Opportunities Intermediate - Language Powerbook [antikvár]

1 COMMUNICATION Vocabulary (Jy Parts of speech Complete the table. Use the Mini-Dictionary to help you with new words. Then complete the sentences below, using words from the table. noun verb adjective adverb succeis succeed despair .j.M^sful: rapid succusfidlv ambition return disaster sadness bitterly exhausted famous sadden injure breath He m^-?^-- his leg playing football. It was starting to rain so they walked more and then ran back to the car. It was with great that I heard that my uncle had died. Laura was in Part 1 of the exam, so she is taking Part 2 this summer. The journey to the South Pole ended for Scott and his men. We had to walk home when the car broke down. I was I David wants to be very successful and very rich. He's the most person I know. (2^ Read the text. Work out the meaning of the underlined words by deciding what kind of words they are (noun, verb, etc.) using the context and your own language to help you. Example: Biro - fwMv. Conie-Kt: You^wrta mtkit. A journalist writes about the South Pole Within two minutes I can't write because my biro is frozen solid. My hair is frozen too and my face feels icy. My eyebrows are frozen too and melting snow keeps dropping into my eyes. My heart is pounding as my body tries to acclimatise to this terrible cold. Wordbuilding Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets. 1 The weather was so bad that it was VXfi^if.^^h. to continue our journey. (POSSIBLE) 2 The menu was in Chinese and nobody could give us a (TRANSLATE) 3 I lost my passport so I had no form of (IDENTIFY) 4 She can walk a long way in one day because she's so (ENERGY) 5 It was a difficult and dangerous climb so we had to go (CAREFUL) 6 One minute it was sunny, the next it rained. The weather was (CHANGE) 7 One of the expedition members hurt his leg and was to continue. (ABLE)