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.
