Wednesday 25 March 2020

1BHCS. Homework Wednesday 25th March

Morning! Let's do a bit of vocab revision today, shall we?


1 Choose the correct word or expression.

      1    Shana lives far away, so she has to commute / pay a fine every day.
      2    Sadly, housing / unemployment has increased recently.
      3    Our neighbourhood / pavement was built in the 1970s.
      4    There’s an equal / a giant block of flats next to the park.
      5    Littering / Population density is extremely high in Hong Kong, which has over seven million people.

2   Complete the sentences with the words below.

crime rate  |  free of charge  |  quality of life  |  skyscraper  |  landmark  |  round-the-clock

      1    The first city with a ................................................................... was Chicago, in the US.
      2    The city’s low ................................................................... makes it a safe place to live.
      3    Moving to the countryside has really improved their ................................................................... .
      4    Children are allowed to use public transport ................................................................... .
      5    The security cameras in this neighbourhood operate ................................................................... .
      6    The most important ................................................................... in the village is the old church.

3   Complete the sentences by adding the correct particle(s) below to form a phrasal verb.

back  |  off  |  down  |  up  |  into  |  down on

      1    Apparently, Marcy turned ................................................ after we had left the party.
      2    The flood cut ............................................... access to the main road.
      3    He was a shy child, but turned ............................................... an outgoing teen.
      4    He turned ............................................... the job because it required too much travelling.
      5    Since he’s cut ............................................... coffee, he’s been sleeping better.
      6    I was halfway to school when I had to turn ............................................... to get my maths book.

4   Complete the sentences with the words in brackets and the correct prefix – dis, un, over, mis, in or under.

      1    There shouldn’t be ............................................... between men and women. (equality)
      2    It’s ............................................... to breathe polluted air. (healthy)
      3    The politician is accused of ............................................... public money for personal items. (using)
      4    I was ............................................... with the pottery course, so I dropped out. (satisfied)
      5    The factory workers are complaining that they are ............................................... . (paid)
      6    I didn't like the design of the magazine – it was ............................................... . (done)


5   Complete the passage with the words below.


megacities  |  housing  |  giant  |  overcrowding  |  land  |  wealthy  |  facilities

Megacities
1 ............................................... began developing when 2 ............................................... in cities led to urban sprawl, or outward growth. And now, megaregions are beginning to form as megacities join together. These 3 ............................................... megaregions can cross borders and each may be home to more than 100 million people of all classes, from 4 ............................................... to poor.
Today, the largest megaregion is China’s Pearl River Delta, which includes the cities of Hong Kong and Guangzhou and which provides 5 ............................................... for 120 million people. Other megaregions are developing in Japan, Brazil and India. One downside has been the loss of agricultural 6 ............................................... , which is needed to build schools and other 7 ............................................... , such as hospitals, roads and shops.

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