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Oxford Word Skills - Intermediate
Oxford Word Skills - Intermediate
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The dacovervintenton ofthe elec bart bulb changes people's nes 44 Scents nave Qriecoutleanfried exceriments on ania 5 We invenealdscoverod the ie sung dug pein? 6 Vieve got ne dat, so now we need to anayselpoieit © complete the sentences using the carect form of he word onthe right. > Television was an inedible _Iention INVENT ‘There's a report tom 3 group of SCENCE 2 Te ‘of penn as of maor mporancs, DISCOVER 3 Were vatng for ifthe ute CONAN 4 Trerewilbe a of te ining inthe laboratoy, ANALYSE 5 The 6s and 70s were an exting peri for space Exrvont 1 Humane ae aways adh forthe ‘fnew ifeforms EXIST © complete the sentences. > Thepolce Useoered_grugs inside Ns shoes 1 atthe moment there ino evince ha fe on Mrs 2 Theylettcam and want to the countryside to se what they could id 3 wih the ss of “1 can show nes fom anyhere inthe word 44 Scientists bee they wi hav Out further experiment 5 | don know wo fst the camera, Do you? 18 Weknew he was, but the doctrs have now shatits serious © Phe youset, covers glosary meanings and ook the word niouvonentar he Soman THE WORD AROUNDUS 3712_| can talk about rivers and the sea A Water RIVERS Wwideriser arrow ever ‘avers fowtothasea. rier canbe wide it) an deep depts) narrow an shallow, Ltrainsheavil-arivercan bursts bank’ shih cases hess non kr aloo "mo, the sie dries up ‘THESEA and OCEANS DIFFERENT AREAS OF WATER. ‘Te de comes high tide and scsout ow tide ce. Boal loa athe smrfaes he water uy Iba wether a Ihetcneapsiee ant eens tak: Darecndie TR Seeing teat sinderwnder an ‘iyo er flow me smoky (ike wit burst rk open sen and vet = ‘ocean avery beste the Atlantean, AWerthereguarchangeintesealentennedty | TRSRESomMing oA Smeg cemaeen temtcnsselby Ghar melee ope Tie winennsed ons fr ts apts ots) um ner inthe wate underwater happening esting lew the rown lin water because ou cnt cathe ‘ho canse of emething isthe sb oe thing thatakest hana, "healed ow ome of eet, 38 THE WORD AROUND US© one letters missing, Write the words correctly. > tak lake 6 ano 3 fos 7 pace 2 highta 8 aren 3 show. § wateral 4 tor 10 cen 5 sutace © Maren 1-8 with > there i 2 capsid 1 burst » wiheses 2 therver ts banks 3 low 6 died up 4 the wath fe inthe lake 5 ittows Ftv 6 donn ofthe ier 7 ashallow hide 8 thebost 1 went ut © Yesor No? Write ¥ or Cen people feat in wate? Con peosle copsiza? Does wate fen 03 pond? > dosveanshave atider N 5 Cana ond dy un? 1 bthe death ofa rher the same asits width? 7 Can people swin up a wateral? 2 Canyouhave high ide ad ew tie? 2 Cenpeople ston the bank ofa rer? 3 Do puddes form when tains a? 9 Arecarals deepe than seas? — 4 0 5 O Airce the correct word. The Rie Seine tt through Fars, 1 The leaves fated on the aufacehanerwate 2 went sing onthe pondake 2. The ship eapsaed/arewned in he storm 4 snam acs the whele dog ofthe er > Ther ice USHA at heer ef our garden © Sadly the dog drownedank whe the ship capsize 7 You can stan yp inthe eer hee; t's very naomi. ony fami gt very we during the Hoodies. @ complete the tents with a suitable word in the corract form, ‘We had some storms th very hea can assume. The ive which as touch dey a iba, sea) Saris acd. The water was qe o twas two mets ln some pats, aed you cou ee people's pasesions @ inthe water ‘head 9 ene day sing ona) inthe moortans lex weekend. The ‘vind wa vty storg, and sun) our litle boat (6) ‘nd we enced up in the water We sam to safety, but watched te boat slowly) — tothe baton Later dscwered twos very dangerous thee, and ast yearscmeane (@) THEWORLD AROUND US 39B oe The coast 6% Ourlocal beach sain sandy. th afew eoeks ad coast ana flan tht scosctooe pebbles’ down by theshore, Theresa steep ell rsing net tothe seta a stove the beach and children ten psy inthe caves? shoretheland ange besa thore Attheand ofthe bay mink there usnathaebaues” jor pe ee ae tru rman ps on hone fomtlowmer aii ote sth rom sh ecb roughscu even se age > protect Ship! onthe horizon Sy gh Aragon = Which words are being defined? asmalstane you don ateach pebble the lne bette the lad or theses andthe sky lore piece of stone {an 2160 of sd oral stones beside the 4 ‘ahah seep ares of reck ret to the sea large boat ten used 9 cary passengers theland a the edge oF the sea where tare sand or racks place where ships or boat af les up and protects from th se 2 age hole na cif or under he ground the aea of and next othe sea an rea of the coast where the rd coes int orm a curve 1 Complete the sentences, It as0rice dy, so we went tothe beach When es stormy, tha sea gets very huge hit the boat and we capsizes ‘The harbour thee boats in bad weather Aone and of he bach thee are rcks anc pebbles, ur the other end is You cant dik the cf i's teo | ecu ee boat the horizon © PB tecyouets corte tert and ok at the pcure Where he wor? ao ‘THEWORD AROUND US13 | can describe the climate bo units 11 and 12 fist A The weather 6% “WoraiPhrase [exam Tearing it our with rain) —| Ws pouring ue! an bea “soaking wet | Twaspouringwitkniandtawt | extemal wel Sisoaked soaking wet eines. | was drizting when ie the oie | sin iis wi very Stall drop, “rope “rainbow ‘id you ee the rainbow? PX ‘tery colt Fenton cfilly Tet eily inthe evening lite to colo be comivtale il ‘Wa bosn a vexy mild win, ‘warmer than usual fete tis of 605 ‘heatwave period ofall hot weather gay sd ‘warm and dump aan unpessane way ‘mistimistysig | Yow get loofmistin te mornings | inchs se the grand which inant ial oe ru nt thick as i. Trost Tere was Trostlast nigh: theres | ehe weather condition when the skeen theca, temperate shew O°C ace forms freinds th rou, ‘rene reer | Hot today borthara lowly Beeae | lat wind wale | Theewrwamleslntoisie | astong wink © Tek Wrtheconect arse Which iseder Bacny oy Dla ey 1 Wich estenae? Sane aes 2 Which cscer Dlebeerromng ls testy marina 2 Whi wae? Dlemusoyerenng Els cl ering Whi mene more er? Ehitpora fran tour Eli dor anh 5 Which sharia osesthoush? Eloy Cnet & Wien ansmee nar? Colgate, Bip sakes © complete the words in the texts. Whew are suey ane 0m GOH" ran Wed hav an ua Sve gots rt hen thea toed, ho sun cane outa we cd see ae tv aint twas ques tay forever She woke us Res) ol and she noticed the 5} the windows. By ‘dy tough the epactueFad gone up. Arse eth howe sea few 8 ‘ann herhed thon 8 forthe restate doy Lastsymerinas usualy ht we dh Se et eee aero edly) m ‘and unplessant at right © Wh eset, cnr te wordptatt ad nao the tbe ad lok athe ee ee “THE WORLD AROUND US 41B Climate change #9 Tiere atest 707) OUR ENVIRONMENT “an effects changewhich ie sonsed (Gloal warming {othe gradual inereacein the avorage | _bysometing temperature of the earth's atmosphere, and iscaused || Wubarethe eects of lal warning Dy harmful gases Many evieonmentalists elev | Toalfeet someting meansto make ‘hat most of his pollution is theres ofhaman shasge in particule was activities Here are some ofthe effets: lose change ih fee i es (= yl akecurines chang), + Astheloe atthe poles melts st eels eld rise by sina serine son eg, heatwaves or Moods. - + "Tear vl bese een ware sn te rb a disepenring + Fin th esate spn tl eapcay ‘ect yop poo sie ante hens geaiercindins human concede eleputlrresion ime Hyon ai (te emvronment th atl wd hese. (hanes aaa i Tanaris ge Inte: oie ies seronmen enpedctable sh nana cn roma fasingiamagetonry.oe gg” TA nngnenthee aan os astsimccteae €2 yee «lean geo nia pouson ——-yanddageos st agape erode peso envtonmentpolate 42 THeWoRLD AROUND US© complete the words > himan 4 hormi—t ciple 5 atmo—__ere ear 6 env ro m_nt ne 7 polite © ood or bad? Write G or 8. “This gas won't harm anyone, & 1 Some kins of enimals ae venting 5. The weather's ess extee. 2 The floes water lin 6 Theearh’s temperate rising — 3 Farineis spreading, 7 The ke atthe ales is aradualy meting 4 The tqud harm The fers poled @ cic the corect word. ‘cei au How does the situation effete you? ‘aller prsitabl/urpredictale: you never know what's going to happen Ny brother studies the eneronrent/an envormentalt {Global warming cased by pecan acti Fat yourie cream quick ~ ts spreacingfmatng. ter ius “The rainforests gradual dsappssnngimeting “There aeharfol gases inte aospheseeect @ conpiete the sentences Retin eaRNe anton: 1 Wehadalotafe "Weather last year along heatwave and gals the autumn. | ‘Pinks all pao change 2. you freeze wate, changes fom al as 3 Thebeach was p. th ol which serous a ‘he sea beds ae animals 4 Environmertats 6 that there vill ea in sea vein there 5 With 9 worming, some kinds of plants and armas are very fs. 6 Cenaindseases fiom person to person very quick, 7 > hasaveryh bffect on the enorme, 5 alter many months wthaur ae, there a real danger of inthis part a trea @ 480UT You AND YOUR COUNTRY Write your answers, or ask another student. 1 How wested are you about gobs warming? 2 Doyou have rainforests in your county? Hs0, whats happening to ther? 3. Has the climate changed inrecant years in your county? Ifs0, ow? 4 Which human aces do you thik are haing the enrorment mos ‘5 What kind of poluion is common in your county? © Bh tex: yoursatt. cover the glossary meanings and look atthe words. What are the meanings? THEWORLD AROUNDUS 43