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News quiz 2012
VOCABULARY REVIEW
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. won
2. reach
3. break
4. play
5. make
6. make
7. turn
8. become
9. go
10. reveal
headlines
the competition
victims
its destination
the role (of)
the speed of sound
history
a new invention
into a tragedy
viral
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Try to remember in what context the above collocations were
used.
What stories made headlines in your country last year?
What other things can you reveal?
B. Match the words in the left column with the noun phrases in
the right tomake collocations from the news quiz.
11. spectacular
12. remote
13. prank14. long
15. drug
16. ancient
17. soft
18. racist
drink
use
Opening Ceremonyhistory
phone call
civilization
behaviour
village
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What's your favourite soft drink?
Have you ever made prank phone calls?
Can you think of other viral videos from recent years?
C. Some of the adjectives in the left column above can also go
with thefollowing nouns. Which ones?
_____________ attack / joke
_____________ area / possibility
_____________ city / history
_____________ view / success
_____________ voice / skin
D. Rewrite the following sentences using the Passive so that the
meaning isthe same.
Skyfall came out in October 2012= Skyfall was
_______________________________________________.
Malala took a bullet to the head because she fought for girls'
rights
= Malala was
_______________________________________________.
The Euro 2012 took place in Poland and Ukraine.
= The Euro 2012 was
________________________________________.
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