Language practice for advanced students - Words and phrases 05 - Thẩm Tâm Vy

 Thẩm Tâm Vy, November 22nd, 2018 LANGUAGE PRACTICE FOR ADVANCED STUDENTS ~ UNIT 5 
LANGUAGE PRACTICE FOR ADVANCED STUDENTS 
WORDS AND PHRASES 05 
I. Adjective-Noun collocations. Complete each sentence with an adjective from the 
list below. 
blunt – calculated – common – heavy – high – scattered 
significant - sole – sound - standing 
1. Jenny was the....sole....survivor of the air crash in the Brazilian jungle. 
2. The island has only a ..................... population of less than a thousand. 
3. Emily's old car is a ..................... joke among the people at her office. 
4. It is .....................knowledge that the director has applied for another job. 
5. The management bears a .................. responsibility for this strike. 
6. The college expects a ...................standard of behaviour from its students. 
7. Janet has a ....................grasp of theoretical nuclear physics. 
8. The victim was hit on the head with a ..................... instrument. 
9. Buying the shares was a ..................risk, but luckily it came off. 
10. There has been a ...................increase in the number of unemployed. 
II. Verbs of seeing. Underline the best option to complete each sentence. 
1. She noticed / watched / eyed her daughter's boyfriend up and down, then asked him 
in. 
2. Jack stared / glimpsed / glanced at the map for a while, unable to believe his eyes. 
3. Would you like to regard / observe / view the house that is for sale this afternoon? 
4. Police faced / gazed / spotted the wanted man in the crowd outside a football ground. 
5. I checked / glanced / faced at my watch. It was already well after three. 
6. The burglar turned to view / regard / face me and said, ‘Don’t you recognize me?’ 
7. I only beheld / witnessed / noticed we were running low on petrol after we had passed 
the last filling station. 
8. Tony was noticing / glimpsing / scanning the page, looking for his name in print. 
9. I only peered / glimpsed / squinted the queen from a distance before her car drove 
away. 
10. Sally was sitting by the sea, glancing / gazing / facing at the shape of the distant 
island. 
III. Do. Match each sentence (1-10) with an explanation (a-j). 
1. He’ll do you a favour...c.... a. He is unsatisfactory for the job. 
2. It does him credit........... b. The dog is quite safe. 
3. He’s having a do........... c. He’ll help you. 
4. He just won’t do....... d. He can manage, don’t worry 
5. He was doing over a hundred........ e. He talks all the time. 
6. He does go on ....... . f. He needs one of those. 
7. He’ll make do........... g. It’s his party on Saturday. 
8. He likes do-it-yourself.......... h. His hobby is fixing his own house. 
9. He won’t do you any harm........... i. It shows how good, he is. 
10. He could do with one........... j. He was driving extremely fast 
IV. Time expressions. Complete each sentence with a word or phrase from the list 
below. 
for the time being - before too long - this minute - while - shortly 
any minute now - by then - now and again - as of today - not long 
1. Hurry up! They’ll be arrivlng any minute now, and were not ready yet. 
2. Sophia and I do meet...............................but I wouldn’t say it was very often. 
3. ..................................no mobile phones will be allowed in the building. 
4. We’re meant to start at 8.00, but we won’t be ready.............................. 
5. The government will..............................be announcing its new tax proposals. 
6. I can put you up ..................................but you’ll have to move out next month. 
7. Come and dear up this mess.............................., or there’ll be trouble! 
8. Fancy seeing you again so soon! It’s...............................since we met at Jamies party. 
9. You mark my words,...................................Carol will be the boss of this company! 
10. I’ll be a little...................................yet, so would you mind waiting? 
V. Collocations: Nouns linked by OF. Complete each sentence with a word from 
the list below. 
difference - lapse - offer - right term - fact - matter - price - slip - waste 
1. As people get older they often suffer from this kind of lapse of memory. 
2. No, I don’t think he’s weird. As a matter of............... , I’m rather attracted to him. 
3. The two leaders had a................of opinion over the right course of action. 
4. She said that her use of the word ‘Baldy’ was a .............. of endearment. 
5. The...............of failure in this case will be the loss of 2000 jobs. 
6. The authorities have had to turn down our...................of help. 
7. As far as I am concerned, the meeting was a.................of time. 
8. I feel that we should treat this as a....................of importance. 
9. Our neighbours claim that this footpath is a public....................of way. 
10. I’m sorry I said that, it was just a.....................of the tongue. 
VI. Bring Match each sentence (1-10) with an explanation (a~j). 
1. She couldn’t bring herself to do it....f..... 
2. This brought her quite a lot............ 
3. She brought all her powers to bear on it........... 
4. It brought her to her knees............ 
5. It brought it home to her........... 
6. Eventually she was brought to book............ 
7. It brought it all back to her........... 
8. She brought the house down............ 
9. She brought him into the world............ 
10. She brought it about........... 
 a. It nearly defeated her. 
 b. She was punished. 
 c. She did everything she could to find a solution. 
 d. She gave birth to him. 
 e. She remembered. 
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 f. She couldn’t bear the idea. 
 g. She made it happen, 
 h. She was applauded enthusiastically. 
 i. It fetched a good price. 
 j. It made her realize. 
VII. Feelings. Underline the best option to complete each sentence. 
1. I didn’t go to the party as I felt a bit under the water / clouds / weather. 
2. When he called me those names I just went / took / saw red and hit him. 
3. Peter agreed reluctantly to sign the form but looked extremely ill-at-ease / heart / 
soul 
4. When I saw the door begin to open, I was scared out of my bones / wits / blood. 
5. I feel very nervous; I’ve got birds / butterflies / bees in my stomach. 
6. You look rather out of order / tune / sorts. Why don’t you see a doctor? 
7. When Ellen told me I was going to become manager I was pleased as powder / pigs / 
punch. 
8. Hearing about people who mistreat animals makes me go hot under the sleeves / 
collar / shirt. 
9. When Sally told me she was my lost sister I was completely taken aback / awash / 
aware. 
10. Sam is a happy-over-heels / go-lucky / may-care kind of person, and worries about 
nothing. 
VIII. Well. Complete each sentence with a word from the list below. 
advised - done - groomed - meaning - to-do 
chosen - founded - informed - nigh - worn 
1. Vicky reads a lot and is extremely well-informed about the world. 
2. Her attempts to help were well.....................but rather ineffective. 
3. You would be well....................to take out travel insurance before you leave. 
4. ‘Let’s go for it’ is becoming a rather well-...................expression. 
5. Ann doesn’t spend much on clothes but is always well....................... 
6. Peter brought the meeting to an end with a few well-....................words. 
7. The rumour about Sarah’s engagement turned out to be well....................... 
8. We found the climb up the cliff to the castle well-................. impossible. 
9. I prefer my steak well...................... please. I can’t stand the sight of blood. 
10. Ryan lives in a large house in a well-...................neighbourhood. 
IX. From. Complete each sentence with a word from the list below. 
another - exhaustion - heart - memory - scratch 
appearance - head - home - now - today 
1. What I am saying to you how comes truly from the...heart... 
2. George can repeat whole pages of books from ..................... 
3. The houses are so much alike that we couldn’t tell one from ..................... 
4. We decided to abandon all the Work we had done and start again from............. 
5. Two members of the expedition died from ..................... 
6. She was dressed completely in white from ...................to foot. 
7. From......................on, we’re going to study really hard and make sure we pass the 
exams. 
8. From ....................the price of petrol is rising by ten per cent. 
9. I think he will feel much more relaxed once he is away from .................... 
10. From Lucy’s ...................you wouldn’t guess that she was over fifty 
X. Size and Amount. Underline the option that best completes the collocation. 
1. The results of the two experiments varied only by a negligible / petty amount. 
2. You can travel from one end of the park to the other on a minute / miniature railway. 
3. Its a smallish town, but it has a sizeable / middling park near the centre. 
4. The cost of building a tunnel under the Atlantic would be vast / astronomical 
5. Exeter is a medium- / standard-sized city in the west of the country. 
6. Travel to other planets involves covering vast / monstrous distances. 
7. It’s a small flat with rooms of medium / neutral size. 
8. We have made a considerable / plentiful amount of progress towards negotiating a 
cease-fire. 
9. One has to admire the minute / tiny attention to detail in Manet’s paintings. 
10. You could make reasonable / substantial savings by transferring your bank account 
to us, Mr Jones. 
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