Secondary 2 –
Vocabulary - Unit 1 The World of
Work
1. Choose the correct
answer from a, b, c or d
1. Our company is
planning to send _____ to the next international meeting.
a.
a
group
b. a
worker
c. a car
d. a delegation
2. Mrs Smith was very
happy to become _____ when her daughter had a baby son.
a.
a surgeon b. a
grandmother c. a
father
d. a cousin
3. The old doctor is
looking forward to his _____ at 65 years because he will no longer have to
work.
a.
retirement b.
holiday
c. year
d. society
4. The boy needs _____
because his heart is not working properly and without a new heart he will die. a. a
doctor
b. a
charity
c. a transplant d.
a hospital
5. It’s terribly hot in
here. Please can you turn on the
_____?
a.
heater
b.
lights
c.
parts
d. air conditioning
6. That boy loves to
draw buildings! I believe that he will become _____ when he grows up.
a.
an engineer b. a
businessman c. an
architect d. an artist
7. _____ are important
because they work on many things, from bridges and waterways to road systems. a. civil
engineers
b.
architects
c. designers
d. managers
8. When I was at school
I liked my _____. It was red and grey and I loved wearing it.
a.
teachers
b.
uniform
c. classroom
d. shoes
2. Complete the gaps
with words from the box below.
research
charity
qualified
experience applied
maths meeting
leader
parts
marital status
Heba is from Heliopolis. She
works at a large tourist company as an accountant. Heba studied at
university before she ____________ as an accountant, and then she successfully
_____________ for her job with the tourist company. At her job Heba needs to
work with a computer. She also needs to be good at ____________ to do her job
well. Heba has a ____________ every week with her manager. She hopes that if
she continues to work at the tourist company for a few more years, she will
have enough _____________ to apply for a different job. Her dream is to work
for a _____________ because she wants to help other people and to improve
society.
3. Match the words
with their definitions.
A:B
1. A doctor who does
operations in a hospital:a. marital status
2. The title of a newspaper
report:b. parts
3. If a person is single,
married or divorced:c. leader
4. Your family name:d.
headline
5. The person who is in
charge of or controls a country, organisation, etc.:e. surname
:f. surgeon
4. Write an antonym for each
word. Follow the example.
An antonym is a word that
means the opposite of another word.
Example: last – first
1. historic -
______________________________
2. inside -
______________________________
3. special -
______________________________
4. continue -
______________________________
5. leader -
______________________________
5. Read this group of words.
Place each into the right column, then use your Active Study
Dictionary to complete the word families. Finally, write a sentence
with each word.
research – operation –
qualify – treatment – apply
Secondary 2 -
Vocabulary - Unit 2 Gulliver’s Travels
1. Choose the correct answer
from a, b, c or d.
1. Watch your
bag! If you are not careful, someone might _____
it.
a.
jump
b.
hit
c.
steal
d. want
2. I was not able to
speak for myself, so I asked a lawyer to _____ me.
a.
watch
b. represent
c.
interpret
d. write
3. After 10 years in
prison, the prisoner was able to _____ when the guard forgot to take the keys
out of his door.
a.
escape
b.
celebrate
c. represent
d. walk
4. The boys were very
unkind to the new student and they _____ his big nose.
a.
looked at b. talked
about c. made fun
of d. watched
5. The teacher decided
to _____ the bad student by making him stay in the classroom during the lunch
break.
a.
hurt
b. talk
to
c.
punish
d. sing to
6. The crowd of people,
who waited in the hot sun for many hours without food and water, really _____. a.
laughed
b. suffered
c.
talked
d. cried
7. I need some money.
Can I _____ some from you?
a.
lend
b.
want
c.
borrow
d. give
8. Mrs Allen’s son
passed all his examinations successfully, so she _____ him by buying him
driving lessons.
a.
rewarded b.
congratulated c.
helped
d. laughed
2. Complete the gaps with
words from the box below.
describe
imagination commentary
novel reward
secretary
enemy voyages published
To be a writer you need to
have good ideas and a good ________________. Jonathan Swift was a
world-famous writer because of his book about the ________________ of Lemuel
Gulliver. This book was very popular as soon as it was ________________ and
people are still reading the book today. But Gulliver’s Travels is
not only an entertaining ________________. It is also thought to be a clever
________________ on the political situation in Europe.
3. Match the words with
their definitions.
A B
1. Someone who is employed
by their government to represent them in another country a. tie
2. To fasten something with
string, rope etc b. politician
3. Activities and ideas that
are concerned with how a country or an area is governed and who has power c. diplomat
4. Someone who works in
government who has power to represent people d.
politics
5. What you say or write to
make something easier to understand e.
ridiculous
f. explanation
4. Write a synonym for each
word. Follow the example.
A synonym is a word which
has the same/similar meaning.
Example: start - begin
1. novel -
____________________
2. author -
____________________
3. ridiculous -
____________________
4. small -
____________________
5. Read this group of words.
Place them into the right column, using your Active Study
Dictionary. Some boxes will not have a word. Then, write one sentence with
each.
explanation – farmer –
commentary – represent – steal
Secondary 2 -
Vocabulary - Unit 3 Today’s
money
1. Choose the correct answer
from a, b, c or d.
1. Use your _____ to
move around the computer screen and when you find what you want, click
it.
a.
control
b.
mouse
c. rat
d. hand
2. Teenagers spend so
much time on the internet nowadays that they have no time for outdoor ___!
a.
activities b.
surfing
c. work
d. running
3. He didn’t have any
money in his _____ because he had used his credit card too much.
a.
wallet
b.
house
c.
bag
d. bank account
4. I want a _____
internet connection because it is so much faster.
a.
speedy
b.
special
c. broadband
d. dial-up
5. I ordered some CDs
over the internet and the company _____ them to me the next day.
a.
delivered b.
took
c.
carried
d. drove
6. Mona’s purse was
very heavy because it was full of _____.
a.
bank notes b.
coins
c. food
d. salt
7. A customer _____ has
shown that people are generally very happy with the new internet delivery
service.
a.
chart
b.
asking
c.
project
d. survey
8. When I saw that the
camera which I had ordered online was delivered to me broken, I _____ using the
customer services telephone line.
a.
replied
b. laughed
c.
helped
d. complained
2. Complete the gaps with
words from the box below.
increase
cost
bargains catalogue
surfing the internet
credit
card
coins
user-friendly
attractive survey
These days more and more
people are ____________________ to buy products. Shops have designed
____________________ websites that make it easy to select goods from an online
____________________ and then to pay for them by ____________________. This
method of buying goods is ____________________ to customers because very often
the ____________________ is less so they can find very good
____________________. It is also very convenient because customers can shop any
time of the day or night, and they save money on petrol for their cars
3. Match the words with
their definitions.
A B
1. Something that you buy
for less than its usual price a.
traditional
2. Physical harm that is
done to something so that it is broken or spoiled b. attract
3. Having or using ideas
that existed for a long time c.
bargain (n)
4. Money in the form of
coins and notes d. catalogue
5. A list of objects or a
book with information about goods e.
damage
f. cash
4. Write an antonym for each
word. Follow the example.
An antonym is a word that
means the opposite of another word.
Example: last – first
1. increase -
____________________
2. buy -
____________________
3. friendly -
____________________
4. advantage -
____________________
5. Read this group of words.
Place them into the right column, using your Active Study
Dictionary. Then, write one sentence with each. (Some boxes of the table
will be empty.)
attract – increase – account
– tradition - bargain
Secondary
2 - Vocabulary
Review
A
1. Choose the correct
answer from a, b, c or d.
1. It’s not nice to
_____ people just because they do not speak English well.
a.
talk
to
b. make fun
of
c.
like
d. laugh
2. In British schools, teachers
often call students by their _____ and not by their first
name.
a.
surname
b. middle
name
c. number
d. title
3. I don’t want to stay
in Egypt all my life. I would like to get a job _____ for a few
years.
a.
away
b. at
home
c.
abroad
d. inside
4. Annie Jones was
always happy when her two _____ came to visit her with their father, Annie’s
son Arthur, and his
wife.
a.
sons
b.
friends
c. grandchildren d. neighbours
5. Ghada has a lot of
_____ to do for her school project on World War Two.
a.
research
b.
talking
c.
singing
d. information
6. Why don’t you _____
for that job which was advertised in the newspaper yesterday?
a.
fight
b.
call
c.
write
d. apply
7. The manager wants me
to be part of the _____ which our company is sending to the next sales meeting
in
Paris.
a.
party
b. delegation
c.
conference
d. speech
8. I cannot use my computer
because my _____ is broken.
a.
table
b.
leg
c.
mouse
d. pen
2. Complete the gaps with words
from the box below.
bank
account
publish
activity
novel reward
infected
mouse
user-friendly politicians
Surfing the internet is a
popular _______________. However, going online can also be dangerous. If you
are not careful, information you _______________ on the internet about yourself
can be stolen. It is possible for people to read information about your
_______________ if you buy goods on an unsafe website. Also, your computer can
become _______________ with viruses (a computer ‘disease’). But this does not
stop people from using the internet more and more to post information about
themselves. With increasingly _______________ internet sites, more and more
people, from elderly grandmothers to unpopular _______________ who want more
publicity, are using the internet to provide information about their daily
lives.
3. Match the words with
their definitions
1. A very small living thing
that can make you ill a. qualifications
2. Examinations passed at
school or university b. germ
3. Able to think of new or
interesting ideas c. diplomat
4. A long trip in a ship or
space vehicle d. imaginative
5. Very silly, especially in
a way that seems surprising. e. voyage
f. ridiculous
4. Read this group of words.
Place them into the right column, using your Active Study
Dictionary. Then, write one sentence with each.
politician – publish –
deliver – surgeon – reward
Secondary 2 –
Vocabulary - Unit 4 Teamwork
1. Choose the correct answer
from a, b, c or d.
1. Sameh was
excited to be in the semi-finals of the inter-school tennis _____.
a.
match b.
tournament c.
game d.
test
2. I haven’t been
able to play _____ recently because my partner has been sick.
a.
football b.
squash c.
hockey d.
theatre
3. The team of
doctors and nurses had to _____ fully with each other during an eight-hour,
difficult operation. a.
cooperate b.
work c.
play d.
think
4. I find it hard
to work with my colleague because he has different ideas and opinions and is
quite annoying. I need a lot of _____!
a.
bringing up b.
money c.
cooperation d.
tolerance
5. The picture
was _____ to the wall and I could not take it off.
a.
situated b.
tied c.
attached d.
placed
6. Nesma would
like to get married and _____ three beautiful children.
a.
grow
up b.
bring
up c.
attach d.
give
7. George used a
piece of _____ to tie the dog to the wall.
a.
tape b.
cloth c.
cotton d.
string
8. The _____
of wild dogs came closer and closer to the frightened child.
a.
class b.
group c.
pack d.
match
2. Complete the gaps with
words from the box below.
illustrator designer keep
fit football squash basketball hockey bring
up
Being healthy and taking
exercise is very important. If you want to _______________, then it is a good
idea to begin learning a sport. A very popular team sport worldwide is
_______________. Another very popular team game is _______________, but it is
recommended that you be tall! Not so many people play _______________, which
needs sticks as well as a ball. And if you want to play a sport with just one
other person, _______________ is recommended, but this sport can be very tiring
after even just one hour.
3. Match the words with
their definitions.
1. Look after children until
they are adults a. prediction
2. A statement saying what
you expect to happen b. fiction
3. Books and stories about
imaginary people and events c.
complex
4. When you kick, throw or
hit a ball to another member of your team d.
cage
5. A structure made of wires
or bars in which birds or animals can be kept. e.
pass
f. bring up
4. Write an antonym for each
word. Follow the example.
An antonym is a word that
means the opposite of another word.
Example: last – first
1. play - ______________________________
2. fit -
______________________________
3. tolerance -
______________________________
4. refuse -
______________________________
5. individual -
______________________________
5. Read this group of words.
Place each into the right column, then use your Active Study
Dictionary to complete the word families. Some boxes will not have a
word. Finally, write a sentence with each word.
cooperate – attach –
tolerance – prediction – situation
Secondary 2 –
Vocabulary - Unit 5 Lord of the Flies
1. Choose the correct answer
from a, b, c or d.
1. The rain was
falling down hard, but the old man was able to find some _____ under a nearby
tree.
a.
umbrellas b.
roof c.
shelter d.
dry
2. Police are
warning the public that the man who escaped from prison is very _____ and that
they should stay away from him.
a.
violent b.
friendly c.
criminal d.
hungry
3. My grandfather
belonged to the _____. He travelled on many ships and over many oceans,
sometimes during war-time.
a.
army b.
navy c.
sailing
club d.
police
4. Samy is a very
_____ person. He always believes that something good will happen in any
situation.
a.
happy b.
cruel c.
optimistic d.
truthful
5. To travel
from Egypt to Greece, you need to travel across the _____.
a.
Pacific b.
Nile c.
Atlantic d.Mediterranean
6. I love
studying English _____. There are so many different novels and books written by
so many historical and famous writers.
a.
newspapers b.
literature c.
books d.
writing
7. Omar’s father
is very well _____ in his profession. He was a surgeon for 25 years and now he
teaches at the best universities.
a.
watched b.
wanted c.
respected d.
liked
8. I would like
to become a writer because I think that I am very _____ and I can think of many
different exciting stories to tell other people.
a.
brave b.
imaginative c.
clever d.
respected
2. Complete the gaps with
words from the box below. get on
with calm brave sensible shocked honest patient
understanding intelligent
Working as a doctor in the
Emergency Room is not an easy job. As well as being ___________ ____ enough to
qualify as a doctor, you also need to be a very ___________ ____ person who is
not easily ___________ ____ at seeing terrible injuries and accidents.
Sometimes you need to make ___________ ____ decisions in a very short time. And
it is very important that you ___________ ____ the nurses and other doctors who
you work in a team with. Sometimes you might also need to tell relatives bad
news, and in a difficult situation like this you will also need to be quite
___________.
3. Match the words with
their definitions.
1. To feel very surprised or
upset and offended a. patient
2. Able to wait for a long
time without becoming angry b. split
3. Attacking people and
trying to hurt or kill them c. violent
4. To divide into two or
more groups or parts d. calm
5. Relaxed and not angry or
upset e. shocked
f. sailor
4. Write an antonym for each
word. Follow the example.
An antonym is a word that
means the opposite of another word.
Example: last – first
1. cruel -
______________________________
2. pessimistic -
______________________________
3. alone -
______________________________
4. intelligent -
______________________________
5. sensible -
______________________________
5. Use your Active
Study Dictionary to find the difference between these words.
shelter – home
capture – escape
tolerant – understanding
to prepare – to solve
1. If you have a home, do
you have shelter? (yes - no - maybe)
2. If you have shelter, do
you have a home? (yes - no - maybe)
3. Is it possible to be
tolerant but not be understanding? Explain.
4. Do you prepare a meal or
solve a meal?
5. Do you prepare a problem
or solve a problem?
6. What other things can you
prepare? What other things can you solve?
Now write a sentence for
each of the words.
Secondary 2 –
Vocabulary - Unit 6 That’s
amazing!
1. Choose the correct answer
from a, b, c or d.
1. The White Desert in
Egpyt is very low, in fact it is below _____.
a.
ground
b.
water
c. sea
level
d. cities
2. Amin was only _____
late -- he should have arrived at 5 pm but he was delayed by ten minutes.
a.
very
b.
some
c.
little
d. slightly
3. The tree was old,
and its _____ grew deep into the earth.
a.
leaves
b.
branches
c.
roots
d. bottom
4. I would like to go
_____-sea diving n the Red Sea.
a.
far
b.
deep
c.
low
d. scuba
5. This English
exercise is very difficult. It is really a _____ for me!
a.
challenge
b.
trouble
c. difficulty
d. question
6. Hany’s _____ is to
become a successful photographer.
a.
want
b.
ambition
c. career
d. life
7. The top of the
mountain towered thousands of metres _____ us.
a.
above
b. below
c.
away
d. from
8. To stay safe as an
explorer, you need to take with you the correct safety _____ .
a.
machinery
b.
things
c.
clothes
d. equipment
2. Complete the gaps with
words from the box below.
flag
mountaineer
lifelong
summit
root oxygen
toddler
conquer sea
level
amazing
I come from a family of
explorers. My father was a _______________. From the time he was a
little boy, it was his _______________ ambition to climb Mount Everest. When he
finally climbed Mount Everest, I was still a _______________. He told me about
his adventure when I was older. He told me that to get to the top, he had to
use _______________ cylinders to be able to breathe. He said that when he
reached the _______________ of the mountain the view was _______________.
Unfortunately, I myself am afraid of being in high places, but I hope one day
to _______________ my fears and to climb a mountain, just like my father did.
3. Match the idioms with
their meanings.
1. Suddenly and unexpectedly a. to lose sleep
2. Something bad nearly
happened b. in a tight corner
3. To be in a difficult
situation with not many choices c. a
close call
4. To stay calm and not get
nervous or upset d. out of the blue
5. Make me very happy e. make my day
f. to keep your cool
4. Write an antonym for each
word. Follow the example.
An antonym is a word that
means the opposite of another word.
Example: last – first
1. deep -
______________________________
2. formal - ______________________________
3. boring -
______________________________
4. popular -
______________________________
5. famous -
______________________________
5. Read this group of words.
Place each into the right column, then use your Active Study Dictionary to
complete the word families. Some boxes will not have a word.Finally, write
a sentence with each word.
amazing – conquer – inspire
– motivation – accident
Secondary 2 –
Vocabulary - Review B
1. Choose the correct answer
from a, b, c or d.
1. To succeed, you need
to show _____ and work with different people.
a.
toleration
b.
tolerance
c.
money
d. violence
2. I’m absolutely
exhausted after playing _____ against Dawud — he is really fit!
a. football
b.
hockey
c.
squash
d. Playstation
3. My parents _____ to
respect others, to be good to them, and to work hard.
a.
bring me
up
b. brought
me
c. brought me
up
d. tell
4. Mona’s brother works
in the _____. She misses him when he goes to sea.
a.
sailors
b. army
c.
police
d. navy
5. The old man was very
_____ to his two dogs. He didn’t feed them enough and he hit them hard with a
stick whenever they made any noise!
a.
cruel
b. kind
c. angry
d. unhappy
6. I like _____ such as
hard mathematics problems or difficult questions about history.
a.
problems
b.
challenges
c.
issues
d. questions
7. The king and all his
soldiers finally _____ the island and its people, and took control of it.
a.
conquered
b.
fought
c.
entered
d. won
8. I didn’t expect to
win the prize. It happened _____.
a.
kept my
cool
b. in a tight corner c. made my
day d. out of the blue
2. Complete the gaps with
words from the box below.
amazing
patient
optimistic
shocked
brave
close
call
challenge
imaginative
Mustafa is an old friend of
my father. One day Mustafa told me an _______________ story. He told me about
the time he travelled to South Africa on safari. He was travelling with just
one other person and suddenly they saw a lion. They were _______________ to
discover that the lion was very close to them, standing just a few metres away.
But Mustafa was very _______________, and he was also _______________ that they
would escape, so he shouted at the lion and it ran away! I suppose that the lion
was not hungry that day, but still it was a very _______________ for Mustafa
and his friend.
3. Write a synonym for each
word. Follow the example.
A synonym is a word which
has the same/similar meaning.
Example: start – begin
1. plan - ______________________________
2. group –
______________________________
3. fiction –
______________________________
4. honest -
______________________________
5. intelligent -
______________________________
4. Read this group of words.
Place each into the right column, then use yourActive Study Dictionary to
complete the word families. Finally, write a sentence with each word.
count – ambition – prepare –
respected – pessimistic
Secondary 2 –
Vocabulary - Unit 8 The Necklace
1. Choose the correct answer
from a, b, c or d.
1. The two _____ fought
against each other on land for many years in a terrible war.
a.
navies
b. armies
c.
soldiers
d. teams
2. I think that I did
very well in the maths examination, _____ for Question 4, which I did not know
the answer for.
a.
including
b. except
c.
unless
d. however
3. A _____ is a long,
narrow boat which is used to ride down rivers. You can use it for fishing, or
as part of an exciting sport.
a.
debt
b. manual
c.
canoe
d. raft
4. Adel lost his job.
He borrowed money from all his friends and soon he had many _____ which he
could not pay back.
a.
moneys
b. finances
c.
savings
d. debts
5. I would prefer to do
_____ work, such as to be a gardener, a builder or a driver, than to sit in an
office all day like a banker or lawyer.
a.
manual
b. physical
c.
hard
d. hand
6. If you put twenty
pounds away in a safe place every week, after some years you will have quite a
lot of _____.
a.
valuable
b.
savings
c.
earnings
d. money
7. Our teacher was
sick, so today we had a(n) _____ teacher.
a.
second
b. replaced
c. replacement d. extra
8. My mother wants to
give me and my brother a key to the house, so she will need to make two _____
of her key. a.
copies
b. replacements c.
extras
d. additions
2. Complete the gaps with words
from the box below.
ball
diamond
valuable
admired afford
borrowed
savings
replacement
ashamed
Loisel’s wife Mathilde was
very beautiful. However she was not happy at all with her life because Loisel
did not earn enough money to _______________ all the things which she wanted.
She wanted to go to the _______________ so much that her husband used his
_______________ to buy her a new dress, and she _______________ a beautiful
necklace from her rich friend. Mathilde had a wonderful evening and everyone
_______________ her because of how beautiful she was and because of her
beautiful dress and jewellery. However somehow she managed to lose the
necklace, and she was too _______________ to tell her friend that she had lost
it. If only Mathilde had been honest with her friend, she would have found out
that the necklace was not as _______________ as she thought, and she would not
have spent the next ten years working until she was exhausted and lost all her
beauty!
3. Match the words with
their definitions.
1. To have a very good
opinion of someone a.
continuously
2. Not including a
particular person, thing or fact b. clerk
3. Feeling pleased with your
achievements, possessions, family, etc. because you think they are very good c. chain
4. Someone whose job is to
keep the records or accounts in an office d.
proud
5. A series of metal rings
connected together in a line e. except
f. admire
4. Write a synonym for each
word. Follow the example.
A synonym is a word which
has the same or similar meaning.
Example: start - begin
1. identical -
______________________________
2. ball -
______________________________
3. valuable -
______________________________
4. ashamed -
______________________________
5. exhausted -
______________________________
5. Read this group of words.
Place each into the right column, then use your Active Study
Dictionary to complete the word families. Some boxes will not have a
word. Finally, write a sentence with each word.
traditional – replacement –
valuable – copy – act
Secondary 2 –
Vocabulary - Unit 9
The Olympics
1. Choose the correct answer
from a, b, c or d.
1. To stay fit and
healthy, you should _____ at least three times a week.
a.
race
b. exercise
c.
work
d. keep fit
2. The _____ of my year
was when I won the 100-metre running race!
a.
top
b. highlight
c.
light
d. best
3. Many cities around
the world have different _____ for different times of the year, which the
people celebrate with food, drink, entertainment and different traditions.
a.
festivals
b.
festivities
c. games
d. sports
4. Omar’s mother did
not allow him to take _____ lessons because she believed that this was a very
dangerous and violent sport.
a.
judo
b.
running
c.
fighting
d. boxing
5. I love acting, and
this year I have been chosen to _____ in our school play.
a.
take
place
b. take
part
c.
play
d. run
6. Some people say that
_____ is not a sport. But I believe it is, and that it is excellent exercise
for the brain!
a.
water-skiing
b.
chess
c.
netball
d. athletics
7. It is every
athlete’s dream to win a gold _____ at the Olympic Games.
a.
medal
b. trophy
c.
prize
d. first place
8. _____ is a sport for
which you need to have a lot of equipment such as long ropes, and you should
not be afraid of being in high places.
a.
Rising
b. Fighting
c.
Boxing
d. Climbing
2. Complete the gaps with
words from the box below.
earthquake
train
peaceful
amateurs athletics
career
stadiums
take part in
record
There are many kinds of
sports competitions. Some are at the national level and some are at the international
level. The sportspeople who ____________________ these competitions can be
either paid professionals or ____________________. For all sports, you need to
____________________ very hard for any competition. Some sports are very
popular, such as athletics and football, which many people watch in huge
____________________. Other sports such as judo are less popular, but during
the Olympic Games many people from around the world will watch all of these
sports on the television. It is every sportsperson’s dream to reach Olympic
level in their ____________________, and for some lucky and talented athletes,
they might even expect to break a world ____________________.
3. Match the words with
their definitions.
1. A competition in which
people try to run/drive/ride faster than each other a. benefit
2. An advantage or
improvement that you get from something b.
take place
3. To happen (an event) c. amateur
4. The fastest speed,
longest distance, highest or lowest level, etc. d.
archaeologist
5. Someone who does
something because they enjoy it and not as a job e. race
f. record
4. Write a synonym for each
word. Follow the example.
A synonym is a word which
has the same or a similar meaning.
Example: start - begin
1. athlete -
____________________
2. career -
____________________
3. fitness -
____________________
4. to train -
____________________
5. to destroy -
____________________
5. Read this group of words.
Place each into the right column, then use your Active Study
Dictionary to complete the word families. Some boxes will not have a
word.Finally, write a sentence with each word.
benefit – professional –
destroy – athletics – honesty
Secondary 2 –
Vocabulary – Review C
1. Choose the correct answer
from a, b, c or d
1. The schools in our
area are going to have a football _____ this autumn. Twelve teams will
participate. a.
match
b.
tournament
c. competition
d. game
2. The bride wore a
beautiful white dress made of expensive _____!
a.
nylon
b.
cotton
c. silk
d. leather
3. _____ is a dangerous
sport, with many people each year dying from accidents on mountains.
a.
Racing
b. Climbing
c. Judo
d. Netball
4. The _____ of my year
was when I won the school art competition.
a.
happiness
b.
end
c.
top
d. highlight
5. Our school has been
chosen to _____ in a survey about how doing sport helps students to study
better. a.
take
place
b. take part in c.
act
d. run
6. Can you ask Mr
Milad’s secretary to _____ a meeting for him with the managing director of
SportsRUs Company? a.
water-skiing
b. set
up
c.
netball
d. athletics
7. Some international
_____ make more money per year than some small countries!
a.
people
b. companies
c. organisations d.
corporations
8. Be careful that you
never borrow so much money that you end up with ___________ which you can never
pay back. a.
debt
b. money
c. finance d.
gifts
2. Complete the gaps with words
from the box below.
admired
wages
destroyed
professional
necklace
shocked
debt
except
Henry worked as a sales
assistant at a jewellery shop in an expensive shopping mall. Henry did not
receive high __________ for his job. He used to watch rich lady customers enter
the shop and try on jewellery made of gold and silver. He __________ the rich
husbands who accompanied these ladies to the shop and wanted to be like them.
Henry was in love with a girl who lived in his neighbourhood, and he decided to
meet her father to propose marriage. So one day Henry took all his savings to
the jewellery shop and told his boss that he wanted to buy a gold __________.
Unfortunately his savings were not enough, and Henry had to borrow money from
his boss to buy the necklace. There is a sad end to this story. The father
refused to let Henry marry his daughter. Henry felt __________ and did not pay
attention as he walked home. A boy on a bike knocked Henry over and he dropped
the necklace in the street, where a truck ran over it and __________ it. Henry
wasn’t hurt, but he was still in __________ to his boss.
3. Match the words with
their definitions.
B
1. Part of a plant that is
put into a food to give it a particular (and sometimes hot) taste a. wheat
2. A plant that produces
grain that is used for making flour (and then bread) b. tournament
3. A group of people with
animals or vehicles who travel together c.
spice
4. A competition in which
many players compete against each other until there is only one winner d. quiz
5. A very valuable clear
hard stone, used in jewellery and in industry e.
caravan
f. diamond
4. Read this group of words.
Place each into the right column, then use your Active Study
Dictionary to complete the word families. Finally, write a sentence
with each word.
proud – trade – peace –
economy – destroy
Secondary
2 – Vocabulary - Unit 1 The
World of Work
ANSWERS
1.
1 - d 2 -
b 3 - a 4 - c
5 - d 6 -
c 7 - a 8 - b
2.
Heba is from Heliopolis. She
works at a large tourist company as an accountant. Heba studied at
university before she qualified as an accountant, and then she
successfully applied for her job with the tourist company. At her job
Heba needs to work with a computer. She also needs to be good
at maths to do her job well. Heba has a meeting every week
with her manager. She hopes that if she continues to work at the tourist
company for a few more years, she will have enoughexperience to apply for
a different job. Her dream is to work for a charity because she wants
to help other people and to improve society.
3.
1 - f 2 -
d 3 - a 4 - e 5 - c
4.
1. historic - modern
2. inside - outside /
exterior
3. special - normal /
boring / usual / ordinary
4. continue - stop /
finish / complete
5. leader - follower
5.
research – operation –
qualify – treatment – apply
Noun Verb Adjective
research
/ researcher research
operation operate operational
qualification qualify qualifying
/ qualified
treatment treat treatable
application apply applicable
1 - 15 Answers will vary
Secondary 2 -
Vocabulary - Unit 2 Gulliver’s
Travels
ANSWERS
1.1 - c 2
- b 3 - a 4 - c
5 - c 6 -
b 7 - c 8 - a
2.
To be a writer you need to
have good ideas and a good imagination. Jonathan Swift was a world-famous
writer because of his book about the voyages of Lemuel Gulliver. This
book was very popular as soon as it was published and people are
still reading the book today. But Gulliver’s Travels is not only an
entertaining novel. It is also thought to be a
clever commentary on the political situation in Europe.
3.1 - c 2
- a 3 - d 4 - b 5 - f
4.1. novel - book /
story / fiction
2. author - writer
3. ridiculous - silly /
stupid
4. small - little /
tiny
5.
Noun Verb Adjective
explanation explain explanatory
farmer farm farming
commentary commentate ——
representative/representation represent representative
stealth steal stolen/stealthy
Secondary 2 -
Vocabulary - Unit 3 Today’s
money
ANSWERS
1.1 -
b
2 -
a
3 - d
4 - c
5 -
a
6 -
b
7 - d
8 - d
2.
These days more and more
people are surfing the internet to buy products. Shops have
designeduser-friendly websites that make it easy to select goods from an
online catalogue and then to pay for them by credit card.This
method of buying goods is attractive to customers because very often
the cost is less so they can find very good bargains. It is also
very convenient because customers can shop any time of the day or night, and
they save money on petrol for their cars.
3.1 -
c
2 -
e
3 - a
4 -
f
5 - d
4.1. increase -
decrease
2. buy - sell
3. friendly -
unfriendly
4. advantage - disadvantge
5.
Noun Verb Adjective
attraction attract attractive
increase (stress on 1st
syllable) increase (stress on
2nd syllable) —
account
(also: accounts, accountant,
accountancy) account (accountable)
tradition — traditional
bargain bargain —
Secondary 2 Vocabulary Review A
ANSWERS
1.1 -
b
2 -
a
3 - c
4 - c
5 -
a
6 - d
7 -
b
8 - c
2.
Surfing the internet is a
popular activity. However, going online can also be dangerous. If you are
not careful, information you publish on the internet about yourself
can be stolen. It is possible for people to read information about
your bank account if you buy goods on an unsafe website. Also, your
computer can become infected with viruses (a computer ‘disease’). But
this does not stop people from using the internet more and more to post information
about themselves. With increasingly user-friendly internet sites,
more and more people, from elderly grandmothers to
unpopular politicians who want more publicity, are using the internet
to provide information about their daily lives.
3.1 -
b
2 - a
3 -
d
4 -
e
5 - f
4.
Noun Verb Adjective
politician — political
publication/publicity publish publishable
delivery deliver deliverable
surgeon/surgery — surgical
reward reward rewarding
Secondary 2 –
Vocabulary - Unit 4 Teamwork
ANSWERS
1.1 - b
2 -
b
3 -
a
4 - d
5 - c
6 -
b
. 7 -
d
8 - c
2.
Being healthy and taking
exercise is very important. If you want to keep fit, then it is a good
idea to begin learning a sport. A very popular team sport worldwide
is football. Another very popular team game is basketball, but it is
recommended that you be tall! Not so many people play hockey, which needs
sticks as well as a ball. And if you want to play a sport with just one other
person,squash is recommended, but this sport can be very tiring after even
just one hour.
3.1 - f 2
- a 3 - b 4 - e 5 -
d
4.1. play - work
2. fit - unfit, (unhealthy)
3. tolerance - intolerance
4. refuse - agree, accept
5. individual - group
5.
Noun Verb Adjective
cooperation cooperate cooperative
attachment attach attachable
tolerance tolerate tolerable
prediction predict predictable
situation situate --
Secondary 2 –
Vocabulary - Unit 5 Lord of the
Flies
ANSWERS
1.1 -
c
2 - a
3 - b
4 - c
5 -
d
6 -
b
7 - c
8 - b
2.
Working as a doctor in the
Emergency Room is not an easy job. As well as
being intelligent enough to qualify as a doctor, you also need
to be a very calm person who is not easily shocked at
seeing terrible injuries and accidents. Sometimes you need to
make sensible decisions in a very short time. And it is very
important that you get on with the nurses and other doctors who you
work in a team with. Sometimes you might also need to tell relatives bad news,
and in a difficult situation like this you will also need to be
quite brave.
3.1 -
e
2 -
a
3 - c
4 - b
5 -
d
4.1. cruel - kind
2. pessimistic - optimistic
3. alone - together
4. intelligent - stupid
5. sensible - silly / stupid
5.
shelter – home
capture – escape
tolerant – understanding
to prepare – to solve
1. Yes (meaning 2, which is
uncountable)
2. maybe
3. Yes. You might not
sympathise with others, but if you are tolerant, you still let them say or do
what they want.
4. prepare a meal
5. solve a problem
6. Answers will vary.
Prepare clothes, a room, etc. Solve a mystery, a crime, a puzzle, etc.
Secondary 2 –
Vocabulary - Unit 6 That’s
amazing!
ANSWERS
1.1 - c 2
- d 3 - c 4 – b 5 -
a 6 - b 7 - a 8 - d
2.
I come from a family of
explorers. My father was a mountaineer. From the time he was a little
boy, it was his lifelong ambition to climb Mount Everest. When he
finally climbed Mount Everest, I was still a toddler. He told me about his
adventure when I was older. He told me that to get to the top, he had to
use oxygen cylinders to be able to breathe. He said that when he
reached thesummit of the mountain, the view was amazing.
Unfortunately, I myself am afraid of being in high places, but I hope one day
to conquer my fears and to climb a mountain, just like my father did.
3.1 -
d
2 -
c
3 -
b
4 -
f
5 - e
4.1. deep - shallow
2. formal - informal /
friendly
3. boring - interesting /
exciting
4. popular - unpopular
5. famous - unknown
5.
Noun Verb Adjective
amazement amaze amazing
conquest/conqueror conquer --
inspiration inspire inspirational
motivation motivate motivated/motivating/motivational
accident -- accidental
Secondary 2 –
Vocabulary – Review B
ANSWERS
1.1 -
b
2 -
c
3 - c
4 - d
5 -
a
6 - b
7 -
a
8 - d
2.
Mustafa is an old friend of
my father. One day Mustafa told me an amazing story. He told me about
the time he travelled to South Africa on safari. He was travelling with just
one other person and suddenly they saw a lion. They were shocked to
discover that the lion was very close to them, standing just a few metres away.
But Mustafa was very brave and he was also optimistic that
they would escape, so he shouted at the lion and it ran away! I suppose that
the lion was not hungry that day, but still it was a very close
call for Mustafa and his friend.
3.1. plan - arrange
2. group – team/set
3. fiction –
novel/writing/story/ book
4. honest - truthful
5. intelligent -
clever/smart
4.
Noun Verb Adjective
count count countable,
uncountable
ambition — ambitious
preparation prepare preparatory/prepared
respect respect respectful
pessimist/pessimism — pessimistic
Secondary 2 –
Vocabulary - Unit 8 The Necklace
ANSWERS
1.1 - b 2
- b 3 - c 4 – d 5 -
a 6 - b 7 - c 8 - a
2.
Loisel’s wife Mathilde was
very beautiful. However she was not happy at all with her life because Loisel
did not earn enough money to afford all the things which she wanted.
She wanted to go to theball so much that her husband used his savings to
buy her a new dress, and she borrowed a beautiful necklace from her
rich friend. Mathilde had a wonderful evening and everyone admiredher
because of how beautiful she was and because of her beautiful dress and
jewellery. However somehow she managed to lose the necklace, and she was
too ashamed to tell her friend that she had lost it. If only Mathilde
had been honest with her friend, she would have found out that the necklace was
not as valuable as she thought, and she would not have spent the next
ten years working until she was exhausted and lost all her beauty!
3.1 -
f
2 -
e
3 - d
4 -
b
5 - c
4.1. identical - same
2. ball - dance / (formal)
party
3. valuable - expensive
4. ashamed - embarrassed
5. exhausted - (very) tired
5.
Noun Verb Adjective
tradition traditional
replacement replace replaceable
value value valuable
copy copy
act action act acting action-packed
active
Secondary 2 –
Vocabulary - Unit 9 The Olympics
ANSWERS
1.1 - b
2 -
b
3 - a
4 - d
5 -
b
6 -
b
7 - a
8 - d
2.
There are many kinds of
sports competitions. Some are at the national level and some are at the
international level. The sportspeople who take part in these
competitions can be either paid professionals or amateurs. For all sports,
you need to train very hard for any competition. Some sports are very
popular, such as athletics and football, which many people watch in huge stadiums.
Other sports such as judo are less popular, but during the Olympic Games many
people from around the world will watch all of these sports on the television.
It is every sportsperson’s dream to reach Olympic level in their career,
and for some lucky and talented athletes, they might even expect to break a
world record.
3.1 -
e
2 -
a
3 - b
4 -
f
5 - c
4.1. athlete -
sportsperson / sportsman / sportswoman / player
2. career - job / work
3. fitness - health /
strength
4. to train - to exercise /
to work out / to practise
5. to destroy - to damage
(completely) / to ruin
5.
Noun Verb Adjective
benefit benefit beneficial
professional
profession
professionalism professional
destruction destroy destructive
athletics
athlete athletic
honesty honest
Secondary 2 –
Vocabulary – Review C ANSWERS
1.1 -
b 2 - c 3 -
b 4 - d 5 -
b 6 - b 7 -
d 8 - a
2.
Henry worked as a sales
assistant at a jewellery shop in an expensive shopping mall. Henry did not
receive high wages for his job. He used to watch rich lady customers
enter the shop and try on jewellery made of gold and silver.
He admired the rich husbands who accompanied these ladies to the shop
and wanted to be like them. Henry was in love with a girl who lived in his
neighbourhood, and he decided to meet her father to propose marriage. So one
day Henry took all his savings to the jewellery shop and told his boss that he
wanted to buy a gold necklace. Unfortunately his savings were not enough,
and Henry had to borrow money from his boss to buy the necklace. There is a sad
end to this story. The father refused to let Henry marry his daughter. Henry
felt shockedand did not pay attention as he walked home. A boy on a bike knocked
Henry over and he dropped the necklace in the street, where a truck ran over it
and destroyed it. Henry wasn’t hurt, but he was still
in debt to his boss.
3. 1 - c 2 -
a 3 - e 4 -
b 5 - f
4.
Noun Verb Adjective
pride pride proud
trade / trader trade
peace pacify peaceful
economy / economics /
economist economize economic / economical
destruction destroy destructive
ve d. irrigate
5. To leave someone or
something for a long time or forever e.
record
f. remain
4. Write an antonym for each
word. Follow the example.
An antonym is a word that
means the opposite of another word.
Example: last – first
1. to supply -
______________________________
2. historic -
______________________________
3. popular -
______________________________
4. famous -
______________________________
5. beauty -
______________________________
5. Read this group of words.
Place each into the right column, then use your Active Study
Dictionary to complete the word families. Some boxes will not have a
word.Finally, write a sentence with each word.
abandon – beauty – historic
– persuade – intend
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