Word Transformation
Vocabulary
Idioms
Grammar
Word Formation
100
I've got to reduce the amount of sweets I eat. DOWN I must ..... the number of sweets I eat.
cut down
100
Paula ___________ her hair and put on her jacket.
combed
100
I need your help. Can you _____________________________?
give me a hand
100
We'd better take out the trash. The kitchen _______________ terrible.
smells
100
As a student, she's still ____________ dependent on her parents. (finance)
financially
200
4. He behaves like the President of the company. THOUGH He acts ..... the President of the company.
as though he were
200
You must be tired because you can't stop _______________.
yawning.
200
Stop joking. You are _________________________.
pulling my leg
200
What's that noise? It _________________ thunder.
sounds like
200
For centuries, _________ have tried to find the answer to this mystery.
historians
300
The reason I haven't got much money is because they didn't give me promotion. POOR If they had given me promotion I ..... now.
I wouldn't be so poor I wouldn't be poor
300
What are the four things on top of your bed? You need this to sleep well.
pillow, comforter, sheets, blanket
300
Sarah looked like she saw a ghost. She was _______ as a _____________________.
white as a sheet
300
Has working at night become more familiar now? Have you __________________ at night?
Have you gotten used to working at night?
300
The study shows that throughout this century there will be more jobs in the workplace for those with ________ (QUALIFY) and the right skills, and fewer jobs for those with none.
qualifications
400
I didn't break the window,' said the boy. DENIED The boy ..... the window
denied breaking
400
I never __________ because I always ____ my alarm clock before I go to bed.
overslept; set
400
Her name is on the _____________________, but I can't remember it now.
tip of my tongue
400
I don't usually have breakfast so early. I'm ____________________ breakfast so early.
I'm getting used to having
400
5. The stock market has risen ______________ in the last six months and now is a good time to invest. consider
considerably
500
Experts estimate that most people now have access to the Internet. IS ..... that most people now have access to the Internet.
It is been estimated
500
It's impossible to wake Matt up. He sleep like a ____.
log
500
She was so jealous of Tiffany's Louis Vuitton bag. She was __________________________
green with envy.
500
I couldn't sleep because I didn't normally sleep on a sofa. I couldn't sleep because I wasn't _______________ on a sofa.
I wasn't used to sleeping
500
2. Collecting garden gnomes might seem an unusual -_________, but many people do it. active
activity