Vocabulary Exercises with answers | Religion

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Exercise 1

Use the appropriate words to complete the following sentences:

• to church | for peace | prayer | life after death | pilgrimage

1. In some religions, people say a before starting a meal.

2. Some people believe in  but others believe death is the end.

3. Muslims try to go on a  to Mecca at least once during their life.

4. Nowadays, in times of conflict, religious leaders from different traditions often get together to pray .

5. In most western European countries, fewer people go than twenty years ago.

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ANSWERS

1. prayer
2. life after death
3. pilgrimage
4. for peace
5. to church

Vocabulary Exercises with answers | Politics

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Exercise 5

Complete the sentences with the following words:

• liberal   |  left-wing   |  extreme  |  patriotic   |  right   |  politically aware

1. My Dad gets very upset if I say anything negative about Britain. He’s very

2. She’s got some very views. She thinks all immigration should be stopped.

3. My parents didn’t mind when Dave and I said we were going to live together. They’ve got quite views on most things.

4. Students tend to be more  than most other sections of the community. Like most young people, they’re usually fairly As they get older, they move more to the !

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ANSWERS

1. patriotic
2. extreme
3. liberal
4. politically aware, left-wing, right

Vocabulary Exercises with answers | Politics

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Exercise 4

Use the correct form of these verbs to complete the sentences:

• get | call | hold | win

a. I’ve just heard on the news, the Government has an election. It’s going to be  on June 6th.

b. In the last election the Social Democrats  with a huge majority.

c. I don’t agree with anything the Socialists say. They’d never my vote.

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ANSWERS

a. called, held

b. won

c. get

Vocabulary Exercises with answers | Politics

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Exercise 3

Complete the dialogue with the following words:

• voter | candidate | manifesto | power | campaign | polling station | vote | parties | constituency | policies

A: Have you voted yet?

B: No, but I’m going to the (1) on my way home.

A: Sometimes I don’t know why we bother. The main (2) might have a few different (3) , but basically they’re all the same – they make lots of promises during the election (4) and as soon as they’re in (5), they do something completely different.

B: I know. I saw the Conservative (6) in town yesterday, but he didn’t say anything I haven’: heard a thousand times before, and in my (7) the Social Democrat always wins anyway.

A: I voted for the Green Party last time, and Social Democrat the time before, but this time my (8) is going to somebody who promises to reduce income tax and that’s in the Conservative (9), but none of the others.

B: A different party every time! You‘re a politician’s nightmare – the floating (10) !

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ANSWERS

1. polling station
2. parties
3. policies
4. campaign
5. power
6. candidate
7. constituency
8. vote
9. manifesto
10. voter

Vocabulary Exercises with answers | Politics

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Exercise 2

Only one of the two expressions is correct: find it:

1. Politicians / Politics are all the same. They never do what they say they will. →

2. I think there should be an election / a referendum on really important issues so the Government knows what the people think. →

3. It’s easy for the opposition / opponents to make promises but it’s much harder to carry them out once they get into power / control. →

4. No party had a clear majority. Two parties have formed a co-operative / coalition. →

5. No American President can serve more than two four-year terms / periods in office. →

6. Britain has to have a national / general election at least once every five years. →

7. The Manager / Minister of Finance has said that taxes will be cut in the budget in May. →

8. The most important members of the government are all in the cupboard / cabinet. →

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ANSWERS

1. Politicians are all the same. They never do what they say they will.
2. I think there should be a referendum on really important issues so the Government knows what the people think.
3. It’s easy for the opposition to make promises but it’s much harder to carry them out once they get into power.
4. No party had a clear majority. Two parties have formed a coalition.
5. No American President can serve more than two four-year terms in office.
6. Britain has to have a general election at least once every five years.
7. The Minister of Finance has said that taxes will be cut in the budget in May.
8. The most important members of the government are all in the cabinet.

Vocabulary Exercises with answers | Politics

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Exercise 1

Complete the three sentences with the following words:

• democracy | president | king / queen | Prime Minister | dictator | dictatorship (2)

1. Britain is a parliamentary democracy with either a or a as Head of State. The government is headed by the .

2.. Under the , Mussolini, Italy was a . It is now a republic with a .

3. People living in a  want to vote, but can’t. People living in a can vote, but often don’t exercise their right.

 

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ANSWERS

1. king, queen, Prime Minister
2. dictator,dictatorship, president
3. dictatorship, democracy

Vocabulary Exercises with answers | War

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Exercise 2

Use the following words to complete the sentences:

• deteriorates |  disputes | process |  escalates | involved |  force

1. Most wars are caused by . over territory by different groups.

2. Often there are months of small, separate before the situation and into all-out war.

3. The international community is usually unwilling to get , but in the end it usually has no choice.

4. Pressure increases and someone – usually the US – puts together some kind of international to try to restore peace.

5. It is ironic that as soon as a war starts, so also does the peace .

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ANSWERS

1. disputes, ethnic
2. attacks, deteriorates, escalates
3. involved
4. force, process

Vocabulary Exercises with answers | War

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Exercise 1

Use the following verbs in the appropriate form:

• supply | clear | blow up | bomb | shoot down | explode

1. The United States has been arms to anti-government troops for years.

2. Planes have been  the city for three days now.

3. They the bridge in order to cut off the enemy’s supply lines.

4. The bomb as soon as the General started his car.

5. It will take years before all the mines have been from the area.

6. They claim to have 5 of our planes.

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ANSWERS

1. supplying
2. bombing
3. blew up
4. exploded
5. cleared
6. shutdown

Vocabulary Exercises with answers | the Beach

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Exercise 5

Complete the text with the following words:

• shade | sunbathe | exposure | factor | cancer | sunblock

If you’re going to (1)  in very hot weather, it’s important to use suncream – at least (2)  10.

And for children a (3) is essential. Even then, it’s best to use a beach umbrella and to sit in the (4) rather than directly in the sun, as experts believe that (5)  to direct sun, can be dangerous and may cause skin (6) It’s better to be safe than sorry!

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ANSWERS

1. sunbathe
2. factor
3. sunblock
4. shade
5. exposure
6. cancer

Vocabulary Exercises with answers | the Beach

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Exercise 4

Complete the following expressions with the verbs below: Two of the verbs can be used twice:

• keep | go | get | cool down

1. —keepgogetcool down a lovely suntan
2. —keepgogetcool down out of the sun
3. —keepgogetcool down for a swim
4. —keepgogetcool down sunburnt
5. —keepgogetcool down for a paddle
6. —keepgogetcool down in the sea

Now use the correct form of the expressions to complete the following dialogues:

1. This time next week l‘ll be lying on the beach in Spain.
> You lucky thing! I’m sure you’ll and make us all jealous when you get back.

2. Why don’t you take your T-shirt off?
> Because I don’t want to . The sun’s really hot today.

3. My back feels sore. Is it looking a bit red?
> Yes, it is. Perhaps you should for the rest of the day.

4. I’m not hot. I’m absolutely roasting!
> Let’s go and .

5. Do you want to go for a swim?
> No, it’s too cold for me. But I will I’ll just take my shoes and socks off.

6. The sea is beautiful. It’s so warm.
> Yes, I think I’ll myself in a minute.

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ANSWERS

• a. get
• b. keep
• c. go
• d. get
• e. go
• f. cool down

• 1. get a lovely suntan
• 2. get sunburnt
• 3. keep out of the sun
• 4. cool down in the sea
• 5. go for a paddle
• 6. go for a swim