Friday, October 18, 2013

DISCRIBING PEOPLE (Advanced) (EXERCISE A6E24)











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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