ADD UP

Add up ( not ) : (intransitive) make sense.

Example: Although she’s good at writing essays, her last essay doesn’t add up.

What they are talking about just doesn’t add up. (make no sense )

CATCH UP (WITH)

Meaning: 1. reach someone by running or walking faster.

2. reach the same level or degree as someone.

Example: Semih will never catch up with me. I’m a better runner than him.

After studying hard, I finally caught up with my classmates.

As he has just joined the team, he needs more time to catch up with his friends.

Fill in the blanks using the correct form of the words given.

1. After moving to a country house, she found the real ___________. (HAPPY)

2. Keep this diamond in a safe place because it’s very ___________. (VALUE)

3. Nobody can find the __________to the first math problem. (SOLVE)

4. After a long injury, Alex now works with great ___________. (ENTHUSE)

5. Because of a serious __________Nathalie has been in hospital for a week. (ILL)

6. An __________of the factory building was finished and it was cleared safe. (INSPECT)

7. She is an ambitious woman. She has worked hard all her ____________. (LIVE)

8. The children looked unhappy and _________________. (MISERY)

9. Please send your _____________ to info@trxder.com. (APPLY)

10. The children’s _____________ was obvious at the party. (EXCITE)

KEY: 1. happiness  2. valuable  3. solution  4. enthusiasm 5. illness 6. inspection 7. life  8. miserable  9. application  10. excitement

1) Artificial sweeteners permit people to __________ their sugar and energy intake, yet still enjoy the delicious sweet tastes of their favourite foods and beverages.

A) get over        B) keep down             C) lose out           D) put into         E) use up

Dogru Cevap: B

get over:aşmak, üzerinden geçmek, üstesinden gelmek

keep down: baskı uygulamak, kusmayı engellemek

lose out: kaybetmek, eli boş dönmek

put into: yürürlüğe koymak, geçirmek

use up: eskitmek, tüketmek

2) Some studies have suggested that women who take more than a year to conceive, even those who __________having babies naturally have a greater than normal risk of giving birth prematurely or needing a caesarean section.

A) give in       B) make out           C) put off          D) end up         E) keep off

Doğru Cevap:D

give in: teslim olmak, pes etmek

make out: doldurmak, idda etmek

put off: ertelemek

end up: sonlandırmak

keep off: yaklaştırmak

WORD FORMATION

Choose the correct word for each blank

1.

comfort /  comfortable / uncomfortable / comfortably / discomfort

a) A lot of small cars are not built for __________.

b) They were very __________ when they lived in a small apartment.

c) I love this hotel, it is very _________ to stay here.

d) You can sit very __________ in this car.

2.

politics / political / politically / policy

a) I disagree with many of my father’s __________ ideas.

b) Alex is interested in __________.

c) __________, he tends to be rather conservative.

3.

possibility / possible / impossible / possibly / impossibility

a) There’s no __________ for her to pass the final exam.

b) I’m really sorry, it is not __________ for me to help you now.

c) __________ my friends will come to visit me next Saturday.

d) My neighbours gave a part last night and it was __________for me to sleep because of the noise.

4.

grows / growth / growing / grew

a) Solar energy is a __________ industry.

b) The __________ of solar energy will increase in the next few years.

c) If the solar energy ___________, people may not have to depend so much on oil for energy.

KEY

1) a. comfort  b. uncomfortable  c. comfortable  d. comfortably

2) a. political  b. politics  c. Politically

3) a. possibility  b. possible  c. Possibly  d. impossible

4) a. growing  b. growth  c. grows

GET

Complete the sentences with the correct form of get and one of these words

angry – emails- home- married – taller – tickets – on – better – off – lost

1.  A:The pain in my back’s __________________. B: I’ m happy to hear that.

2. Alex didn’t have a map and a GPS system in his car so he _______________.

3. Look at Sara’s daughter. She ___________________. She’s growing very fast.

4. What’s the best age for people to _________________?

5. Because I work for a very big firm, I always ___________nearly 75___________ from the clients everyday.

6. It will be the most important match in this season, so we must ______________ early.

7. Although he is new in the team, he _____________with everybody.

8. Scolfield will call his brother as soon as he _____________ in the evening.

9. Mary’s boss _______________ because she couldn’t finish writing the orders on time.

10. I _____________ the bus quickly as soon as I noticed that I had taken the wrong bus.

KEY:

1. getting better  2. got lost  3. is getting taller 4. get married  5. get nearly 75 emails  6. get tickets  7. gets on  8. gets home  9. got angry  10. got off

SEND AWAY

Check these sentences

I sent away the cook because he was really slow and impractical.

Mike is thinking about sending away the driver as he is very old and incapable of driving.

MEANING

Send away: make somebody leave place, often because he isn’t needed or welcomed.

Find and listen to the song “You and I” by Scorpions and do the exercises while listening.

YOU AND I

I lose control __________(1) of you babe.

I lose control __________(2) you look at me lie this.

There’s something in your eyes __________(3) is saying tonight

I’m not a child __________(4), life has opened the door.

It’s all written __________(5) in your life lines.

It’s written down __________(6) your heart.

You and I __________(7) have a dream

To find our love a place, _________(8) we can hide away.

You and I were __________(9) made

To love each other now, __________(10) and a day.

I lose control __________(11) of you babe.

I lose control don’t look at me like ___________(12)

There’s __________(13) in your eyes that is saying tonight

I’m so curious for more just like never __________(14)

In my innocent life.

It’s all written ___________(15) in your lifelines.

It’s written down __________(16) your heart.

REPEAT

Time stands still when the days of ___________(17)

Are falling for the night.

I love you girl I always will

I swear I’m there for you

Till the day I die.

KEY: 1.because  2. when  3. that  4. anymore  5. down  6. inside  7. just  8. where  9.just 10. forever  11. because 12. this  13. something  14. before  15. down  16. inside 17. innocence

Fill in the blanks with the correct preposition.

1. Last year I was absent ___________ school for more than two weeks.

2. My wife is bad ____________ cooking.

3. Beware ___________ big holes on the road when you drive in rainy days.

4. Mahmut was ashamed ___________himself after throwing a stone ______his brother.

5. I am usually anxious ___________ my future.

6. Very few people belive ___________UFOs.

7. Her mother didn’t approve __________ the marriage.

8. When the broken radio was discovered Murat put the blame _________ his sister.

9. When we arrived __________ stadium, the match had already started.

10. It was difficult _________ him to change the flat tyre.

KEY: 1. from  2. at  3. of  4. of / at  5. about  6. in  7. of  8. on  9. at  10. for

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