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Unit 2A - Reading
Review Exercises

A. Fill in the blanks

1. You usually do not need to visit b_____e c_____m.

2. Check the magazine in the s___t pocket.
3. They l____ed all their equipment into backpacks.
4. The plane has landed and is t____ing to the gate.
5. Make sure that the boarding pass for you c_____ing flight is on yourself.

B. Select the best answer to complete the sentence.

1. Use those maps to _____ where your arriving and departing gates are located.
(A) go (B) run (C) determine (D) occur

2. _____ the flight, check the magazines in the seat pocket.

(A) when (B) while (C) in case (D) during

3. Listen closely _____ the announcements.

(A) on (B) to (C) at (D) from

Skill Building Exercise A: Identifying missing parts of speech

noun verb adverb adjective

1. Our clothes are offered in _____ of styles, and they come in all sizes.
2. OME Trading achieved _____ growth during a time when the economic situation was
unfavorable.
3. Services need to be more _____ organized than they are present.
4. The need for skilled workers will _____ dramatically over the next decade.

Skill Building Exercise B: Identifying correct word forms

1. Our clothes are offered in a _____ of styles, and they come in all sizes.
(A) vary (B) various (C) variety (D) varied

2. QQ Trading achieved _____ growth during a time when the economic situation was unfavorable.
(A) rapidness (B) rapid (C) rapidity (D) rapidly

3. Services need to b more _____ organized than they are at present.

(A) effect (B) effective (C) effectively (D) effectiveness

4. The need for skilled workers will _____ dramatically over the next decade.
(A) Increase (B) increasing (C) increasingly (D) increased
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Apply your knowledge of suffixes to select the best part of speech.

1. Verb-forming suffixes: -ify (identify/ modify/ notify) -ize (categorize/ organize/ realize)
-en (broaden/ strengthen)
2. Noun-forming suffixes: -sion/ -tion (decision/ presentation) -cy (agency/ emergency)
-ance (performance/ maintenance) -ity (facility/ community)
-ness (kindness/ fitness) -ment (department/ management)
-ology (biology/ psychology) -sis (analysis/ emphasis)
3. Adjective-forming suffixes: -able/ -ible(reliable/ edible) -ic (economic/ drastic)
-ical (economical/ historical) -ful (peaceful/ successful)
-ish (childish/ selfish) -less (doubtless/ painless)
-ous (dangerous/ various) -ive (supportive/ competitive)
-nal (personal/ additional) -cial (financial/ official)
-al (instrumental/ fatal)
4. Adverb-forming suffixes: -ly (recently/ usually)

Skill Building Exercise C: Identifying word suffixes

1. expectation 2. dependable 3. government 4. clarify 5. expensive

6. governmental 7. continuous 8. productive 9. impressive 10. expansion

11. accurately 12. specialize 13. effective 14. considerable

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Unit 1B - Listening

I. PART 1 STRATEGY 3: Know the common distractor types. (Continued from Day 1)

Part 1 Distractors (Continued from Day 1)

C. Inference statements
This type of distractor makes assumptions about what may be happening in the picture.
(e.g. The man has just sat down in the chair. = The man is sitting in the chair, but we do not
know whether he ahs just sat down or not).

D. Irrelevant statements associated with the picture

This type of distractor uses statements that do not describe anything in the picture. It often uses
words or phrases that may be associated with the objects or main action in the picture. (e.g. The
waiter is setting the table. = The picture is of a restaurant, but there’s no waiter.)

II. Skill Building Exercise

Example 1

Example 2
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III. MATCHING WORDS

a b c d e

1. ( ) 2. ( ) 3. ( ) 4. ( ) 5. ( )

IV. DICTATION

1. He’s _____ himself on a _____.

2. There is a _____ against the building.
3. He’s spraying hot water onto _____ to kill _____.
4. _____ have been set in the _____.
5. They’re walking down the _____ together.

V. HOMEWORK (Vocabulary)

1. Candidates interested in the position should submit their résumés to the Office of Human
Resources.
2. There have been a lot of changes during the past two decades.
3. The merchandise will arrive by truck at noon.
4. The drug is only sold with a prescription.
5. He works for a pharmaceutical company.