Unit 5
Choose the correct option:
Any ill- / sick judged prejudice can taint / paint our impression of the person if we run / jump to wrong conclusions. Body language matters as it has a wearing / bearing on whether we want to continue the relationship.
Any ill- judged prejudice can taint our impression of the person if we jump to wrong conclusions. Body language matters as it has a bearing on whether we want to continue the relationship.
Fill the gaps with the words: fiendishly, riveting, plotted
1) Ingeniously _____________ and a sheer delight to read!
2) The story is _____________ clever and unputdownable.
3) The book is another _____________ page-turner.
1) Ingeniously plotted and a sheer delight to read!
2) The story is fiendishly clever and unputdownable.
3) The book is another riveting page-turner.
Choose the correct option:
1) I’d like to point out a glazing / glaring omission in the stats.
2) The kids nowadays are spoilt / split for choice.
3) She is in a quandary / quadrat over the simplest choices.
3)
1) I’d like to point out a glaring omission in the stats.
2) The kids nowadays are spoilt for choice.
3) She is in a quandary over the simplest choices.
Choose the correct option:
1) It was impossible to get to the top because of feral / ferocious conditions.
2) You never know what's on / in his agenda.
3) The team provided compelling / commonplace evidence that global warming is breaking up the Arctic ice cap.
1) It was impossible to get to the top because of ferocious conditions.
2) You never know what's on his agenda.
3) The team provided compelling evidence that global warming is breaking up the Arctic ice cap.
Choose the correct option:
A good businessman is able to gorge / gauge people's reactions. They also work hard to own / capture the room and convince people of their credibility. Some people go to extraordinary lengths / distance to earn money...
A good businessman is able to gauge people's reactions. They also work hard to own the room and convince people of their credibility. Some people go to extraordinary lengths to earn money...
Complete the sentences:
1) ____ up another person quickly when we first meet them is part of being human.
2) Teachers should establish an immediate _____ with their students.
3) He tried to ____ an image of an aristocracy by amplifying his speech _____.
1) Sizing up another person quickly when we first meet them is part of being human.
2) Teachers should establish an immediate rapport with their students.
3) He tried to project an image of an aristocracy by amplifying his speech mannerisms.
Choose the correct option:
1) It’s a far wee / cry from Shakespeare’s sonnets.
2) What the poet is trying to say is often difficult to decimate / decipher and poems are clattered / clogged up with metaphor and archaic language.
3) One version of a song may lift someone’s mood, have the ability to reduce / repulse you to tears.
1) It’s a far cry from Shakespeare’s sonnets.
2) What the poet is trying to say is often difficult to decipher and poems are clogged up with metaphor and archaic language.
3) One version of a song may lift someone’s mood, have the ability to reduce you to tears.
Complete the sentences:
Those who take the ___ of least ___ just let others decide for them. But now get that ambivalence can actually be a strength. Rather than ___ our ___ in, maybe we should be open to being ___ by other opinions?
Those who take the path of least resistance just let others decide for them. But now get that ambivalence can actually be a strength. Rather than digging our heels in, maybe we should be open to being swayed by other opinions?
What's missing?
1) Did you have a particular ________ for anything when you were a child?
2) What problems have you had to get to ________ with recently?
3) Can you give an example of a(n) ________ you've had to overcome this year?
1) knack
2) grips
3) setback
What's the synonym?
People are so smug about their babies.
a) tired of
2) proud of
3) angry with
2) proud of
The reason why many people said I could be un_______ on the phone was my thick accent. For a while it made me feel different, almost b____. In my mind an accent was a sign of belonging - to a place, a community. My parents were un____.
unintelligible
bereft
unperturbed
Fill the gap with the correct adverb: inextricably, closely, distinctly
1) I ____ remember meeting him at the party.
2) She is still ____ associated with classic Hollywood.
3) His music is ____ linked to the topics of love and beauty.
1) I distinctly remember meeting him at the party.
2) She is still closely associated with classic Hollywood.
3) His music is inextricably linked to the topics of love and beauty.
Match the parts:
1) Before going on holiday he
2) During the boring lecture she
3) His teachers usually
4) When reading detective stories she
a) peruses some online tutorials to get some ideas.
b) ploughs through to the end .
c) pores over maps.
d) scrutinises the essays for errors.
1 - c
2 - a
3 - d
4 - b
Fill the gaps with the words: gasped, squirmed, clutching, fidgetting, gliding
As the spotlight shone brightly, she took a deep breath and stepped onto the stage, ___ at her purse nervously. She was ___ cautiously, her steps tentative, as she made her way to the microphone. At the loud sound of applause she ___ with anxiety, and she kept ___ with her dress, trying to compose herself. When she finally accepted the award, she ___ softly, overwhelmed by the moment but determined to hold it together.
As the spotlight shone brightly, she took a deep breath and stepped onto the stage, clutching at her purse nervously. She was gliding cautiously, her steps tentative, as she made her way to the microphone. At the loud sound of applause she squirmed with anxiety, and she kept fidgetting with her dress, trying to compose herself. When she finally accepted the award, she gasped softly, overwhelmed by the moment but determined to hold it together.
What looks like a "betrayal beyond measure"?
a) when someone eats the last slice of pizza
b) when the bus leaves the moment you run to it
c) when the h/w is humongous
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Use the construction in brackets to transform the sentence:
1) People rarely quash the rumours. (inversion)
2) Meghan is cashing in on her royal tale. (header)
3) The media distorted information. (cleft)
1) Rarely do people quash the rumours.
2) Meghan, she is cashing in on her royal tale.
3) What the media did was distort information.
Unscramble the words:
You can stay in a lewl-tedapinpo room of an lenoput hotel and dine in the tesquintialsen small-town diner. Take a walk through dulutinnag hills, rinsoag mountains, meprival forests and enjoy panoramic views on your way. Sample the local hospitality by night and visit equisxilyte preserved villages and historical buildings by day. It's the tomepie of walking holidays with licidyl nature spots.
You can stay in a well-appointed room of an opulent hotel and dine in the quintessential small-town diner. Take a walk through undulating hills, soaring mountains, primeval forests and enjoy panoramic views on your way. Sample the local hospitality by night and visit exquisitely preserved villages and historical buildings by day. It's the epitome of walking holidays with idyllic nature spots.
Fill in the preposition:
1) I am amazed ___ his charm.
2) She reacted ___ marriage proposal.
3) The resilience of the print market is indicative ___ the value people still place ___ traditional books.
4) For that you’ll have to take a course ___ self-lobotomy.
1) I am amazed at his charm.
2) She reacted against marriage proposal.
3) The resilience of the print market is indicative of the value people still place on traditional books.
4) For that you’ll have to take a course in self-lobotomy.
Choose the correct option:
1) Now he ’ll / 'd go round and say hello to everyone before starting work.
2) My grandmother will / would sit me on her knee and read me stories when I was little.
3) It’s 10. She ’ll / 'd be in the office now.
1) Now he ’ll go round and say hello to everyone before starting work.
2) My grandmother would sit me on her knee and read me stories when I was little.
3) It’s 10. She ’ll be in the office now.
What has been omitted in each sentence?
1) The role model Jane most looked up to was her mother.
2) Haven’t read it, I’m afraid.
3) You going to the party later?
4) Lecture went on for ages!
1) The role model Jane most looked up to was her mother. (who)
2) Haven’t read it, I’m afraid. (subject, I)
3) You going to the party later? (auxiliary, are)
4) Lecture went on for ages! (article, the)
Use relative clause to paraphrase the sentences:
1) If it is barbecued slowly over a low heat, the vegetable skewer tastes wonderful.
2) He has a fertile imagination and he approached the building cautiously.
3) He was warned about health risks, he still didn’t change his diet.
1) Barbecued slowly over a low heat, the vegetable skewer tastes wonderful.
2) Having a fertile imagination, he approached the building cautiously.
3) Having been warned about health risks, he still didn’t change his diet.
Fill the gaps with the words: plainly, cumbersome, aptly, stupendous, rudimentary
Did you know that the first computer was a ____ machine by today's standards? It was quite ____ to operate and filled an entire room! ____ named the ENIAC, which stands for Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer, it was ____ for its time, revolutionizing calculations and data processing. To put it ____, early computers like ENIAC paved the way for the advanced technology we rely on today.
Did you know that the first computer was a rudimentary machine by today's standards? It was quite cumbersome to operate and filled an entire room! Aptly named the ENIAC, which stands for Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer, it was stupendous for its time, revolutionizing calculations and data processing. To put it plainly, early computers like ENIAC paved the way for the advanced technology we rely on today.
Choose the correct option:
1) seeing her in a revealing dress he did a double-take / double-look.
2) As a result of our encroachment / encouragement on the countryside and destruction of habitats, many species that previously lived in the wild are living cheek by jaw / jowl with humans.
3) It is patently / paintingly obvious that our actions have brought so many species to the bonk / brink of extinction, with numbers doodling / dwindling year on year, so surely we need to rethink our attitudes?
1) seeing her in a revealing dress he did a double-take.
2) As a result of our encroachment on the countryside and destruction of habitats, many species that previously lived in the wild are living cheek by jowl with humans.
3) It is patently obvious that our actions have brought so many species to the brink of extinction, with numbers dwindling year on year, so surely we need to rethink our attitudes?
Fill the gaps:
1) It's important to regularly ___ about your feelings, as bottling them up can be detrimental to your well-being.
2) The power of positive thinking has been exaggerated - ___ a positive outlook it's not enough to pave the way to a better life.
3) By engaging in relaxation techniques such as deep breathing and meditation, we can ___ the stress levels and reduce stress.
1) It's important to regularly open up about your feelings, as bottling them up can be detrimental to your well-being.
2) The power of positive thinking has been exaggerated - foster a positive outlook it's not enough to pave the way to a better life.
3) By engaging in relaxation techniques such as deep breathing and meditation, we can alleviate the stress levels and reduce stress.
Cross out seven of the words in bold which are not needed.
Friday, when I think it was, and I was at the checkout and I was like, ‘Where’s my wallet?’ Panic stations! And some of woman in the queue behind me started sighing. So rude, you know what do I mean? And there it was one of those moments when you really don’t need the stuff like that. Then this the guy comes over waving my wallet! Funny experience, how finding something you’ve lost is the best kind of feeling.
Friday, I think it was, and I was at the checkout and I was like, ‘Where’s my wallet?’ Panic stations! And some woman in the queue behind me started sighing. So rude, you know what I mean? And it was one of those moments when you really don’t need stuff like that. Then this guy comes over waving my wallet! Funny, how finding something you’ve lost is the best kind of feeling.