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9 VOCABULARY EXTENSION
1 Complete the sentences with on and the words in the
list. There are two extra words.
the baseline | speaking | his behalf | the basis | on
trial | friendly terms | the way
0. The two men are currently on trial for stealing
up to £20 million from the bank’s pension fund.
1. The bank gave the couple a loan to buy the
house ________ that they would pay six percent
interest for the first ten years.
2. As Joshua is only four-years-old, his father is
going to speak ________ .
3. Despite their complicated divorce, Terry and
Judy are still ________ .
4. Great news. The children’s charity is well
________ to reaching its target of $50 million.
2 Complete the dialogues with one word. You are given
the number of letters.
0. A Apparently (10), the first man on the moon
was a Russian.
B That’s not true. It was Neil Armstrong from
the USA.
1. A Your brother won the school poetry
competition in 2014.
B Really? That’s ________ (4) to me.
2. A If you don’t study you will definitely fail the
exam and never go to college.
B OK, OK! When you ________ (3) it like that, I
will do more work.
3. A He didn’t commit the crime. And more to the
________ (5) he was with me on the night of the
robbery. There’s CCTV footage.
B We will check that out.
4. A Did you know that Rafa Nadal plays golf in his
spare time?
B Really? I’d have ________ (7) he’d be too tired
to do more sport after taking part in back-to-
back tennis tournaments.
5. A If I am not ________ (8), that’s Shakira getting
into that taxi across the street.
B It can’t be. She’s got blonde hair.
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3 Complete the definitions with the words in the list
corrupt | unacceptable | unbiased | prejudiced |
reasonable | unethical I justifiable
0. unacceptable something you can’t approve of or
accept
1. ________ − nor morally acceptable
2. ________ − fair, practical, sensible
3. ________ − having an unreasonable dislike for
somebody or something
4. ________ − impartial, not influenced by your
own or other people’s opinions
5. ________ − done for a good reason, legitimate
6. ________ − use of power to do dishonest things
in return for money
4 Complete the sentences with words from Exercise 4.
0. The politician had been accepting bribes for
years. He was very corrupt.
1. Do you think it is ________ to ask for a donation
of 50 dollars from each person?
2. The jury were________ against the witness
because he had spent time in prison.
3. Police used tear gas against the demonstrators.
They say it was ________ because of the level of
violence.
4. The judge had a reputation for being ________
and fair. He was a decent man.
5. It is ________ for companies to sell products
they know are harmful to humans.
5 Complete the report with court case words.
If Lionel Rogers is found 0 guilty today, he could be
1
________ to life imprisonment. He retracted his
initial 2 ________ to the crime, but the 3________
lawyers will produce a key 4 ________ this morning
which could change the whole case. This person
previously withheld important 5 ________ from the
court. The 6 ________ lawyers say they will
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________ the verdict if Rogers is not found
innocent.
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9 VOCABULARY EXTENSION
Answer Key

1 4

1. on the basis 1. reasonable

2. on his behalf 2. prejudiced
3. on friendly terms 3. justifiable
4. on the way 4. unbiased
5. unethical/unacceptable

2
5
1. news
2. put 1. sentenced
3. point 2. confession
4. thought 3. prosecution
5. mistaken 4. witness
5. evidence
6. defence
3 7. appeal

1. unethical
2. reasonable
3. prejudiced
4. unbiased
5. justifiable
6. corrupt

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