1. Place one of the words in the box (in
the correct form) into the sentences below.
belly head
bones brain
eye eyes
fingers heart
head mouth
|
(A) At school the other children
used to call him four - ________ because of
his
glasses.
(B) I don’t believe it! How could
you drop that glass? You are such a butter- ______.
(C) When the actor, Robert
Redford, was younger, many women loved going to see his
films. He was a real _______ - throb.
(D) You have to explain the same
thing to him two or three times before he
understands. He’s a real block -
__________.
(E) John’s a real lazy- _______. He
never does anything around the house. He just
prefers to watch TV all day.
(F) When I was at school I was a
real yellow - ______. If any of the other boys wanted
to fight I just ran away as fast as I could.
(G) The professor constantly
forgets what he is supposed to do and is completely
disorganized. It’s incredible that such a
bird- _______ could run a university
department.
(H) Frank is a real dead-
_________. When he shoots he never misses. He’s going to
captain the shooting team at the
Olympics.
(I) I wish Dale would shut
up once in a while. He’s such a loud- ___________. He has
to let everyone know when he is around.
(J) Angela is the egg-
___________ in the family. She knows so much about physics
that she is going to the top
university in the country to study.
2. Choose
the word or phrase which best completes each sentence.
(A) She had ________mind which kept her alert and well
informed even in old age.
(i) an examining
(ii) a
demanding (iii) an enquiring
(iv) a querying
(B) The police decided to ________ the department store after they had received
a
bomb warning.
(i)
abandon
(ii) evacuate (iii)
evict (iv) expel
(C) The company was declared bankrupt when it had ______ more debts than
it
could hope to repay.
(i) inflicted
(ii) incurred
(iii)
entailed (iv) evolved
(D) Architectural pressure groups fought unsuccessfully to save a terrace of
eighteenth
century houses from _______.
(i) disruption
(ii)
abolition
(iii) demolition (iv) dismantling
(E) Apart from the _____ cough and cold, I’ve been remarkably healthy all
my life.
(i)
odd
(ii) opportune
(iii) irregular (iv) timely
Answers:
1. Place one of the words in
the box (in the correct form) into the sentences below.
belly head
bones brain
eye eyes
fingers heart
head mouth
|
(A) At school the other children
used to call him four -eyes because of his glasses.
(B) I don’t believe it! How could
you drop that glass? You’re such a butter-fingers.
(C) When the actor, Robert
Redford, was younger many women loved going to see his
films. He was a real heart-throb.
(D) You have to explain the same
thing to him two or three times before he
understands. He’s a real block - head.
(E) John’s a real lazy-bones. He
never does anything around the house. He just prefers
to watch TV all day.
(F) When I was at school I was a
real yellow -belly. If any of the other boys wanted to
fight I just ran away as fast as I
could.
(G) The professor constantly
forgets what he is supposed to do and is completely
disorganized. It’s incredible that such a
bird-brained could run a university
department.
(H) Frank is a real dead-eye.
When he shoots he never misses. He’s going to captain
the shooting team at the Olympics.
(I) I wish Dale would
shut up once in a while. He’s such a loud-mouth. He has to let
everyone know when he’s around.
(J) Angela is the egg-head in
the family. She knows so much about physics that she is
going to the top university in the
country to study.
2. Choose
the word or phrase which best completes each sentence.
(A) She
had (iii) an enquiring mind which kept her alert and well
informed even in old age.
(i) an examining
(ii) a demanding
(iii) an enquiring (iv) a querying
(B) The
police decided to (ii) evacuate the department store after they had
received a
bomb warning.
(i) abandon
(ii) evacuate
(iii)
evict (iv) expel
(C) The
company was declared bankrupt when it had (ii) incurred more
debts than it
could hope to repay.
(i)
inflicted (ii) incurred
(iii)
entailed (iv) evolved
(D)
Architectural pressure groups fought unsuccessfully to save a terrace of
eighteenth
century houses from (iii) demolition.
(i)
disruption (ii)
abolition
(iii) demolition (iv) dismantling
(E)
Apart from the (i) odd cough and cold, I’ve been remarkably
healthy all my life.
(i)
odd
(ii)
opportune
(iii) irregular (iv) timely
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