Insight Upper-Intermediate Units 1-5 VOCABULARY

I see __________ you’re coming from. It’s just that I don’t share your opinion.

• what

• where

• that

• the point

It’s important to __________ attention to the conditions faced by those in poor housing. Let’s start a media campaign to raise awareness.

• let

• take

• draw

• give

There’s no __________ in my mind that this is the right decision.

• question

• doubt

• point

• use

Let’s __________ on it and decide tomorrow.

• lay

• sit

• sleep

• rest

The interviewer couldn’t see the ________ of the candidate’s past experience for the current job.

• sense

• relevance

• point

• grasp

It was a ___________________ day. It didn’t stop raining.

• lifeless

• shrivelled

• dismal

An aging population will become a financial ________on society.

• profit

• benefit

• burden

• advantage

Residents wanted to__________ an empty building and turn it into a community centre.

• renovate

• run down

• care of

• abandon

Only a handful / great deal / stacks of authors become rich from writing books.

• handful

• great deal

• stacks

• loads

James won an award for his _____________ design.

• outdated

• innovative

• stifling

• old-fashioned