matrix intermediate
UNIT 2
grammar test
Confused words
1 Complete the sentences with the correct words.
practice / practise
1 We have football ____________ every Thursday after school.
2 If you don’t ____________ regularly, you won’t improve.
advice / advise
1 I strongly ____________ you to give
up smoking.
2 Paul wasn’t sure about which university
to apply to, so he asked his teacher for
____________ .
characteristic/identity/personality/individuality
1 National __________________ are often quite amusing to people from other countries.
2 Though their __________________ differed, they got along as friends.
3 No one discovered the true __________________ of the thief.
4 A sense of __________________ is important if we want to stand out in a crowd.
5 Human beings are amazing; they all have their own different __________________.
6 Unfortunately a big nose is our family __________________.
7 The newspaper photo apparently showed him in Rome but it was a case of mistaken __________________.
8 Find out more about your __________________, who you are, how you act and react in certain situations.
9 Sentimentality seems a __________________ of all the writers of that period.
10 Police are trying to establish the __________________ of a woman seen walking away from the accident.
Word formation: verbs and nouns
1 Write the related nouns.
1 imagine ____________
2 arrange ____________
3 discuss ____________
4 educate ____________
5 manage ____________
6 amuse ____________
7 organize ____________
8 tolerate ____________
9 enjoy ____________
10 confirm ____________
2 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words.
1 According to experts, digital television is the future of home _______________. (entertain)
2 When Clare entered the skateboarding
_______________, she didn’t expect to win. (compete)
3 Jane couldn’t taste the _______________ between the two cola drinks. (differ)
4 After discussing the results of the experiment, the scientists finally reached a _______________. (conclude)
5 Greg’s parents gave him _______________ to go on holiday with his friends. (permit)
3 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the box.
agree - confuse - impress – possess revise - encourage
1 Robert managed to make a good ____________ at his job interview.
2 Dave was arrested for ____________ of drugs.
3 After two weeks of negotiations, the
company signed an ____________ which promised better working conditions.
4 Pam failed her exams because she hadn’t
done enough ____________ .
5 Michael’s parents gave him a lot of
____________ when he decided to play football professionally.
6 The concert was badly organised. There was
a lot of ____________ about who was playing.
4 Complete the texts with the correct form of the words.
1 There has been an ____________ (explode) in the centre of Paris. The police say no one has been injured.
2 The government has promised to find a _____________ (solve) to rising unemployment.
3 A tornado has hit the coast of Florida. The cost of the _____________ (destroy) is estimated at fifty million dollars.
4 A recent government report shows that there has been a big ______________ (improve) in health care over the last five years.
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