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My driver’s licence is no longer valid because it’s out of date.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

consent

dominate

physical

fund

immigrate

valid

demonstrate

emphasis

outcome

instance

volume

specify

Click on each phrase to order the sentences.

Are you

or are you

just visiting?

immigrate to New Zealand

going to

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

I’d like to

to do.

First …

that we need

specify three things

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

It's not good

to dominate

a discussion.

for one person

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

OK,

you can try

to do it.

and then

first I'll demonstrate it,

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

Tears are

is unhappy

or in pain.

that someone

a physical sign

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

That wasn’t

for doing

what you did.

a valid reason

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

Unfortunately

a very bad instance

of what not to do.

that was

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

Unfortunately

the outcome

we wanted.

we didn’t get

Unfortunately we didn’t get the outcome we wanted.

We handle

of phone enquiries

every day.

a great volume

We handle a great volume of phone enquiries every day.

10.

We need

before we can do

anything further.

the boss’s consent

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

11.

We need

on timekeeping

for our workers.

more emphasis

to put

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

12.

What do you know

the International Monetary Fund?

about the IMF,

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

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