Abstract Nouns
______ without ambition is a birth without wings.
INTELLIGENT
Intelligence
Create a sentence:
let/ down/ me/ he's/ again
He's let me down again.
Change the underlined part to a phrasal verb and a pronoun if necessary:
I don't believe that. I think you invented it!
made it up
Rewrite the sentence using a modal verb:
You can bring your own towel but it's not necessary.
You ________
You can bring your own towel but you don't have to.
you don't need to/ you haven't got to
Many students gain 15 lbs. during their freshman year of university. Most could avoid this if they ___________ fast food and drinks.
cut down on
_________ is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn't really do it, they just saw something.
CREATIVE
Creativity
Create a sentence:
your work/ please/ with/ on/ get
Please get on with your work
Change the underlined part to a phrasal verb and a pronoun if necessary:
Look at this old computer. I found it in the garage.
came across (it)
Rewrite the sentence using a modal verb:
You are not allowed to bring food into the shop.
You ________
You mustn't bring food into the shop
After working all day in the hot sun I began to _________ so I decided to lie down.
feel dizzy
Being an actor is the loneliest thing in the world. You are alone with your ________ and imagination, and that's all you have.
CONCENTRATE
Concentration
Create a sentence:
you/ down/ the TV/ can/ turn/ ?
Can you turn down the TV?
Change the underlined part to a phrasal verb and a pronoun if necessary:
He lost consciousness when he saw the blood.
passed out
Rewrite the sentence using a modal verb:
I advise you to talk to your teacher.
You ________
You should/ought to talk to your teacher
I hate when I hear a song on the radio and can't get remember the name or singer. I __________ it ________ all day trying to remember.
go over and over (it) in my mind
I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human _______ that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive.
NATURAL
Nature
Create a sentence:
the mess/ up/ I'll/ in the kitchen/ clear
I'll clear up the mess in the kitchen.
Change the underlined part to a phrasal verb and a pronoun if necessary:
I've got a cold. I became ill with it yesterday.
came down with it
Rewrite the sentence using a modal verb:
This school insists that students wear uniform.
Students at this school ________
Students at this school have to wear uniform.
When I am sick, I ________ and food doesn't sound good at all. I often just eat soup or drink water.
lose my appetite
LUCKY
Luck
Create a sentence:
our/ caring/ Mum/ aunt/ ./ is/ well/ isn't/ her/ for/ ./
Our aunt isn't well. Mum is caring for her.
Change the underlined part to a phrasal verb and a pronoun if necessary:
My brother's eleven. I take care of him sometimes.
look after him
Rewrite the sentence using a modal verb:
I insist that you allow me to help you.
You______
You must let me help you.
His lack of social life was beginning to _________.
get him down