LCE 005 General English

Lesson 5
Parts of Speech Exercise

Activity 1 Knowing the different forms of a Word

Knowing the terms is the first step. Now you need to know how to apply (use) them
correctly. Can you fill in the table below with the appropriate parts of speech?

Noun Verb Adjective Adverb

1. injury/ injurer injure injured ---

2. poor ---- poor poorly

3. common

4. injury/ injurer injure injured ---

5. build build

6. stability stablise stable stably

7. safety Safe safety safty

8. construct

9. skill

10. regulate

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Activity 2 Using the Correct Form of the Word

Situation:

You work as an editing assistant in the Labour Department. Your Department is going to
publish some brochures to promote safety at work. You have drafted the content but you have
made some mistakes about parts of speech, which have been highlighted by your manager.
Correct the mistakes by filling in the blanks with the correct form of word.

SAFETY AND HEALTH AT WORK

4.1 The Occupational Safety and Health Branch is responsibility (e.g. responsible) for

the promotion and regulation of safety and healthy ( ) at work. The objective

of the Programme of Safety and Health at Work is to ensure that risks to people's safe (

) and health at work are properly managed and reduced to the minimum by legislation,

educate ( ) and promotion. More specifically, we achieve the objective by:

 providing a legislative framework to safeguard safe ( ) and health at

work;

 ensuring compliance with the Occupation ( ) Safety and Health

Ordinance (OSHO), the Factories and Industry ( ) undertakings Ordinance

(FIUO), the Boilers and Pressure Vessels Ordinance (BPVO) and their subsidiary

regulatory ( ) by conducting inspections and taking out regulations ( )

actions;

 investigating accidents and occupational health problematic ( ) at

workplaces;

 improving the knowledge and understand ( ) of employers, employees

and the general publicly ( )on occupational safety and health by providing them

with appropriate informational ( ) and advice; and

 organising promotional programmes and train ( ) courses to improve

safety aware ( ) of the workforce.

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Activity 3 Noun or Verb?

In English, the spelling may show its parts of speech. Verbs can change to nouns in several
ways. Some verbs become nouns by adding the suffix “ -ment” or”-ion”, for example,
improve (v.)  improvement (n.).
Read the following sentences and decide the gap should be filled by a noun or a verb. Then
fill in the gaps with the correct form of words on the left. Also, use the correct tense of the
verbs, in either the affirmative or the negative form.

achieve (v.) 1. a) Most big ___________ result from hard work.

achievement (n.)
b) We may not always be successful, but surely we
_____________ anything if we don’t try.

treat (v.) 2. a) Doctors usually __________infections with

treatment (n.) antibiotics such as penicillin.

b) A severe infection may require several ___________

over a long period of time.

conclude (v.) 3. a) We _______________ our meeting at 10 pm last

conclusion (n.) night.

b) The _____________ of this agreement is in the

interests of both sides.

suggest v.) 4. a) I _____________ we go to Ocean Park tomorrow.

suggestion (n.)
b) Do you have any good _____________?

attend (v.) 5. a) Mathew did not _____________ the meeting

attention (n.) yesterday.

b) She gave her aging parents much _____________.

Activity 4 Proofreading

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Correct the errors in the following letter to the editor. No line has more than one
error and some lines are correct. Changes to punctuation should not be made.
DO not make unnecessary changes. If you think there is no error in a line, put a
tick () at the end of the line.

Corrections MUST be done EXACTLY as follows:

Wrong words: underline the wrong word and rite the correct word above it.

Extra word: delete the extra word with a “X”

Missing word: mark the position of the missing word with a “^” and write the missing word above it.

Learning to swim

As a qualified swimming coach, I would like to bring to the public’s notice the

importance of learning the basics of swimming so that people can be fully enjoy this

healthy sport and avoid accidents.

Swimming should be made compulsory at school. If it is a lack of qualified teachers

and swimming facilities in schools, students should have to take courses are organized

by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department.

In order to ,become competent swimmers, children must master the basics firstly. The

most important points to remember are the following:

 when practicing a swimming stroke, leaners should try to keep their waste and

thighs close to the surface of the water, to minimize drag and use less of energy;

 learners should extend their hands and arms far forward as possible and raise

their shoulders towards their ears the beginning of a stroke in order to generate

the greatest forward force;

 it is very important learn how to breathe in and out correctly while swimming, as

this extends the ability to cover a long distance.

Activity 5 Cloze

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 Some words are missing in the following passage. Read the passage and then fill in the
blanks with the most suitable words from the box below. Use each word once only.

responsibility Essential10 Assessments9

Falls8 range
manufacturers compliance state of the art
assist (= help) premises (= area)

International Standard for Fire Prevention and Fighting

BSI (British Standard Institution) Product Services has created a 1. __ state of the art ____

fire alarm and detection testing facility to help 2. _ manufacturers ___________ increase

their competitive advantage and meet the needs of buyers and international specifiers, by

demonstrating 3. ___ compliance _______ with the requirements of legislation.

BSI’s alarm and detection certification and testing services comprehensively covers the

full 4. __ range ____ of applicable standards and European norms including services for

CE marking. In addition BSI can 5. ______ assist __________ _ our customers with

product research, development and quality management systems registration.

In the United Kingdom the Fire Safety Order (FSO) became law in October 2006. This

completely changes the way fire safety in business 6. _______ premises _________ is

treated.

Ultimately, the 7. ____ responsibility ________ for fire safety now 8. ___ Falls to the

building owner. All building owners will be required to carry out fire risk

9. ___ Assessments ____ of their premise(s) and fix any issues the assessment highlights.

Gaining third party certification for any business operating in the fire alarm industry is

therefore set to become an 10. _ Essential _ factor. Kitemark® certification will reassure

your customers that the service you offer is of a high standard and you can advertise the

fact by using the Kitemark® in your own literature and advertising.