OPINION, ATTITUDE AND BELIEF (CHECK YOUR ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR IELTS)

CHECK YOUR ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR IELTS

OPINION, ATTITUDE AND BELIEF

A.    The words in italics in the following sentences are all used to talk about opinion and belief. However, the words are grammatically incorrect (for example, a noun has been used instead of an adjective, or a verb has been used instead of a noun, etc.) or sometimes a noun has been used which has the wrong meaning. Put the words into their correct form..

1	In my opinionated, technology is moving too quickly.
2	As far as I am concerning, happiness is more important than money.
3	Scientists are convincingly that human degradation of the environment is causing thousands of species to become extinct.
4	The government are regardless the Third World debt as a major problem to global economic development.
5	Hundreds of people called the television station to register their  disapprove of the presenter’s behaviour.
6	She maintenance that most young people would rather work than go to school.
7	Do you reckoning that there will be an election in the next two years?
8	We strongly suspicion that the proposal to develop the computer facilities will not go ahead.
9	I doubtful that the new government will keep all its promises.
10	Do you disapproval smoking?
11	I take strong except to people coming late or cancelling appointments at short notice.
12	A lot of people are fanatic about sport in general and football in particular.
13	British health inspectors are obsession about cleanliness in restaurant kitchens.
14	After years of struggle, the moderations have gained control of the party.
15	He has very conservatism views and disapproves of change.
16	The government are commitment to the struggle to end institutional racism in the police force.
17	She was dedication to her family and would do anything to protect them.
18	They come from a strongly tradition family who still believe in arranged marriages.

B.    Put these nouns and adjectives, which describe people’s beliefs, under the most appropriate heading in the table. Can you think of any other words or expressions that you could add?

opinionated	a republican	pragmatic	a Muslim	an intellectual	a revolutionary
a tolerant	a moralist	narrow-minded	bigoted	open-minded	a vegan
left-wing	right-wing	a socialist	a royalist	a Buddhist	a conservative
a liberal	a communist	a vegetarian	dogmatic	moral	a fascist
religious	a Hindu	middle-of-the-road	an anarchist	a stoic

Political beliefs	Personal convictions and philosophies

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