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CDose - Vocabulary Building Unit 3-4
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Unit 3

Exercise A

1. It's healthier to eat some fruit instead of sweets to satisfy your hunger.

2. Basketball includes a lot of running.

3. Martial arts is a good form of exercise to keep fit and learn how to defend yourself.

4. I always have problems swallowing pills.

5. Even if you are very hungry, don't eat very quickly but chew your food well.

6. When her health started to decrease she was taken to the hospital.

7. The little boy hungrily devoured his spaghetti in a few minutes.

 

Exercise B

1. original

2. substance

3. consumption

4. production

5. failures

6. abandoned

7. profitable

 

Exercise C

1. Why has the water supply been cut off?

2. I was telling my friend about my diet when we were cut off.

3. Cut up the onions and put them in the pan.

4. You smoke too much. Try to cut down smoking.

5. Don't cut in when I'm speaking.

6. Cut out the consumption of tasty snacks, if you want to lose weight.

 

Exercise D

1. The magazine is carrying out a survey on crash diets and their effects on people's health.

2. The chef carried away many awards for his excellent dishes.

3. She was so carried off by her enthusiasm that she forgot her appointment with the nutritionist.

 

 

Unit 4

Exercise A

1. homicide

2. accused

3. bring up

4. reflected

5. accustomed

6. applied

7. justice

8. link

9. incidence

10. originates

11. resort

12. pick

13. innocence

14. repercussions

15. outbreak

16. eviction

17. break

18. plead

 

Exercise B

1. law penalty

2. crime imprisonment

3. criminal record

4. juvenile delinquency

5. death rate

6. crime prevention

7. life protection

8. burglar alarm

9. car theft

10. police enforcement

11. behind bars

 

Exercise C

Table 1

VERB

NOUN

accuse

Accusation/accused

execute

Execution

convict

Conviction/convict

prosecute

Prosecuted/prosecution

charge

Charge

suspect

Suspicion/ suspected

arrest

Arrest

defend

Defence/defended

offend

Offend/offence

sentence

Sentence

condemn

Condemnation

 

Table 2

ACTION

VERB

PERSON

shoplifting

shoplift

shoplifter

forging

forge

forger

blackmailing

blackmail

blackmailer

smuggling

smuggle

smuggler

burgling

burgle

burglar

hijacking

hijack

hijacker

joyriding

joyride

joyrider

mugging

mug

mugger

vandalism

vandalise

vandal

kidnapping

kidnap

kidnapper

terrorism

terrorize

terrorist

robbing

rob

robber

theft

theft

thief

murder

murder

murder

 

1. The defendant has been sentenced of having held up a bank.

2. He was charged with murder and he is facing life imprisonment.

3. The criminal was condemned to twenty years in prison.

4. He was accused of petty theft under a law requiring stiff penalties for repeat offenders.

5. The teenager was arrested for speeding and drunk driving.

6. They were suspected of robbery and they were being shadowed by the police.