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Name: ________________________ Class: _________

Practice 1

Choose the correct expression to complete the following sentences.

1. Shirley Lim's book has sold more than a thousand copies in ______ . ( hardback / hardboard )

2. Many prisoners hate those ______ wardens who drive them mercilessly. ( hard-bitten / hard-
boiled )

3. The Prime Minister appreciates his ______ supporters for their unwavering loyalty. ( hard-core /
hard-wired )

4. Goods must be purchased with ______ . ( hard cash / hard currency )

5. ______ articles are popular and widely-read. ( Hard-edged / Hard-won )

6. Claire is a ______ businesswoman who is not swayed by other. ( hard-drinking / hard-headed )

7. The Principal warned her students not to cheat in her ______ speech. ( hard-hitting / hard-hearted )

8. His government is often criticized for its _____ policies. ( hard-line / hard hat )

9. Many consumer have been _____ by the rise in petrol price. ( hard hit / hard done )

10. It was just my ______ that I missed my connecting flight to Brisbane. ( hard luck / hard going )

11. My brother will be ______ to make ends meet as he has lost his job. ( hard-nosed / hard-pressed )

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Practice 2

Try filling in the gaps with a word associated with liquid.

1. Without selling some of his assets, there could be no improvement in his cash (     ).

2. If we (      ) our resources, we can buy that land.

3. The concept that reducing the taxes of the wealthy will cause wealth to (       ) down to
the poor is controversial

4. Recently, the market has been (       ) with imitation branded goods.

5. The cost of his mortgage was a (       ) on his resources.

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Practice 3

Choose the right word from the options given.

1. Latiff ______ into the finals of the public speaking contest.

A. blew    
B. stormed
C. breezed
D. showered

2. The play drew ______ of laughter which rocked the theatre.

A. clouds
B. fogs
C. gales
D. tornadoes

3. You must not allow your anger to ______ your judgment.

A. mist
B. rain
C. cloud
D. fog

4. With his bright and ______ personality. Shukri gets along well with everyone.
A. windy
B. misty
C. stormy
D. breezy

5. After his stroke, his mind was in a ______.

A. fog
B. haze
C. mist
D. hurricane

6. The media will ______ up the scandal involving an eminent politician.

A. storm
B. blow
C. fog 
D. cloud

7. My mother always saves for a ______ day.

A. windy
B. breezy
C. stormy
D. rainy

8. By driving downhill at top speed, Issac was throwing caution to the ______.
A. wind
B. breeze
C. tornado
D. gale

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9. They got married after a _____ romance.

A. windy
B. breezy
C. tornado
D. whirlwind

10. The minister's proposals were greeted with a ______ of protests.

A. shower
B. tornado
C. storm
D. typhoon

11. The ______ of change will shake our economy.

A. winds
B. gales
C. monsoons
D. hurricanes

12. Her friends held a baby ______ for her so she received many gifts.
A. drizzle
B. rain
C. shower
D. draught

13. I only have a ______ idea of what the snatch thief looks like.
A. cloudy
B. hazy
C. frosty
D. misty

14. The police ______ blows on the rioters as they tried to restore order.
A. shower
B. drizzled
C. rained
D. stormed

15. Dick makes friends easily because he has a _____ disposition.

A. misty
B. windy
C. cloudy
D. sunny

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Practice 4

Choose the right answer from the options given.

1. After winning a free trip to Paris, she was walking on ______ .

A. clouds
B. air
C. water
D. ice

2. Having donated 20,000 thousand dollars to an orphanage, Rama can walk ______.
A. fast
B. straight
C. tall 
D. heavy

3. Joyce walked ______ with the first prize in a drawing contest.

A. out
B. on
C. over
D. off

4. Kim cried her heart out when her husband walked ______ on her.
A. out
B. over
C. away
D. off

5. As a physician, he meets people from all walks of ______.

A. class
B. life
C. community
D. society

6. We won the hockey match yesterday as the other team gave a ______.
A. walkabout
B. Walkout
C. walkover 
D. walk-on

7. Queen Elizabeth enjoys a ______ around Buckingham Palace once in a while.

A. walk-on
B. walkout
C. walkover
D. walkabout

8. He slipped on the slippery ______ in the mangrove forest.

A. Walkabout
B. walk-up
C. walkway
D. walkover

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9. There was a ______ during the last meeting when it dragged on for too long.
A. walk-up
B. walkout
C. walk-in
D. walkabout

10. Please do not walk ______ your grandmother just because she is old and helpless.
A. on
B. over
C. above
D. away

11. They live in a noisy first floor ______ in Bayan Baru.

A. walk-on
B. walkover
C. walk-up
D. walk-in

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Practice 5

Use some "vegetable" expressions to freshen your language.

1. Many companies are offering the ______ of quarterly bonuses as an incentive for their employees.
A. brinjal 
B. carrot
C. cucumber
D. celery

2. Jane was as cool as a ______ even though she had collided with a van.
A. lettuce
B. yam
C. cabbage
D. cucumber

3. The children are full of ______ after their long afternoon nap.
A. peas
B. corns
C. beans
D. chives

4. Many nasi kandar shops continue to ______ all over Penang.

A. asparagus
B. kale
C. spring onion
D. mushroom

5. Finally, Sophie spilled the ______ by announcing the date of her wedding.
A. tomatoes
B. peas
C. onions
D. beans

6. He formed a ______ group to conserve the environment in his town.

A. onion
B. spinach
C. ginger
D. mint

7. Razak is overweight as he is a couch ______ who spends hours watching television.

A. potato
B. tomato
C. pumpkin
D. capsicum

8. The Thais like to ______ their dishes with hot and fiery chillies.
A. ginger
B. coriander 
C. pepper
D. mint
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ANSWERS
Practice 1

1. hardback
2. hard-bitten
3. hard-core
4. hard cash
5. Hard-edged
6. hard-headed
7. hard-hitting
8. hard-line
9. hard hit
10. hard luck
11. hard-pressed

Practice 2

1. flow
2. pool
3. trickle
4. flooded
5. drain

Practice 3

1.C 2.C 3.C 4.D 5.A 6.B 7.D 8.A 9.D 10.C 11.A 12.C 13.B 14.C 15.D

Practice 4

1.B 2.C 3.D 4.A 5.B 6.C 7.D 8.C 9.B 10.B 11.C

Practice 5

1.B 2.D 3.C 4.D 5.D 6.C 7.A 8.C

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