REVISING VOCABULARY 1 2

1
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in
brackets.
1 James was not (thrill) when I told him what I
had done.
2 I don’t think that it’s a very (use) way to
spend your time.
3 I would stop trying. It’s (hope).
4 It’s a (wonder) book. You really should read
it.
5 Don’t treat me like that! You should be more
(thought).
6 Paula has been (terrify) of spiders ever since
she was little.
Complete the sentences with one of the words below and a noun
suffix.
develop ■ express ■ improve ■ lonely ■ popular ■ person ■
communicate ■ disappoint
1 The of these items means we never have them in
the shop for very long.
2 You can tell a lot about a person’s by looking
at their Facebook photos.
3 Old people often suffer from .
4 I could see he was angry from the on his face.
5 We’re very excited about this latest in
touchscreen technology.
6 This new and successful operating system is a big
on the last one.
7 It was such a when our team lost.
8 Face-to-face is better than texting.
2
Complete the sentences with the words below. Use the correct
form of the word where necessary.
controversial ■ convenient ■ costly ■ cutting-edge ■ enable ■
feature ■ invent ■ perform search ■ upgrade
1 I think I’m going to have to my laptop.
2 This machine has the latest technology.
3 Franz uses his drone to all kinds of tricks
and stunts.
4 This tablet has all the latest , including
fingerprint recognition.
5 He is a very politician.
6 This app you to turn your photos into artwork.
7 You can for the price on the web.
8 It’s actually quite old technology – it was in
the last century.
9 Maria says it’s very to have all her files in
the cloud.
10 A new tablet is going to be quite .

Complete these sentences using collocations with KEEP and SAVE

involving the words below. Use the correct form of the verb.
a diary ■ a promise ■ company ■ energy ■ life ■ posted ■ the
day ■ the trouble ■ track of
1 When I lost my keys, Paul by climbing in
through the bathroom window.
2 Look at how late it is! I wasn’t the time.
3 We will you of any change in our
plans.
4 The firefighters his when his house
caught fire.
5 I know Jim said that he wouldn’t let you down, but he
never .
6 Jane has gone to her grandfather
while her grandmother is away.
7 We bought a more expensive fridge-freezer because it will
over the course of a year.
8 If you buy bread on the way home from work, it
me of going out.
9 I used to when I was young, but I put
everything in my computer nowadays.