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The new school rules __________ (announce) yesterday, and everyone felt they were __________ (over the moon / upset / annoyed) about it.
The new school rules were announced yesterday, and everyone felt they were upset about it.
(Alternative idiom: “over the moon” → for positive reactions)
Choose the correct phrasal verb
Many women ______ coffee during pregnancy
a) put off b) go off c) run out of d) be off
b) go off
Name 5 environmental problems affecting the world today
global warming / climate change
deforestation
air pollution
ocean pollution / plastic waste
loss of biodiversity
She said that she __________ (give up) trying to solve the puzzle because it __________ (take) her hours.
She said that she had given up trying to solve the puzzle because it had taken her hours.
Explain the meaning of the idioms:
-> feel blue
-> once in a blue moon
-> a piece of cake
-> to feel sad or depressed
->something that happens very rarely
-> something that is very easy to do
Name 5 inventions that changed human life
the wheel
the printing press
the telephone / mobile phone
the internet
electricity / the light bulb
Complete the sentence:
If I __________ (study) harder last year, I __________ (not / fail) my English exam, and I wouldn’t be so worried now.
If I had studied harder last year, I wouldn’t have failed my English exam, and I wouldn’t be so worried now.
Name 5 phrasal verbs with OFF and explain their meaning
break off - to suddenly stop talking
come off - to become removed from sth
see off - to say goodbye to sb
take off - to remove a piece of clothes/ to leave the land (plane)
pull off - to drive a car off the road
Name 5 phrasal verbs used when traveling
check in
set off
get away
look around
pick up
The movie, __________ (direct / famous) director won an award, was so __________ (breathtaking / thrilling) that I couldn’t stop thinking about it.
The movie, whose famous director won an award, was so breathtaking that I couldn’t stop thinking about it.
Translate the phrasal verbs and make examples:
1) shake off
2) track down
3) do up
shake off – викинути , витрясти з голови
track down - знайти щось після довгих пошуків
do up - переробити, застібати
Name 5 idioms related to emotions
feel blue
on cloud nine
have butterflies in your stomach
hit the roof
under the weather
Complete the sentence:
By the time the concert __________ (start), we __________ (wait) in line for over two hours, and everyone was exhausted but excited __________ (about / for / with) the performance.
By the time the concert started, we had been waiting in line for over two hours, and everyone was exhausted but excited about the performance.
Translate the idioms:
•Послуга за послугу
•Погано почуватись
•Впустити останній шанс чи можливість
•Коли рак на горі свисне
•не моє
•Закруглятись
You scratch my back, I`ll scratch yours
Under the weather
Miss the boat
When pigs fly
Not my cup of tea
Call it a day (night)
Name 5 adjectives starting with L
lousy, lucrative, lively, light-hearted, lengthy