VOCABULARY REVISION – UNIT 4

CHECK YOUR ANSWERS ON THE COMMENTS SECTION:

A Complete the sentences with the words and phrases from the box. Each word or phrase can only be used once. There are four extra words and phrases.

a)     I fell in love with him the first time I heard him speak. He had such a (1) _______ voice. It wasn’t (2) _______, just strong and powerful.

b)    Her name is on everyone’s (3) _______ at the moment, but by next year they’ll have forgotten her.

c)     When she won the award she was so emotional that her voice was really (4) _______ and she was (5) _______.

d)    It wasn’t that funny. You really didn’t need to (6) _______.

e)     Just (7) _______ his name to me. I promise I won’t tell anyone.

f)      I wouldn’t believe a word he’s saying. He’s lying through his (8) _______.

g)     She’s got such a young sounding, (9) _______ voice and when she laughs it’s more like a               (10) _______.

B Choose the correct alternative to complete the sentences.

(11) You really should be careful not to strain your mouth / voice / words.

(12) I roared / snapped / whined with laughter at his jokes.

(13) Your voice is really flat / gentle / hoarse. Have you been shouting?

(14) Try to keep your lips / mouth / teeth shut! I know he annoys you, but there’s no point arguing.

(15) I wish you’d stop booming / grunting / moaning about it. You can’t change anything now, so you may as well keep quiet.

(16) I’m sorry I muttered / snapped / stuttered at you. I was just very tired.

(17) He was trembling / scaring / frightening with anger at what had happened.

C Complete the text with the words from the box. Each word can only be used once. There are three extra words

As a singer my (18) _______ is really important to me and I have to take good care of it. Sometimes people are taken by surprise at how (19) _______ my voice is when I speak. I guess it’s because I have such a strong voice when I sing. I don’t like to (20) _______ my voice for obvious reasons, but if I need to (21) _______ I will. When I won my first singing contract I (22) _______ with joy, I was so happy. One reason for this was that as a child I (23) _______ a lot. My mother was really worried so she took me to a (24) _______ therapist and he helped me work on my voice. My mother also wanted me to be a singer. I didn’t think I’d ever be any good, but I decided to give it my best (25) _______. Now of course my voice is what has made me famous – amazing really when you think of it.

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