‘out of the room to try and catch up with her and apologise. ‘These paper tissues have been < with eucalyptus il, which helps to relieve congestion The various fsues involved in the problem are ‘quite different and should be .... - separately. ‘At the time | svc Comments as a joke, but now | realise he was probably quite serious.

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