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1 VT2 The Oxfor 3000 Voulry Triner Introution Use the informtion n exerises in the Oxfor 3000 Voulry Triner to help you: mke etter use of your itionry uil on voulry you lrey know write more fluently pss your exms 1 Looking t keywor Wors mrke with key symol in this itionry re prt of the Oxfor 3000, list of the 3000 most importnt wors for lerners to know. Look t pge R99 for more etils out this list. Why re keywors worth speil ttention? You will proly know their si menings, ut in eh entry there is lot of itionl informtion out the wor n tht will help you to expn your voulry, uiling on wht you lrey know. Look t the entry for onition n fin the following informtion. 1 Conition n e noun or. 2 Look t the lue shortuts (STATE OF STH, et.). Re these sentenes n eie whih shortut is likely to le you to the right mening. The ptient s onition ws esrie s stle. It ws onition of the ontrt tht the goos woul e elivere within three months. The hrity shop will tke ooks, s long s they re in goo onition. A report on prison onitions ritiize overrowing in our jils. 3 Look t the MEDICAL mening. Wht phrse in ol type is use to men tht someone is very seriously ill n my ie? Wht phrse is use to men physilly unfit? Where n you look t other wors tht esrie types of illness? PHOTOCOPIABLE Oxfor University Press

2 VT3 4 Look t the CIRCUMSTANCES mening n fin: n jetive tht n go with onitions to men very. three jetives tht n e use to esrie wether onitions. n expression tht refers to the wether on the ros. 5 Look t the RULE mening n fin the vers tht omplete these sentenes: The fun strit onitions on the grnts. The ountry will only e grnte finnil i if it ertin onitions. The Oxfor 3000 Voulry Triner 6 Wht is the ifferene etween the iioms on no onition n uner no onition? 7 Wht is the ifferene etween onition n stte? The menings re very similr, ut they ten to omine with ifferent wors. Fill the gps in these sentenes with either onition or stte, n then hek your nswers using the SYNONYMS ox. Though ol, the ook ws in perfet. The uiling will never e sol in its present. e In the story the stormy wether reflets the hrters emotionl. The fene ws in poor n in nee of repir. In its urrent, the wesite is iffiult to nvigte it nees reesigning. 8 Look t the ver onition. Whih of these sentenes re grmmtilly eptle? Mrk them with tik ( ) or ross ( ) to show whih re right or wrong. The lortory mie were onitione for fering the ell. People re onitione to elieve n expert. We re onitione to filure. 9 Wht expression is use in psyhology to esrie retions tht re lerne, rther thn nturl? 10 If something onitions your hir, is it goo thing? PHOTOCOPIABLE Oxfor University Press

3 VT4 The Oxfor 3000 Voulry Triner 2 Looking t keywors: You win some, you lose some A Look refully t the entry for win to fin the following informtion. 1 Is the ver win regulr or irregulr in its pst tenses? 2 Wht out the noun? Is it regulr? 3 Does the pronunition of won rhyme with gun or gone? 4 Look t the onstrutions tht re shown in the entry n eie whih of these sentenes re grmmtilly orret. Mrk them with tik ( ) or ross ( ). He lwys wins in rs. They won the set from the Opposition. We were winning t three gols to one t hlf time. The hnes of winning in the lottery re very low. 5 Wht is nother wy of expressing the iiom you n t win them ll? 6 Where is the min stress in the expression win something hns own? 7 Choose the right prtile to omplete the phrsl vers in these sentenes: The uke rise n rmy to try to win out/k/through the lns lost in the erlier mpign. They trie to win us over/out/k to their wy of thinking. It is not ler yet whih tehnology will win over/out/roun in the next genertion of televisions. LOOKING BEYOND THE ENTRY. To nswer the next two questions, you will nee to follow up the rossreferenes, mrke with see lso... or more t... t the en of eh setion within the entry, to fin the informtion in other entries: 8 Wht expression esries sitution tht is goo result for everyone involve? Wht expression esries sitution tht is oun to en ly? Wht expression esries n ttrtive fil expression? Wht expression mens We oul e out to proue something suessful? 9 Wht oes the iiom win your spurs men? PHOTOCOPIABLE Oxfor University Press

4 VT5 B Now look t the keywor lose. 10 Fin the expressions in ol type in the exmples with lose tht men the following: e f g h fll over e kille no longer e intereste go l o something quikly slow own eome unemploye eome too nervous to o something The Oxfor 3000 Voulry Triner 11 Fining opposites n synonyms. Wht is the opposite of lose in this sentene? My wth loses five minutes y. Wht is nother wor for lose in this sentene? I lost my glsses n wste n hour looking for them. An in this one? He rn fster, oging through the row in n ttempt to lose the two oys. 12 Looking t grmmr ptterns. Fill in the gps with the right prepositions: The reigning hmpion lost her young opponent in the finl. They lost three gols two. The prty lost the eletion 100 votes. 13 Look t the phrsl vers with lose n eie whih fits in eh sentene. Rememer tht you my hve to hnge the form, tense, et. to mke the sentene grmmtilly orret. When her ily life gets too muh for her, she likes to ook. Single prents hve s result of the hnge in tx lw. Newsppers n television news re oth the Internet. PHOTOCOPIABLE Oxfor University Press

5 VT10 5 Wor formtion The Oxfor 3000 Voulry Triner A Knowing keywor lso involves knowing the other wors tht n e forme from it. These wors re lle erivtives n they pper in mny entries fter the symol j. Knowing relte wors will give you more flexiility in how you express yourself. Use the erivtives in the keywor entries for the wors in ol type in the sentenes elow to rewrite these sentenes without hnging the mening: e.g. The illustrtions in the ook were ttrtive. The ook ws ttrtively illustrte 1 The similrity etween the pintings ws remrkle. The pintings were similr. 2 A sore throt my e sign of n infetion use y teri. A sore throt my e sign of infetion. 3 We must ensure tht life-sving rugs re ville. We must ensure the of life-sving rugs. 4 Plese let the hotel know in vne if you hve ny speil requirements regring iet. Plese let the hotel know in vne if you hve ny speil requirements. 5 The results surprise the people oing the reserh. The results surprise the. 6 There hs een stey improvement in qulity over the lst few yers. Qulity hs improve over the lst few yers. 7 Her tehers lwys ompline tht she ws reless. Her tehers lwys ompline out her. 8 He hesitte for moment, then he steppe forwr. After moment s, he steppe forwr. 9 He ws tken to hospitl euse they suspete tht he h hert ttk. He ws tken to hospitl with hert ttk. 10 For this tsk you my nee help from speilist. For this tsk you my nee help. PHOTOCOPIABLE Oxfor University Press

6 VT11 B Fill the gps in the hrt with the other memers of these wor fmilies. If you nee help, look up the WORD FAMILY oxes t the entries. nouns vers oneive jetives le nouns fore WORD FAMILY le j. (6¼ unle) ility n. (6¼ inility) isle j. isility n. vers explin jetives The Oxfor 3000 Voulry Triner estroy prove C In mny types of exm, for exmple the Cmrige CAE n Profiieny in English, you hve to e le to fill gp in text with wor relte to the one suggeste. Use the WORD FAMILY oxes t the entries for the wor on the right to help you hoose the orret wor in this pssge: The Pirhã lnguge spoken y the of remote prt of the Brzilin rinforest hs een puzzling linguists for over 20 yers. The Pirhã lnguge hs no wors for numers, n when n Amerin reserher, Dniel Everett, trie to teh the Pirhã to ount in Portuguese, they seeme to unerstn the of numer. Some sientists elieve tht the Pirhã s to ount is of the theory tht lnguge ffets our of the worl. Otherwise it seems tht the Pirhã woul fil to lern espite months of n prtie. inhit le oneive le prove pereive explin repet The Pirhã lnguge itself is unusul in numer of other wys. It ontins two very rre souns, n the of severl souns epens on the speker s sex. Although the of the rinforest my eventully tries suh s the Pirhã to pt to moern iviliztion, t present their ulture remins remrkly resistnt to hnge. pronoune estroy fore PHOTOCOPIABLE Oxfor University Press

7 VT18 9 Choosing the right ollotion The Oxfor 3000 Voulry Triner Re Stuy pge R48 on ollotion the wy wors often pper together. Knowing importnt omintions is importnt for speking n writing nturl-souning English. It is lso something tht is teste in exms suh s the CAE, where, in Pper 3, you hve to hoose the est wor for ontext. The hoie you mke my epen on knowing the right ollotion. Using informtion from the Oxfor 3000 keywors n help you prepre for this. A In the itionry entries, you will fin ommon ollotions printe in ol itli type within exmple sentenes. Use this informtion out the wors in ol type in the sentenes elow to help you to o the following exerise: 1 Fin three jetives tht re often use with ommotion. 2 Write own four vers tht you n use with vie. 3 Is it possile to sy nswer n vertisement? 4 Fin three jetives tht re often use with nxiety. 5 Whih of the following n you lunh: ) n inquiry ) n invsion ) missile? B Exm prtie hoose the right ver for these sentenes: 1 The frture ws lerly/oviously visile on the X-ry. 2 She is eiely/highly respete reserher in this fiel. 3 I hrshly/itterly regrette hving invite them. 4 The question hs een hotly/wrmly ete in shools n olleges. 5 The eision ws hotly/wrmly welome y the unions. C Mth these nouns n vers up: reh mit gin tke meet efet ess tion n greement trget Now hek your nswers using the exmples in the keywor entries. You will fin the orret expressions in ol itli type. PHOTOCOPIABLE Oxfor University Press

8 VT19 10 Correting errors You n improve the stnr of your writing y trining yourself to look for ertin types of error n using the itionry to orret them. There re lso ertin tsks in English exms suh s CAE n TOEIC where you re ske to ientify errors. You n prepre yourself y using the informtion in the itionry when you prtise. A There re 7 spelling mistkes in this text. They re ll importnt wors from the Oxfor 3000 list. Fin the errors n hek the spellings in the itionry. The ltest eveloppement in the replement of 1 ooks y eletroni mei hs ome with the first 2 novel to e vilile only s igitl ownlo. 3 Some people worry tht this will isourge 4 younger genertions from reing printe ooks, 5 ut the uthor hopes tht it will hve the oposite 6 ffet, n enourge people to onsume 7 litterture in new form. So oes this 8 signll the eth of the printe ook s we 9 know it? Certinly, it woul seem to e nother 10 nil in it s offin. But storytelling existe efore 11 the printe wor, n my yet survive it. 12 The Oxfor 3000 Voulry Triner B In the itionry entries, you will see how to use the wor in sentene wht onstrution is neee, the orret preposition to use, n so on. Whih is the orret onstrution here? Do you nee n ing form or n infinitive? If you re not sure, hek the itionry entries for the vers in ol type. 1 He enie tking/to tke the money. 2 Di she promise eing/to e here? 3 I enjoy reing/to re siene fition. 4 Prtise sying/to sy the wors lou. 5 They pretene not to notie/notiing. C Look t the sentenes elow n eie whether the unerline prts re orret or not. Then hek the keywor entries for the ol wor in eh phrse to see whether you were right. 1 She ws sent from shool for three weeks. 2 Will my pssport e epte for proof of my ientity? 3 Hve you got ess t omputer? 4 He ws use to lie. 5 She ws lrme t the sight of so mny people. PHOTOCOPIABLE Oxfor University Press