Listening & Speaking Unit 7
Unit 7, Listening 1 Vocabulary Flashcards
Practice the definition of the key words from Unit 7, Listening 1. Guess the meaning of the word then flip the card to see if you got it right.
QSkills 4 Listening & Speaking Unit 7 Listening 1 (Text Version)
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Unit 7 Listening 1 Parts of Speech
QSkills 4, Listening & Speaking Unit 7 Listening 1 Parts of Speech (Text Version)
Decide the part of speech for each word and fill in the blank: verb, noun, adjective, or adverb
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Pronunciation
Pronunciation: QSkills 4: Listening & Speaking Unit 1, Listening 1 (Text Version)
Choose the correct stressed syllable next to the BOLD word. The answers are marked with an */bold in the footnotes.
- adhesive : ad he sive [23]
- exploit : ex ploit [24]
- flammable : flam ma ble [25]
- inadvertent: in ad ver tent[26]
- inconceivable : in con cei va ble [27]
- interact : in ter act [28]
- mandatory : man da tory[29]
- obvious : ob vi ous[30]
- synthetic : syn the tic[31]
- unreliable : un re li a ble [32]
- vastly : vast ly [33]
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Practice: Unit 7, Listening 1 Vocabulary Fill in the Blanks
QSkills 4: Unit 7, Listening 1 Vocabulary Practice (Text Version)
Fill in the blanks in the sentences below with one of the following words:
- vastly
- exploit
- inconceivable
- mandatory
- unreliable
flammable - synthetic
- inadvertent
- interact
- adhesive obvious
- It is not at all ____________________[Blank 1] that a small number of them are capable of acting like idiots.[34]
- The two runners, who missed a ________________[Blank 1] drug test last Thursday, are also to be the subject of a Olympic Organization investigation into their behaviour.[35]
- There was an _______________[Blank 1] flood in the washroom when Susan forgot the bathtub water on and fell asleep.[36]
- My friend cancelling the party was just fine – I was happy not to have to __________________[Blank 1] with people tonight.[37]
- They’re a talented group of musicians with an _________________[Blank 1] passion for their music. Everyone can hear it, feel it, and see it.[38]
- When we convert the sugars into alcohol by fermentation, we release carbon dioxide and produce a _______________[Blank 1] fuel that can be burned in an engine.[39]
- Memory goes away with time, and as a result the evidence and memories people can provide become progressively more ____________________[Blank 1] . [40]
- There will always be oppression and poverty because of people who push themselves into positions to control and ________________[Blank 1] others for their own gain.[41]
- A Chinese tech company produced security technology with facial recognition and eye-scanning which is __________________[Blank 1] more advanced than their competitors.[42]
- If you would like to design this vase in a new way, you could paint it, and then use _______________[Blank 1] to add leaves, sparkles, or ribbon.[43]
- The first ________________ [Blank 1] dye, the colour light purple, was prepared in 1856 by the English chemist William Henry Perkin.[44]
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Attribution & References
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- can burn easily ↵
- can not be depended on ↵
- not done on purpose ↵
- to use someone or something to one's own benefit (negatively) ↵
- easy to see/noticeable ↵
- glue/tape ↵
- hard to imagine ↵
- widely ↵
- communicate with people ↵
- required ↵
- not natural ↵
- adhesive : noun ↵
- exploit : verb ↵
- flammable : adjective ↵
- inadvertent: adjective ↵
- inconceivable : adjective ↵
- interact : verb ↵
- mandatory : adjective ↵
- obvious : adjective ↵
- synthetic : adjective ↵
- unreliable : adjective ↵
- vastly : adverb ↵
- adhesive : ad he sive ↵
- exploit : ex ploit ↵
- flammable : flam ma ble ↵
- inadvertent: in ad ver tent ↵
- inconceivable : in con cei va ble ↵
- interact : in ter act ↵
- mandatory : man da tory ↵
- obvious : ob vi ous ↵
- synthetic : syn the tic ↵
- unreliable : un re li a ble ↵
- vastly : vast ly ↵
- It is not at all inconceivable that a small number of them are capable of acting like idiots. ↵
- The two runners, who missed a mandatory drug test last Thursday, are also to be the subject of a Olympic Organization investigation into their behaviour. ↵
- There was an inadvertent flood in the washroom when Susan forgot the bathtub water on and fell asleep. ↵
- My friend cancelling the party was just fine - I was happy not to have to interact with people tonight. ↵
- They're a talented group of musicians with an obvious passion for their music. Everyone can hear it, feel it, and see it. ↵
- When we convert the sugars into alcohol by fermentation, we release carbon dioxide and produce a flammable fuel that can be burned in an engine. ↵
- Memory goes away with time, and as a result the evidence and memories people can provide become progressively more unreliable. ↵
- There will always be oppression and poverty because of people who push themselves into positions to control and exploit others for their own gain. ↵
- A Chinese tech company produced security technology with facial recognition and eye-scanning which is vastly more advanced than their competitors. ↵
- If you would like to design this vase in a new way, you could paint it, and then use adhesive to add leaves, sparkles, or ribbon. ↵
- The first synthetic dye, the colour light purple, was prepared in 1856 by the English chemist William Henry Perkin. ↵
