Bài tập & Lời giải
1. Write the noun form of these verbs. Some are the same as the verb.
| Verb | Noun |
| 1 complete | completion |
| 2 achieve | |
| 3 need | |
| 4 dream | |
| 5 argue | |
| 6 fail | |
| 7 imagine | |
| 8 erupt | |
| 9 rescue |
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2. Complete the text with the noun form of the verbs in brackets. You may need the plural form.
Last year, at the age of seventeen, Mike Perham became the youngest sailor to complete a (1)____________ (circumnavigate) of the world alone. But this year, two sixteen-year-old girls are beginning separate (2)____________ (attempt) to beat his record. Last year, a thirteen-year-old Dutch girl, Laura Dekker, was finishing her (3)____________ (prepare) for the same journey when a children’s court stopped her. Now aged fourteen, she’s trying again. It seems that many teenagers today aren’t interested in the normal forms of (4)____________ (entertain) and (5)____________ (relax), like video games and sports. They want (6)____________(experience) that can really excite their (7)____________ (imagine) and also help with the (8)____________ (develop) of personal skills. So they choose (9)____________ (explore). Their amazing (10)____________ (accomplish) certainly look good on their CVs when it’s time to find (11)____________ (employ). But for most of them, that probably isn’t the main (12)____________ (motivate).
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3. Study the dictionary entries. Then answer the questions below.
explore /ɪkˈsplɔ:/ verb to travel around a place, etc. in order to learn about it: They went on an expedition to explore the river Amazon. (figurative) We need to explore (= look carefully at) all the possibilities before we decide. > exploration noun [U]
explorer /ɪkˈsplɔːrə/ noun [C] a person who travels around a place in order to learn about it.
(explore / ɪkˈsplɔ: / động từ: đi du lịch quanh một nơi,… để tìm hiểu về nó: Họ đã tham gia một chuyến thám hiểm để khám phá sông Amazon. (nghĩa bóng) Chúng ta cần khám phá (= xem xét kỹ lưỡng) tất cả các khả năng trước khi quyết định. > exploration [U]: danh từ không đếm được)
explorer / ɪkˈsplɔːrə / danh từ đếm được [C] một người đi vòng quanh một nơi để tìm hiểu về nó.
1. Which noun is countable? ______________________
2. Which noun is uncountable? ______________________
3. Which noun has no definition? ______________________
(Note: related nouns sometimes have no definition if the meaning is clear without one.)
4. Which entry has example sentences? ______________________
5. Why are there two examples, not one?
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6. Which entry has no information about pronunciation? ______________________
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4. Read the Vocab boost! box. Then complete the labels and add any other words youcan. Use a dictionary to help you.
