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Speakout Vocabulary Extra Intermediate Unit 5
Speakout Vocabulary Extra Intermediate Unit 5
5.1 Technology
3 Put the letters in brackets in the correct order
to complete the sentences. What synonym could
replace each word?
1 Match 1–8 with the endings a)–h).
1 That documentary made me want to
1 My calculator works off solar (vintagestie) the topic some more.
2 It’s time to get these dirty clothes into the washing 2 There’s a job vacancy in that restaurant. It says to
3 I’d love to travel to Mars. Maybe one day space (quirein) inside.
4 Some people think it’s dangerous, but nuclear 3 Claude wrote everyone an angry email. I think I
5 Can you get the vacuum should (endpros) with a few truths
6 Some people worry about genetic of my own!
7 As the IT manager, I have to make sure the 4 Simon wants me to help him
computer (racehers) life in the 1950s for his new book.
8 We wouldn’t have mobile phones if 5 I watched a really boring (teabed)
communication between two politicians last night. All they did was
(agreu) with each other.
a) travel will be possible for all of us.
6 Can we sit down to (sicudss) your
b) cleaner out and clean the carpets? most recent coursebook later?
c) networks are operating properly. 7 I (drwnoe) why people are
d) power which means I don’t have to buy batteries. sometimes unkind to each other.
e) engineering and how it’s used in farming.
f) power provides us with a lot of energy.
g) satellites didn’t exist.
Word building: adjectives
h) machine before they smell. 4 Complete the sentences with the correct form of
2 Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
the words in the box.
Word building: noun (suffixes) 8 Complete the spidergram with the noun forms of
the words in Exercise 7.
5 Complete the text with the correct noun forms
of the words in the box. + -ion/-tion (add/change/
only delete letters)
educate employ happy imagine improve 1 + -ation/-ition
responsible 7
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Even though he never became president, Benjamin 8
3
Franklin remains a very important historical figure
9
and was one of the founding fathers of the United
States of America. Benjamin Franklin was one of
-ion
seventeen children. He attended school, but his
formal 1 lasted only two years. delete final e change
He was a creative child who oen wrote to the local + -tion spelling + -tion
newspaper using a fictitious character from his 4 10
2
. He soon developed a sense of social
5 11
3
and debated at length on the
importance of free speech. 6 12
Unfortunately, the 4 of his childhood
soon disappeared when he became an apprentice. 9 Complete the sentences with words from
He hated the work and le for Pennsylvania where he Exercise 7 and 8.
gained 5 in a printer’s shop. Benjamin 1 I have to go to hospital for a small
Franklin soon gathered other tradesmen together to on my knee.
form a group. Together they worked towards the
2 Think carefully about the of your
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of their community.
new home. You want to be close to shops.
It was these experiences which helped him to be a 3 Will you come with me to the new art
good leader in his later years as a politician. ?
4 Can you to me how this printer
5.3 Problem and solutions works?
5 I think the internet is the most important
6 Underline the correct alternatives. of the last hundred years.
1 You can’t buy any food. The snack machine’s out of 6 Why don’t you for that job?
memory/order. You have all the right qualifications.
2 You need to print/save your plane ticket, so you 7 There’s a new to the Baker family.
have a paper copy. Katherine’s had a little baby boy.
3 My phone’s run out of battery. It needs fixing/ 8 I’m trying to to the internet, but it
recharging. won’t work.
4 The computer’s crashed/broken down again. 9 If you don’t for the interview, you
I guess I should restart it. might not get the job.
5 My games console’s broken. It needs fixing/ 10 This coat doesn’t match the on
switching off. the website.
6 I need a new laptop. Mine doesn’t recharge/work 11 You have to your notes well and
anymore. then learn them if you want to pass the exam.
7 My computer keeps doing/making this strange 12 Will you join us for the New Year ?
noise. Something’s not right.
8 There’s a problem with the network today. The IT
department is sorting it out/switching if off.
Focus on suffixes
7 Look at the words in the box. What type of words are
they? What suffixes are used to make them nouns?
Crossword 1
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Across Down
6 air vehicle that people pay to travel in (10, 9) 1 has the ability to explode (9)
8 the feeling you have when you don’t enjoy being 2 talk about an issue (6)
on your own (10) 3 opposite of strength (8)
12 an injection to prevent a disease (11) 4 the feeling of deep sadness (10)
14 a road vehicle with an engine and two wheels (9) 5 something that is easy to feel affection for (7)
15 the process of people moving to another country 7 inquire (4, 4)
to live (11) 9 calm and quiet (8)
16 argue (7) 10 nice, generous behaviour towards someone (8)
17 form of power (11) 11 drugs that cure a bacterial infection (11)
19 signal, e.g. mobile phone (9) 13 the ability to create new ideas (10)
20 not showing intelligence (9) 18 the result of making something better (11)