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Z_Played_Undue/Threshold

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

___ something: to invent something new or a new way of doing something_SYNONYM think up

A new system has been ___d to control traffic in the city.

a)

devise

b)

Cupid

c)

downhearted

d)

elated

e)

threshold

2.

more than you think is reasonable or necessary

They are taking ___ advantage of the situation.

a)

undue = excessive

b)

at the crack of dawn

c)

backwash effect

d)

come forth

e)

spadework

3.

broadcasting or not broadcasting on television or radio

We will be back ___ (onair) tomorrow morning at 7.

a)

undue = excessive

b)

at the crack of dawn

c)

backwash effect

d)

on/off (the) air

e)

out of thin air

4.

from nowhere or nothing, as if by magic

Unfortunately, I can’t just conjure up the money ___!

a)

undue = excessive

b)

at the crack of dawn

c)

backwash effect

d)

on/off (the) air

e)

out of thin air

5.

the Roman god of love who is shown as a beautiful baby boy with wings, carrying a bow and arrow: ___ had at last managed to lodge an arrow in his stony heart.// ___ [countable] a picture or statue of a baby boy who looks like ___

little ___s painted in the clouds on the ceiling

a)

devise

b)

Cupid

c)

downhearted

d)

elated

e)

threshold

6.

[not usually before noun] ​feeling depressed or sad: We're disappointed by these results but we're not ___.

a)

devise

b)

Cupid

c)

downhearted

d)

elated

e)

threshold

7.

___ (at/by something) very happy and excited because of something good that has happened, or will happen: They were ___ at the result.

a)

devise

b)

Cupid

c)

downhearted

d)

elated

e)

threshold

8.

the floor or ground at the bottom of a doorway, considered as the entrance to a building or room: He stepped across the ___.// the level at which something starts to happen or have an effect: He has a low boredom ___ (= he gets bored easily).//the point just before a new situation, period of life, etc. begins

on the ___ of something She felt as though she was on the ___ of a new life.

a)

devise

b)

Cupid

c)

downhearted

d)

elated

e)

threshold

9.

(informal) very early in the morning

I have to get up ___.

a)

undue = excessive

b)

at the crack of dawn

c)

backwash effect

d)

come forth

e)

spadework

10.

(also known as the washback effect) is the influence that a test has on the way students are taught (e.g. the teaching mirrors the test because teachers want their students to pass). The washback effect is the outcome of a test or an examination which results either in positive or in a negative way.

a)

undue = excessive

b)

at the crack of dawn

c)

backwash effect

d)

come forth

e)

spadework

11.

To move forward and into view, to emerge, to appear.

a)

undue = excessive

b)

at the crack of dawn

c)

backwash effect

d)

come forth

e)

spadework

12.

the hard work that has to be done in order to prepare for something

I have to do all the ___ for the monthly committee meetings.

a)

undue = excessive

b)

at the crack of dawn

c)

backwash effect

d)

come forth

e)

spadework