vocabulary
What are the opposites for these words?
1. earn
2. borrow
3. freeze
1. spend
2. lend
3. melt
Choose the right option.
1. It was very clever of my little daughter to answer | answering the question so well.
2. My van skidded off the road and barely missed hitting | to hit a gate.
3. My brother offers to lend | lending me some money in cash.
1. to answer
2. hitting
3. to lend
Find a mistake.
This is the historical spot where the explorer first landed.
historic
Match the phrasal verbs with their definitions.
1. put off a. to dress yourself
2. put on b. to stop a fire burning
3. put out c. to postpone
1/c
2/a
3/b
Use these nouns to form verbs.
1. agreement
2. drama
3. relationship
1.agree
2. dramatise
3. reate
Match the sports and equipment.
1. fencing a. club
2.archery b. goggles
3. golf c. arrows
4. swimming d. foil
1/d
2/c
3/a
4/b
Complete the sdentences with the right prepositions.
1. Dealing .......difficult relatives can be just difficult.
2. Don't swear ....... anyone, particularly not a boss or a customer.
3. They were supplied ..... the tools that they needed for the job.
1. with
2. at
3. with
Find a mistake.
One third of the orchestra was on the stage.
were
Match the opposites.
1. slow down a. take off
2. put on b. bring round
3. check in c. speed up
4. knock down d. check out
1/c
2/a
3/d
4/b
Use these words to form nouns.
1. long
2. deep
3. wide
4. strong
1. length
2.depth
3.witdth
4. strength
Match the parts with the things.`
1. A car is a part of a ... a. car
2. A heel is a part of a ... b. clock
3. A windscreen is a part of a ... c. train
4.A hand is a part of a ... d. shoe
5. A spine is a part of a ... e. book
1/c
2/d
3/a
4/b
5/e
Rewrite the sentences using the words in brakets. You can use from two to five words.
1.A mechanic has already repaired their car. (GOT)
They ...........
2. Why didn't she give you her phone number? (REFUSE)
Why ............. you her phone number.
3. I almost always go out on Saturday night. (EVER)
I ........... at home on Saturday night.
1. have got their car repaired
2. did she refuse to give
3. hardly ever stay
Find a mistake.
We were both rather ungrateful for the things we had, although none of us was disrespectful.
neither
Complete the ideas with the right preposition.
1.They decided to break ..... after five years together.
2. I came ............ my old photos while cleaning.
3. He ended ............. going to the party alone.
4. He kept ............. talking even after the meeting ended.
1. up
2. across
3. up
4. on
Make abstract nouns from these words.
1. brother
2. short
3. partner
4. arrogant
1. brotherhood
2. shortage
3. partnership
4. arrogance
Complete the sentences with one word.
1. The jury found Jane .............. of theft.
2. In the UK schools the spring ............... starts in January and ends before Easter.
3. I gave the shop assistant twenty pounds and she gave me three pounds..................
4. He ........... his promise and paid off his debt.
1. guilty
2. term
3. change
4. kept
Before I .......... to Malaga (move), I .............. in London for many years (live), where I .......... by huge cultural opportunities (spoil) which any big capital city ..............(provide) and which I .................(miss)for my first years in Spain.
moved/had been living/had been spoiled/ provides/ was missing
Find a mistake.
Does her child still lay for a nap after the lunch?
lie
Replace the phrasal verbs in the sentences.
1. How do you get down with your new job?" "I love it!"
2. He takes after his new car.
3.I didn't have a pen so I couldn't show off his phone number.
4. He gets on his father in his personality.
1. get on
2. shows off
3.get down
4.takes after
Use the following words: credit/rely/agree/sense to form the abstract nouns and complete the sentences.
1.Is she always as............. as this when she doesn't get what she wants?
2. Public transport here is ......... . The trains never come on time.
3. How can he be so ............ to the feelings of this poor woman.
4. It's ............ how quickly the little girl has learnt the language.
1. disagreeable
2. unreliable
3. insensitive
4. incredible
Provide the three forms of the verb "bear".
bear/bore/born
Which sentence contains a mistake.
1. The portrait that I had had painted cost me $5,000.
2. Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.
3. To make the perfect cookie dough, you will need two cupsful of sugar.
3. two cupfuls
Find a mistake.
We have just interviewed an applicant, who the committee believes, is best qualified for this position.
no commas
One sentence is correct. Find it and correct the mistakes in the rest ones.
1. I can't do without coffee in the morning.
2.I can't do out what he is saying.
3. Our kitchen is in a poor condition, we need to make it up.
4. Computers allowed us to make away with lots of paperwork.
1. correct
2. make out
3. do it up
4. do away with
Rewrite the sentence using the word in brackets. Use from two to five words.
I couldn't believe staring at the empty space that my car had been stolen. (IN)
I stared at ..................... that my car had been stolen
the empty place in disbelief