News quiz 2014

VOCABULARY REVIEW AND PRACTICE 1

A. Match the verbs in the left column with the noun phrases in the right to
make collocations from the news quiz. The first one has been done for you.
1.

went

the knot

2.

sustained

to the polls

3.

captured

(someones) eyebrows

4.

seized

money

5.

accomplish

its mission

6.

paid

(someones) feathers

7.

spared

victory

8.

tied

the attention

9.

raised

an injury

10. tasted

control

11. raised

tribute

12. ruffled

no expense

Try to remember in what context the above collocations were used.

B. Some of the verbs above can also go with the following nouns. Which ones?
_____________
_____________
_____________
_____________

last respects / attention / a compliment

extensive damage / huge financial losses
success / defeat / freedom
a goal / a task / nothing

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C. Match the verbs in the first column with the adjectives in the second and
the nouns in the third. The first one has been done for you.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

suffered
took
was sentenced
sparked
won
sporting
imposed
clocked up
earned him
inflicted

to five years
worldwide
two major
a humiliating
wide
economic
most gold
more than 4 million
a full
his own

medals
Youtube views
life
beard
incidents
outrage
sanctions
acclaim
in jail
defeat

D. Each of the sentences below is missing two chunks. Try to complete them
from memory before going back to the news quiz to check. The first letter
of each missing word has been given.
1. George Clooney was considered Hollywoods most e_______ b_______
until he finally decided to t____ the k____ last year.
2. At the last World Cup held last year in Brazil, the h____ n_____
suffered a h______ d______ at the hands of Germany.
3. Rosetta space probe a________ its m_______ last November when it
touched down on a comet, a c______ b______ made of ice and rock.
4. It was a catastrophic year for Malaysia Airlines, which suffered two
m_____ i________ within a m_____ of months.
5. ISIS, which s______ f___ the Islamic State of Syria and Iraq sparked
worldwide outrage last year for their s_______ e______ of soldiers
and civilians.
6. Russia s______ no e______ on the 2014 Winter Olympics, which will
go d___ in h_______ as the costliest Olympic Games ever.

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E. Insert the words in bold into the forks below. Make sure that each
word in bold goes with ALL three words in the fork.
growing

state-of-the art

charitable

deadly

1.

weapon
virus
attack

3.

contribution
organisation
cause

5.

number
concern
tension

7.

process
discussion
trial

violent

brutal

quirky

lengthy

2.

technology
equipment
aircraft

4.

sense of humour
comedy
personality

6.

crime
death
protests /riots

8.

murder
regime
honesty

Image credits
Petro Kvitova Final Wimbledon 2011 by Pavel Lebeda via Wikimedia Commons
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