Question

II. Choose the right word.

1. This idiom is very seldom used nowadays. It is… (up-to-date/ old-fashioned).

2. I don’t often play the piano I am out of… (practice/practise).

3. I don’t think Mr Potter will be able to understand all the reports. He doesn’t know French.

We’ll need a… (a translator /an interpreter).

4. What is the usual…( dictionary/ vocabulary) of an average five-year-old child?

5. It took me a very long time to get…(over/ down) the shock of her death.

6. She thought she heard a name. She couldn’t (get/make) it out.

Answer 1

1. This idiom is very seldom used nowadays. It is old-fashioned.

2. I don’t often play the piano I am out of practice.

3. I don’t think Mr Potter will be able to understand all the reports. He doesn’t know French.  

We’ll need a translator.

4. What is the usual vocabulary of an average five-year-old child?

5. It took me a very long time to get overthe shock of her death.

6. She thought she heard a name. She couldn’t make it out.