TEENS 6 NAME:

COACHING CLASS 6 __________________

WORD FORMATION

A) In the following sentences, use the word given in capitals at the end to form a word that fits
in the space

1. The next ………………………………… of “Romeo and Juliet” begins at 7.30. PERFORM

2. Nobody believed the ………………………………… he gave us. EXPLAIN
3. I like the songs, but they aren’t very ………………………………… ORIGIN
4. The film wasn’t very ………………………………… ENJOY
5. Everybody expected an exciting game, but only three ………………………………… showed up, so
it was cancelled. CONTEST
6. I call my mother …………………………………, usually at the weekend. REGULAR
7. I was absolutely ………………………………… when my team won the match. THRILL
8. I’m afraid you have insufficient funds to pay for the course, so ………………………………… we’ll
have to ask you to leave. FORTUNATE
9. He was incapable of explaining anything clearly, and so all his students
………………………………… his instructions. UNDERSTAND
10. For many mountaineers, ………………………………… can be difficult in such extreme
conditions. SURVIVE

B) WORD FORMATION

Evening classes
Recently I decided to go to evening classes twice a week. During the day I work in a
……………………………… (1) agency as a telephonist. It is not a very interesting
…………………………………… (2) and I get bored. I also got tired of coming home every evening,
putting a ………………………………… (3) meal in the oven and then watching
1. SECRETARY
TV. So I decided to take up …………………………………………… (4) as a hobby.
2. OCCUPY
Perhaps I should give you an …………………………………………… (5) for my
3. FREEZE
choice. Learning a skill is a good ………………………………………… (6) to the
4. CARPENTER
problem of boring work. Also, I felt I was a ……………………………………………
5. EXPLAIN
(7) because any time I tried to put up a shelf, for example, it always fell
6. SOLVE
down! Now I am quite a ……………………………………… (8) wood-worker! I am
7. FAIL
working on the ………………………………………… (9) of some furniture at the
8. SUCCESS
moment. And although there are only two other girls in class, I don’t
9. CONSTRUCT
feel any ………………………………………………… (10) I’ve turned out to be the
10. EMBARRASS
best student in the class!
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Jerry is a bully and has one of the most (1) ...................... personalities ATTRACT
of anyone I know. He’s totally (2) ................. – he never does what OBEY
his parents or teachers tell him to do, he’s (3) .......................(he’s always HONEST
telling lies), and try to keep my (4) ..................... from him as much as DISTANT
possible. (5) ........................., he’s my brother, so that’s not always easy! FORTUNE
It’s strange having a (6) ................... who everyone dislikes. It makes RELATE
me feel (7) ................... at school, because sometimes people think I COMFORT
must be just like him, but in fact I’m completely (8) .................... . I DIFFER
hope as Jerry grows older he’ll realise how important (9) ................. FRIEND
is and he’ll stop being so (10) ................. to everyone. One thing is KIND
sure – he’ll never get a girlfriend until he changes his ways!

THE WOMAN ON THE HILL

A woman has lived in complete ISOLATION (0) in a large house on a hill in north Yorkshire for
the last fifty years. She .................................................... (1) visits the nearby village to
order food. She walks .................................................... (2) down the main street but she
only speaks to the different shop .................................................... (3) in order to ask for
something. Apart from that, she doesn’t speak to anyone at all. She receives
a .................................................... (4) of wood once a year for her fire but the van driver
has .................................................... (5) to leave it on the doorstep and go away. She must
have been very .................................................... (6) when she was young and her clothes
were probably .................................................... (7) 50 years ago. She must be about 70
years old now. She gives the .................................................... (8) from the way she
behaves that she might have been an .................................................... (9) once. But
nobody in the village knows who she is and they are .................................................... (10)
to find out unless she tells them.

0) ISOLATE
1) OCCASION
2) CONFIDENCE
3) ASSIST
4) DELIVER
5) INSTRUCT
6) ATTRACT
7) FASHION
8) IMPRESS
9) ACT
10) LIKE
B) WORD FORMATION
The life of a supermodel
Tweetie de Leon-Gonzalez broke into the COMPETITIVE (0) world of
modelling at the age of fourteen. Advertisers noticed 1- IMMEDIATE

her ..................................... (1) but she was determined to continue 2- EDUCATE

her ..................................... (2), which she valued highly. 3- TALENT

This ..................................... (3) student finished school, went to 4- EVENTUAL

university and ..................................... (4) gained a degree in 5- GRADUATE

philosophy. After ..................................... (5), Tweetie looked for 6- DECIDE

normal work, but modelling jobs continued to come her way. She made 7- COMPETE

the ..................................... (6) to become a full-time model after 8- PROFESSION

winning an important ..................................... (7). Apart from

great ..................................... (8) success, she also made many new friends in this career.