Five-Minute Tests
Write the verb which can be used in all these sentences.
1. First you should think about what to do and make your decision, then _______ ahead.
2. It’s already evening. Doesn’t time _______ by quickly.
3. It was difficult to _______ through a really hard time last winter.
4. It is sometimes difficult to ____ through with something you have to do.
5. I’ve ______ off my work. I don’t want to do it any more.
Key: go
Match the phrasal verbs in exercise 1 with their meanings.
1. Which means beginning to do something you planned to do?
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2. Which means no longer liking something?
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3. Which means experiencing something difficult?
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4. Which means passing the time?
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5. Which means completing something even if it is unpleasant?
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Key: 1. go ahead; 2. go off; 3. go through; 4. go by; 5. go through with
Put the words and expressions in the box under the following headings. You can use some words and expressions more than once.
a cold, sneezing, allergic reaction to pollen from grass, flu, hay fever, a sore throat, a cough, a virus, aching muscles, a temperature, runny nose, sore eyes |
Illness |
Symptom |
Cause of illness |
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pollen пыльца
Key:
Illness |
Symptom |
Cause of illness |
A cold |
A sore throat, sneezing, a cough |
A virus |
Flu |
A sore throat, sneezing, a cough, aching muscles, a temperature |
A virus |
Hay fever |
Sneezing, runny nose, sore eyes |
Allergic reaction to pollen from grass |
Read the dialogue below and make it complete. The words from the table will help you.
– What’s the matter?
– I’ve got a (1)______.
– Why are you sure it’s a (2)____? Maybe, you’ve got (3)_____.
– I’ve only got a sore throat and (4)_____. I don’t have (5)_____ muscles and a temperature.
Key: 1. cold; 2. cold; 3. flu; 4. sneezing; 5. aching
By Youdif Boyarskaya,
School No. 814, Moscow
to be continued |