Phrasal Verbs
1) I'm excited about the holiday.
LOOKING
I am looking forward to the holiday
What word is missing?
NOUN: ......
VERB: analyze
ADJECTIVE: analytical
ADVERB: analytically
Analysis
Up to now, the predicted Millennium computer bug ____ very few problems, although many scientists last year ____ a catastrophe.
OPTIONS:
A has been causing / have predicted
B causes / were predicting
C has caused / predicted
D caused / have been predicting
C has caused / predicted
The computer was too expensive for me to buy.
ENOUGH
- I ..... money to buy the computer.
did not have enough
The preposition is wrong, correct it.
The river was flooded and Carole and I weren’t sure how we would be able to get into.
get across
If you have any problems finding things, just ask Roger. He is very ............ and will tell you where to find what you want.
helpful
Change the tense of the following sentence:
What word is missing?
6. I wish you wouldn't make ___________ so many stories. I never know when to believe you!
make up
What word is missing?
Please come ......! Make yourself at home.
in
I left the house at 8am and stared at the empty garage in .......... (believe). My car was nowhere to be seen. Someone had stolen it!
What word is missing?
disbelief
Jessica ......... (never fall) in love until she ...... (meet) Ben two years ago.
1. had never fallen
2. met
We were left without any money for the last part of our holiday because we had ............. the cost of the train ticket to Norway.
estimate
underestimated
What is the meaning of bring up?
1. to make something happen, to cause
2. to take care of and teach a child who is growing up
3. to introduce something new such as a product or a law
2. to take care of and teach a child who is growing up
It was a great ____________________ to meet such a famous ____________________. I had never met one before. (PLEASE, POLITICS)
pleasure - politician
Filling the blank with the correct tenses
What has Helen been doing for the last two hours? - She has been preparing for next week’s meeting; she is dusting the furniture now.
Inspector Grant visited the suspect's house on three occasions and on the third ___________ a remarkable discovery.
1. did
2. found
3. made
4. took
made
Make a new sentence with the word given with the same meaning as the sentence:
"Id prefer not to cancel the meeting."
word: CALL
I'd rather not call off the meeting.
NOUN: economy
VERB: .....
ADJECTIVE: .....
VERB: economize
ADJECTIVE: economical
A few days ago Dad ______ his car in front of a No Parking sign and _________ into the shop. When he _________ out ten minutes later the car was no longer there. He ________ if someone _____ it or if the police ________ it away. (PARK, RUSH, COME, WONDER, STEAL, DRIVE)
A few days ago Dad PARKED his car in front of a No Parking sign and RUSHED into the shop. When he CAME out ten minutes later the car was no longer there. He WONDERED if someone HAD STOLEN it or if the police HAD DRIVEN it away
For centuries, the common view of how domestication had occurred was that prehistoric people, realizing how useful it would be to have captive herds of food animals, began capturing wild animals and breeding them. Over time, by allowing only animals with "tame" characteristics to mate and produce offspring, human beings created animals that were less wild and more dependent upon people.
According to traditional theories of domestication, how were wild animals tamed?
1 capturing only smaller animals
2 selective breeding
3 aggression and control
selective breeding