2014 News Quiz Vocab Review_ANSWERS

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News quiz 2014

VOCABULARY REVIEW AND PRACTICE ADVANCED Scroll down for the INTERMEDIATE level

ANSWERS

A. Match the verbs in the left column with the noun phrases in the right tomake collocations from the news quiz. The first one has been done for you.

1. went

2. sustained

3. captured

4. seized

5.

accomplish6. paid

7. spared

8. tied

9. raised

10. tasted

11. raised

12. ruffled

to the polls

an injury

the attention

control

its missiontribute

no expense

the knot

money

victory

(someones) eyebrows

(someone s) feathers

NB. You can point out that the collocations here appear in the same orderas they appeared in the news quiz. Students can go back and check theanswers themselves

B. Some of the verbs above can also go with the following nouns. Which ones?

paid last respects / attention / a complimentsustained extensive damage / huge financial lossestasted success / defeat / freedomaccomplished a goal / a task / nothing


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C. Match the verbs in the first column with the adjectives in the second andthe nouns in the third. The first one has been done for you.

1. suffered2. took3. was sentenced4. sparked5. won6. sporting7. imposed8. clocked up9. earned him10. inflicted

two majorhis ownto five yearsworldwidemost golda fulleconomicmore than 4 millionwidea humiliating

incidentslifein jailoutragemedalsbeardsanctionsYoutube viewsacclaimdefeat

NB. Again, you can ask students here to relate these to the news storiesmentioned in the quiz or come up with their own examples

D. Each of the sentences below is missing two chunks. Try to complete themfrom memory before going back to the news quiz to check. The first letterof each missing word has been given.

1. George Clooney was considered Hollywood s most eligible bachelor

until he finally decided to tie the knot last year.

2. At the last World Cup held last year in Brazil, the host nation suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands of Germany.

3. Rosetta space probe accomplished its mission last November when ittouched down on a comet, a celestial body made of ice and rock.

4. It was a catastrophic year for Malaysia Airlines, which suffered twomajor incidents within a matter of months .

5. ISIS, which stands for the Islamic State of Syria and Iraq sparkedworldwide outrage last year for their summary executions of soldiersand civilians.

6. Russia spared no expense on the 2014 Winter Olympics, which willgo down in history as the costliest Olympic Games ever.


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E. Insert the words in bold into the forks below. Make sure that eachword in bold goes with ALL three words in the fork.

growing 5 state-of-the art 2 violent 6 brutal 8

charitable 3 deadly 1 quirky 4 lengthy 7

weapon1. virus

attack

technology2. equipment

aircraft

contribution3. organisation

cause

sense of humour4. comedy

personality

number5. concern

tension

crime6. death

protests /riots

process7. discussion

trial

murder8. regime

honesty


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News quiz 2014

LANGUAGE REVIEW AND PRACTICE -INTERMEDIATE

A. Match the verbs in the left column with the noun phrases in the right tomake collocations from the news quiz. The first one has been done for you.

1. went

2. declare

3. made

4. was rushed

5. become

6. went

7. was sentenced

8. commit

9. made

10. reached

to the polls

independence

headlines

to hospital

a sensation

on trial

to five years in jail

a crime

history

its destination

Now do the same with collocations 11-20

11. caused

12. paid

13. committed

14. were taken

15. go down

16. won

17. tied

18. raise

19. tasted

20. raised

outrage

last respects

suicide

hostage

in history

a gold medal

the knot

awareness

victory

eyebrows

Try to remember in what context the above collocations were used.


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B. Without looking at the previous page, write a verb that goes with all thenouns in each line.

go/went on trial / to the polls / to prison / viral

win/won a gold medal / the song contest / the award

raise awareness / money / (someones) eyebrows

commit suicide / a crime

make/made headlines / history / an effort / a speech

take/took control / somebody hostage / responsibility

C. Rewrite the following sentences using the Passive so that the meaning isthe same.

Oscar Pistorius got a five-year jail sentence.

= Oscar Pistorius was sentenced to five years in jail.

Brazil lost 7-1 in the semi-final of the World Cup.

= Brazil was defeated 7-1 in the semi-final of the World Cup .Robin Williams won an Oscar for his role in Good Will Hunting.

= Robin Williams was awarded an Oscar for his role in Good Will Hunting.

A gunman took a group of people hostage in a Lindt caf in Sydney.

= A group of people were taken hostage in a Lindt caf in Sydney .

Look back at the news quiz to check your answers.


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C. Complete the gaps in the sentences below. The first letter of the missingword is given.

1 A severe outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus started in Guinea.

2

A video of a cat saving a four-year-old from a dog attack went viral .3 Veteran actor Robin Williams was not only a comic genius 4 he was also famous for his memorable dramatic roles .

5 George Clooney, Hollywood s long-time bachelor finally tied the knot6 in a private ceremony in Venice.

Now try to complete sentences 7-12 without the first letter given.

7 Formula 1 star Michael Schumacher was rushed to hospital in acritical condition after a skiing accident.

8 There was a growing tension between Russia and the West in 2014after Russia took control of Crimea, a part of Ukraine with

9 historical ties to Russia.

10 Killings of innocent civilians at the hands of ISIS caused outragearound the world.

11 The aim of the Ice Bucket Challenge was to raise money for fightingLou Gehrigs disease, a rare disease which causes your nerve cells todie.

12 Malaysia Airlines lost two airplanes under most mysteriouscircumstances .

Look back at the quiz to check.


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News quiz 2014

VOCABULARY EXPANSION

Look at some of the phrases from the previous exercises. Can you think ofother words that can go in these phrases instead of the underlined words?

Some possibilities include:

1 people were taken hostageheld

2 his memorable roles performance

3 in a private ceremonyintimate / special / small

4 There was a growing tension concern

5 with historical ties toclose / strong

6 was rushed to hospitaltaken / admitted

7 in a critical conditionserious / stable

8 killings of innocent civilians people

9 under most mysterious circumstancesunusual / difficult

10 first tasted victory fame / success (when using Netspeak click on more a few times toget more suggestions)

Read more about Netspeak on my blog:

http://leoxicon.blogspot.com/2012/05/lexical-priming.html

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