{"id":301,"date":"2026-05-03T05:47:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T05:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allenglish4u.com\/ielts\/joining-becoming\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T05:47:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T05:47:13","slug":"joining-becoming","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/allenglish4u.com\/vi\/ielts\/joining-becoming\/","title":{"rendered":"IELTS Vocabulary | Unit 9 \u2014 Joining &#038; Becoming"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Complete this exercise to practise the vocabulary from <strong>Unit 9: Unit 9 \u2014 Joining &#038; Becoming<\/strong>. Learn verbs and nouns related to combining, merging, and joining \u2014 vocabulary for IELTS reading and writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Exercise A \u2014 Verbs of Combining: Drag &amp; Drop (10 verbs)<\/h3>\n\n\n<div id=\"ae4u-ex-ielts-joining-becoming-drag\" class=\"ae4u-ex-mount\" data-exercise-config='{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;ielts-joining-becoming-drag&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;drag-drop&quot;,&quot;section&quot;:&quot;ielts&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Unit 9 \\u2014 Joining\\\/Becoming: Verbs of Combining&quot;,&quot;instructions&quot;:&quot;Drag the correct verb into each blank. Each verb is used once.&quot;,&quot;sentences&quot;:[{&quot;template&quot;:&quot;His salary is {{z1}} to the cost of living, and increases on an annual basis.&quot;,&quot;items&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;z1&quot;,&quot;answer&quot;:&quot;linked&quot;}]},{&quot;template&quot;:&quot;The International Book Association {{z2}} with Universal Press to form the International Press.&quot;,&quot;items&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;z2&quot;,&quot;answer&quot;:&quot;amalgamated&quot;}]},{&quot;template&quot;:&quot;To get a better finish, he {{z3}} the two paints together.&quot;,&quot;items&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;z3&quot;,&quot;answer&quot;:&quot;blended&quot;}]},{&quot;template&quot;:&quot;The firm {{z4}} with its main competitor in the battle to win more customers.&quot;,&quot;items&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;z4&quot;,&quot;answer&quot;:&quot;merged&quot;}]},{&quot;template&quot;:&quot;The suggestions from all the committees were {{z5}} into the main proposal.&quot;,&quot;items&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;z5&quot;,&quot;answer&quot;:&quot;incorporated&quot;}]},{&quot;template&quot;:&quot;The immigrants faced hostility when they were first {{z6}} into the community.&quot;,&quot;items&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;z6&quot;,&quot;answer&quot;:&quot;integrated&quot;}]},{&quot;template&quot;:&quot;Many students had problems before they {{z7}} into college life.&quot;,&quot;items&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;z7&quot;,&quot;answer&quot;:&quot;assimilated&quot;}]},{&quot;template&quot;:&quot;When the large international college {{z8}} the smaller school, many people lost their jobs.&quot;,&quot;items&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;z8&quot;,&quot;answer&quot;:&quot;swallowed up&quot;}]},{&quot;template&quot;:&quot;The students {{z9}} one evening and decided to protest about their situation.&quot;,&quot;items&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;z9&quot;,&quot;answer&quot;:&quot;got together&quot;}]},{&quot;template&quot;:&quot;A large international company {{z10}} our firm last month and started making immediate changes.&quot;,&quot;items&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;z10&quot;,&quot;answer&quot;:&quot;took over&quot;}]}]}'><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Exercise B \u2014 Nouns of Combination: Match the Meaning (10 nouns)<\/h3>\n\n\n<div id=\"ae4u-ex-ielts-joining-becoming-nouns-jm\" class=\"ae4u-ex-mount\" data-exercise-config='{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;ielts-joining-becoming-nouns-jm&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;join-match&quot;,&quot;section&quot;:&quot;ielts&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Unit 9 \\u2014 Joining\\\/Becoming: Nouns of Combination&quot;,&quot;instructions&quot;:&quot;Match each noun on the left with its correct meaning or example on the right.&quot;,&quot;pairs&quot;:[{&quot;left&quot;:&quot;alliance&quot;,&quot;right&quot;:&quot;a formal agreement between countries or groups to work together&quot;},{&quot;left&quot;:&quot;union&quot;,&quot;right&quot;:&quot;the formal joining of two countries or groups into one&quot;},{&quot;left&quot;:&quot;federation&quot;,&quot;right&quot;:&quot;a group of organisations joined under a central authority&quot;},{&quot;left&quot;:&quot;alloy&quot;,&quot;right&quot;:&quot;a metal made by mixing two or more metals (e.g., brass = copper + zinc)&quot;},{&quot;left&quot;:&quot;compound&quot;,&quot;right&quot;:&quot;a substance formed by combining two or more chemical elements&quot;},{&quot;left&quot;:&quot;synthesis&quot;,&quot;right&quot;:&quot;a combination of different ideas or things to form a new whole&quot;},{&quot;left&quot;:&quot;unification&quot;,&quot;right&quot;:&quot;the process of bringing separate parts together into one entity&quot;},{&quot;left&quot;:&quot;blend&quot;,&quot;right&quot;:&quot;a smooth mixture of different types of the same thing (e.g., a coffee blend)&quot;},{&quot;left&quot;:&quot;coalition&quot;,&quot;right&quot;:&quot;a temporary alliance, especially of political parties forming a government&quot;},{&quot;left&quot;:&quot;merger&quot;,&quot;right&quot;:&quot;the combining of two companies or organisations into a single new one&quot;}]}'><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Complete this exercise to practise the vocabulary from Unit 9: Unit 9 \u2014 Joining &#038; Becoming. Learn verbs and nouns related to combining, merging, and joining \u2014 vocabulary for IELTS reading and writing. Exercise A \u2014 Verbs of Combining: Drag &amp; Drop (10 verbs) Exercise B \u2014 Nouns of Combination: Match the Meaning (10 nouns)<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":113,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-with-title","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-301","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allenglish4u.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allenglish4u.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allenglish4u.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allenglish4u.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allenglish4u.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/allenglish4u.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/301\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allenglish4u.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allenglish4u.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}