get you down - get your own back - get the sack - get it straight get hold of - get the idea across - get up speed - get rid of get away with murder - there's no getting away from it 1..[r]
Trang 1LANGUAGE PRACTICE FOR ADVANCED STUDENTS
WORDS AND PHRASES 01
Ị Comẹ Complete each sentence with a word from the list below
expectations - fortune - pressure - strike - useful force - light - realize - undone - world
1 Ứm afraid that Jim’s new play didn’t come up tọ
2 The building workers have voted to come out on
3 The government is coming undet to change the law 4 When her uncle died, Susan came into ạ
5 The truth of the matter came tọ during the investigation 6 Oh bother! My shoelaces have comẹ
7 Bring the torch with yoụ It might come in
8 Ted used to be quite wealthy, but he’s come down in thẹ
9 Recently Pve come †ọ that you were right all the timẹ 10 The new traffic regulations come 1n tọ tomorrow IL In Complete each sentence with a word from the box advance - comparison - doubt - practice - sympathy charge - detention - earnest - response - way 1 All the pupils who misbehaved have been kept In
2 I’m not joking I’m speaking in
3 Your rent is, of course, payable 1n
4 The bus drivers are on strike, and the railway workers have come out in 5 This city makes London seem quite small m
6 It’s a depressing book, but I enjoyed 1t In ạ
7 Everyone else 1s away, so Ï am 1n of the officẹ 8 Theoretically term ends at 4.00 on Friday, but in everyone leaves a lunchtimẹ 9.Ifin , do not hesitate to contact our representativẹ 10 We decided to show the film again in to public demand Match each expression (1-10) with an explanation (a-j) 1 She did it single-handedlỵ g 2 You have to hand 1t to her
3 She can turn her hand to just about anything
4 Her behaviour was rather high-handed
5 She played right into their hands
6 She’s an old hand at this kind of thing
7 At the end they gave her a big hand
8 I think her behaviour is getting out of hand
9 She has managed to keep her hand in
10 She was given a free hand
ạ She unsuspectingly gave them an advantage, b She took advantage of her position to use her power wrongly, ham Tam Vy, November 19", 2018 c She was allowed to do whatever she wanted, d She is becoming uncontrollable, ẹ She was applauded loudly, f She has practised so as not to lose her skill g She did it on her own h She can learn any skill very easily 1 She has to be congratulated, j She has a lot of past experiencẹ Complete each sentence with a word from the list below beam - plank - post - stick - twig girder - pole - rod - trunk - wand 1 A small bird was carrying a .twig in its beak back to its nest 2 The wall was supported by a thick metal
3 Wasps had made a hole 1n thẹ of the old fruit treẹ 4 A workman pushed the wheelbarrow along ạ
5 The magician waved thẹ and the rabbit vanished 6 7 8 9 1 We have to replace an old oak which supports the ceiling Luse a long piece of bamboo as a fishing
Our neighbour crashed his car 1nto our øafẹ
After I left hospital I could only walk with ạ
0 We hoisted the flag to the top of thẹ
- Compiete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentencẹ Use a form of the word underlined beginning un- 1 2 3 9 I don't envy his position HIS DOSILIOTỊ QGG G0011 19 9301 HT HH Philip flew to New York without the company of his parents I30110)080I2.10:198) 1à ái 1ạ
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10 Ian teaches but has no teaching qualifications
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Trang 2VI Verbs of movement Underline the best option in each sentence
1 The drunken soldier was marching / staggering / scrambling crazily from one side of
the street to the other
2 George suddenly dashed / slunk / rambled into the room waving a telegram
3 Sue found it very difficult to pass / overtake / cross the busy street
4 Passengers who wish to alight / leave / descend at the next station should travel in the
front four coaches
5 The runner with the injured footflashed / limped / trundled across the finishing line
6 Kate spent the morning rambling / strolling / crawling along the sea-front
7 Harry strode / tiptoed / trudged along the landing, trying not to make any noise
8 The road was icy, and I skidded / skated / slipped as I was walking along
9 I managed to creep / slink / strut up to the burglar before he noticed me
10 After the meal we lounged / loitered / lingered over our coffees for an hour or so
VII Get Replace the words underlined with an expression from the list below
get you down - get your own back - get the sack - get it straight
get hold of - get the idea across - get up speed - get rid of get away with murder - there's no getting away from it
1 If you're not careful, you’re going to be dismissed get the sack
2 Doesn’t this øloomy winter weather depress you?
3 You re going to grow old one day You can’t ignore it eee
4 Willie treated you really badly How are you going to take revenge?
5 These trains start very slowly but they soon accelerate -
6 Ann talks well but she doesn’t always communicate what she wants to say
7 The pipes have burst We must try to find a plumber c1 11111101 111 tr
9 Philip is the teacher’s favourite She lets him do whatever he wan(s
10 I feel awful I can’t seem to shake off this cold
VIII Colour Idioms Complete each sentence with a colour or a word formed from
a colour
1 When Bill saw my new car he Was with envy
2 Tina never comes here now We only see her once 1n a moon
3 When the visitors from Japan arrived, the company gave them the carpet
treatment
4 I’m fed up with this job I feel completely off
5 Julie”s letter was unexpected It arrived completely out of the
6 The -collar workers received a rise, but the workers on the shop floor
were told they had to wait
7 We decided to celebrate by going out and painting the town
8 Tony can’t be trusted yet with too much responsibility heˆs stIll
9 You can talk until you're in the face, but he still won’t listen
10 They fell deeper and deeper 1nto the and then went bankrupt
IX See Complete each sentence with a word or phrase from the box
a lot - eye to eye - my way - the funny side - the light
ham Tam Vy, November 19", 2018
better days - it through - red - the last - things
I started this project, and I intend to see it through
lÝ you ask me, this restaurant has §sđ#? The decor is very old Well, so mụch for Jack I think we”V€ §đđ: of him for a while 1 don’t think we really see over this matter, do we?
Come on, laugh! Can’t you se ? When Heather told me I had been dismissed, Ï søw
I don't think I can see to lending you the money after all
‹ Mark and Ellen have been see1g of each other lately
At last! Rob has see and come round to my way of thinking
10 Ghosts! Don”t be silly! You re seeig |
X Out Complete each sentence with a phrase from the list below
and about - of breath - of my control - of range - of the way
of all proportion - of character - of order - of sight - on strike 1 don’t spend all my time in the office, I get out and about quite a lot She doesn’t usually behave like that It°s completely øz¿ wish you'd get Ø ! can’t get past
After running up the stairs I was quite Ø#
The gunners couldn’t fire at the castle because 1t WaS Ø// This was a small problem which has been exaggerated øzứ Don’t bother trying the lift, 1t’s Out eee again
The railway workers are Øz/ again
I cant do anything, I’m afraid, it’s Out eee
0 The riders went over the top of the hill and were soon øz/