Secondary 1 -Vocabulary -Unit 13

Secondary 1 -Vocabulary -Unit 13

Name _______________________________________ Date ___________

1. Read the paragraph. Fill in the blanks with words from the book.

Egypt has two of the ancient Seven _____________ of the world. One is the Great Pyramid in Giza and the other is the _______________ at Alexandria. Now the wonders of the world have changed. Not all of them are buildings. The most important _____________ wonders are computers and x-rays. When computers were first invented, they were huge and so expensive that they were used only in offices of large companies. But now they are small and cheap. They can be _______________ to the internet so you shop, chat with your friends, get information and do many other things. In the past, people used to pay high telephone _______________ for using the internet through a dial-up connection. Now you can get high speed with moderate fees. So using the internet doesn't _________________ so much money. Laptops have greatly _____________ ordinary computers as people prefer to use them instead of large computers because they can take them anywhere.

During the last one hundred years, there have also been great advances in medical ________________. For instance, ______________ make it possible to see what is happening inside our bodies _______________. Doctors can see well what's inside the patient's body and so decide the suitable treatment. Without the invention of the x-ray, many diseases wouldn't have been treated.

2. Read this group of words. Place them into the right column. Then write one sentence with each.

unfortunately – simply – immediately – mostly – foreign – incredible – possible – huge – hardly - lazy

Adjectives	Adverbs

1. ___________________________________________________________

2. ___________________________________________________________

3. ___________________________________________________________

4. ___________________________________________________________

5. ___________________________________________________________

6. ___________________________________________________________

7. ___________________________________________________________

8. ___________________________________________________________

9. ___________________________________________________________

10. __________________________________________________________

3. Complete the sentences with the correct form of cost, buy, pay or spend.

1. I _______________ LE 50 a month for my mobile phone calls.

2. My brother has just _______________ a new laptop. It _______________ him LE 4000. He _______________ LE 2000 cash, and he has to _______________ LE 200 a month for the remainder.

3. Years ago I used to _______________ a bus ticket for 25 piastres, but now it _______________ 50 to ride the bus.

4. My father said he used to _______________ only 10 piastres for a bus ticket when he was young.

5. The government has _______________ millions of pounds to build a new hospital.

6. How much will Cairo’s new metro line _______________?

4. Complete the analogy with a word from the unit. Follow the example.

An analogy is a way to show different kinds of relationships between words. Below you can see some examples. The sentence in brackets is how we read an analogy aloud.

Example: building : architect :: machine : engineer (Building is to architect as machine is to engineer.) A building is designed by an architect and a machine is designed by an engineer.

1. watch : television :: pay : ____________________

2. happy : happiness :: ____________________ : health

3. enormous : huge :: inexpensive : ____________________

4. possible : impossible : credible : ____________________

5. computer : e-mail :: ____________________ : text message

5. Write an antonym for each word. Follow the example.

Example: receive - send

1. easy - ____________________

2. active - ____________________

3. firstly - ____________________

4. decrease - ____________________

5. cheap - ____________________

6. Give one word that means the following.

1. to start using a different person or thing instead of the one you use now:

____________________

2. a list of things you have bought or services you have used and the amount of money you have to pay for them: ____________________

3. a tower with a bright light that tells ships about dangers at sea:

____________________

4. using the most modern ideas, equipment, and methods: ____________________

5. someone who is between 13 and 19 years old: ____________________

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a. the verb of:

1. pollution: ____________________

2. treatment: ____________________

3. information: ____________________

b. three words that begin with "well":

1. ____________________

2. ____________________

3. ____________________

c. three words that would appear on the pages between the entries "nothing" and "numerical":

1. ____________________

2. ____________________

3. ____________________

Secondary 1 - Vocabulary - Unit 13

ANSWERS

1.

Egypt has two of the ancient Seven Wonders of the world. One is the Great Pyramid of Giza and the other is the Lighthouse at Alexandria. Now the wonders of the world have changed. Not all of them are buildings. The most important modern wonders are computers and x-rays. When computers were first invented, they were huge and so expensive that they were used only in offices of large companies. But now they are small and cheap. They can be connected to the internet so you can shop, chat with your friends, get information and do many other things. In the past, people used to pay high telephone bills for using the internet through a dial- up connection. Now you can get high speed with moderate fees. So using the internet doesn't cost so much money. Laptops have greatly replaced ordinary computers as people prefer to use them instead of large computers because they can take them anywhere.

During the last one hundred years, there have also been great advances in medical treatment. For instance, x-rays make it possible to see what is happening inside our bodies clearly. Doctors can see well what's inside the patient's body and so decide the suitable treatment. Without the invention of the x-ray, many diseases wouldn't have been treated.

2.

Adjectives	Adverbs
foreign incredible possible huge lazy	unfortunately simply immediately mostly hardly

1-10. Answers will vary.

3.

1. I spend LE 50 a month for my mobile phone calls.

2. My brother has just bought a new laptop. It cost him LE 4000. He paid LE 2000 cash, and he has to pay LE 200 a month for the remainder.

3. Years ago I used to buy a bus ticket for 25 piastres, but now it costs 50 to ride the bus.

4. My father said he used to pay only 10 piastres for a bus ticket when he was young.

5. The government has spent millions of pounds to build a new hospital.

6. How much will Cairo’s new metro line cost?

4

1. watch : television :: pay : bill

2. happy : happiness :: healthy : health

3. enormous : huge :: inexpensive : cheap

4. possible : impossible : credible : incredible

5. computer : e-mail :: mobile phone : text message

5.

1. easy - difficult

2. active - lazy

3. firstly - lastly / finally

4. decrease - increase

5. cheap - expensive

6.

1. replace 2. bill 3. lighthouse 4. advanced 5. teenager

7.

a.

1. pollute 2. treat 3. inform

b.

Answers may vary. Any of the following are correct: well-advised, well-balanced, well-behaved, well-being, well-brought-up, well-built, well-done, well-dressed, well-earned, well-established, well-fed, well-heeled.

c.

Answers may vary. Any of the following are correct: nothingness, notice, noticeable, noticeboard, notification, notify, notion, notoriety, notorious, notwithstanding, nought, nourish, nourishing, nourishment, novel, novelist, novelty, November, novice, now, nowadays, nowhere, noxious, nozzle, nr, n't, nuance, nuclear, nuclear disarmament, nuclear family, nuclear reactor, nucleus, nude, nudge, nudist, nugget, nuisance, nuke, null and void, nullify, numb, number, number plate, numeral, numerate.

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