VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

SUPPLEMENTARY COURSE
Lesson 1
Exercise 1:

a. Match each word with its correct part of speech and meaning.

PoS1 Meaning List of meanings

1. regard ....... .............. A. not have enough of something

2. hazard ....... ................ B. something that is dangerous and likely to cause

damage
3. skill ....... ................ C. to give something in order to provide or achieve
something together with other people
4. short ....... ................ D. to consider/have an opinion about something/someone

5. identity ....... ................ E. happening often

6. frequent ....... ................ F. to create something that has never been made before

7. please ....... ................ G. a special ability to do something

8. invent ....... ................ H. the beginning or cause of something

9. origin ....... ................ I. who a person is, or the qualities of a person or group
that make them different from others
10. contribute ....... ................ J. to make someone feel happy or satisfied

b. Identify the following words’ part of speech and guess their meaning

PoS Meaning

1. regardless ...... ................................................................................

2. hazardous ...... ................................................................................

3. skillful ...... ................................................................................

4. shortage ...... ................................................................................

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PoS (từ loại) Trong các bài này Bao gồm Verb (động từ), Noun (danh từ), Adjective (tính từ), Adverb (trạng từ)
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5. identify ...... ................................................................................

6. frequency ...... ................................................................................

7. pleasure ...... ................................................................................

8. inventor ...... ................................................................................

9. originate ...... ................................................................................

10. contribution ...... ................................................................................

c. Which part of speech do these suffixes usually indicate? Give some examples.

-less -ous -ful -ion -fy

-ency -ure -or -ate -age

Suffixes Examples

-ate passionate
Adjective
-ful

Noun

-ate communicate
Verb
-fy

Exercise 2:

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a. Match each word with its correct part of speech and meaning.

PoS Meaning List of meanings

1. technique ....... .............. A. far away

2. controversy ....... .............. B. very serious

3. vary ....... .............. C. a way of doing an activity that needs skill

4. distant ....... .............. D. someone or something that has suffered the effects of
violence, illness or bad luck.
5. wide ....... .............. E. a disagreement that involves different ideas or
opinions about something
6. victim ....... .............. F. knowing that something exists, or having knowledge
or experience of something
7. function ....... .............. G. to change in some way, or to cause similar things to
differ
8. aware ....... .............. H. to be right for a particular person or situation

9. severe ....... .............. I. the natural purpose (of something) or the duty (of a
person)
10. suit ....... .............. J. used to describe how long the distance between the
two sides of something is

b. Identify the following words’ part of speech and guess their meaning

Pos Meaning

1. technician ...... ................................................................................

2. controversial ...... ................................................................................

3. variety ...... ................................................................................

4. distance ...... ................................................................................

5. widen ...... ................................................................................

6. victimize ...... ................................................................................

7. functional ...... ................................................................................

8. awareness ...... ................................................................................

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9. severity ...... ................................................................................

10. suitable ...... ................................................................................

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c. Which part of speech and meaning do the following suffixes indicate?

-ian -ial -ty -ance -en

-ize -al -ness -ity -able

Suffixes Examples

Adjectives

Nouns

Verbs