Advanced English Vocabulary

Vocabulary for IELTS

Exercise 2.1

1. Bill Hello, Sam, what a surprise meeting you here!

Sam you can say that again!
2. Nuclear power has its problems. However, having said that, many people believe it is the
energy source of the future.
3. There is something to be said for switching to solar energy, although it is still too expensive
for many people.
4. Life without a constant supply of water can be difficult to say the least.
5. That is to say, there is little we can do to save the environment without the full support of
industry and the government.
6. The tanker spilled 5,000 megalitres of oil into the ocean. Needless to say, this had a
devastating effect on marine life in the area.
7. There is a clear link between humans and environmental problems. When all ıs saıd and
doneö wherever humans live, they damage the environment in some way.
8. I think it is important for everyone to have a say in how the government is selected.

Exercise 2.3

1. Recall
2. Express
3. Stutter
4. Conjecture
5. Demonstrate
6. State
7. Recount
8. Contradict

Exercise 3.2

1. Ann Senghas studies languages.

True- she’s a linguistic

2. Teachers taught the Nicaraguan deaf children how to use sign language.

False- it was natural

3. The earliest form of the sign language was very basic.

True

4. The older signers were able to show the difference between left and right.

False

5. Linguistic believe that deaf children are born with the ability to link gestures to meaning
True

TEST
1. C) when people began to talk
2. D) it could have first occurred 200,000yars ago
3. B) That man could travel around the world unable to talk
4. C) To provide evidence of other species existing at the same time
5. A) using grooming to form social bonds limits the size of a social group
6. There is the physical evidence of increased human intelligence up to 400,000 years ago-B
7. In the modern world, gossiping is seen in a negative way-D
8. Language must have developed before art and travel-B
9. The development of human language can be gauged by studying other species-C
10. Gossiping makes human feel good-A
11. The actions of early humans could have evolved into a form of communication-A
12. The first language emerged through a parent talking to an infant-E
13. Gossip was the first purpose of human communication-C
14. Early humans used language to help them live together-C

Barron’s 504
Unit 6

Exercise 1

1. Each of our workers is trained to give you car a comprehensive examination.

2. Tom Jones was undoubtedly the best singer in the choir when he was young.
3. He could approach the problem from all angles.
4. Mrs. Spector always wanted to be popular with her friends.
5. Why did you neglect cleaning your room today?
6. The employee bought his boss a birthday present.
7. Rocco’s only defect was that he walked with a slight limp.
8. None of the other poker players suspected that their friend would deceive them in order to
win.
9. When Cynthia realized that nobody liked her, she knew she had been deceive.
10. I could detect from the tone of his voice that he was in bad mood.
11. His client was happy with the work Terence had been doing for him.
12. I do not want to do anything less than a comprehensive job on my term paper.

Exercise 2

1. Popular
2. Employee
3. Detect
4. Approach
5. Comprehensive
6. Defect
7. Undoubtedly
8. Through
9. Neglect
10. Defect
11. Deceive
12. Clients