Diploma in Business LGE 1023 Intensive English Grammar

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FORMING NOUNS

Exercise 1
Form nouns for each of the following words.

1. valuable 16. obey

2. pure 17. sit
3. neighbour 18. angry
4. draw 19. choose
5. able 20. bore
6. warm 21. approve
7. accept 22. fly
8. discover 23. live
9. jealous 24. explain
10. humble 25. comprehend
11. famous 26. divide
12. succeed 27. broad
13. proud 28. deep
14. enter 29. believe
15. grow 30. receive

Exercise 2
Construct 10 sentences from the nouns formed above.

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Exercise 3

Fill in the blanks with suitable noun formed from the words in the brackets.

1. He showed his _____________________ (appreciate) by buying her a _____________

(give).
2. She gave a clear ____________________ (describe) of the robber.
3. He spoke with ____________________ (clear) and ____________________. (confident)
4. The ____________________ (long) of this piece of rope is two metres.
5. His ____________________(injure) is a result of not paying heed to the
____________________(warn) given.
6. There is a ____________________(short) of workers in the factory.
7. The king was noted for his ____________________(wise) in making sound
____________________ (decide)
8. She has invited all of us to her ____________________ (wed).
9. Ali had a happy ____________________(child) staying with his grandparents.
10. She was filled with ____________________ (jealous) when she heard her friend had been
chosen instead of her.

NOUN COLLOCATION

Exercise 4

For each question, four options are given. One of them is the correct answer. Make your choice (a,b,c,
or d) and write the number in the brackets provided

A) It is important for you put the terms down in _____________.

a) dark and blue
b) black and grey
c) black and blue
d) black and white

B) Let me know the complete story. Do not tell it to me in bits and ____________.
a) Pieces
b) patches
c) Bites
d) beads

C) The cars are inching their way through the ____________ traffic.
a) thick
b) daunting
c) heavy
d) weighty

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D) It was ______________ task having to finish the entire project by myself.

a) broken
b) hard
c) disappointing
d) heavy

E) This is part and _____________ of the deal. We cannot do away with it.
a) parcel
b) packet
c) package
d) portion

F) The suit does not look as good now because of wear and ___________.
a) wear
b) where
c) tear
d) worn

G) After weighing the _______________________, they finally decided to accept the offer.
a) for and against
b) good or bad
c) pros and cons
d) ups and downs

H) It was a close ______________ and fortunately, we could all walk away unhurt.
a) pass
b) slip
c) shave
d) watch

I) With our _______________ efforts, I am sure we can solve the problem.

a) group
b) concerted
c) strenous
d) Hard

J) We should not do things with a hit- or - _______________ attitude as the results will not be good.
a) wit
b) flop
c) miss
d) fit

K) Put it down with pen and _______________ . Do not just rely on your memory.
a) paper
b) notepad
c) pencil
d) board

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L) She did not turn her son in because he was, after all, her flesh and ______________.
a) meat
b) soul
c) mind
d) blood

M) I have no idea why they were so involved in such a _______________ argument.

a) heated
b) hot
c) fiery
d) furious

N) With such keen _______________ from the other classes, we will have to work extremely hard to
win the first prize.
a) contest
b) companion
c) competition
d) championship

O) After many twists and _______________ , they were finally able to solve the case.
a) turns
b) bends
c) misses
d) flops

Exercise 4

Write a short paragraph using at least 3 noun collocations learnt in the above exercise.