Verb Noun Adjective Adverb confuse
confusion
confusing / confused
confusingly
distort
distortion
distorted
misapprehend
misapprehension
mistake
mistake
mistaken
mistakenly
assume
assumption
Page 34 Changes answers A. 1. True 2. True 3. False: there has been an improvement 4. False: there has been an increase 5. False: there
has been a strengthening of the dollar 6. False: there has been a relaxation of border controls 7. False: we’re
increasing or building up our stocks of coal 8. True 9. False: there has been a slight fall 10. False: they’re going
to decrease the number 11. False: there has been a decline 12. False: there has been a tightening up of the rules
13. False: there has been a widening of the gap 14. True 15. False: there has been a downward trend 16. True
17. True 18. True 19. True 20. False: British people want to broaden their horizons
Most of the words in this task can be verbs as well as nouns. Use a dictionary to check which ones.
