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ii Similes
* Complete the following similes with the words from the box.
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blind bold bone bull deaf drunk
fish horse iron mad ox
Example: as ..h[if4. as a bat
1 as........asalord 6 asdryasa...............
2 as as a hatter 7 as strong as an ...............
3 as as a post B to drink like a ...............
4 to eat like a ............... 9 as ............. as brass
.5 as hard as 10 to behave like a... ... . in a china shop
u Agree with the following statements. Use a simile.
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Example:
Joanna's
very tanned after her holiday. Yes, she's as bror,on o,s o, bqrg.
1 The children behaved very well yesterday.
2
Jim
never has too much to drrnk.
3 Didn't he blush when she smiled ,t hi.i
4 Bill never says a word. does he?
s t .oulJ,-,li f.ti.u. t o* tirlt. ,h; ;.ish;.
-- What do these sentences meap?
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Example: The exam was as easy as falling off a log. The exam N6s
yery
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1 I slept like a log.
2 He was as sick as a dog all night.
3 The goalkeeper was as sick as a parrot after the match.
4 When she heard the news she went as white as a sheet.
5 The lady's hands were as white as snow.
* Reword these sentences using similes with as or like and the words in brackets. Use two
l0 marks similes in sentences 1,3 and 6.
Example: I r.vas terribly sick after eating so manv sausages last night. I uuas as skk as a
dng *{+er eafrng 5o ma/ru 50'r seges Lo,sL nr4hL.
1 She's very thin but very strong. (rake; ox)
2 He's in a very bad temper today. (bear)
3 He's terribly forgetful and is completelv mad. (head; hatter)
4 His grandmother notices everything that we do. (hawk)
5 She looked really cool even though it was 30' in the shade. (cucumber)
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plan worked really well and the work was done very quickly. (dream; flash)
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7 Party political broadcasts on TV really make him mad.
(bull)
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80 Test Your English Vocobulory in Use (Upper-intermediote)
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Binomials
$' * $ Binomials are fixed expressions where two words are
joined
by a conjunction, c.g. black and
t0 marks white, up and down. Connect words from box A with words from box B using and to makc
binomial expressions.
glve pnm rant rough vvine part odds rack leaps pick
parcel rave take rnin ready proper choose bounds dine ends
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Now use thc expressions from 72.'1. above to fill the gaps.
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1 The hotel rvas a bit.............. and .....
,
but it u'as cheirp rrnd convenient.
2 The new b<lss is very and .. . . . . The old one was nrore infon.r.rirl :rnd easv-going.
3 The secret of a successfr.rl nrrrrriage is ... .. rrnd ..
;
lreirrg ready to corrpromise.
4 He was furious and started to ... . and .,.,..,. .. at us.
5 Ml'English has progressecl in. . .. . ancl ...... .... during this course.
6 Hard rvork is ............ arrd of learniug a language; there's no othe r wir\'.
7 M.-t fricnds in Neu, York :rlrvavs . . . . :rnd ...... . .... me at the best restaurauts.
8 The old house has gorre to ....... and ,....... now I can't afford to restore rt.
9 It's a gooo course;
,vou
calr .... .. . and ....... liihich classes you want to atteud.
10 There rlre a lclt of .............. irnd .. . to cliscr-rss before we fiuish the meetiug, but there's
nothirrg major or very irnportant.
-.:\ Some of thcse binomials arc correct, others are the wrong way round. Reverse the words in
l0 marks the incorrect ones.
Example: Foremost and first, I'd tike to introducc our main guest tonight.
FtsL and" {oremosL ...
I It rvas nice to have some peace and quiet irfter the children left.
2 The doctor said I shoLrld get some recrerrtiorr and rest.
.l I've been driving fordr rrnd back to London every dal' for the last three rvecks.
4 There are car parks here:rrrd there in the citv centre.
Just
l<lok out for the signs.
5 M.v feet irre tired. I've been going fro and to all morning.
6 He ran r-rp and dou.n the street looking for l'rer.
, 7 He rvas oLlt arld dor,vn in [-os Angeles for rr vear, then he got a
job
and an rrp:rrtment.
8 She u'rls ir.r bed ill for t\\'o r.r''eeks, but uou,she's out and:rb<lut again.
9 I r,vanted a rvhite and black film, not a colour film.
l0 The cl.reirpest rooms, rvith no watet r,vere 10 dollars ir night. For an ertra five dollars
you
could have a room with cold and hot water.
-i. ".i Fill the gaps in these binomials with or, to and bwt.
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1 Sloivlr' ... snrelv, rnv English got berter irs I str-rdied and prirctised.
2 Sooner..,..... later I u'ill have to bu,v a car. I cirn't go on gettirrg ta-xis everv drrr'.
3 With
John,
it's ahvays all ....... nothing. Tl.rerc :rre l1o compronrises or half l-nerrsures.
4 Do
-vou
re:rlise you've got voLlr sweater on birck........ front?
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s She;ll hirve to learn to sink ........ srvim; she crrrr't ahvavs depend on evervone else to solve
/+o
her problerns for her.
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Proverbs
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; Fill the gaps in these proverbs.
you
are given
thc first rctter.
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I Never juclge
n b<lok b), its c
2 Take care .f rhe pence rrnd the p.. .. . rvill take care of therrrser,",es.
-l Dcln't coLurt vour chickens
before thev arc h .. ... . .
4 Ncver look a gift horse ir.r the nr... . ...
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Don't pur all
l,our e.
in one basket.
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Now match the proverbs (1-5)
in79.1 above rvith these explanations (a-e).
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a Don't anticipatc
the future before it happens.
l'r Ne'er reftrse go.rl itlrturrc
r'herr it is there irr frorrr,rf r.rtr.
c l)<1.'t inr"cst
arr v.ur eff'rts, or ilttcrtion, in
jLrst.ne
thirg.
cl Don't judge-peo;rle/things
br. their ,.,utrr,,.r.l
appearance.
e Take care of snr:rll sltnrs rf n.rorrev ancl ther ,,,,lill L.,..u,.r-,. lrrrsc su's.
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'"i Thesc provcrbs
are all connected with animals and birds. can you complcte them using the
l0 marks animal namcs from the box?
I \fllren the .. .. . 's
:.ru,av the .. . . . . . u,ill plar..
2 A . .. in rhe herrd
js
rvorth rrvo irr th"'1.,,,ri..r.
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You crrn lcad a.. .. .. to wi.tter br_rt
you
caltnot make it clrink.
4 C)ne
doesn't nrake a sunlnrer.
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'r$ Guess thc missing
word based on the clues given in the pictures.
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I There's no smoke u.itr.rctrt
.. . . (or
where trrere's srnoke, trrere,s
2 Too miuU/ . . ..... spoil the broth.
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-3 People r,vho live in .. .. ... holrscs shouldn'r
thror.v srones.
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4 Man1.
rnake lighr rvork.
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.) lJon t cross vonr ...,. . . ..... before
you
colle t<t thern.
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E*pressions with do and make
* Put the words into the correct columns.
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make do
a. mlslake
, Fill the gaps with prepositions or particles.
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Example: These sentences have been made...14P.... to illustrate how different phrasal verbs
based on do and make are ssed.
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1 Why did Bob make ..... so quickly when I arrived?
2
rWe're
doing ........ our kitchen and we could do ........ more paint.
3 Buying a house is expensive. We'll have to do ........ a holiday this year.
4 A new house should make . no holiday!
5 \fle're doing .. our very old cooker and buying a new one.
6
John
sent me a note yesterday and I can't make . . .... what he's written.
7 \X/e didn't have a map, so we made ........ the hills hoping to find somewhere to stay.
* Explain the difference between:
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1 My husband does a lot of work. / My husband makes a lot of work.
2 l'm going to do the windows today. / I'm going to make the windows today.
3 I have to do the dishes. / I have to make the dishes.
4
Joe
makes a lot of washing-up. /
Joe
does a lot of washing-up.
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J Alex did his violin. / Alex made his violin.
. Check that you have the correct answers to exercise 80.1. Then choose one of the
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Example: I was very pleased because t .li&.nlh.fi*9,-.49'l.tg.nL..a*.e,.a.... in the test.
1 Emily's very good at .. . . .. .. . . . a bad situation.
2 Dad's trying to sleep. Please don't ..........
3 As long as you .. ...... . in the test, it doesn't matter what marks you get.
4 The business . .. .... last year but we're afraid it won't this year.
5 Older children have to learn . for the fact that their younger siblings
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are less able to do things than they are.
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a mistake
a profit
your worst
gardening
your duty
the ironing
business
your best
a face your homervork
allowances an appointment
with some washing a cake
a go of a noise
an attempt
the best of the
an excuse war a suggestlon
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