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WorksheetsEssential vocabulary and Word Combinations and Phrases.
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 5mins
1.What does gossip(n) mean?
A.the act of contributing; that which is contributed,e.g.
B.an incomplete break; a sharp noise ,as a wide(small,loud,sudden)crack,e.g.
C.to give money, supply help,etc.to a common cause,e.g.
D)idle-talk,often I’ll-natured,about persons or events, what appears in newspapers about people well-known in society, as the gossip column, a gossip writer,e.g.
E)to talk about the affairs of others, to spread rumours,e.g.
2.When_______is used of food it means “having no taste”.
A.tasteless
B.tasteful
C.tastless
D.spirit
3.What are the synonyms for the word steady(adj)?
A.firm,as firm ground,foundation,steps,
muscles
B.turmoil,wreck, confusion, disarray, chaos
C.split,fissure,crevice,
rupture,fracture
D.mayhem, debris, clutter, shambles, jumble
E.wreckage, plight, dilemma, imbroglio, muddle
4.It has been raining________since the morning.Fill in the blank with the necessary word.
A.steady(adj.)
B.steadily(adv.)
C.steady(n)
D)steady(vt/i)
E)steadaly (adv.)
5.What does crack(n) mean?
A.flavour,quality of any substance as perceived by the taste organs,e.g.
B)the Act of contributing; that which is contributed,e.g.
C)to break or cause to break, in such a way, however, that the pieces remain together.
D)an incomplete break; a
sharp noice, as a wide (small,loud,sudden)crack.
E)a state of confusion, dirt or disorder.
6.taste(n)➡️ability to form judgements in questions of beauty and manners,e.g.What is an example of this meaning of the word?
A.The room was furnished in good taste.
B.There is no accounting for tastes
C.The doctor prescribed her some pills with a bitter taste.
D.I don’t care for this bread, it has a very bitter taste.
E.I dislike the taste of olives.
7.Fill in the blank with the necessary word.
Montmorency brought a dead water-rat as his___________to the dinner.
A.contribution
B.contribute
C.spirit
D.crack
E.mess
8.What is the translation “to put up at some place”?
A.остановиться в каком-л месте(в гостинице и т.п.)
B.быть размером с какой-либо.предмет.
С)с серьезным и задумчивым видом.
C)устроиться
E)добавить,прибавить что-л.к чему-л.
9.George stirred it all up,and then he said that there seemed to be a lot of room to spare,so we overhauled both the hampers,and picked out all the__________and the remnants,and added them to the stew.
A.with an earnest and thoughtful air
B.the rest of the evening
C.to get settled
D.odds and ends
E.to thicken the gravy
10.What is the translation “to get settled “?
A.с серьезным и задумчивым видом
B.добавить,прибавить что-л.к-чему-л.
C.устроиться
D.быть размером с какой-л.предмет
E.помешивать,размешивать,перемешивать что-л
11.What does gossip (v) mean?
A.to make or become steady,e.g.
B.to remove (material)from
a surface by pulling or pushing an edge firmly across it repeatedly,e.g.
C)to give money,supply help,etc.to a common cause,e.g.
D)to break or cause to break,in such a way,however,that the pieces remain together,e.g.
E)to talk about the affairs of others,to spread rumours,e.g.
12.___________-to get just enough food or money to stay alive.
A.to scrape a living
B.to scrape up
C.to scrape together
D.to get into a mess
E.to make a mess of something
13._______________-to get into trouble or into a dirty state,e.g.
A.to crack a joke(sl.)
B)to wind someone round one’s little finger
C)to get into a mess
D)to make a mess of something
E.to be in a mess
14.Then George found__________salmon,and he emptied that into the pot.
A.half a tin of pottled salmon
B.half a dozen
C.half a peck of peas
D)half a pork pie
E.odds and ends
15.Every house is smothered in roses,and now,___________ they were bursting forth in clouds of dainty splendour.
A.In early June
B.to thicken the gravy
C.half a dozen
D.half a peck of peas
E.half a tin of salmon
