Advanced Writing with English in Use

Unit 10 • Publicinformation

1.2 Word formation

Use the wordsin the box totheright ofthetext toformoneword thatfitsin the

same numbered spacein thetext. Writethe newwordin thecor rec t box below

the text.Theexerci se beginswithan example(0).

oDEPEND

1 CULTURE

2 CENTRE

3 SWEEP

4 CONTINUE

5 CULTURE

6 EUROPE

7 RACE

8 TOLERANT

9 NATURE

10 SPAIN

11 SLAVE

12 LABOUR

13 DEVELOP

14 POPULATE

15 DECIDE

16 COMBINE

15 DECIDE

16 COMBINE

17 DEPEND

138 • Task types

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

The nationofT rinidadandTobagonestle sclosebythe coast of South Ameri ca-

e itherthe first among Ca ribbean islands, or the last word , (0).. .O ilyourdirection.

Once part of the main land, th es e islands decidedtheywanted the ir ownidentit y and

driftednorth. Geolo gically, theyre mained ase xoticasBrazil.(1) "' , theybecmue a

lawuntoth e mse lves!

Amere 21 mile s sep aratesT rinidad and Tob ago,dailyspannedbyplan e andferry.

T rinid adis th e largero f the twins - a riot of nature 's exube rance. fro mth e mountain s

ofth e NorthernRange ,tothe (2 )... plains, to the soft, gree n hills ofth e sonth.

Tobagois a masterpieceinminature , wit h a sp ineoffore stedhills stcc phngd ownto

\\1nd-(3)...shorelines.

Vis itarainb o w

T&T is ethni c dive rsity .Na me a people ,andth ey're p rob ably her e, (4). .. cre ati ng

and re -c rea ting th eirri c h(5)... stew, African andI ndian de scendan ts dominate the

mix hiltthrow inC hi nese, Leb anese,(6)...andAme rind ian, and yo uhavea vcry

sp ecialble nd. (7)...andreligious (8)...come s(9).... All arepro udcitize ns of a

p lac e known , sincethe earliest times , as 'The Landof t he Hu m mingbi rd '.

T wo historie s, oned estiny

Amerind i an spirits linger at Cuayagnavare, T unapuna. andCocorite. ' T rinidad ', itself,

was Colu mbus' name for th e islandwiththre ehills that he espied in 14 98. The(IO)

. .. se tt led inSangreGrande , SanF e rnando andPortofSpain. F renchplan ters,
uprooted by th e Revolutionin 1789, gaveus SansSOlid, Blanchisseu se. Mat elot.
Withthe evil of (11) ... abolished iu 1 833 , indentur ed(12) ... were brought to
T rinidad , predo minantly fromIndia , As th e irrepressible African and Indian
influe nce s perm eat ed. mode r nTrinidad was born.
Tobago"sbiography, too, is toldhynam es. British rule ga\'e us town s called
Scarborough , Plymouthand Hoxborou gh, whileits(I3) ... into th e richest suga r
islandin the Caribbe anledto a modem(14) .. .ofmostly Africandes cent.
Itwas the inspired(I5)... of aBritis hbureaucratth at created the magic(16) ... we
are ble ssedwit h today.Thus, it wasas onenation th atT rinid adam iTobagogained
(I7) ... from Britainin 196 2, and, in 1976, de cla reditselfa republic.