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Unit 9 — Society

Word building: adjectives · Society vocabulary · Life phrases · 3 exercises

Ex 1 Word building: adjectives from nouns
Write the adjective form of each noun.
Word bank:generousprobablenormalcharitableanxiousablecreativeequal
1. ability →
2. anxiety →
3. charity →
4. equality →
5. creativity →
6. generosity →
7. probability →
8. normality →
Ex 2 Society vocabulary
Fill in the correct pair of words.
Word bank:Rightsbenefitshigher educationaccesspovertysocial careelderly
1. We need to invest in to make sure the are looked after.
2. If the government cuts , more children will grow up in .
3. Everyone should have full to .
4. aren't going up fast enough — workers need more protection.
Ex 3 Life phrases
Fill in the phrase from the box: all walks of life, a fact of life, later in life, quality of life, see life, that's life, the time of your life.
Word bank:quality of lifeall walks of lifethe time of your lifesee lifea fact of life
1. Before getting married, get out and .
2. It's important to meet people from .
3. If you go to Disneyland, you're sure to have .
4. There's not much you can do about crime. Sadly, it's just .
5. It's more important to have a decent than to be rich.