Exercise - 28
Question: 1 Jill: 'I got that job even though you didn't think I stood a chance.' Frank: '.......'
Correct Answer : 1 [You never did!]
Notes: Jill: 'I got that job even though you didn't think I stood a chance.'Frank: 'You never did!'
Question: 2 Jill: 'I had some good news today — I've won the lottery.' Frank: '.......'
Correct Answer : 2 [Well I never!]
Notes: Jill: 'I had some good news today — I've won the lottery.'Frank: 'Well I never!'
Question: 3 Jill: 'We've collected thousands of pounds this week for charity.' Frank: '.......'
Correct Answer : 3 [Goodness me!]
Notes: Jill: 'We've collected thousands of pounds this week for charity.'Frank: 'Goodness me!'
Question: 4 Jill: 'She came top in the exam grades this summer.' Frank: '.......'
Correct Answer : 4 [Well done.]
Notes: Jill: 'She came top in the exam grades this summer.'Frank: 'Well done.'
Question: 5 Jill: 'After all that effort we didn't manage to sell a single one.' Frank: '.......'
Correct Answer : 5 [What a shame!]
Notes: Jill: 'After all that effort we didn't manage to sell a single one.'Frank: 'What a shame!'
Question: 6 Frank: 'You know I put money in that company — well it's gone bankrupt.' Jill: '.......'
Correct Answer : 6 [Hard luck!]
Notes: Frank: 'You know I put money in that company — well it's gone bankrupt.'Jill: 'Hard luck!'
Question: 7 Jill: 'I've waited 3 hours for a bus now.' Frank: '.......'
Correct Answer : 7 [What a bore!]
Notes: Jill: 'I've waited 3 hours for a bus now.'Frank: 'What a bore!'
Question: 8 Jill: 'Look at all the work I've done, aren't you impressed?' Frank: '.......'
Correct Answer : 8 [I am amazed!]
Notes: Jill: 'Look at all the work I've done, aren't you impressed?'Frank: 'I am amazed!'
Question: 9 Frank: 'I hear that the Government is going to abolish income tax.' Jill: '.......'
Correct Answer : 9 [That'll be the day!]
Notes: Frank: 'I hear that the Government is going to abolish income tax.'Jill: 'That'll be the day!'
Question: 10 Frank: 'They say that all this rubbish is going to be taken away tomorrow.' Jill: '.......'
Correct Answer : 10 [I'll believe it when I see it.]
Notes: Frank: 'They say that all this rubbish is going to be taken away tomorrow.'Jill: 'I'll believe it when I see it.'
Question: 1 Most students have to try and earn extra money by taking a holiday job. They turn ....... their studies and experience the real world for a while.
Correct Answer : 1 [aside from]
Notes: Most students have to try and earn extra money by taking a holiday job. They turn aside from their studies and experience the real world for a while.
Question: 2 One long hot summer I turned ....... waiting as my method of getting cash.
Correct Answer : 2 [to]
Notes: One long hot summer I turned to waiting as my method of getting cash.
Question: 3 Perhaps I should turn that word 'waiting' ....... a more specific explanation: I mean being a waiter in a hotel.
Correct Answer : 3 [into]
Notes: Perhaps I should turn that word 'waiting' into a more specific explanation: I mean being a waiter in a hotel.
Question: 4 I had of course turned my hand ....... many jobs during the vacation periods but waiting was certainly the most difficult.
Correct Answer : 4 [to]
Notes: I had of course turned my hand to many jobs during the vacation periods but waiting was certainly the most difficult.
Question: 5 The one hotel that hadn't turned ....... my application was situated right in the middle of a forest.
Correct Answer : 5 [down]
Notes: The one hotel that hadn't turned down my application was situated right in the middle of a forest.
Question: 6 You turned ....... the drive and saw only hills all around you so it felt like the middle of nowhere.
Correct Answer : 6 [into]
Notes: You turned into the drive and saw only hills all around you so it felt like the middle of nowhere.
Question: 7 It had been a very large private house that had been turned ....... a small hotel for twenty-five guests.
Correct Answer : 7 [into]
Notes: It had been a very large private house that had been turned into a small hotel for twenty-five guests.
Question: 8 The new owners had had to turn ....... all the rooms which were full of rubbish.
Correct Answer : 8 [out]
Notes: The new owners had had to turn out all the rooms which were full of rubbish.
Question: 9 The other problem had been to turn ....... an old tramp who had lived in a room upstairs for two years without the knowledge of the old lady who was the original owner.
Correct Answer : 9 [out]
Notes: The other problem had been to turn out an old tramp who had lived in a room upstairs for two years without the knowledge of the old lady who was the original owner.
Question: 10 The tramp turned ....... to be a distant relative but hadn't said anything to the old lady because he knew she was completely deaf.
Correct Answer : 10 [out]
Notes: The tramp turned out to be a distant relative but hadn't said anything to the old lady because he knew she was completely deaf.
Question: 1 All the ....... a stage said Shakespeare, meaning life is like a play in the theatre.
Correct Answer : 1 [world's]
Notes: All the world's a stage said Shakespeare, meaning life is like a play in the theatre.
Question: 2 This project has only just been started and is in its ....... stages at the moment.
Correct Answer : 2 [early]
Notes: This project has only just been started and is in its early stages at the moment.
Question: 3 You don't have to pay for it all at once as you can buy it in ....... stages.
Correct Answer : 3 [easy]
Notes: You don't have to pay for it all at once as you can buy it in easy stages.
Question: 4 We've now ....... the stage where it's time to make our minds up.
Correct Answer : 4 [reached]
Notes: We've now reached the stage where it's time to make our minds up.
Question: 5 I've seen her act in many films but never live ....... stage.
Correct Answer : 5 [on]
Notes: I've seen her act in many films but never live on stage.
Question: 6 It's quite normal when you make your first speech in public to suffer from stage ........
Correct Answer : 6 [fright]
Notes: It's quite normal when you make your first speech in public to suffer from stage fright.
Question: 7 As he didn't want anyone else to hear what he was saying he spoke to her in a stage ........
Correct Answer : 7 [whisper]
Notes: As he didn't want anyone else to hear what he was saying he spoke to her in a stage whisper.
Question: 8 He's always been fascinated by the theatre and has spent many years doing odd jobs as a stage ........
Correct Answer : 8 [hand]
Notes: He's always been fascinated by the theatre and has spent many years doing odd jobs as a stage hand.
Question: 9 From childhood she has been stage ....... and was delighted when she got her first major part in the play at the national theatre.
Correct Answer : 9 [struck]
Notes: From childhood she has been stage struck and was delighted when she got her first major part in the play at the national theatre.
Question: 10 The whole event seemed very unnatural and had clearly been stage ....... appeal to the voters before the election.
Correct Answer : 10 [managed]
Notes: The whole event seemed very unnatural and had clearly been stage managed appeal to the voters before the election.