Word building for upper-intermediate students

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He gets a lot of

(ENJOY) from football.

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Money doesn’t always bring

(HAPPY).

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It is

(HONEST) to take something that isn’t yours.

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My dad gets very

(PATIENT) when he has to wait ages for the train.

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I want to be a

(SCIENCE) when I’m older.

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It’s snowing. You need to ride your bike

(CAREFUL).

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(PERSONAL) speaking, I didn’t like the film.

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She's

(OBSESS) with fashion. She buys all the fashion magazines.

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Our manager is a master in the art of

(PERSUADE).

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The police have been looking for him since his

(APPEAR)

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What happens when bigger animals come into our cities? Are they welcome or are they considered a danger or a pest?

Often wild animals come into cities to look for food. In Cape Town, South Africa, baboons have started coming into ____ (RESIDENT) areas on the edge of the city to feed. They open rubbish bins and eat fruit from gardens and orchards.Some brave baboons have even come into people’s houses and taken food from kitchen cupboards and fridges!

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Baboons can be aggressive and have attacked a lot of pet animals, so _____ (UNDERSTAND), many city residents don’t welcome their _____ (PRESENT). The city can be a ____ (DANGER) place for baboons too. Some have been _____ (INJURY) or killed in car accidents and others have been electrocuted as they played with electric cables.

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Baboons are an _____ (ENDANGER) species and to save them and _____ (MINIMAL) conflicts between humans and baboons, the city council has employed a team of Baboon Monitors.

The monitors’ job is to chase baboons out of urban areas or catch them and release them in the countryside. This policy has been quite _____ (SUCCESS), though it is proving hard to stop baboons from coming back to the city once they see it as a source of easy food.