Albert Einstein and Destinations P.
WORD FORMATION
Use the word given in capitals to form a word that fits in the space. (Destinations p.35)
We often think of ourselves as living in a time of (1) ………… (CONTINUE) technological change and development. We tend to believe that we are unique in history in dealing with a constantly (2) ………… (EVOLVE) world of gadgets, devices and innovations. However, the end of the nineteenth century and the start of the twentieth was also a time that saw many (3) ………… (REVOLT) changes.
People had needed to show (4) ………… (FLEXIBLE) throughout the nineteenth century, as the effects of the Industrial Revolution meant constantly making (5) ………… (ADJUST) to deal with the changing working conditions. Towards the end of the century, though, people had to become more
(6) ………… (ADAPT) than ever before. The typewriter (1873), the telephone (1876), the electric light bulb (1879) and other (7) ………… (INFLUENCE) developments gave people the (8) ………… (CAPABLE) to live and work in ways their grandparents could not have imagined. Over the next 30 years, little remained (9) ………… (ALTER) as the camera, the cinema, the photograph, the plane and radio all had an (10) …………
(ELECTRIC) effect on people and society.
Use the word given in capitals at the end of the line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. (Destinations p.51)
MARGARET THATCHER
Few British politicians have aroused more passion than Margaret Thatcher, who was Prime
Minister from 1979 until 1990. It is not (1) ………….. that, during her premiership, Britain INCIDENT went through a period of (2) ………….. change. Those who support Thatcher’s policies say MOMENT she was responsible for changing Britain’s (3) ………….. union laws and smashing union ANTIQUE power, paving the way for the creation of a modern, (4) ………….. economy which required COMPETE much higher (5) ………….. , efficiency and wage-restraint on the part of the PRODUCE
(6) ………….. than in the past. One of her core beliefs was that it was
Use the word given in capitals to form a word that fits in the space. (Destinations p.35)
We often think of ourselves as living in a time of (1) ………… (CONTINUE) technological change and development. We tend to believe that we are unique in history in dealing with a constantly (2) ………… (EVOLVE) world of gadgets, devices and innovations. However, the end of the nineteenth century and the start of the twentieth was also a time that saw many (3) ………… (REVOLT) changes.
People had needed to show (4) ………… (FLEXIBLE) throughout the nineteenth century, as the effects of the Industrial Revolution meant constantly making (5) ………… (ADJUST) to deal with the changing working conditions. Towards the end of the century, though, people had to become more
(6) ………… (ADAPT) than ever before. The typewriter (1873), the telephone (1876), the electric light bulb (1879) and other (7) ………… (INFLUENCE) developments gave people the (8) ………… (CAPABLE) to live and work in ways their grandparents could not have imagined. Over the next 30 years, little remained (9) ………… (ALTER) as the camera, the cinema, the photograph, the plane and radio all had an (10) …………
(ELECTRIC) effect on people and society.
Use the word given in capitals at the end of the line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. (Destinations p.51)
MARGARET THATCHER
Few British politicians have aroused more passion than Margaret Thatcher, who was Prime
Minister from 1979 until 1990. It is not (1) ………….. that, during her premiership, Britain INCIDENT went through a period of (2) ………….. change. Those who support Thatcher’s policies say MOMENT she was responsible for changing Britain’s (3) ………….. union laws and smashing union ANTIQUE power, paving the way for the creation of a modern, (4) ………….. economy which required COMPETE much higher (5) ………….. , efficiency and wage-restraint on the part of the PRODUCE
(6) ………….. than in the past. One of her core beliefs was that it was