4000 Essential English Words

r Exercise 3 ■ Choose the one that is similar in meaning to the given word. mob a. broom b. crowd tumult a. plan b. gate brute ...

The Brute and the Billionaire Hundreds of people had come to see a popular satire, but during the performance a fire started in ...

PART O Mark each statement T for true or F for false. Rewrite the false statements to make them true. The performance was a sat ...

Word List accelerate [aekselareit] v. To accelerate means to increase in speed. —► When he stepped on the gas pedal, the motorcy ...

■1 innovative [Inouveitiv] adj. If something or someone is innovative, they can think in creative ways. —* Since Peter was so in ...

Exercise 1 Choose the one that is similar in meaning to the given word. defect a. perfect b. broken c. clean d.magical innovati ...

Exercise 3 W J Write C if the italicized word is used correctly. Write I if the word is used incorrectly. Just when you thought ...

The Tenacious Inventor A young student of meteorology was having a difficult time with an experiment. He was attempting to dupli ...

PART o Mark each statement T for true or F for false. Rewrite the false statements to make them true. The student of meteorolog ...

beforehand [t>ifoxhsend] adv. If something is done beforehand, then it is done in advance. -» He packed his luggage beforehan ...

hospitable [haspitabel] adj. If someone is hospitable, they are friendly to strangers. —* At dinner, Dad was very hospitable to ...

Exercise 1 Choose the answer that best fits the question. Who is someone that would most likely be hospitable? a. An enemy b. A ...

Write a word that is similar in meaning to the underlined part. They didn’t want to get covered with sand, so they relaxed on a ...

The Nurse’s Lesson One of the children in the nursery was sick. The child’s mother, who was usually quite vivacious and chattere ...

Reading Comprehension PART o Mark each statement T for true or F for false. Rewrite the false statements to make them true. The ...

I UNIT 1 Q Word List ■ l1 T airway [earwei] n. An airway is the passage by which air reaches a person’s lungs. —*■ Since he was ...

di o u tm o d e d [autmoudid] adj. If something is outmoded, then it is no longer in fashion or use. —► Black and white televisi ...

Exercise 1 ■ H Choose the one that is similar in meaning to the given word. lunar a. sun b. moon c. stars d. earth reflex a. re ...

UNIT Exercise 3 Choose the one that is similar in meaning to the given word. IB inhale a. breathe psychiatric a. passionate adv ...

Seizures Then and Now If a person who lived 200 years ago was treated for a seizure today, they would be surprised by the treatm ...