1. Healthcare

‫دولت اإلمبراث العربيت المتحذة‬
United Arab Emirates
‫هيئت المعرفت والتنميت البشريت‬
Knowledge & Human
Development Authority
‫مذرست الشروق الخبصت‬
English
Language
Department
Al Shorouq
Private School
Term 2
Name: _______________
Academic Year: 2014-2015
Date: / 1 / 2015
Grade: 9 /
Vocabulary worksheet 1
A. Read and guess the meaning of the underlined words:
1. She is optimistic about her chances of winning a gold medal.
2. She plays extremely well.
3. The children had an argument about which game to play.
4. He claims to have met the President, but I don't believe him.
5. I have always regretted not having studied harder at school.
6. The students tryout their art skills in response to the work found in the exhibition.
7. The whole film that we watched last night was fascinating. I won’t forget it.
8. Many people practice meditation to relax their minds.
B. Fill in the spaces with the correct words from the list:
claims- intelligence- arguments- challenge - longevity –
predictions - overcrowded –extremely
1. Her …………… of writing impresses me.
2. .The company ……………... that it is not responsible for the pollution in the river.
3. I couldn’t make any ………………..about tomorrow's meeting
4. Do you think that football is ………………..exciting for some?
5. It was a ………………. for some students to write the essay in the competition.
6. The primary aim of this workshop is to prevent disease and promote…………. …….
7. A decision was finally made after some heated ………………. .
8. The Metro station was ……………..… due to the delay of the service.
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C. Match the words to their meanings:
1
meditation
containing too many people
2
optimistic
the act of giving your attention to only one thing.
3
challenge
being hopeful
4
extremely
is the person’s ability to face the problems he faces
5
overcrowded
very
6
longevity
7
argument
to say something is true, or is a fact
8
prediction
living for a long time
9
intelligent
to guess what will happen in the future
10
claim
the process of disagreeing
11
fascinating
wishing of not doing something
12
try out
extremely interesting
13
regret
to test how something is useful or effective
able to learn and understand things easily
D. Use the following words in meaningful sentences of your own.
1. argument_________________________________________________________
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
tryout____________________________________________________________
intelligent________________________________________________________
extremely________________________________________________________
overcrowded______________________________________________________
challenge________________________________________________________
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