WorksheetsZ_Played_Undue/Threshold
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
___ 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.
devise
Cupid
downhearted
elated
threshold
more than you think is reasonable or necessary
They are taking ___ advantage of the situation.
undue = excessive
at the crack of dawn
backwash effect
come forth
spadework
broadcasting or not broadcasting on television or radio
We will be back ___ (onair) tomorrow morning at 7.
undue = excessive
at the crack of dawn
backwash effect
on/off (the) air
out of thin air
from nowhere or nothing, as if by magic
Unfortunately, I can’t just conjure up the money ___!
undue = excessive
at the crack of dawn
backwash effect
on/off (the) air
out of thin air
devise
Cupid
downhearted
elated
threshold
[not usually before noun] feeling depressed or sad: We're disappointed by these results but we're not ___.
devise
Cupid
downhearted
elated
threshold
___ (at/by something) very happy and excited because of something good that has happened, or will happen: They were ___ at the result.
devise
Cupid
downhearted
elated
threshold
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.
devise
Cupid
downhearted
elated
threshold
(informal) very early in the morning
I have to get up ___.
undue = excessive
at the crack of dawn
backwash effect
come forth
spadework
(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.
undue = excessive
at the crack of dawn
backwash effect
come forth
spadework
To move forward and into view, to emerge, to appear.
undue = excessive
at the crack of dawn
backwash effect
come forth
spadework
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.
undue = excessive
at the crack of dawn
backwash effect
come forth
spadework
