W28 - Int 2

Week 28 – Intermediate 2

 

 

I)            Vocabulary:

1.    Look at some fixed idiomatic expressions - sometimes known as 'binomials'.

Replace the underlined phrases in the sentences a-e with a suitable binomial.

In black and white

Here and there

By/ in leaps and bounds

(every) now and then/ again

Pick and choose (sth)

a) His English is coming on very quickly.

b) There aren't many sandwiches left, so you won't be able to make a careful selection of what you want.

c) It's all there in written form.

d) Her clothes were lying scattered in several different places on the floor.

e) We see each other sometimes, but not often.

 

2.   There is one mistake in each of the underlined idiomatic expressions in sentences a-f. Correct the mistakes.

a) Di has a young family and runs her own business. She certainly has the hands full.

b) Helen is hopeless with money. She's over her neck in debt.

c) Petra sometimes makes mistakes but her heart is in its right place.

d) Sue is always wearing fantastic clothes. She has one eye for fashion.

e) Tim's business isn't making much money, but he keeps his head above the water.

f) Boris got a fantastic job straight after university. He really landed on his foot.

 

3.    Use the words in the box to complete the idiomatic expressions (a-j) describing feelings and emotions.

arms        dumps        minds       moon       stitches        weather

a) to be in ________________

b) to be in two _______________

c) to be over the ______________

d) to be up in _________________

e) to be under the __________________

f) to be down in the ________________

 

4.   Cross out the adjective that is not possible in each sentence.

a) The president is the most influential / landmark politician in my country.

b) Global warming has very few far-reaching / senior effects on the environment.

c) Traffic congestion is a major / top problem in my city.

d) The world wide web was the most main / significant invention of the 20th century.

e) 1945 was a/ an historic / groundbreaking year in the development of my country.

f) It's major / vital that we find a cure for cancer.

 

 

II)         Reading and Speaking:

1.   Look at these four key words from three different stories.

What do you think each story is about?

1 scruffy, begging, university, rebel

2 aisles, trolley, conveyor belt, stolen

3 dinner, oven, licked, burnt

2.   Read and complete the texts by matching the words from Exercise 1 to each story. Discuss what you would have done in each situation.

a) I was in the supermarket yesterday and I saw this elderly woman shuffling up and down the _________ . She didn't have a __________ and was putting her shopping straight into her bag. Anyway, I thought nothing more about it and carried on doing my shopping, and when I went to queue up to pay, there she was in front of me. I watched her put one tin of cat food on the ______________ and pay for it. Then she walked out with her bag full of ____________ shopping.

b) Something awful happened to me last week. I'd invited six people round for ____________, and you know how I hate cooking. Anyway, I spent all afternoon preparing the meal and actually I was quite pleased with how it turned out. I even managed to get all the vegetables ready at the same time as the meat. So, the vegetables were on the table, and I just had to get the chicken out of the _____________ . I lifted it out and I don't know how it happened, but I dropped it on the kitchen floor, and before I could pick it up, the cat had _____________ it. She regretted it afterwards, because she ______________ her tongue.

c) I had a very strange experience the other day. I was up in London for a meeting, and it was lunchtime. It was a lovely day, so I bought a sandwich and went for a walk. I was just on my way back to the office when I noticed a _________ , bearded man ___________ in the street. I recognised him immediately - it was someone I'd been at _____________ with – a brilliant rugby player. He'd always been a bit of a ______________, but a very clever man. We'd been very good friends, but I'd lost touch with him when we left university.


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