VOCABULARY QUIZ 4 • ANSWER KEY
Group A
Music industry • Compounds • Phrases to describe
success and failure • Forming nouns from adjectives
Exercise 1
1 flop: If something like a film or a play is a commercial
flop, it is unsuccessful and doesn’t make a profit.
2 brainchild: A brainchild is an original idea, invention or
plan that someone came up with.
3 reluctance: It’s an unwillingness to do something.
4 soundproof: If something like a room or wall is
soundproof, sound cannot go thorough or into it.
5 mainstream: If something like music is mainstream, it’s
liked or accepted by most people.
Exercise 2
1A fell: If something falls by the wayside, people stop using
it, doing it or making it.
2B giving: If something gives way to something else, it
means it is replaced by a thing that is better, cheaper,
more advanced, etc.
3A in: A downturn in sales is a reduction in the number of
items sold.
4C came: If something comes into prominence, it becomes
well-known or popular.
5A enjoyed: If something enjoys a resurgence, it becomes
popular again after having been forgotten for some
time.
Exercise 3
1 predominance: NOUN – It’s a situation when a person or
a thing is the largest in number in a given set or area.
2 awareness: NOUN – It’s the knowledge or
understanding of a situation, facts, etc.
3 popularity: NOUN – It’s a situation when something or
someone is liked by many people.
4 simplicity: NOUN – It’s the fact that something is easy to
understand or do.
5 affluence: NOUN – It’s the state of having a lot of money
and possessions.
6 consistency: NOUN – It’s the ability to remain the same
in behaviour, attitudes, quality, etc.
7 carelessness: NOUN – It’s not taking or showing enough
care or attention.
8 ascendancy: NOUN – If something remains in the
ascendancy, it has the position of power, strength or
success.
9 portability: NOUN – It’s the ability to be easily carried or
moved.
10 abundance: NOUN – It’s the situation when there is
more than enough of something.
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Group B
Music industry • Compounds • Phrases to describe
success and failure • Forming nouns from adjectives
Exercise 1
1 brainchild: A brainchild is an original idea, invention or
plan that someone came up with.
2 mainstream: If something like music is mainstream, it’s
liked or accepted by most people.
3 soundproof: If something like a room or wall is
soundproof, sound cannot go thorough or into it.
4 backlash: A backlash is a strong negative reaction by
a number of people against recent social or political
events.
5 decline: If sales decline, they decrease.
Exercise 2
1C gave: If something gives way to something else, it
means it is replaced by a thing that is better, cheaper,
more advanced, etc.
2A commercial: If something like a film or a play is a
commercial flop, it is unsuccessful and doesn’t make a
profit.
3B base: A fan base of a particular football team or a pop
singer are their admirers considered as a distinct group.
4C in: A downturn in sales is a reduction in the number of
items sold.
5B fallen: If something falls by the wayside, people stop
using it, doing it or making it.
Exercise 3
1 abundance: NOUN – It’s the situation when there is
more than enough of something.
2 prominence: NOUN – If something comes into
prominence, it becomes well-known or popular.
3 effectiveness: NOUN – It’s the ability to be successful
and produce intended results.
4 privacy: NOUN – It’s the state of being free from the
attention of other people.
5 portability: NOUN – It’s the ability to be easily carried or
moved.
6 authenticity: NOUN – It’s the quality of being real or true.
7 resurgence: NOUN – If something enjoys a resurgence,
it becomes popular again after having been forgotten
for some time.
8 simplicity: NOUN – It’s the fact that something is easy to
understand or do.
9 awareness: NOUN – It’s the knowledge or
understanding of a situation, facts, etc.
10 reluctance: NOUN – It’s an unwillingness to do
something.