🏛️ Module 1: Vocabulary & Grammar Build-up

Get your tools ready: practice key words, linking phrases, and sentence patterns before you write.

Word Forms: Change the word in brackets

1. Many families in rural regions continue to live in severe (poor) after losing their farm work.

2. Rising winter heating bills cause severe financial (hard) for single parents.

3. The city council launched a pilot scheme to eliminate street (homeless) before next winter.

4. Without local food banks, thousands of vulnerable children would experience acute (hungry) every evening.

5. Welfare officers provide practical and financial (assist) to families facing sudden debt.

Collocations: Common word partnerships

1. Many low-income ________ spend more than half their monthly budget on basic groceries.

2. Tenants who fall behind on their payments face the immediate threat of ________ from their flats.

3. Young workers in major cities often struggle to afford their monthly ________ for housing.

4. The city decided to award a housing ________ of £500 to help low-earning workers.

5. Community soup kitchens stay open thanks to regular financial ________ from generous citizens.

Linking Phrases: Connect your arguments

Word Bank (Each used once):

1. ________, investing public funds in public transport improves daily life far more than expanding motorways.

2. Many regional bus routes were canceled last winter. ________, older residents found it difficult to visit medical centers.

3. Private colleges often feature smaller class sizes. ________, their annual tuition fees place them out of reach for ordinary citizens.

4. Renewable power reduces air pollution in major urban zones. ________, it creates thousands of technical jobs.

5. Some countries actively encourage public wellness. ________, one country gives tax rebates for sports club memberships.

Rewrite the sentence

Rewrite using "the homeless" and the unit word that means a very hard time:

Every winter, the homeless face severe ________.

Rewrite using the unit word for the money you pay a landlord:

Low-income households struggle to pay their monthly ________.

Rewrite using the unit word for not having enough food:

Local charities offer assistance to protect vulnerable citizens from acute ________.

Grammar: The + Adjective as a group noun

How this pattern works

When you put "the" in front of certain adjectives (such as poor, homeless, unemployed, elderly, young) or nationality words (such as the British), it refers to the whole group of people. Because it refers to people in the plural, it always takes a plural verb.

1. When heating costs rise steeply, the poor ________ immediate community support.

2. During economic recessions, the unemployed often ________ immense barriers to retraining.

3. Which of the following sentences uses the group noun pattern correctly?