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1 December 2006: Phrasal Verbs & Word Building

Well, it is December and as you can imagine all the shops are covered in decorations, the lights are flashing on the Christmas tree by the cross in the centre of Chester and people seem to be obsessed with buying presents. But more importantly it is exam time so I thought we'd better look at two things this week: phrasal verbs and word building.

Exercise 1
Change the word in brackets at the end of the sentence so that it fits in the gap. You may have to make it into a noun, adjective or adverb and you may have to add a prefix or a suffix.
President Bush is a very    man. (power)
Britain has fewer    holidays than many of the other countries in the EU. (nation)
Thank you for the present. It is   . (wonder)
That was a very    thing to do. I wish you would grow up! (child)
When I broke my arm it was very   . (pain)
I slept very badly because the mattress was incredibly   . (comfort)
He comes from the    part of the country. (south)
He looks frightening but has a very interesting   . (person)
I don't think medical support should    on your income. (dependence)
They bought a house in a very nice   . (neighbour)
Exercise 2
Replace the word/phrase in brackets with a phrasal verb chosen from the list provided. You may have to change the form of the verb.
She's the apple of her father's eye, so she can    almost anything she wants. Last week she refused to eat anything except hamburgers!.(behave badly or do something bad without getting into trouble)
What a beautiful baby! Who does she   ? Her mother or her father? (resemble)
It's Friday and I am looking forward to    with a glass of wine this evening. (relaxing)
Because the actress was unwell we had to    the afternoon performance of the play. (cancel)
He decided to    the competition to win a new car and has been trying to write a good competition entry. (enter)
I really must    poor old Mrs Jones. I hope she's O.K. I haven't seen her for a week. (visit)
Whoever    the idea of selling cheese and onion flavoured ice cream must be mad! (thought of)
It took him a really long time to    his wife leaving him for another man. (recover)
Don't worry. The bank has promised to    the matter of someone taking money out of your account without you knowledge. (examine)
I'm afraid we have    milk. Will you just have black coffee? (used up our supply of)

The saying this week is: "once bitten twice shy". It means that if you try something once and it is isn't very successful you may not want to try it again.

Have a good fortnight and if you have exams good luck!
Love from Harriet and everyone at English in Chester


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