English for Exams Karen Kovacs

-ee: absentee, trainee; -ism: sexism, Com m unism ; 
-hood: likelihood, livelihood
3 1 shortage; 2 em ploym ent; 3 scarcity;
4 Hom esickness; 5 preference
Exercise 7
1 1 m ountainous; 2 roadworthy; 3 childproof;
4 messy; 5 plentiful
2 Sample answers: -ous: cancerous, advantageous; 
-worthy: trustw orth y, cringew orthy;
-proof: waterproof, foolproof;
-y: sticky, classy;
-ful: handful, gra te ful
Exercise 8
1 1 hospitalised; 2 classify; 3 shortens; 4 widened;
5 beautify
2 Sample answers: -ise: economise, legalise;
-en: slacken, whiten;
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Speaking for IELTS

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Units 9 -1 0
-ify : sim plify, ju stify;
-ate: graduate, duplicate, elongate, accelerate 
Pronunciation: Silent letters
Exercise 10
1 Newcastle
2 a / e / Leicester; Reading; Greenwich 
b / a / Leicester; Plymouth
c / e i / Cambridge
3 Leteester Newcastle Reading Greenwich
Exercise 11
1 island; 2 calm ; 3 camera; 4 half;
5 interesting; 6 vineyard; 7 w alk;
8 Wednesday; 9 foreigner; 10 restaurant
Grammar: The passive
Exercise 13
a My local Italian is said to be the best restaurant 
in town. / It is said that my local Italian is the best 
restaurant in town.
b The agent [my mum) is known and im p ortan t so we 
w ould not use the passive.
c The new canal has been found to be a flood risk. / It 
has been found that the new canal is a flood risk.
Exercise 14
Sample answers:
a Although the Lake D istrict is usually considered 
to be the m ost beautiful region in the UK, I thin k 
C ornw all is ju s t as beautiful.
b Restaurant food is often thought to be su p e rio r to 
home cooking, but, in my opinion, this is fa r from
always the case. My nan is an amazing cook and I'd 
much ra th e r eat her cooking than eat out.
c It could be argued that it is be tte r to live in the 
country than in the city, because country life is more 
idyllic, but I find it ever so boring.