Grammar, Vocabulary and All That. Плужникова Ю.А. - 9 стр.

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8. Complete each of the quotations with one of the words in the box.
imitation advice injustice kingdom
darkness
1. “Better to light a candle than to curse the ……………… .”
2. “Do not ask ……………….. of the ignorant.”
3. “Better to suffer ………………. than to commit it.”
4. “ ………………… is the sincerest form of flattery.”
5. “It`s easy to govern a ……………… but difficult to rule one`s family.”
9. Write your own quotations to describe the following abstract nouns.
1 freedom 2 love 3 life 4 curiosity 5 imagination
ADJECTIVES
10. How many of these words can form opposites with the suffix –less ?
painful wonderful useful careful
beautiful tactful awful thoughtful
In his first broadcast on (1) _________ since he won the (2) _________
last month, the Prime Minister promised to make health and (3)
_________ two of his top priorities. And in a strong attack on the
previous (4) _________ , he said that the present (5) _________ of the
British economy was caused entirely by their (6) ________ and
bad (7) _________ . he said he would act immediately and he hoped the
British people would be able to see clear signs of an (8) _________ in
the economy by the end of the year.