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Vocabulary Building
Exercise 2.8. Here are some words and phrases from Listening Text. Read the
sentences below and fill in each blank with one word/ phrase.

mosquitoes contestants sharks accidents

running out Mars the Earth swimmers

1. He can’t buy that shirt because he’s..........................of money.

2. ...........................are waiting for their turn to perform.
3. ....................has two satellites.
4. Be careful or you’ll be bitten by........................
5. .........................are the most dangerous fish at sea.
6. .........................is the fourth planet from the sun.
7. USA Swimming is made up of 400,000 ......................
8. The number of.............................has decreased this month.

Vocabulary Skills Conversion

Conversion is the word formation process in which a word of one grammatical form
becomes a word of another grammatical form without any changes to spelling or
pronunciation. Here are some classes of conversion.
 Noun to Verb Conversion
Access – to access
Bottle – to bottle
Email – to email
 Verb to Noun Conversion
To alert – alert
To attack – attack

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To call – call
 Other Conversions
Adjective to Verb: green – to green
Preposition to noun: up, down – the ups and downs of life
Conjunction to noun: if, and, but – no ifs, ands, or buts
Interjection to noun: ho ho ho – I love the ho ho hos of Christmastime.

Exercise 2.9. Here are some words of color from the Listening Text. Use
dictionaries to find their conversion.
White......................
Blue........................
Grey........................
Yellow....................
Brown.....................

Listening for Main Ideas

Exercise 2.10. Listen and circle the main idea of the text. (Track 2.1)
1. A Sport Game
2. An Auction
3. A Game Show

Listening for Details

Exercise 2.11. Listen and answer these questions. (Track 2.1)
1. What is the name of the show?
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2. How many seconds do the contestants have for each question?
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3. How much do they win for the first right answer?
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4. How much do they win for eight right answers?

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5. What happens if the contestant has a wrong answer?
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6. Where is Darren from?
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7. Are brown eggs better than white ones?
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8. Which is hotter, the Earth or Mars?
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9. How many cups of tea do British people drink everyday?
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10. What cars are safer than white ones?
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Listening Skills Understanding Causes and Effects

When we talk about an effect resulting from a certain cause, we use expressions such
as because, since, as, owing to, due to...
The police arrested him because he broke into a bank.
She can't read the letter as she is illiterate.
He is lazy, so his study result is bad.

Exercise 2.12
A. Listen to Cristina talk about her favorite time of day and answer questions
below. (Track 2.2)
1. Why Cristina’s favourite time of day is 10 o’clock at night?
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2. Why does her weekend begin on Thursday?
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3. Why does she like July the best?

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4. Which season does she like the most? Why?
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5. Why is Christmas her favorite public holiday?
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B. Listen to Udom talk about his favorite time of day and answer questions
below.
6. Why Udom’s favourite time of day is the morning?
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7. Why does he like Friday the best?
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8. What is his favourite month?
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9. Which season does he like the best? Why?
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10. Why is Thai New Year his favourite public holiday?
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