ENSA- Agadir/GEE2

TOEIC Preparation
Dr. Mohamed Nouhi
Promote your mastery over English Vocabulary

I- Ownership, giving, lending & borrowing

A. Complete sentences 1-13 with an appropriate word from the box. In some cases, more than
one answer may be possible.

donation • possessions • lease • owners • tenants • rent • property• mortgage •

estate • proprietors • belongings • landlords • loan

1. The law ensures that _____________ respect the privacy of the people who live in their houses.
2. ____________________ of restaurants across the country protested at the new government tax that
was put on food.
3. Private car ____________________ were hit the hardest when tax on petrol was increased.
4. The price of commercial ____________________ has almost doubled in the last four years.
5. When the recession hit, he was forced to sell his 250-acre ____________________ .
6. Many families lost all their ____________________ when the river flooded.
7. Put your ____________________ in the locker and give the key to the receptionist.
8. We will need to relinquish the offices when the ____________________ runs out at the end of the
year.
9. They applied to the World Bank for a ____________________ to help pay off their balance of
payments deficit.
10. A lot of people lost their homes when the interest rate rose so much they were unable to pay
off their ____________________ .
11. The ____________________ complained to the council that the house they were living in was
overrun with vermin.
12. The law does little to protect families who are thrown out of their homes because they are unable
to pay the ____________________ .
13. Everybody is being asked to make a ____________________ to help the victims of the disaster.

II- Lexis of Success & failure: Match the first part of each sentence in the left-hand
column with its second part in the right-hand column using an appropriate word from the
central column. These words should collocate with the underlined words in the right-hand
column.

1. The two warring countries managed to... ...his ambitions of being promoted to
2. During his first year as a President he secure... marketing manager.
managed to... ...my aims of doing well at school and
.accomplish..
3. The company couldn’t afford to move to new then going to university.
premises but were able to... ...an agreement for a new lease.
4. He worked hard and was soon able to... ...its targets - of free education and
..attain...
5. The country badly needed to healthcare
increase its overall standard of living and ...his obligations to his employer.
attempted to... ...their goal of becoming millionaires.
...achieve...
6. After four years of hard work, the motor ...their dreams of winning the Prize.
racing team managed to... ...fulfil... ...a lot more than his predecessor had in
7. He desperately wanted to start a new job, but the previous five.
...realise...
first of all he had to... ...a compromise over the terms for
8. Many people want to be rich but few... ...reach... peace.
9. I have a lot of plans, and one of them is to...

FAILURE: Complete these sentences with an appropriate word or expression from A, B or C.

1. The People’s Foundation Party decided to _____________its plans to establish a coalition
government with the Democratic Liberal Party.
A. abate B. abandon C. abhor
2. Peace talks between the two countries _____________ , with neither side able to agree on terms.
A. collapsed B. collaborated C. collared
3. Progress in the talks _____________when the inevitable impasse was reached.
A. faulted B. faltered C. fondled
4. Our planned visit to the Czech Republic _____________because we were unable to get the visas.
A. fell over B. fell down C. fell through
5. The company _____________with debts of over £1 million.
A. faulted B. folded C. foiled
6. Their plans to impose stricter import quotas _____________when the European Bank declared their
actions illegal.

A. mistook B. mislead C. misfired

III. Groups: A. Put these words into the table based on the group of things they usually belong to.
batch • huddle • heap / pile • company • stack • team • litter• bunch • set • pack • staff •
group • crew • cast • shoal / school •swarm • flock • platoon • bundle • herd • throng •
gang • crowd•
People in general People working together Animals Objects
B. Complete these sentences using one of the words from the above task. In some cases, more
than one answer is possible.
1. After the election, the huge _____________ danced in the street.

2. The refugees sat in a small, tight _____________ underneath some trees.

3. The first prize was a _____________ of cheap saucepans.

4 The school is closed because the _____________ are on strike.

5. The theatre _____________ benefited from a government grant.

6. Following an outbreak of BSE, a _____________ of cows has been destroyed.

7. The company processed a _____________of orders.

8. A _____________ of football fans wandered around the street breaking shop windows.

9. Half the _____________ of the film were nominated for Oscars.

10. They threw the weapons in a _____________ on the ground.

11. A small _____________ of people petitioned the Prime Minister outside his house.

12. The _____________ of fish that had been caught were deemed inedible owing to pollution in the
water.

13. We were all surprised when our dog gave birth to a _____________ of puppies.

14. Cabin _____________ on aircraft are drilled in safety procedure.

15. As winter approaches, the _____________ of geese fly south to warmer climes.

16. Half the football _____________ were sent off in disgrace.

17. The stars had difficulty making their way through the _____________ of people outside the
cinema.

18. A _____________ of soldiers from the Third Infantry have been charged with human rights
abuses.

19. The immigrant arrived clutching nothing but a _____________ of personal possessions.

20. A _____________ of flowers is always an acceptable gift if you visit someone.

21. We were unable to open the door because a _____________ of boxes was blocking it.

22. The women fell on the surprised burglar like a _____________ of wild dogs.

23. The harvest was destroyed by a huge _____________ of insects.

C. The following words all refer to groups of people meeting for a specific purpose. Match
the words with their definitions below.
delegation • tribunal • symposium • seminar • lecture • tutorial
A. students listening to a talk on a particular subject
B. a group of representatives (for example, of a union) who want to explain something to someone

C. a student or small group of students who attend a teaching session

D. a meeting organized to discuss a specialized subject

E. a small group of university students discussing a subject with a teacher

F. a specialist court outside the main judicial system, which examines special problems and makes
judgments.

IV-Shape & features: Choose the correct adjectives for the following words A, B or C.
1. sphere ______________ A. spherous B. spherical C. spherocous
2. cube ______________ A. cubed B. cubous C. cubal
3. cone ______________ A. conacular B. conous C. conical
4. rectangle ______________ A. rectanglous B. rectanglis C. rectangular
5. triangle ______________ A. triangular B. trianglous C. triangled
6. circle ______________ A. circled B. circulous C. circular
7. square ______________ A. square B. squaret C. squarous
8. cylinder ______________ A. cylindrous B. cylindal C. cylindrical

V-Language of Changes
A. Look at these sentences and decide if the statement which follows each one is true or
false.
Use the words and expressions in bold to help you decide.
1. The population of the country has trebled in the last 25 years.
There has been a dramatic increase in the number of people living in the country.
2. Unemployment has dropped by about 2% every year for the last six years.
There has been a steady decrease in the number of people out of work.
3. The government has spent a lot of money improving roads around the country.
There has been a deterioration in the national road system.
4. The number of exam passes achieved by the school’s pupils has risen by almost 50%.
There has been a decline in the number of exam passes.
5. American travellers abroad have discovered that they can buy more foreign currency with
their dollar.
There has been a weakening of the dollar.
6. It is now much easier to import goods into the country than it was a few years ago.
There has been a tightening up of border controls.
7. We’re increasing our stocks of coal before the winter begins.
We’re running down our stocks of coal.
8. Prices have gone up by about 4% every year since 1998.
There has been a constant rise in the rate of inflation.
9. The pass rate for the exam was 3% lower this year than it was last year.
There has been a sharp fall in the pass rate.
10. The alliance are going to reduce the number of conventional weapons in their armed
forces.
The alliance are going to build up the number of weapons they have.
11. Deflation has adversely affected industries around the country.
There has been a growth in industrial activity.
12. Some management roles in the company will not exist this time next year.
Some management roles are going to be phased out.
13. More people are shopping at large supermarkets rather than small village shops.
There has been an upward trend in the number of people shopping in small village shops.
14. Her English is clearly better now than it was when she first arrived.
There has been marked progress in her English.
15. People live in better houses, drive nicer cars and eat higher-quality food than they did
twenty years ago.
There has been a general improvement in the standard of living.
16. Our company has opened factories in France, Germany and Italy in the last five years.
Our company has witnessed considerable expansion in the last five years.
17. The government will spend less on the National Health Service next year.
There are going to be cuts in healthcare spending next year.
18. British people nowadays want to see more of the world.
British people nowadays want to narrow their horizons.
Good Luck