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Words are weapons’
Level 1 | 
Elementary
4
5
Vocabulary: Word Building
Verb
Noun
1.
mean
___________________________
2.
defend
___________________________
3.
liberate
___________________________
4.
agree
___________________________
5.
destroy
___________________________
6.
develop
___________________________
7.
resist
___________________________
8.
occupy
___________________________
6
Pronunciation: Mark the stress
Put these words into the correct box according to their stress pattern
recent
occupy
terrorist
resistance
prisoner
destruction
difficult
attack
depend
important
September
crusade
careless
martyr
Iraq reason
1. o 0 o
2. 0 o o
3. o 0
4. 0 o
Complete the table

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Giving power to the people
Level 1 | 
Elementary
1
1
Pre-reading | Key Vocabulary
Fill the gaps using one of these words from the text
boycott
campaign
dump
sweatshop
owe
1
•
If you ____________ someone money, you have to give them a particular amount of money because
you have bought something from them or borrowed money from them.
2
•
If you ____________ something, you throw it away because you don’t need it any more.