▆ Increasing Your Word Power
The prefix over- can be added to nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs, meaning
“above”, “outside”, “across”, or “too much”. Study the words given in the box and
choose the proper word to fill in each of the blanks in the following sentences.
Change the form where necessary. ▆ Answers: overcoat overhead overjoyed overslept overweight overdue overtime overworking
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Listed in the box below are some idiomatic expressions formed with the word
“hand”. Study them carefully and try to make out their meanings. You may consult a
dictionary if necessary. Then translate the given sentences into English, using one of them. ▆ Answers:
We are short of hands. I still have some money in hand. Give me a hand with this box, please. I often keep a dictionary at hand. The football fans were out of hand.
Hand out the pencils to everyone in the class. This ring was handed down to me by my grandmother. Time's up. Please hand in your test papers.
Please hand on the magazine to your roommates.
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I'm afraid I can't help you. I'm a green hand. Grammar in Context ▆ Answers for reference:
Sitting on the stairs was / On the stairs was sitting Over the wall came / flew Round the corner was Then finally came Under the table was lying
At / On the top of (On top of) the hill stood
Now correct the mistakes in the following sentences, if any. Write NONE under
the correct sentence(s). ▆ Answers for reference:
The beaver chews down trees to get food and material to build its home with.
Do your parents think Tom is a nice boy to go out with? (Cross out him) The goals for which he has fought all his life seem unimportant to him now. NONE.
The essay starts by asking a question, to which the author then gives a positive answer. Cloze
Complete the following passage with words chosen from this unit. The initial
letter of each is given. ▆ Answers: haste
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