1. Place one of the
words or phrases in the box into the gaps in the sentences.
pull your socks up roll up our sleeves shirty wears the trousers belt up
take your hat off to booted out tighten our belts with kid gloves in your shoes
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(A) John likes to think he’s in
control, but it’s really his wife who _________________________ (is in control)
in their house.
(B) Don’t get ____________________
(annoyed) with me. It’s not my fault.
(C) I wouldn’t like to be ________________________
(in your situation) when Mum finds out it was you who broke the window.
(D) You’ll have to
_____________________ (make a greater effort) and work much harder if you want
to pass the exam.
(E) The police caught them
fighting and they were ___________________ (ejected from) the football ground.
(F) If we’re going to get this
work finished we’ll have to ___________________ (prepared to work harder).
(G) Look will you just
___________________ (keep quiet). I don’t want to hear another word from you.
(H) We’ve got very little money
left to spend so we’ll have to _____________________ (stop using so much).
(I) Stop treating your children
__________________________ (so leniently). You have to show them real discipline if they want to learn.
(J) You’ve got to ________________________
(admire) John. He really knows how to pass exams.
2. Choose a word from
the box to put into the spaces in the sentences.
dogging
donkey guinea pigs aping coward horsing pig
lion parroting
ratted
wolf monkeying crocodile
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(A) The problem with GM food is
that no one really knows their effect on people. We are being
used as
_____________________.
(B) I’m fed up with
___________________ what they say. I want to express my own opinion.
(C) We used to work together, but
then he ________________ on me and I
lost my job.
(D) The bank said that they really
regretted taking my house to pay off the loan, but I didn’t believe them.
They’re just crying ____________________ tears.
(E) I don’t see the difference
between this new government and the last one. They’re just ________________
what they did.
(F) Typical! You just sit around
relaxing and leave me to do all the _______________ work.
(G) This problem has been
_______________ me ever since I was a teenager.
(H) Don’t ________________ down
your food so quickly. You’ll get a stomach ache.
(I) He threatened me but I’m not a
_____________________ at all. I won’t let him hurt me.
(J) Who’s been ___________________
around with the DVD player? Nothing is working.
(K) I did most of the work so I
should get the ________________ share of the money.
(L) Can you children stop
_________________ around here? You’ll break something. Why don’t you go outside
and play?
Answers:
EXERCISE ONE:
(A)
John likes to think
he’s in control, but it’s really his wife who wears the trousers (is
in
control)
in their house.
(B) Don’t get shirty (annoyed)
with me. It’s not my fault.
(C) I wouldn’t like to be in your
shoes (in your situation) when Mum finds out it was you
who broke the
window.
(D) You’ll have pull your socks up (make
a greater effort) and work much harder if you
want to pass
the exam.
(E) The police caught them fighting and they
were booted out (ejected from) the football
ground.
(F) If we’re going to get this work
finished we’ll have to roll up our sleeves (prepared to
work harder).
(G) Look will you just belt up (keep
quiet). I don’t want to hear another word from you.
(H) We’ve got very little money left to spend so
we’ll have to tighten our belts (stop using
so much).
(I) Stop treating your children with kid
gloves (so leniently). You have to show them real discipline if they want to learn.
(J) You’ve got to take your hat
off to (admire) John. He really knows how to pass exams.
EXERCISE TWO:
(A) The problem with GM food is
that no one really knows their effect on people. We are being
outside and play?
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