Giải bài tập sách bài tập (SBT) tiếng anh lớp 10 Friends Global 5E. Word Skills Unit 5: Ambition

1.plete the text with the prefixes below.

ex      micro      multi      over      sub      under

COLLEGE drop-out

James Cameron is one of Hollywood’s most successful directors. His (1)__________________-award winning films include The Terminator, Titanic and Avatar. When he isn’t directing, he works as a scientist and explores the deepest parts of the ocean in a (2)__________________marine. But he (3)__________________achieved as a physics student, leaving university without a degree. After working as a lorry driver, he then worked in special effects before bing a director. Some (4)__________________-colleagues describe him as a difficult person to work with. However, others say that he is just a perfectionist who tries to (5)__________________manage every aspect of his films and sometimes (6)__________________reacts when things go wrong.

2.plete the sentences with the prefixes below.

co      mini      mis      multi      over      post      re      semi

1   My day is ____________-retired – he still works two or three mornings a week.

2   Thepany lost millions because of ____________management at the highest level.

3   Six of my ____________-workers have lost their jobs in the past year.

4   My last proper holiday from work was four years ago, although I’ve had a few ____________-breaks.

5   If we can’t find the right person for the job, we’ll just have to ____________-advertise.

6   She finished her university degree and then did a ____________graduate qualification.

7   She never stops for lunch: she just drinks coffee and takes ____________vitamin pills!

8   I don’t want to sound ____________confident, but I’m sure I’ll be good at this job.

3.plete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first. Use one word only, beginning with a prefix from exercise 1 or 2.

1   You cooked this meat for too long.

You overcooked this meat.

2   Our team did not perform well enough last season.

Our team __________________last season.

3   I met a former school friend in a café in town.

I met an __________________ in a café in town.

4   She’s an expert in history after World War II.

She’s an expert in __________________ history.

5   I’m sorry, I typed your name incorrectly.

I’m sorry, I ________________________your name.

6   They bought the house, but sold it again a year later.

They bought the house, but _______________________ it a year later.

7   Ben Stiller wrote Zoolander with two other writers.

Ben Stiller and two other writers _________________________ Zoolander.

4. Read the Vocab boost! box. Add these words and phrases to the mind-map for jobs

answer the phone      badly-paid      gardener     hairdresser

lorry driver     paramedic      programmer      receptionist

repetitive      serve customers     tiring     well-paid