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USE OF ENGUSH Word formation

TOPIĆ Culture and sport

EXAM TIPS

►    Read through the text once, ignoring the gaps, for generał understanding.

►    Without looking at the words in the brackets, predict an answer - this helps you focus on which part of speech goes in each gap, e.g. verb or noun, singular or plural.

►    Then carefully look at the text before and after each gap - context will help you choose the correct form of the word in brackets.

►    Remember, you may have to make two changes to the stem word, e.g. (un)friend(ly).

1 Complete the tables by giving the noun that corresponds

to each verb and adjective.
Verb	Noun
believe
play
breathe
complain
choose
receive
laugh
forgive
advise
Adjective	Noun
strong
wide
deep
high
long
broad
poor
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2 Read the text in the EXAM TASK ąuickly and choose the best title.

a Advertising the Beautiful Gamę b Soccer and Money - the Good and Bad c World Cup Winners Now complete the EXAM TASK.

EXAM TASK

Read the text carefully. Fili each gap (1-16) by choosing the correct form of the given word in brackets to obtain logical and grammatically correct sentences. The right spelling is reąuired. There is an example at the beginning (0).

Football has grown to become one of the most (0) successful sports and business opportunities on the planet. In the 2006 World Cup Finals,

several hundred (1)_(GLOBE) companies (2)_

(ADVERT) their products at stadiums in Germany. Through televised

games the (3)__ (PROMOTE) of soft drinks, fast food, credit

cards, and other items helped to generate a tumover of nearly

$1 billion. This huge amount of (4) _(SPONSOR) has helped

to raise the profile of businesses, but it is also (5)_(VALUE)

for football associations throughout the world. FIFA has madę

(6)_(ARRANGE) so that a lot of the money raised is returned

to sport development programmes in the nations that (7)_

(COMPETE) in the tournament.

However, football and money don’t always result in (8)_

(HAPPY). Many problems are caused in the major (9)_

(COMPETE) when teams demand morę money for each (10)_

(PERFORM). Often players become (11)_(PATIENT), and

demand to be paid before playing.This is (12)_(LIKEJto end

well, causing lots of problems. If these (13) _. (ARGUE) affect

team spirit, then results are poor.

04)_(FORTUNE), poor results mean that teams receive less

money from the tournament 05)_(ORGANIZE), so in the end

the development of the gamę in these nations suffer. This means that

the chance for (16)_(IMPROVE) is smali.

Sometimes sport and money just don't mix.

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