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Word Meaning
Nouns
Predator An animal that hunt and eats other animals.
Perception The idea that I have of something
Encounter An unexpected meeting.
Awareness Knowledge or understanding of a particular situation or subject.
Bond A strong connection and feeling of love and friendship shared between
people
Posture The position in which somebody stands or sits; a body position
Profit The money earned from a business after its expenses have been paid.
Company The state of being with others
Perfectionist Somebody who refuses to do or accept anything that isn’t as good as it
could possibly be.
Applicant somebody who applies for a job.
Immobility Inability to move
Interaction Communication
Comrade Companion
Colleague Somebody that you work with
Candidate Somebody who considered for a position
Pension A retirement fund
Perks Advantages or benefits, such as money or goods, which I am given
because of my job.

Border The official line that separates two countries or states

Vacancy A job which has not been filled yet

Verbs
Interpret To decide on what the meaning or significance of something is; to
understand.
Adapt To adjust
Observe To watch carefully
Seek To try to accomplish something.
Hypnotize To put somebody in a sleeplike state
Discontinue To stop doing sth. completely

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Retire To stop working and receive pension
Deal (with) To handle
Dismiss (from) To ask Sb to leave a job

Adjectives
Ferocious Fierce
Dedicated to Devoted and committed to.
Mindless Thoughtless
Good natured Naturally friendly.
Conservative Not liking changes.
Moody Changing mood frequently; becoming angry or aggressive suddenly.
Self-conscious Uncomfortable about what people think about me.
Relaxed Calm; not worried.
Easy-going Calm and tolerant.
Phrasal verbs
Bring up To raise a child
Run out of To have no more of something left.
Put by To save.
Fill out To write all the necessary information on a form.
Cut down on To reduce
Phrases
Beyond the limits. Above the normal extent
Run a business To operate a company.
Hand in my notice To tell my employer that I’m going to leave the job soon
Idioms
A couch potato Somebody who is lazy and doesn't do much exercise
A pain in the neck Somebody who is extremely annoying
Have a heart of gold To be kind and nice
As hard as nails Very tough
DERIVATION:

Verb Noun Adjective adverb

Educate Education Educational Educationally
comfort comfort comfortable comfortably
Endanger Danger Dangerous Dangerously
Interact Interaction Interactive Interactively
require requirement required ……………….
________ Patience Patient Patiently

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Reinforcing derivation rules:

Noun (N.), adjective (adj.), verb (v.), adverb (adv.)

Nouns can be found in the following positions in the sentence:

1. At the beginning of a sentence as a subject:

( Noun + verb + ): curiosity killed the man.
bullying has increased considerably.

2. As an object that follows a verb

(subject + verb + Noun + complement)

Example:
Success needs motivation.
She needs patience .

3. After quantifiers [few, a few, little, a little, some, any all, many, a lot of, much, plenty of,
several, no]
Example:
This exercise needs much concentration on the details.
We have a few problems with the new car.

4. After demonstratives:[ this, that, these, those]

This decision mad a huge change.

The headmaster has made these improvements .

5. After adjectives:
They have made miserable mistakes.
He must give a good description of the picture.

6. After prepositions [under, with, on, in, at, from, for, without, over, trough, after,
before…etc. ]
He suffer a lot from carelessness.
She writes a piece of composition.
7. After articles [a, an, the]
The advertisement was great.
The meeting will begin soon.

8. After possessive adjectives: [my, your , our, its, her, his, their]

We seek for our freedom .

Jordan got its independence in 1946

:9. After numbers

There are ten visitors here. .
My father has two investments in this project.
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11. After possessive ('s/ s')
I have to check Salma’s notebook.
My father’s novel will be published next week .

Study the following examples:

- We can see many attractive places in Amman.

- I watched an amazing film last month.
- We should prepare this alternative plan.

Adjective

Adjectives can be found in the following positions in the sentence:

1. After the verb (be) when it is the main verb in a sentence :

[ is , am ,are , was ,were , been ]
This is amazing .
He is famous .

2. After the following verbs:

[sound, feel, taste, get, look, seem, smell, become]

She looks impressive in her new hairstyle.

My friend seems talented.

3. Before nouns
He will face a dangerous situation .
Petra is a famous city in Jordan.

Study the following structure: ( [a , an , the] + adjective + Noun ]

4. After the following words: [extremely, definitely, very, too, quite, so]
I She is very enthusiastic . / I was extremely tired.

5. In the following structures:

a- After superlatives:
- The most important. / The least brilliant.
b- (As+adjective+as)
- It is as comfortable as your car.
c- ( more + Adjective + than)
- English is more important than history.

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Verbs
Where can we find the verb in the sentence?
1. After the subject
( I, he, she , it, we, you, they,) or nouns
e.g. – They knew the answer

2. After (to ) + infinitive verb

( so as to \ in order to\ to )
e.g.- We decided to show the truth.

3. After the modal verbs ( modals)

(will ,can ,could , must ,may, might , would , should , shall, have to, has to,………etc .)
e.g. -We should improve our language.

4- After the verb to do ( do , does, did ,don't, doesn't, didn't)

e.g.-He didn’t stay at home.

5- After (let's \ let us)

e.g. - Let's go outside.

6. Imperative sentences.
e.g. – Open the door. / Don’t go.

7. Before the adverb

e.g.- He performs perfectly. / The soldiers fought bravely

Adverbs:
The adverb: (ly) is the normal end of the adverb → (Adj + ly = adv )
The adverb describes the verb
-ly quickly, dangerously, hastily, carefully, surprisingly, successfully heavily, completely,
luckily.

Adverbs can be found in the following positions in the sentences:

1-. After the verb to describe it

e.g. The rain fell heavily yesterday. / My brother drove slowly.

2-. Before the adjective.

e.g. This exercise is extremely difficult.

3- Between the helping verb and the main verb

e.g. . He has creatively done his work.

4-. Sometimes we use the adverb in the beginning of the sentence ; in this case a comma (,)
must follow the adverb.
e.g. Ironically, They had given rewarding prizes.
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 Practice: Fill in the gaps with a suitable form of the word given:

1. How long is the ___________ from Jordan to USA. (fly)

2. I want _________ of your innocence. (prove)
3. The ___________ of the mountain is about 200 meters. (high)
4. Pulling my front tooth didn’t hurt, it was completely ___________. (pain)
5. Although some of my workmates quickly found new jobs after the factory closed down, my
brother and I were __________ for several months. (employ)
6. I think it is a very _________ thing to wait before you buy the house. (sense)
7. I have a very good ______________ with both my brothers. (relation)
8. I can’t finish this book, I will die of ____________. (bore)
9. Listen carefully to the ____________ before you go out. (instruct)
10. I can tell from your ___________ that you are not really happy. (express)
11. He is very ________ and full of life. (act)
12. _________, I was invited to watch the new film. (lucky)
13. The film was __________, I almost feel asleep. (bore)
14. He hasn’t had a lot of ____________ lately, so I hope he’ll do well with his new school.
(succeed)
15. He talked about __________ and peace in our world. (free)
16. Don’t be so __________, this is the second window you have broken this month. (care)
17. It is ___________ hotter today than it was yesterday. (certain)
18. In order to _______________ your CV, add any references you have. (strong)
19. The climate is ________________ becoming warmer and drier. (gradual)
20. He drove _________ on the highway. (careful)

KEYANWERS
1. Flight 2. Proof 3. height 4. Painless 5. Unemployed 6. sensible 7. Relationship
8. boredom 9. instructions 10. expression 11. Active 12. luckily 13. boring 14. success
15. freedom 16. careless 17. certainly 18. strengthen 19. gradually 20. carefully

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