Vocabulary lesson

Vocabulary Exercise 3 (A)

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Elly was a messy girl. She always left her toys all over the living room floor. Her mother would (a) keep on asking her to keep her toys every day but she ( b) doesn’t pay attention to what she says. Instead, she left it to her mother to (c) clean up the mess.

a) nag
b) fell on deaf ears
c) pick up after her day in and day out

Elly was a messy girl. She always left her toys all over the living room floor. Her mother would (a) keep on asking her to keep her toys every day but she ( b) doesn’t pay attention to what she says. Instead, she left it to her mother to (c) clean up the mess.

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One day while Elly's mother was cleaning the living room floor, she stepped on one of Elly's small toys, slipped and fell on her bottom. She screamed in pain as tears filled her eyes. Elly was (a) shocked to see her mother fall. She (b) shouted and ran to her side. She tried to lift her up but each time her mother tried to stand, she fell. She was in too much pain. Elly was terrified and immediately called her father.

a) taken aback
b) gasped in horror

One day while Elly's mother was cleaning the living room floor, she stepped on one of Elly's small toys, slipped and fell on her bottom. She screamed in pain as tears filled her eyes. Elly was (a) shocked to see her mother fall. She (b) shouted and ran to her side. She tried to lift her up but each time her mother tried to stand, she fell. She was in too much pain. Elly was terrified and immediately called her father.

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Elly's father rushed home to take her mother to the hospital. Her mother had to (a) stay in the hospital for two days. Elly was so (b) sad that she (c) started to behave in a better way.

a) hospitalised
b) remorseful
c) turned over a new leaf

Elly's father rushed home to take her mother to the hospital. Her mother had to (a) stay in the hospital for two days. Elly was so (b) sad that she (c) started to behave in a better way.

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Since that (a) unpleasant thing, Elly never left any toys on the floor. She even made sure to keep her room neat and tidy so that her mother did not have to work so hard. The (b) picture of her mother (c) twisting and turning in pain stayed with her for a long time.

a) incident
b) image
c) writhing in pain

Since that (a) unpleasant thing, Elly never left any toys on the floor. She even made sure to keep her room neat and tidy so that her mother did not have to work so hard. The (b) picture of her mother (c) twisting and turning in pain stayed with her for a long time.

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nag

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fell on deaf ears

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pick up after her

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day in dan day out

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taken aback

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gasped in horror