- •Mr. Know-all
- •I. Language Focus
- •1. Write the word closest in meaning to the following groups of words.
- •2. Choose the word that best completes each sentence.
- •3. Complete each sentence with a word from the box.
- •4. Choose the word closest in meaning to a boldfaced word.
- •1. Write the word closest in meaning to the following groups of words.
- •2. Choose the word that best completes each sentence.
- •3. Complete each sentence with a word from the box.
- •4. Choose the word closest in meaning to a boldfaced word.
- •2. Look on (upon) – to think of someone or something in a particular way
- •1. Match phrasal verbs with their definitions.
- •2. Replace the underlined words with the phrasal verbs.
- •3. Complete the sentences with the appropriate phrasal verbs.
- •Jean _______ the letter _______ to Doug.
- •1. Complete the sentences with the idioms in the box.
- •2. Complete the sentences with the idioms in the box.
- •Offer ▪ suggest ▪ propose
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Choose the word that best completes each sentence.
- •2. Complete each sentence with a word from the box.
- •3. Choose the word closest in meaning to a boldfaced word.
- •4. Choose the word opposite in meaning to the boldfaces word.
- •5. Complete the sentences with the appropriate phrasal verbs.
- •I _______________ it as a challenge.
- •6. Complete the sentences with the appropriate idioms.
- •II. GramMaR Focus
- •1. Write the negative prefixes in-, im-, un-, dis-.
- •2. Complete the sentences with the words from Exercise 1.
- •3. Complete the sentences with the correct prepositions.
- •4. Complete the sentences with the correct prepositions.
- •5. Complete the sentences with infinitives or gerunds.
- •6. Complete the sentences using the correct forms of say or tell.
- •7. Turn these sentences into reported speech.
- •8. Turn these sentences into reported questions.
- •9. Turn these sentences into reported questions.
- •10. Underline the correct linking word/phrase.
- •11. Underline the correct linking word/phrase.
- •12. Join the ideas using the correct words/phrases in brackets.
- •III. AFter reading thoughts
- •1. Make a chart and list each character qualities /habits. Then give examples of their behavior.
- •2. Think of some examples of cause-and-effect relationship in this story. Then complete the following chart.
Vocabulary
1. Choose the word that best completes each sentence.
1. The sweet _______________ of incense filled the air.
|
A. value |
B. trade |
C. scent |
D. dismay |
2. Three women were _______________ at gunpoint.
|
A. seized |
B. lasted |
C. resisted |
D. snubbed |
3. Living conditions at that campus were _______________.
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A. intolerable |
B. inevitable |
C. terrified |
D. indifferent |
4. The trial will _______________ on Wednesday morning.
|
А. resume |
B. diminish |
C. possess |
D. examine |
5. I have to_______________ the children from school.
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A. preserve |
B. fetch |
C. resist |
D. prove |
6. Tate said the fences threaten to ___________ property values in the neighborhood.
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A. avoid |
B. increase |
C. resume |
D. diminish |
7. The team _______________ the wreckage thoroughly.
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A. examined |
B. seized |
C. proved |
D. scared |
8. He who _______________ is lost.
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A. proceeds |
B. arranges |
C. hesitates |
D. accepts |
9. He _______________ demands for public enquiry.
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A. traded |
B. fetched |
C. resisted |
D. valued |
10. Children fail to progress if their parents seem _______________ to their success.
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A. indifferent |
B. unbearable |
C. dishonest |
D. terrified |
11. His speech _______________ for exactly fourteen minutes.
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A. took |
B. lasted |
C. hesitated |
D. insulted |
12. What will happen to the _______________ of my property?
|
A. opportunity |
B. fragrance |
C. value |
D. trade |
13. He was able to _______________ that he was an American.
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A. snub |
B. collect |
C. prove |
D. resist |
14. Progressive Tours _______________ holidays in Eastern Europe.
|
A. justify |
B. arrange |
C. clutch |
D. escort |
15. It was impossible to hide my _______________ at what I had seen.
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A. chance |
B. dismay |
C. cause |
D. deal |
2. Complete each sentence with a word from the box.
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resume |
last |
snub |
hesitate |
value |
|
fetch |
intolerable |
scent |
prove |
examine |
|
diminish |
seize |
arrange |
resist |
indifferent |
It's _______________ to allow hardened criminals to roam our streets.
The air has a _______________ of knavery.
Everyone got a prize, whether they were good, bad or _______________.
She was ready to _______________ her duties.
He _______________ a bucket of water from the pond.
As he turned the knob the sound _______________.
He _______________ her arm and dragged her into the kitchen.
She put her hand on the phone, _______________ for a moment, then picked up the receiver.
Profits are as high as ever. It won’t _______________.
Everyone realizes the _______________ of sincerity.
Government experts were still _______________ the wreckage of the plane.
We’ve _______________ with somebody else to go to the cinema.
She has to be _______________ wrong.
I tried to be friendly but she _______________ me completely.
Our trade union has _______________ the introduction of automation.