2 MORE PRACTICE
Vocabulary answer →
(green)
1 Circle the word or phrase that doesn’t belong.
1. tabloid • press • lock • reporter
2. burglar alarm • headline • lock • safe
3. useful • harmful • helpful • thoughtful
4. robbery • thief • witness • suspect
5. attack • break the law • cover the news • grab
2 Complete the sentences with the words in brackets and the suffix -ful or -less.
1. Your idea wasn’t very helpful Please try and be serious.
2. Be careful ! You might fall.
3. The situation is hopeless – nothing can be done.
4. I’d love this gadget for my birthday. It looks really useful.
5. Jill was wrong to say that. She’s so thoughtless sometimes.
6. I thought that getting a tattoo would be painless, but it really hurt!
3 Replace the words in bold with the words and phrases below. Make any necessary
changes.
1. Unfortunately, the thief managed to get away.
2. Did you hear about Mrs Jones? Someone grabbed her bag and ran off with it.
3. Having more police cars around is a good way of preventing crime.
4. Janet dreams about getting a scoop.
5. Dave Smith is an extremely skilful young reporter.
6. He spent five years covering the news in China.
4 Complete the sentences with the words and phrases below.
1. The President is going to hold a press conference this afternoon.
2. Denise Rothman was only 16 years old when she published her first book.
3. Two masked men stole a Picasso painting from the city’s museum.
4. Which news source do you usually use to get your information?
5. My operation was really painful. I was in hospital for a week.
6. Please don’t smoke. It’s harmful to your health.
