Homework Answers p 93 Vocabulary

Homework was #6 and #7, but here are the vocab answers for the whole page, FYI:

4) 1 living standards: the amount of weatlth and comfort (accommodation, possessions, etc.) people have in a particular society.
2 labour shortages: a lack of people available to work
3 social expenditure: the money spent by government at a national or local level to provide care and facilities for citizens in need
4 standard of living: (see #1)
5 role(s): the position or purpose of a person or organisation
6 market sector: a defined part of the population that is targeted commercially

5) 1 enhanced living standards
2 serious labour shortages
3 associated social expenditure
4 acceptable standard of living
5 respective roles
6 influential market sector

6) 1 rising living standards
2 acute labour shortages
3 related social expenditure
4 satisfactory standard of living
5 corresponding roles
6 powerful market sector

7)1 enhanced is the opposite of DECLINING
2 serious is the opposite of NEGLIGIBLE
3 associated is the opposite of UNCONNECTED
4 acceptable is the opposite of INADEQUATE
5 (there's no opposite) - perhaps the closest opposite word is "opposing" e.g. the opposing team played a good game
6 influential is the opposite of INEFFECTUAL


EXTRA H/W:
Worksheet Unit 9
Reading
2)1 T (lines 9-10)
2 T (lines 15-16)
3 F (lines 22-23)
4 T (lines 26-27)
5 F (lines 37-38)
6 F (lines 48-50)

3)1 NG, 2 YES, 3 YES, 4 YES, 5 NG, 6 YES

Vocabulary
4) 1e 2c 3f 4b 5a 6g 7h 8d

Writing
5) 1 One 2 another 3 a third 4 not only 5 but also 6 Among 7 Alongside 8 thus

Grammar
6) 1 Ben could scarcely have known about the road closures as he doesn't drive.
2 The traffic lights had no sooner turned green before they went back to red again.
3 I have rarely visited as beautiful a city as Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia.
4 I hardly need to add that all mobile phones should now be switched off.
5 There was barely enough room for everyone who boarded the bus.