After You Listen

Vocabulary – Strategy 1: Recognizing Cognates, or Word Families

Listen to a face-to-face conversation in a public place. Notice how the two characters have very different perceptions of the same unfortunate events: the theft of Roshan's tools and the vandalism of Kerry's truck.

Select the best answer to complete each sentence below.

1.

Kerry doesn’t think Roshan needs to to him for anything.

  1. apologize
  2. apology
  3. apologetic
  4. unapologetic

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2.

Roshan wants to offer an to Kerry.

  1. apologize
  2. apology
  3. apologetic
  4. unapologetic

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3.

Gilles is bothered, but not , when people mispronounce his name as “Jill.”

  1. offended
  2. offence
  3. offensive
  4. noffensive

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4.

Ivan took when Gilles did not ask his opinion about taking down the posters.

  1. offended
  2. offence
  3. offensive
  4. noffensive

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5.

Kerry did not want to Roshan’s money.

  1. accept
  2. acceptable
  3. accepting
  4. unacceptable

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6.

Gilles is a man who is very of different opinions and ideas.

  1. accept
  2. acceptable
  3. accepting
  4. unacceptable

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