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Complete the sentences. Use the word in brackets to form a word that fits in the space.
It’s one of those films that somehow seems to defy ___________(describe).
description
Use the best-fitting linking word.
Partly this is ______to the fact that girls read more.
Due to/down to/because of
Complete the sentence with the best-fitting word.
Collaboration can help __________ any relationships.
foster
What does "peer pressure" mean?
Pressure between people of the same age or profession
Complete the sentences. Use the word in brackets to form a word that fits in the space.
He must’ve been furious to be _______ like that. (substitution)
substituted
Choose the correct option.
They’re a funny couple. They’re as cheese and chalk / like chalk and cheese / like cheese and chalk.
like chalk and cheese
Use an alliterative phrase in the gap.
The situation is horrible, but it's not d______ and g____. In the end of the day, I still have my family and my house!
doom and gloom
Choose the correct option.
That joke is as old as hills / old like the hills / like the old hills / as old as the hills.
as old as the hills
Choose the correct option.
jump a gun/ jump to the gun/ jump the gun
jump the gun
Continue the similes:
He smokes like a...
I avoid him like the...
chimney
plague
Complete the sentences.
We live in a very ___ -knit community in which everybody knows what everybody else is up to.
close
Complete the sentences.
I built up this business from _______. When I started, I had nothing.
scratch
Complete the sentences.
I guess I came from a ______ home. My dad walked out when I was six. We weren’t short of money though, even after my parents divorced.
broken
Complete the sentences.
It’s tough living in a _____ area where nobody has a job or much money
deprived
Complete the sentences.
My _____ upbringing didn’t prepare me for this. As a child, I had everything I needed, and I didn’t know how hard life could be.
sheltered
Use the best-fitting linking word.
Girls spend time doing homework. ________, boys are more interested in gaming.
Meanwhile
Give an alliterative phrase that means that you're trying to remember a very familiar thing, but fail.
It's on the tip of my tongue
Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between three and five words, including the word given.
I could feel the blood draining from my face as I watched her open the letter.
As I watched her open the letter, I went ___________ SHEET
As I watched her open the letter, I went as white as a sheet.
Give synonyms to the linking word "although" with examples in sentences
despite/ in spite of/ even though/ nevertheless
Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between three and five words, including the word given.
The store had to be evacuated due to a bomb scare.
The store was evacuated___________ensure the safety of shoppers. AS
The store was evacuated so as to ensure the safety of shoppers.
Complete the sentences with the missing words. The first letter is given.
We scored the only goal in the last minute of the match and just s_______ through to the second round of the cup.
scraped
Complete the sentences with the missing words. The first letter is given.
The horse was way out in front for most of the race but f____ over the last hundred metres and finished second.
faded
Complete the sentences with the missing words. The first letter is given.
Griffiths was s_______ off by the referee for punching the goalkeeper in the mouth.
sent
Complete the sentences with the missing words. The first letter is given.
We got k__________ out of the cup on penalties. We scored four, but the opposition scored all five of theirs.
knocked
Complete the sentences with the missing words. The first letter is given.
We b____ it! We should have won but made mistakes and ended up losing.
blew