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JCasagrande - Vocabulary Building Units 3-4
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Page 29 Unit 3 (Smart Skills)

A

1)It’s healthier to eat some fruit instead of sweets to sastisfy 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 deteriorate she was taken to the hospital

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

 

B

How edible was chewing gum when it was first discovered? Its whole story started many years ago when the original base of chewing gum was found in a sapodilla tree in south America. Its substance attracted north Americans’ interest right from beginning, who travelled to south America on the assumption that this base could be used in the production of synthetic rubber. However, after many failures, attempts to improve its elasticity were abandoned. Finally, a M. Adams discovered a profitable way to use it and thought of selling it as a chewing gum.

 

C

1)Why has the water supply been cut off?

2)I was telling my friends about my diet when we were cut out

3)Cut up the onion s and put them in the pan

4)You smoke too much. Try to cut off smoking

5)Don’t cut in when I’m speaking

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

 

D

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

2)The chef carried off many awards for his excellent dishes

3)She was so carried away by her enthusiasm that she forgot her appointment with the dentist.

 

Page 41 Unit 4 (Smart Skills)

A

1)Homicide

2)Accused

3)Breed

4)Reflected

5)Familiar

6)Applied

7)Justice

8)Link

9)Incidence

10)Originates

11)Deport

12)Pick

13)Innocence

14)Repercussions

15)Outbreak

16)Detention

17)Break

18)Acquit

 

B

1)Law enforcement

2)Crime penalty

3)Criminal record

4)Juvenile deliquency

5)Death rate

6)Crime prevention

7)Life imprisonment

8)Burglar theft

9)Car alarm

10)Police protection

11)Behind bars

 

C

Table 1

1)Accuse: accusant/accused

2)Execute: execution

3)Convict: conviction/convict

4)Prosecute: prosecuted/persecution

5)Charge: charged

6)Suspect: suspecter/suspected

7)Arrest: arrested

8)Defend: defender/difende

9)Offend: offended/offender

10)Sentence: sentention

11)Condemn: condemned

 

Table 2

1)Shoplifting, shoplift, shoplifter

2)Forging, forge, forged

3)Blackmailing, blackmail, blackmailer

4)Muggling, smuggle, smuggler

5)Burgling, burgle, burglar

6)Hijacking, hijack, hijacker

7)Joyriding, joyride, joyrider

8)Mugging, mug, mugger

9)Vandalism, vandalize, vandal

10)Kidnapping, kidnap, kidnaper

11)Terrorism, terrrorism, terrorist

12)Robbering, rob, robber

13)Thieve, thief

14)Murder, murder, murderer

 

C

1)The defendant has been accused 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 sentenced of petty theft under a law requiring stiff penalties for repeat offenders

5)The teenager was convicted for speeding and drunk driving

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