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  A. Find the words from the text which mean the following. a. a messenger or representative, especially one on a diplomatic mission b. the state or quality of being worthy of honor or respect c. harm done to someone in response to harm d. a person who holds extreme views in political or religious matters e. sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others f. a person who is believed to speak for God g. the study of the nature of knowledge, reality and existence h. the use of physical force so as to injure, abuse, damage or destroy i. an unreasonable dislike of a particular group of people or things Answer Key:  a. envoy b. dignity c. revenge d. extremists e. compassion f. prophet g. philosophy h. violence i.prejudice B. Match the words on the left with their opposite meanings on the right. a. honour                     i. kindness b. innocent                ii. literacy c. brutality                iii. guilty d. forgiveness           iv. disgrace e. illiteracy

  A. The words in the crossword puzzle are from the text. Find them in the text to solve the puzzle based on the clues given below. Down: 1. to be preoccupied with a single topic or emotion 3. to move slowly and quietly in a particular direction 4. orderly, logical and consistent Across: 2. to utter rapidly or unintelligibly 5. to insert something between other things 6. an unreadable handwriting Answer Key: Down 1.obsess 3. Creep 4. Coherent Across 2.babble 5. interpose 6. squiggle  C. Word formation: Adjectives and Adverbs a. Read the following sentences from the text and notice the words that are underlined. i. Do freewriting exercises regularly . ii. Go quickly without rushing. iii. No wonder the producer gets nervous, jumpy , inhibited, and finally can’t be coherent. iv. You can throw away lousy beginnings and make new ones. The underlined words in (a) and (b) are adverbs, and in (c) and (d) are adjectives. Notice that we can form adverbs by adding the suffix ‘-ly’ to an adjective

  A. Find the words from the text that have the following meanings. a. a personal or corporate website b. a job requiring expertise in a particular field c. a feeling of sadness d. put under custody e. found guilty f. breaking or disregarding rules or system g. advantages and disadvantages h. a non-statutory monetary penalty Answer Key: a.  -           blog b.  -           profession c.  -           disappointment d.  -           detained e.  -           convicted f.  -           violating  g.  -           pros and cons h.  -           amercement B. Study the underlined phrases in the following sentences. Perhaps some people  think about the media that makes them able to meet and  communicate with people around the world. When  you want to listen to music or watch a music video from your favourite singer  you can go to YouTube. These are prepositional verbs. A prepositional verb is a combination of a verb and a  preposition. It is simply a verb followed by a preposition (prepositiona