Vocabulary 7 Revision: body idioms Complete the conversation with the correct form of 8 Physical appearance or personality? 1. Write these adjectives in the correct columns. body idioms from the box. Careful! One adjective can go in both columns. [headforbusiness _giveherahand face the fact heart-to-heart ‘moody bigcheaded brainy | heart of gold hands full heart sharp tongue graceful wrinkled ‘quick-thinking put a brave face pull my leg skinoy nosy bald cheeky well-built narrow-minded affectionate smart curly [A How's your litte sister getting on with your parents these days? hard-hearted _ J Better? _ b Nessie: Thy ad abigQ)———_—aarte Piaget” [ig weekend, and that helped. ‘A So what was the problem then? B Well, for one thing, since moved into my own flat 've had my @) with sorting it all out, so I haven't been home. My sister’s having to (3) —__. that she’s the only child left at home now! Also, my parents wanted her to go to university she tried, but her (4) wasn't init he wants to open her own shop. A Yes, she’s got a very good (5) — shasntt she? B Yes, she’s always been good with money. Anyway she told my parents that they had to stop trying to run her life for her A Oh dear! Your poor parents. She's always had abit ofa (6) _______ hast she? B Yes, but she doesn't really mean it, Underneath she has a (7) —____ she's very kind really. A Ob, know. But how did your parents react? B Well, think they (8) onit, but they were really hurt. Anyway, she apologized. And now ~ guess what? They're all going into business together! ‘A What? I don’t believe it. You're (9) ____1 B No, it’s true! Her shop opens in three months and my parents are going to (10) ___with running it. A That's great! ‘Complete the sentences with the parts of the body in the box, used as verbs, [am elbow eye foot hand head shoulder thumb 1 The teacher _ out the exam papers and told the class to begin writing. 2 managed to my way to the front of the ctowd, so I got a good view of the procession. 3. [haven't read the magazine yet, Ijust through it to see if there were any interesting pictures. 4 Weal the new member of class with curiosity. We were eager to see what she was like. 5. They ordered the most expensive things on the menu because they knew that I the bill. 6 Inthe final seconds of the match Benson _—______ the ball into the back of the net, making it one—nil 7 Policemen with guns in some countries. 8 Pd hate to be Prime Minister. I don't think I could —____ the responsibility of ‘making so many important decisions.Prepositions Pronunciation 9 Verb + preposition 10 Rhymes and limericks ‘Complete the sentences with a verb in its correct 1 Make rhyming pairs with the words from the box. form and a preposition. m good chief court. deaf. ~—sfool~=S mud. SS F Verbs height lose —knew-—knows grieve «put. | f reign nude said pour weight wool | thank forgive into oof a J accuse hide at on should od! good food asd trick hold for to | ee ; | congratulate inherit fiom | bread fed) leaf fis | Shot modell choose /uzi taught /o:t/ | invite remind | toes fave! chef fe) \ — hate (ett! through fu tight fait) wore fai _ 1. He thanked the nurse f0r all her help. fall Jol) brain ean 2 ‘You ____ meso much your pool /ul/ leave icv! father. You look just like him. blood /ad/ foot fut) 3. Bveryon e —___ passin ydrivingtestat the fourth attempt 2 GID Limericks are short poems wit a distinctive rhythm, The lines rhyme AABBA. Transcribe the lines written in 4 My teenage daughter always —__ phonetics in these two limericks. herself her latest pop idol. She's had a ring put through her nose, just like him. the PE Li CAN 5 pon went me.I ‘A rare old bird is a pelican re ‘want to know everything. His /bick kon hould mo: San wz beli kon/ 6 He picked up the crying baby and _ - ——— her tightly — his chest. He /kon terk m hyz bicki 7 We've ____ 300 guests our — wedding. maf furd far 9 wk! 8 [think that TV ads _____ people buying things that they don’t really And I’m damned if I know how the hell he can! want. 9 [didn't ___apenny my oy great uncle when he died. The la d y From Twickenham e 10 The spectators ___ abuse the referee when he disallowed the goal we reteree ™ 5 There was a young lady from Twickenham LL How can Lever —____ him ___ se tulsame all those lest Whose /Ju:z. wa tu: tart ta work kwik m Sam/ 12 |____ by myemployers ___ — stealing, which I strongly denied. She came back from a walk Aoki warto San tfo:k! Unit 10 + Risking life and limb 69