Реши Phrasal Verbs: check Complete with: out of, on, out, in, up on, off. Check in Appendix 1. 1 Shall we check .... that new Thai restaurant tonight? (try) 2 They checked ... at the hotel and were shown to their rooms. (registered) 3 I'm just going to check .... things at the office. (make sure sb/sth is alright) 4 Let's call a taxi to pick us up and then check .... the hotel. (pay the bill & leave) 5 I've checked .... the items on my list. (ticked) 6 l checked .....my brother to make sure he was doing his homework. (made sure) Dependent Prepositions Complete with: to, about, into, with, of, from. Check in Appendix 2. 1 Craig has got involved .... a community action group. 2 Jack thought .... a good way to raise money for the charity. 3 Have you ever thought .... doing some volunteer work? 4 People shouldn't get a pet if they can't take care ..... it. 5 Many of the animals in the shelter have been rescued ..... bad homes. 6 Jane burst ... tears when she saw the neglected animal. 7 If you show kindness ..... an animal, it will be a loving pet. Words Often Confused Find the correct word, then make a sentence with the other one. Compare with your partner. 1 Jack is popular in the community/society. 2 Many pedestrians/walkers can be seen hiking in these hills at the weekends. 3 When you reach the roundabout, follow the sign/signal that says 'North London'. 4 You can catch the number thirty bus from the stop/station outside the bank. 39 6 29/1739 DA prove Word Formation 4 Read the theory, then use the suffixes to form nouns from the words in capitals. Forming Abstract Nouns We form some abstract nouns with the following suffixes in bold: • noun +-hood (child - childhood), -ship (fellow - fellowship) • adjective + -ity (national - nationality), -ness (friendly - friendliness), • verb +-age (carry - carriage), -ment (encourage - encouragement), -(a)tion (imagine - imagination, repeat - repetition) 5 1 Bob and Sylvia ..... is a happy one. (MARRY) 2 My ..... is very quiet. (NEIGHBOUR) 3 Losing the race was a bi..... (DISAPPOINT) 4 Your ... is very important to me. (FRIEND) 5 Big Ben is a famous tourist ..... (ATTRACT) 6 Thank you so much for your ..... (KIND) 7 .... is a terrible feeling. (LONELY) 8 There's a ..... of rain today. (POSSIBLE) Text Completion Read the text below. Form derivatives from the words in brackets so that they fit gaps (1-6). The train journey from Moscow to St Petersburg has 1 .... (great) improved since the line was first opened in 1851. In those days, the 650-kilometre jourey took almost two days. Nowadays, with Russia's high-speed train Sapsan reaching speeds of up to 250 km an hour, you get to your 2) ..... (destine) in less than four hours. And it's just as fast as taking the plane. The airport commute is avoided and you get on and off the train at a central station, saving 3) ..... (value) time. Sapsan caters to the 4) ... (require) of the moder business traveller, offering Wi-Fi, audio and video outputs and multifunctional displays. But even the economy classes are extremely ..... (comfort). Travelling between these two Russian cities has never been more 6) ..... (luxury)!