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Challenge #19

1 columnist - journalist

2 counterclockwise - anticlockwise

3 legal - public

4 chest - wardrobe

5 wrap - cover

6 sweater - jumper

7  crossing guard - Lollipop lady / man 

8 store - shop

9 stroller - baby carriage, pram, baby buggy

10 self-rising flour - yeast, ferment  

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Challenge # 19

1. She is a popular advice columnist (journalist / commentator).

2. Massage the back counterclockwise (anticlockwise).

3. July the 4th is a legal (bank) holiday.

4. All T-shirts are in the hope chest (bottom drawer).

5. Cover the dough with plastic wrap (shrink wrap) and leave to cool.

6. Are you going to wear your blue sweater today?

7. Look, there's a crossing guard (lollipop man / school crossing patrol) coming, children are going to cross the road in a moment.

8. Is the liquor store (off-licence) still open?

9. It's time to walk the baby, please get the stroller (buggy / pushchair) ready.

10. We'll need some self-rising flour (baking powder) for the cake.

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В 29 июня 2018 г. в 00:41, Bridge сказал:

Challenge # 19

In the sentences below replace the American words with their British equivalents.

1. She is a popular advice columnist.

2. Massage the back counterclockwise.

3. July the 4th is a legal holiday.

4. All T-shirts are in the hope chest.

5. Cover the dough with plastic wrap and leave to cool.

6. Are you going to wear your blue sweater today?

7. Look, there's a crossing guard coming, children are going to cross the road in a moment.

8. Is the liquor store still open?

9. It's time to walk the baby, please get the stroller ready.

10. We'll need some self-rising flour for the cake.

Ответы на Challenge #19

1. agony aunt

2. anticlockwise

3. bank holiday

4. bottom drawer

5. cling film 

6. jumper

7. off-licence

8. lollipop lady/ man

9. pushchair

10. self-raising

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Challenge # 20

For each question below, choose the best answer. Mind the collocations!

1. ____ by the teacher, many students decided to take CPE exam at the end of the school year. 

a) pushed

b ) urged 

c) begged

d) pleaded

 

2. After the mistake in the exam task was discovered, the examination board was _____ with complaints. 

a) sieged

b ) attacked

c) flooded

d) washed

 

3. The headmaster had to call the police when there was a _____ at school, involving a dozen of students.

a) campaign

b ) riot

c) uprising

d) disturbance 

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№20

1. urged

2. flooded

3. disturbance

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В 01.07.2018 в 00:05, Алексей Конобеев сказал:

Challenge # 20

For each question below, choose the best answer. Mind the collocations!

1. ____ by the teacher, many students decided to take CPE exam at the end of the school year. 

a) pushed

b ) urged 

c) begged

d) pleaded

 

2. After the mistake in the exam task was discovered, the examination board was _____ with complaints. 

a) sieged

b ) attacked

c) flooded

d) washed

 

3. The headmaster had to call the police when there was a _____ at school, involving a dozen of students.

a) campaign

b ) riot

c) uprising

d) disturbance 

Ответы на Challenge # 20:

1. b - urged

2. c - flooded

3. d - disturbance

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Challenge # 21

For each set of sentences write one phrasal verb to fill in the gaps.

Set 1. 

1. This theatre company ______ a great show in Minneapolis last year.

2. It was cold, so I decided to _______ my jacket.

3. He seems to have _____ quite a bit of weight lately.

 

Set 2. 

1. The flat they've rented is quite shabby, so they've decided to _______ it __.

2. This zipper is broken, I can't _____ it ___.

3. Christmas is approaching fast, and we still need to _____ the presents ___ in this silver paper.

 

Set 3.

1. The alarm ________ at 5 a.m., somebody must have played a practical joke on us.

2. The lights _______ and we were left in the dark.

3. The bomb ______ when, by mere chance, there was no one around.

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В 03.07.2018 в 00:31, Bridge сказал:

Challenge # 21

For each set of sentences write one phrasal verb to fill in the gaps.

Set 1. 

1. This theatre company ______ a great show in Minneapolis last year.

2. It was cold, so I decided to _______ my jacket.

3. He seems to have _____ quite a bit of weight lately.

 

Set 2. 

1. The flat they've rented is quite shabby, so they've decided to _______ it __.

2. This zipper is broken, I can't _____ it ___.

3. Christmas is approaching fast, and we still need to _____ the presents ___ in this silver paper.

 

Set 3.

1. The alarm ________ at 5 a.m., somebody must have played a practical joke on us.

2. The lights _______ and we were left in the dark.

3. The bomb ______ when, by mere chance, there was no one around.

Ответы на Challenge # 21:

Set 1: put on

Set 2: do up

Set 3: go off

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Challenge # 22.

In each of the sentences below there is at least one mistake. All mistakes are malapropisms. Correct the mistakes.

1. You can lead a horse to the water but you cannot make it think.

2. Let sleeping ducks lie.

3. Necessity is the mother of convention.

4. A rolling stone gathers no moths.

5. There is no time like the pleasant.

6. That is a horse of a different feather.

7. He is as dead as a hangnail.

8. The parents of the bride request your presents at the wedding.

9. Socrates died from an overdose of wedlock.

10. Don't look a gift horse in the house. 

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№22

1. You can lead a horse to the water but you cannot make it think/drink.

2. Let sleeping ducks/dogs lie.

3. Necessity is the mother of convention/invention.

4. A rolling stone gathers no moths/moss.

5. There is no time like the pleasant/present.

6. That is a horse of a different feather/color. Или: That is a horse/bird of a different feather.

7. He is as dead as a hangnail/doornail.

8. The parents of the bride request your presents/presence at the wedding.

9. Socrates died from an overdose of wedlock/hemlock.

10. Don't look a gift horse in the house/mouth

 

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Challenge # 22.

In each of the sentences below there is at least one mistake. All mistakes are malapropisms. Correct the mistakes.

1. You can lead a horse to the water but you cannot make it (think) DRINK.

2. Let sleeping (ducks) DOGS  lie.

3. Necessity is the mother of (convention) INVENTION.

4. A rolling stone gathers no (moths) MOSS.

5. There is no time like the (pleasant) PRESENT.

6. That is a horse of (a different feather)another COLOR

7. He is as dead as a (hangnail) DOORNAIL (DODO).

8. The parents of the bride request your (presents) PRESENCE at the wedding.

9. Socrates died from an overdose of (wedlock) HEMLOCK.

10. Don't look a gift horse in the (house) MOUTH. 

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#22. 1.drink 2. dogs 3. invention 4. moss 5. present 6. color 7. doornail 8. presence 9. hemlock 10. mouth

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#22 1. make it drink 2.sleeping dogs 3. mother of invention 4. no moss 5. like the present 6.another colour  7. as a doornail 8. your presence at the wedding 9.overdose of hemlock  10. in the mouth

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В 7/4/2018 в 01:32, Bridge сказал:

Challenge # 22.

In each of the sentences below there is at least one mistake. All mistakes are malapropisms. Correct the mistakes.

1. You can lead a horse to the water but you cannot make it think.

2. Let sleeping ducks lie.

3. Necessity is the mother of convention.

4. A rolling stone gathers no moths.

5. There is no time like the pleasant.

6. That is a horse of a different feather.

7. He is as dead as a hangnail.

8. The parents of the bride request your presents at the wedding.

9. Socrates died from an overdose of wedlock.

10. Don't look a gift horse in the house. 

Правильные ответы на Challenge # 22:

1. You can lead a horse to the water but you cannot make it think.drink

2. Let sleeping ducks dogs lie.

3. Necessity is the mother of convention.invention

4. A rolling stone gathers no moths.moss

5. There is no time like the pleasant.present

6. That is a horse of a different feather.colour.

7. He is as dead as a hangnail.doornail

8. The parents of the bride request your presents presence at the wedding.

9. Socrates died from an overdose of wedlock.hemlock

10. Don't look a gift horse in the house.mouth

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Challenge # 23

In each of the following sentences there is a grammar mistake. Correct the mistakes.

1. I'd rather you don't smoke indoors.

2. I really wish I was born somewhere warm!

3. If only you told me it was her birthday, I'd have brought her a present.

4. By the time we got to the canteen, most of the fruit were already eaten.

5. Despite he lived in the UK for a year, he couldn't speak English.

6. Never flying before, she was anxious through the entire flight.

7. No sooner we'd arrived at the restaurant when it closed.

8. It mustn't have been Lucy you spoke to, she does not come here any more.

9. The reason for he took a language class was to work as an interpreter.

10. I am interested to learn as much about London as I can before our tour begins.

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№ 23

1. I'd rather you don't smoke/didn’t smoke/not smoke indoors.

2. I really wish I was /were born somewhere warm!

3. If only you told/had told me it was her birthday, I'd have brought/her a present.

4. By the time we got to the canteen, most of the fruit were already eaten./  had already been eaten.

5. Despite he lived/had lived /had been living in the UK for a year, he couldn't speak English.

6. Never flying before/having never flown before, she was anxious through the entire flight.

7. No sooner we'd arrived at the restaurant when/than it closed.

8. It mustn't have been Lucy you spoke to, she does not come/hasn’t come here any more.

9. The reason for he took/for him to take a language class was to work as an interpreter.

10. I am interested to learn/in learning as much about London as I can before our tour begins.

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1. I'd rather you didn’t smoke indoors.

2. I really wish I had been born somewhere warm!

3. If only you had told me it was her birthday, I'd have brought her a present.

4. By the time we got to the canteen, most of the fruit   had already been eaten.

5. Despite he had been living in the UK for a year, he couldn't speak English.

6. Never  had flown before, she was anxious through the entire flight.

7. No sooner we'd arrived at the restaurant than it closed.

8. It mustn't have been Lucy you spoke to, she didn't come here any more.

9. The reason for  him to take a language class was to work as an interpreter.

10. I am interested in learning as much about London as I can before our tour begins.

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1.I'd rather you didn't smoke indoors. 2. I really wish I had been born somewhere warm. 3.If only you had told me it was her birthday, I'd have brought her a present. 4.By the time we got to the canteen, most of the fruit had already been eaten. 5. Despite he had lived in the UK  for a year, he couldn't speak English. 6.Never had flown before, she was anxious through the entire flight. 7. No sooner we'd arrived at the restaurant than it closed. 8. It mustn't have been Lucy you spoke to, she hasn't come here any more. 9.The reason he took a  language class was to work as an interpreter. 10.I am interested in learning as much about London as I can before our tour begins.

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