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Exercise: /8

What word class is each bolded word? Choose the best option from the drop-down menu.

China, for instance, has a very high population, and so does India.

I have your phone number, but what’s your physical street address?

I want you to specify exactly what it is you want.

If I could just have a minute of your time, I’ll demonstrate how to do it.

If you consent to the terms of the contract, sign it here.

Many people want to immigrate to New Zealand or Australia.

My driver’s licence is no longer valid because it’s out of date.

Our aim is to completely dominate the market.

The government has set up a special fund to help victims of the disaster.

The volume of traffic on our roads is constantly increasing.

There was a very successful outcome to our meeting.

This company places great emphasis on loyalty.

Drag a word from the bottom to match the meanings below.

1. agree

consent

7. legally acceptable

valid

2. an amount

volume

8. go to live in another country

immigrate

3. an amount of money

fund

9. result

outcome

4. example

instance

10. say what is needed

specify

5. have most power

dominate

11. show how something works

demonstrate

6. importance

emphasis

12. something you can touch

physical

demonstrate

specify

valid

physical

outcome

dominate

emphasis

fund

instance

consent

volume

immigrate

Click on each phrase to order the sentences.

or are you

immigrate to New Zealand

Are you

just visiting?

going to

Are you going to immigrate to New Zealand or are you just visiting?

to do.

that we need

I’d like to

First …

specify three things

I’d like to specify three things that we need to do. First …

a discussion.

to dominate

It's not good

for one person

It’s not good for one person to dominate a discussion.

you can try

and then

OK,

to do it.

first I'll demonstrate it,

OK, first I’ll demonstrate it, and then you can try to do it.

is unhappy

that someone

Tears are

or in pain.

a physical sign

Tears are a physical sign that someone is unhappy or in pain.

what you did.

for doing

That wasn’t

a valid reason

That wasn’t a valid reason for doing what you did.

of what not to do.

a very bad instance

Unfortunately

that was

Unfortunately that was a very bad instance of what not to do.

we wanted.

the outcome

Unfortunately

we didn’t get

Unfortunately we didn’t get the outcome we wanted.

every day.

of phone enquiries

We handle

a great volume

We handle a great volume of phone enquiries every day.

10.

anything further.

before we can do

We need

the boss’s consent

We need the boss’s consent before we can do anything further.

11.

more emphasis

for our workers.

We need

to put

on timekeeping

We need to put more emphasis on timekeeping for our workers.

12.

about the IMF,

the International Monetary Fund?

What do you know

What do you know about the IMF, the International Monetary Fund?

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