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1. If you do that to me again, I will ________ you.
a. credit b. smack c. admire d. conduct
2. Carol went to a ________ to contact her father that had died.
a. séance b. school c. auction d. bar
3. Buying that book for U$100 was a real _____.
a. steep b. trash c. runner-up d. debt
4. People don’t need to go to churches to _____ to God.
a. contact b. profit c. conduct d. pray
5. I can’t _____how so many people could enter that small stadium.
a. credit b. picture c. profit d. admire
6. John really ________when he told me he was dating another girl.
a smacked me b. ticked me off c. played it cool d. took advantage of me
7. I pretended I didn’t care seeing my boyfriend talking to a girl, just to ________ my jealousy.
a.picture b. smack c. conduct d. mask
8. David felt deeply ______ for having crashed his father’s car into a light pole. He knew he should
not have drunk so much.
a. guilty b. chiseled c. excited d. consistent
9. There’s a(n) ___ storm that will hit Rio in the beginning of the week.
a. current b. impending c. conduct d. creepy
10. I feel scared every time I remember that _______ horror movie.
a. current b. impending c. conduct d. creepy
11. Julie’s mother __________last week. That’s why she’s so sad.
a. masked b. smacked
c. passed away d. sneezed
12. I won’t let anybody _________that old guy. He’s too innocent. a. take advantage of b. mask c. conduct d. profit
13. Mary made the highest _______ at the auction yesterday.
a.prayers b. bids
b. c. devil dogs d. snow caps
14. Steve is going to ________a lot buying and selling those houses.
a. bid b. pray c. tick off d. profit
15. Nobody can control Bush’s ________ for power.
He wants to dominate the world.
a. lust b. impending c. profit d. current
16. Violence is one of the ________problems the government has to take care of.
a. lust b. guilty c. profit d. current
17. Jean is a __________person. Nobody can get
her to change her opinions.
a. guilty b. chiseled c. excited d. consistent
18. Carol worked a lot, but at the end, Robert took the ______for all the job she had done.
a. credit b. wedge c. basil d. admiration
19. Dorothy was a(n) _______girl. Nobody could
understand her insane attitudes.
a. creepy b. kooky c. guilty d. admired
20. Buying that original Rolex® for U$50 was a great _______.
a. deal b. credit c. lust d. worth
21.This house is ______ a million dollars. Only Daniel
can buy it.
a. deal b. credit c. lust d. worth
22. Sheila would never ________this painting. Her boyfriend gave it to her.
a. tick off b. smack c. part with d. play it cool
23. Gloria is a (n) _________ person. She hates
cats and kills them all.
a. fiendish b. chiseled c. creepy d. naked
24. I’ll try to tell Dan I don’t want to go out with him as _______ as I can.
a. nicely b. moody c. whining d. shockingly
25. Teens like to ________at malls and do nothing.
a. whine b. hang aroundc. break d. be down in the dumps
26. I’ve been working for 45 years! I can’t wait till I get my ____________.
a. toilet c. retirementb. whine d. laundry room
27. During the election we receive lots of ______on the streets.
a. toilet c. roasting pansb. flyers d. stray dogs
28. If nobody _______ this wallet, I’ll take it to the “Lost and Found”.
a. gets a hold c. claimsb. chases d. whines
30. I feel deeply sorry seeing children sleeping on the streets. I think they should be taken to a ________.
a ( ) roasting pan c ( ) poundb ( ) toilet d ( ) shelter
31. Mom ________ eating Japanese food. She says she doesn’t like it because it’s raw.
a ( ) is in the mood for c ( ) has a thing aboutb ( ) is herself d ( ) puts up with
X
X
32. I don’t like it when I’m the one who has to _______ bad news.
a ( ) hang around c ( ) whineb ( ) chase d ( ) break
33. Yesterday I saw a police car ______ a man’s car.
a ( ) hanging around c ( ) whiningb ( ) chasing d ( ) breaking
X
X
34. Having a bottle of champagne is a good way to _______ a romantic date.
a ( ) break c ( ) take advantage of b ( ) top off d ( ) have a thing about
35. Mary has a thing about using public _______. She thinks they’re always dirty.
a ( ) roasting pans c ( ) toilets b ( ) cars d ( ) laundry rooms
X
X
36. Lucy hasn’t ___________lately. She’s so strange!
a ( ) been herself c ( ) been chasing b ( )been whining d ( ) been hanging around
37. My daughter feels a headache when I ______ her hair too tightly.
a ( ) claim c ( ) chase b ( ) braid d ( ) whine
X
X
38. Mike’s always on a good _______. He’s always smiling!
a ( ) shelter c ( ) breakb ( ) chase d ( ) mood
39. I feel crushed when I see animals being taken to a ______.
a ( ) toilet c ( ) laundry room b ( ) roasting pan d ( ) pound
X
X
40. Where can I ______some eggs to make the cake?
a ( ) chase c ( ) get ahold ofb ( ) put up d ( ) hang around
41. I don’t like Robert, but I’m going on a date with him just because of a _______. I’ll show everyone that I can do it.
a ( ) chase c ( ) moodb ( ) retirement d ( ) whim
X
X
42. J.J. is a real ______. He betrayed all his friends!
a ( ) rascal c ( ) flyerb ( ) guilty d ( ) gentleman
43. Everybody was _________ seeing people jumping from the burning building.
a ( ) rascal c ( ) crushedb ( ) mood d ( ) stepping aside
X
X
44. Grandma is very old! _________her the suffering of listening to this sad story!
a ( ) Whine c ( ) Braidb ( ) Spare d ( ) Get ahold of
45. After killing the woman, the crazy man ______her along the ground and threw her body into the river.
a ( ) whined c ( ) braidedb ( ) dragged d ( ) hung around
X
X
Complete the sentences with the words below:
1- How can Susan wear those _______ clothes! It
looks like she’s going to Carnival every day.
2- I don’t like people that use _______ words to talk
about somebody else. They may hurt people using
such words.
garish
derisive
ideology - to satirize - flustered - derisive to eye - garish - cunning - crafty - to bangto come up with - gavel - to blow one’s nose
3- Politicians are generally ________ and ______ to
get everything they want.
4- I got ________when Dad told me I couldn’t use my
own car! He really ticked me off!
cunning crafty
flustered
ideology - to satirize - flustered - derisive - to eye garish - cunning - crafty - to bang - to come up
with - gavel - to blow one’s nose
5- Peaceful people don’t like Bush’s _________ of
making war any time he decides to.
6- After giving the verdict, the judge
________his_______.
7- I don’t like it when people ____________ at the
table while eating! It’s gross!
ideology
banged gavel
blow their nose
ideology - to satirize - to eye - to bangto come up with - gavel - to blow one’s nose
7- David ___________ a very good suggestion for
the weekend. We’re going to Yosemite.
8- When Alexander told me he didn’t love me
anymore, I asked him ______ me and tell me he
didn’t.
9- Reporters love to ________politicians. They write
funny and intelligent things about them
came up with
to eye
satirize
ideology - to satirize - to eye - to bangto come up with - gavel - to blow one’s nose
1. stunning
2. to rock
3. so called
4. infant
5. riddle
6. to vanish
7. to roam
( ) to disappear
( ) shockingly
( ) mystery; puzzling question
( ) wander;walk without objective
( ) to shake; to upset emotionally
( ) called or designated
( ) a child during the earliest period of
its life; baby
Match the columns:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
1. city hall
2. to skyrocket
3. yet to
4. to endanger
5. delivery
6. oversight
7. shuttles
( ) a mistake in which you do not
notice something.
( ) the building where the mayor works.
( ) the act of giving birth to a child
( ) a vehicle traveling back and forth.
( ) to rise suddenly, such as the price
of something.
( ) about to happen.
( ) to put something in danger.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Complete the sentences with the words below:
1- When we go out in N.Y. during the winter, we should consider the _____________ that makes we feel colder than it really is.
2- Dad just loves reading the _______on the newspaper. He laughs a lot.
wind-chill factor
funnies
wind-chill factor / deadly / keep up with modem / fad / funnies / insatiable / sneak earthshaking / browse / mainframe / clip
Complete the sentences with the words below:
3- Nuclear weapons are extensively _______.
4- Wearing mini-skirts was a ________ in the 1970’s.
5- The ___________ computer crashed and nobody could work yesterday.
deadly
fad
mainframe
wind-chill factor / deadly / keep up with modem / fad / funnies / insatiable / sneak earthshaking / browse / mainframe / clip
Complete the sentences with the words below:
6- Some students _______ articles from the Internet to prepare their papers. They cut and paste them.
7- Every morning, as I’m always on a hurry, I just ______ the paper.
8- Adrienne has a(n) ___________appetite. That’s why she’s so fat.
clip
browse
insatiable
keep up with / modem / insatiable / sneak / earthshaking / browse / clip
9- Last week I caught my son trying to ________ into our house. He arrived there at 5 a.m.!
10- Some tabloids tell us ____________ stories that are hard to believe. We really get shocked!
11- Reading the newspaper is good to ___________ what has been happening in the world.
sneak
earthshaking
keep up with
keep up with / modem / sneak / earthshaking
1- If you have a question, please _______ your hand.
2- When the child released the balloon, it _____ .
3- Christians believe that Jesus ______ from the dead three days after he died.
4- The farmer has been ________ chickens and pigs.
raise
Complete the sentences with “raise” or “rise”:
rose
rose
raising
5- The ashes from the fire had __________ in the air and started some new fires nearby.
6- The soldiers _______ the white flag to announce they had surrended.
7- Oh no! My landlord has ______ my rent again. I must pay $50.00 more each month!
8- Here's a strange fashion fact: After wars, the hemlines of skirts always ______.
risen
raised
raised
rose
Rewrite the sentences using the reversal of word order:
1)Susan has never been so beautiful. ____________________________________
2) Pat seldom stays at home on weekends. ____________________________________
3) I have never seen such a stupid person! ____________________________________
4) I only recognized him later. ____________________________________
Never has Susan been so beautiful.
Seldom does Pat stay home on weekends.
Never have I seen such a stupid person.
Only later did I recognize him.
