Unit 1 Vocab
After working at the company for 40 years, Mr. Kim decided to ________ and spend more time traveling and relaxing.
retire
Maria won the ________ and received a huge amount of money after her winning ticket was selected.
lottery
Complete the sentence with the correct intensifier:
This year's movie was ________ more exciting than last year's movie.
much / far / a lot
Complete the sentence:
If I won the lottery, I ________ travel around the world.
would
Which word is a closed compound word? (Unit 2)
A. ice cream
B. notebook
C. post office
D. swimming pool
notebook
The state of being free from unwanted attention or being watched by others.
privacy
The students decided to ________ their old clothes to a charity instead of throwing them away. The charity would give the clothes to people who needed them.
donate
Complete the sentence with the correct intensifier:
Working as a doctor is ________ more stressful than working in some other professions.
much / far / a lot
Complete the sentence with the correct verb forms:
If I ________ (have) more free time, I ________ (learn) another language.
had / would learn
The money left after a business pays its costs. (Unit 2)
profit
What word means “to give money or other support to a person, organization, event, or activity”?
sponsor
What word means “money that you put into a business, company, or other opportunity because you hope it will become worth more in the future”?
investment
Rewrite the sentence using an intensifier.
A famous actor can make a higher salary than a new actor.
Use far to make the comparison stronger.
A famous actor can make a far higher salary than a new actor.
Find and correct the mistake:
If I would have enough money, I would buy a new car.
If I had enough money, I would buy a new car.
What word means “something that you buy, especially something that costs a significant amount of money”? (Unit 2)
purchase
Winning the lottery completely changed her life. She had never had much money before, but suddenly she was a woman of great ________.
fortune
James borrowed $50 from his sister to buy a new book. He promised that he would ________ the money next Friday when he received his allowance.
pay back
Find and correct the mistake:
Supermodels can make very more money than ordinary models.
Supermodels can make far/much/a lot more money than ordinary models.
Complete the second conditional sentence:
If you could meet any famous person in the world, who ________ you ________?
would / meet
Respond to the statement using both agreement/disagreement AND a reason (Unit 1):
"I think people who become famous should expect to lose some of their privacy."
Possible answer:
"I disagree because everyone should have the right to privacy, even if they are famous."
Other answer might be acceptable!
Sarah enjoys her job because she earns a high salary and receives excellent benefits. She is very ________ compared with many other workers in her field.
well paid
The painting looked like an ordinary old picture, but experts discovered that it had been painted by a famous artist hundreds of years ago. It was actually extremely ________.
valuable
Complete the sentence with an appropriate intensifier and comparative:
An A-list actor usually earns ________ ________ salary than an actor who is just starting out.
a far higher / a much higher / a lot higher
Identify the compound words and say whether each one is open or closed:
If I won the lottery, I would visit every famous landmark in the world and take pictures for my scrapbook.
1. lottery — not a compound word
2. landmark — closed compound word
3. scrapbook — closed compound word
Create a sentence using BOTH a second conditional and a compound word (Unit 2).
Possible compound words: swimming pool, backyard, bookstore, classroom, playground, youth group, etc.
Example answer:
If I won the lottery, I would build a swimming pool in my backyard.