Vocabulary Unit 11 - Sight & Read and write

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Vocabulary Unit 11

Sight

Make sure you ________ out for the advertisements in The Globe.

1. look
2. see

Our communities used to be hidden from ________

1. show
2. view

You've now also got Chinese Australians performing as musicians, artists, writers - that was a rare ______ not so long ago.

1. vision
2. sight

... the exhibition really does provide a fascinating ______ at the history of tattooing.

1. look
2. view

There's also a collection of tools on ________

1. view
2. sight

Sight

Complete each gap with one of the nouns. The noun required for both spaces is the same. 

a) Looking out across the bay, she suddenly caught _____ of a dolphin.
b) Stay here, don't say a word and keep out of ________ !

1. vision
2. sight
3. view
4. eye

a) A movement in the bushes caught my ______ and I moved closer to investigate.
b) You'll need a good telescope, as the star is not normally visible to the naked _______ .

1. vision
2. sight
3. view
4. eye

a) He sprayed anti-government slogans on the ministry building in full ______ of the security guards.
b) As we turned the corner the house came into _______ .

1. vision
2. sight
3. view
4. eye

a) You've probably sprained it or something. Let me have a ________ at it.
b) Now it's time for In Depth, in which we take a closer _______ at an issue in the news.

1. vision
2. sight
3. view
4. look

a) The mole, which spends most of its life underground, has very poor _______ . Nor can it hear or smell very well.
b) Many of his short stories offer a dark and terrifying ________ of the future.

1. vision
2. sight
3. view
4. look

Discussion

Talk to your partner about:

- someone in the public eye you admire

- a breathtaking view you have seen

- a familiar sight in your town or the surrounding countryside at this time of year

Vocabulary 2

Read and write

My poem was read ______ to the whole class. It was so embarrassing!

1. aloud
2. plain
3. avid

My wife and I are __________ readers of your magazine and eagerly look forward to each month's issue.

1. aloud
2. plain
3. avid

This book's a very _______ read - I'd definitely recommend it!

1. avid
2. good
3. plain

As a student he read widely and voraciously on a whole range of subjects from algebra to zoology. What does 'voraciously' mean?

1. to read a lot of material eagerly
2. to quicky scan pages

I'd like you to write a ________ draft of the letter in this class, then you can copy it neatly into your notebook.

1. plain
2. rough

I do wish these documents were written in ________ English - they're far too complicated to understand.

1. plain
2. rough

Gap year

- What would you do?

- What challenges would you face?

Collaborative Task - p. 149

1. Here are some different experiences that students might encounter in their gap year. Talk to each other about what students might learn from these experiences. 

2. Now decide in which of these situations a student would encounter most problems.

You have to use at least 2 collocations from the Wordlist on p. 208. 

Collaborative Task  p. 149