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General Foundation Programme

INTRODUCTORY UNITS
(Units 1-3)

Practice Exercises for Students

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Exercise 5

Dictionary work
1. In your dictionary, find the entry for ‘develop’ and write the words which have
the following typefaces.
italic : part of speech-verb
small letters : meaning
bold : keyword
phonetic : di’vǝlop

What typefaces are the following words in the entry for

‘dentist’? dentist : bold
 /δεντΙστ/ : phonetic

noun : small letters-in italics

I’ve got toothache… : Italics type

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2. Find these words in your dictionary and write which grammar group each
belongs to.
hazard (N)
disabled (ADJ)
descend (V)
hoarse (ADJ)
energy (N)

3. The words in this list are all verbs. Write the noun forms in the second
column.

1. diagnose: diagnosis 6. analyse : analysis

2. prescribe : prescription 7. recover : recovery

3. infect: infection 8. suffer : sufferer

4. cure : cure 9. operate : operation

5. replace: replacement 10. examine : examination

Write the full reference of the Dictionary:-

Find the following words in the dictionary and list the guidewords for each.

Find… Guide words are:

 e.g. under

dance __daisy_____ and ___dandy___

notebook _no-show__ and ___notice____

table _tap___ and __taco_____

miaow _methodology____ and __microprocessor_____

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6. Find the entries for ‘squash’. Read the sentences below and choose the number of the
headword which matches the meaning of the sentence.

a) The pineapple squash tasted sweet and cool. Headword No noun

2 b) Ahmed is taking squash lessons every Monday. Headword No
noun c) He drove the car into the garden and squashed all the flowers.
Headword No verb d) Squash is a vegetable with hard skin.
Headword No. noun e) Unwanted talk should be squashed right at the beginning.
Headword No. verb f) Eight students sat squashed together around one table.
Headword No. verb

7. Complete these sentences with the correct phrasal verb from it.

a) Last night two men _broke in_____ the bank and stole all the money. b) In
January at the end of the first semester we ___break up____ for two weeks.

c) Riya, who is usually so strong, __broke____and cried when her brother died.

8. Find these words in your dictionary and write which grammar group each
belongs to.
poverty ___noun___

prefer __verb___ _

surfing __noun___

sincerely ___adverb______
 simplify __verb____

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9. Use your dictionary and complete the sentences with the right form given in

brackets.

a) I have _____ an_______ information about the stolen things. (an/some)

b) The __policemen____ in some countries carry guns. (policeman/policemen)

c) The box ____weight__ at least 5 kilos. (weighs/weight)

d)He is an ___impatient____ man. He gets very angry when he has to wait for

something. (impatient/patient).

e) The __Institution___ of Bankers have an important meeting next

week. (Institute /Institution)

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